Rebirth Into My Second Chance

There I was, nestled in Claude's arms, casting a sly grin at Carl's fuming demeanor.

In my past life, Claude had watched on as Carl and his crew bullied me, indifferent to my plight.

All because I'd climbed into his bed and pushed away his beloved Kate. He labeled me as a cunning and terrifying woman.

This time around, none of those things had happened yet, so he still harbored a faint affection for me.

Perhaps this affection stemmed from my parents saving his life.

It was an advantage I intended to fully exploit in this life.

"Claire, you must be terrified, I'm so sorry. It's my fault for running off to meet friends. That's why Carl and his friends targeted you," she said, pulling me into her embrace, away from Claude's arms, trying to comfort me. But I clung to Claude's sleeve, terrified. He sighed: "Kate, she's not used to these grand events. Let her stay with me; the auction is about to start. Let's head over together." Claude glanced at me, his eyes conveying something I couldn't decipher.

But I'd achieved my goal, making him witness Carl's bullying, not my seduction.

"Claudy, will Carl be at the auction too?" I asked, locking eyes with Claude.

"Stay by my side, and he won't

I nodded obediently.

as I looked up, I spotted Max in the distance, lifting

he start

have seen me intentionally fall into Carl's

I looked again in his direction, he had

so I decided to stop worrying about it. Just as we entered the auction venue, I noticed several staff members ushering Carl and his group out. "Sorry, the organizing committee found that

Fake invitations?

still of a wealthy household, wouldn't likely

insistence on ejecting them, seemingly unafraid of offending

fuck? Call your boss here. This invitation was personally delivered to my house. How could

mine. I pretended

whispered, "I'll go check what's

so that in my previous life, he even enabled them to bully me. This life, I was determined to

come with you,

Kate attempted to follow, Claude said 'Stay