The ground sloped upward, a small incline that seemed insurmountable. Perhaps the person who had hit Zoey was still lurking

somewhere up there.

Descending meant navigating through the uneven, pockmarked grass.

Rain had turned the path into a slippery mess.

But Zoey couldn't afford to care—she had to survive. The will to live burned fiercely within her.

Her life had been hard-won; she couldn't let it end so easily.

She dragged herself forward, feeling as if her bones were on the verge of coming apart.

She didn't know how long she crawled. The trail she left behind was tinged with blood, but the rain washed it away.

Tbecan unbearable weight, and eventually, she lost all sense of it, focusing only on crawling a little further, just a little

further.

Cars passed by ahead. She must be nearing the roadside, but she couldn't muster a shout.

All she wanted was for someone to save her.

Anyone would do; she just wanted to live.

In a sleek black car, Carol sat in the back, leaning against the window. Felix sat beside her, while a chauffeur drove them.

Tonight, Felix had decided to play the magnanimous role, offering Carol a chance to get sair.

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Carol's gaze caught the silhouette lying on the ground in the distance, and her brow furrowed.

"Stop the car."

The chauffeur didn't dare to stop, instead shooting a glance at Felix through the rearview mirror.

words no longer held sway. The fate of the Miller family rested in the

displeased, the Millers would be

demeanor calm and collected. He had

once was seemed

this heartless, and his previous persona

to her, Carol turned to

"Stop the car."

the document down, not looking at

do you want to

curled ironically. "Save that person. Ever heard of it?

getting her veiled

driver with a calm

cto a

found it amusing how the chauffeur, who once followed the Miller

a deep breath and reached for the door

to

an unmistakable

been over a month since the incident, but seeing his face still

shaken her awake. She

she'd mistaken it for playful flirtation, a man's pride,

slowly taking

lived at the mercy of Felix just to maintain a shred of

lying over there. I

how you ask for

the document, his relaxed and breezy

was raised in a gilded cage and had her pride.

in front

the most pitiable she'd ever

Her eyelashes fluttered downward.

"Please."

word was no longer as hard to say,

at that moment. Carol saw the change in his expression and knew

dear cousin from

had a tumor in her brain, and through the Miller family's connections, Carol had managed to bring

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