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.

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

he were displeased, the Millers would

resting on his knee, his demeanor calm and collected. He had an air of sophistication that

man he once

heartless, and his previous persona was all an

to her, Carol turned to

"Stop the car."

the document

do you want

ironically. "Save that person. Ever heard of it? Saving a life is more meritorious than anything

not getting

the driver with a calm voice, "Stop the

car cto a

once followed the Miller family's orders,

reached for

need to

an unmistakable sign that there

It had been over a month since the incident,

shock of her father's imprisonment had shaken her awake.

it for playful flirtation, a man's pride, and hadn't called him

to him slowly taking over the

lived at the mercy of

a woman lying over there.

you

tapped his fingers on the document, his relaxed and breezy

in a gilded cage

pitiable in

she supposed the most pitiable she'd ever been was already

Her eyelashes fluttered downward.

"Please."

was no longer as hard

that moment. Carol saw the change in his expression and

dear

tumor in her brain, and through the Miller family's connections, Carol

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