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1. 0:00My sister and I were both adopted from
2. 0:01the same orphanage. When we got to
3. 0:02choose our paths, she picked a prominent
4. 0:04family in Edinburg City, wealthy,
5. 0:05influential, and utterly untouchable.
6. 0:07But the heir turned out to be twisted
7. 0:08and cruel. He tormented her day in and
8. 0:10day out. I chose the unassuming Moss
9. 0:12family. They didn't have the fortune or
10. 0:14the status of her new family, but they
11. 0:15treated me with genuine warmth. In time,
12. 0:17their youngest son became a business
13. 0:19titan, and he married me, giving me a
14. 0:20life filled with more happiness than I'd
15. 0:22ever dreamed possible. Consumed by
16. 0:24jealousy, my sister secretly strangled
17. 0:26me. But when I opened my eyes again, I
18. 0:27found she had shamelessly stolen the
19. 0:29life I'd built. This time, choosing the
20. 0:31Moss family for herself. "Carmen," she
21. 0:33sneered, "now it's your turn to suffer."
22. 0:34I almost laughed out loud. Did she think
23. 0:36the Moss heir was some simple jackpot? I
24. 0:38opened my eyes on the very day my sister
25. 0:40Hazel and I were to be chosen for
26. 0:41adoption. "I'm very obedient, and I can
27. 0:43do all the housework. Please pick me,"
28. 0:44Hazel simpered, putting on a show of
29. 0:46perfect innocence as she clutched the
30. 0:48hand of Brad Moss, the Moss family's
31. 0:49youngest son. So, she was a reborn, too.
32. 0:52"Girl," said a refined woman, her voice
33. 0:53cool with confusion, "I thought you said
34. 0:55you liked our family." She was Alexander
35. 0:57Morland's mother. The Morlands were the
36. 0:58first family of Eden's elite. Though the
37. 1:00heir himself, Alexander, was nowhere to
38. 1:02be seen. "I changed my mind," Hazel
39. 1:04retorted, shrinking behind Brad as if he
40. 1:06were a human shield. "Is that a crime?"
41. 1:08Mrs. Morland's face tightened. "Such a
42. 1:09fickle child is unworthy of the Morland
43. 1:11name." Then her gaze softened as she
44. 1:13turned to me. "You seem like a good
45. 1:14girl. Come with me. We have a son at
46. 1:16home you'll like." I simply nodded and
47. 1:17took her outstretched hand. A triumphant
48. 1:19gleam flashed in Hazel's eyes as if she
49. 1:21just won a great victory. But she had no
50. 1:22idea. While everyone feared Alexander's
51. 1:24eccentricities, I was far more terrified
52. 1:26of Brad, a guy as cold and venomous as a
53. 1:28snake. In my last life, I had spent
54. 1:30years desperately trying to escape his
55. 1:31grasp. This time, she had unknowingly
56. 1:33done me the biggest favor imaginable. As
57. 1:35Mrs. Morland stepped outside to get the
58. 1:36car, Hazel sidled up to me, her eyes
59. 1:38full of contempt. "Enjoy your new life,
60. 1:40Carmen," she whispered. "This time,
61. 1:42you're the one who will suffer." I
62. 1:44didn't even bother to reply. Her
63. 1:45gloating was nothing more than a clown's
64. 1:46performance. She thought she had secured
65. 1:48a fresh start, but the joke was on her.
66. 1:50She hadn't escaped a fire, she had just
67. 1:52jumped headfirst into a hell far more
68. 1:53brutal than she could ever imagine.
69. 1:55After I arrived at the Morland estate,
70. 1:56Mrs. Morland gave me a private suite and
71. 1:58hired a small army of tutors for piano,
72. 2:00dance, and etiquette. She was gentle but
73. 2:02frank. "Sweetheart, I'll be honest. I
74. 2:04adopted a daughter to find a suitable
75. 2:05match for my son. You must apply
76. 2:07yourself. Alexander returns from abroad
77. 2:09in a month. If he takes a liking to you,
78. 2:10your future will be secure. Remember,
79. 2:12the entire Moreland legacy will be his
80. 2:13one day." I knew from my last life that
81. 2:15Alexander had felt nothing but disdain
82. 2:17for Hazel, and her time here had been
83. 2:18miserable. I didn't dare hope the cold,
84. 2:20aloof air would favor me, either. I
85. 2:21needed my own plan for survival. A month
86. 2:23later, the Morelands held a grand ball
87. 2:25to welcome Alexander home. The elite of
88. 2:27Edenor were all there, including the
89. 2:28Moss family, due to their close business
90. 2:30ties. Across the glittering ballroom,
91. 2:32Hazel spotted me immediately. Dressed in
92. 2:33a virginal white gown, she glided over,
93. 2:35her smile as sharp as a knife. "Enjoy
94. 2:37the party, Carmen," she whispered.
95. 2:39"Tonight will be the most humiliating
96. 2:40night of your life." I remembered this
97. 2:42banquet well from my last life. It was
98. 2:43when she had first met Alexander. He had
99. 2:45taken one look at her, frowned in
100. 2:46disgust, and told her to get lost in
101. 2:48front of everyone. She had shamelessly
102. 2:50clung to him, declaring herself his
103. 2:51future wife. He had kicked her away
104. 2:53without a second thought, but I was
105. 2:54reborn, too. I knew how her story ended,
106. 2:56and I had already charted a different
107. 2:57course.