Chapter 1

“Alice, do

you even realize

your

mistake?”

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Alice’s mouth and nose were submerged in water, choking her throat painfully. As she opened her from the brink of death, she saw her second brother, Noah, on the poolside, along with her fourth brother, Caleb, who was holding Chloe in his arms.

eyes

A flicker of shock crossed her eyes; this scene felt all too familiar. Had she not died? Was she somehow reborn on the day three years ago when Chloe was officially adopted by the her family as a foster daughter?

The memory came flooding back: At the banquet, Chloe had deliberately schemed against her, making everyone believe she had pushed Chloe into the water on purpose. Caleb had been the first to notice them, but he only saved Chloe, leaving Alice, who couldn’t swim, to struggle on her own in the water. And then, Noah was pressing Alice to admit her fault, implying that if she didn’t, he wouldn’t save her.

Desperately, she struggled in the water, begging for forgiveness, pleading with her brothers to rescue her. It was only at the point of near death that she was finally pulled out.

From that moment on, she dared not provoke Chloe again, carefully trying to please her brothers at home, but what did she ultimately gain?

Chloe stole Alice’s thesis, and Noah testified for Chloe, branding Alice a plagiarist and getting her expelled.

transplant due to her poor health, Alice’s third brother, Alex, personally

her other brothers—the forth brother Caleb, the fifth brother Finn, and the sixth brother Luke–had unceremoniously kicked Alice off the team.

forged medical records and brought it to her eldest brother, hoping to expose

stirred up public outrage; no one believed her, and

her out of the house to reflect on her actions. She found herself homeless, penniless, and suffering greatly.

She opened her eyes wide, her expression blank, as if she had already died. She

How ridiculous.

She,

as

their biological

sister,

couldn’t

even

compare

with an

outsider.

he turn to look at the pool–Alice had already sunk to the

a second thought, he jumped into the

sink, a glimmer of delight flashed in her eyes; it would be better if Alice

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