I pressed my fingers against my cheeks, rubbing the warmth away before breaking into a slow smile.
“I told you, I wasn’t just trying to avoid him this one time.
I leaned back, my grin widening.
“If I was going to start something, then I’d bring the whole damn house down.‘
Back then, the Scott family’s internal power struggle wasn’t just about a few shares of stock.
The stakes were much higher–so high that Juliette couldn’t afford a single misstep.
That was why she had personally stepped in to stop Nicholas‘ stupidity that day.
After leaving the equipment room, she dragged him along to a private, high–end suite, a space reserved for only
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the most elite members.
There, she secured a deal that would shape the future.
With the backing of those people, they won the war within the Scott family.
Later, when the exam scandal spiraled out of control, Juliette used it as an excuse–sending Nicholas abroad under the pretense of “laying low.”
In reality, it gave him easier access to their business partners.
And now, his return meant that everything was in place.
Once they took me and Velma down, their appointed people would step in, steal our research, and hand it over on a silver platter.
That day, when I asked Velma if she believed me, she had gone quiet for a moment before finally speaking.
“What do you need me to do?”
In response, I handed her a list of names.
Two lifetimes‘ worth of experience had done more than just keep me from making the same mistakes.
It also allowed me to uncover the unanswered questions that haunted me in
been able to solve.
So, I sold my software to companies with ties to the Scott Corporation.
my past life–mysteries I had never
At the same time, I used my connections to secure internships for my former Class Thirteen classmates.
While shadowing marketing teams and attending networking events, they managed to capture certain photos- useful ones.
Once the outcome was clear, tracing back the process became much easier, and patterns would emerge.
And so would the pieces of evidence that weren’t completely erased.
The Scott family quickly realized the situation was spiraling out of control.
They tried to bury the scandal the same way they had before–by manipulating public opinion and silencing the
noise.
But this time, they were the ones who fueled the fire in the first place.
Did they really think I would let them put it out so easily?
The empire crumbled.
The day Juliette and Nicholas were taken away for investigation, a light drizzle covered the city in mist.
And the Lowe family, who was so deeply entangled with them, bound by business and even by marriage, wasn’t spared either.
My adoptive parents had worshipped Stacy, willing to do anything for her.
In my past life, when she died, they killed me in her name.
