I had not expected Hendrix to chase after me, and right then, Andrew’s car stopped at the
entrance.
I did not want to get tangled up with him any further, so I simply said, “My boyfriend is here to pick me up. See ya.”
Hendrix immediately sneered.
“Yvonne, are you sure you want someone like him as your boyfriend?”
“And who else should I pick? Someone like you, who’s always indecisive and never admits his mistakes?”
Without turning back, I walked away, but Hendrix tried to grab my wrist.
“Yvonne, listen to me…”
I winced in pain.
Andrew stepped out of the car and, without hesitation, landed a punch on Hendrix’s face, pulling me behind him as he spoke, “Stay away from her!”
We got into the car. Sitting in Andrew’s car, I suddenly noticed a familiar decoration and gasped.
“Didn’t I send this to an online friend?”
“Is it?” Andrew’s face instantly turned crimson, his ears flushing too.
“Yeah, the crystal…”
Memories I thought were long buried came flooding back….
I was incredibly lonely in high school and found an online friend. He said he was the son of the richest man in Bandersnatch City, and I said I was a princess from some country. He claimed he was top of his class, so I bragged that I was the best in my entire school…
We never planned to meet in real life, so I exaggerated a lot. Then my phone got stolen, and we lost contact since I could not remember my social media password.
Thinking back to this, I looked at him in disbelief.
“You’re actually the son of the richest man in Bandersnatch City…”
Andrew nodded but responded in a slightly hurt tone, “You lied to me. The country you mentioned doesn’t even exist.”
I coughed awkwardly, lowering my head.
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“I didn’t expect everything you said to be true.”
Andrew chuckled softly, glancing at me while waiting for the traffic light to change.
“So, do you believe me now?”
I nodded but quickly asked, “How did you recognize me?”
“You sent me a photo back then. I still remember how you looked.”
Seeing his serious expression, I spoke earnestly, “Thank you.”
Thank you for helping me in the past life as well.
Later that afternoon, I was curled up on the sofa at Andrew’s house, watching TV, when my
father called.
The gist of it was, if I could secure the project in Arden City, the entire company would be mine to manage.
I knew about that and a lot of people had their eyes on it.
In my previous life, I missed out on it because I was devastated by Yana’s death. Even if I had not been traumatized, I would never have competed with Hendrix. At that time, I was
obsessed with him.
However, the Zuckerman family was facing a debt crisis due to poor management, which was one of the major reasons they agreed to the marriage alliance. However, even with the marriage, it was not enough to secure the project. In the end, I had to step in and get funds from the Lewis family to help him. Only then did he manage to win the project.
That project truly lived up to its reputation. Within a few months, it pulled the Zuckerman family back from the brink of bankruptcy, helping them rise to the top once again.
This time, however, I was determined to get the project for myself.
What I did not expect was for Yana to come looking for me.
“Yvonne, can you not break off the engagement with Hendrix? There’s really nothing between us. If you’re uncomfortable, I’ll leave the country immediately and never come back.”
I stared at her in silence.
In my previous life, I was not naive enough to believe they had always been just friends. After all, judging by Hendrix’s behavior after Yana’s death, it was obvious they were more than just good friends.
I remember the day he agreed to divorce me because I left him with no other choice. He came home to find me holding a knife to my throat, forcing him to divorce me. Afraid I
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would really die in front of him, he finally agreed to the divorce.
However, on the way to file for the divorce, he drove us to the seaside instead.
“Your life today is all thanks to Yana’s sacrifice, but you’ve never shown any gratitude. Yvonne, you disgust me.”
I was furious then:
“Since you know better and love her so much, why don’t you die with her?”
Hendrix’s eyes turned red. He slammed the accelerator, driving the car straight toward the
ocean.
“We owe her. Yvonne, we’ll spend our whole lives paying for it. So how dare you try to escape!”
Disgusting man.
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