Chapter 1 1: Rebirth

A team of medical specialists rushed across the room, working frantically to save the patient—the beloved daughter of the renowned businessman Jonathan Miller.

Eveline Miller had fallen from her residential building and was hospitalized in a critical state. She was virtually lifeless, her body battered from the impact, a severe head injury causing a rapid loss of blood. Despite the doctors' best efforts, she remained unresponsive to treatment.

As the medical team struggled to revive Eveline, her soul drifted away from her body.

"Where am I?" Eveline murmured, glancing around the unfamiliar space before her gaze landed on the motionless form lying on the hospital bed.

It took her a moment to recognize herself.

Panic surged through her as she rushed toward the doctor administering CPR.

"Please don't stop! Don't give up on me!" she pleaded, her voice desperate. But no one heard her. No one saw her.

They weren't God, and they couldn't bring back the dead.

"No… I can't die. I won't let them relish in my death." Her voice trembled as images of betrayal flashed before her eyes—the cruel smirk on Tiffany's face as she shoved her off the balcony, and the cold, detached stare of her husband, Gabriel, as he stood by and did nothing.

It was then that the horrifying truth struck her.

Her so-called best friend and the man she had loved since childhood had conspired to kill her.

Eveline had always dreamed of marrying Gabriel, despite the rumors that his heart belonged to another. She had ignored the whispers, convinced herself they were false, and pursued him anyway. But one night changed everything.

A reckless encounter led to a forced marriage, orchestrated by her father, Jonathan, who compelled Gabriel to take responsibility. Gabriel resented her for it. He never wanted the marriage, never hid his disdain. But he had no choice—his father, Richard Winston, had been Jonathan's closest friend and held Eveline in high regard.

For years, Eveline had tried to win Gabriel's affection. She endured his indifference, clung to the rare moments when she thought his icy exterior was thawing. And then, after three years of a loveless marriage, she had conceived his child.

She had believed, naively, that the baby would change things. That Gabriel would finally look at her as more than an obligation.

But now, everything was gone—her life, her child, and the last shred of hope she had clung to.

And the ones responsible were the very people she had trusted the most.

Eveline wept as she stood beside her lifeless body, watching the last light fade from the room.

"If I had another chance… I would never let them destroy me."

A single tear slid down her cheek as darkness consumed her.

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Miss! You're going to be late for

awake, her heart pounding. The voice was familiar, painfully

in her throat as she turned, her wide

Impossible.

surroundings were unmistakably familiar. She was in her

"How…?" she whispered.

Susan said, her expression etched with concern. She reached out to check Eveline's forehead,

in a

She was alive.

just alive—she was young

thundered

She had been reborn.

grabbing Susan's wrist before she could leave. "It was just a

eyed her skeptically but

door shut, Eveline pressed a trembling hand against her

A second chance.

granted her a second

she wouldn't be a fool blinded by

covers, she rushed to the bathroom, glancing at the calendar on the wall. The year. The

She was twenty again.

working toward her Master's in Finance—right before the chain of events

Eveline's chest tightened.

Jonathan.

What would he have done if he had found out about her

thought made her stomach

at the breakfast table, scanning the

a moment, she

strong man who had always shielded her. The father who had unknowingly pushed her into the arms of a

"Eve?"

jolted her

him, wrapping her arms tightly around

with a chuckle. "What's this? You're usually not this affectionate so early

him, savoring the warmth of his

looked unwell," he continued, his tone laced with

quickly stepped back. "I'm fine. It was just a bad

when she offered no further explanation, he let

the truth. No

finishing breakfast, Eveline left for Aspen College, her emotions a tangled

to college

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