Restart My Life: The CEO's Second Chance
Shylie Reed worked her way to the top-with no family, no backup, no handouts. From living in a cramped apartment to owning luxury penthouses, from studying in the dark to speaking on global tech stages-she made it. She became someone. But just when life gave her the things she only dreamt of, a silent enemy took it all away: COVID-19.
When she wakes up, she's 16 again. A nobody in high school. Her family still ignores her in favour of the "sweet" adopted daughter who later ruined her life.
But this time, Shylie isn't the same. This time, she's not playing nice.
Armed with her adult mind, vast knowledge, and future insight, she plans to graduate early, dominate every field, and build a financial empire from scratch.
But she didn't expect to attract attention from Darren Tan, the school prince... or Elias Tan, the cold, powerful businessman who becomes her unexpected mentor-and something more.
She lost everything once. This time, she's playing for keeps.
Baca
Chapter: Chapter 30: The Breaking PointThe incubator was deathly silent.Lights had been dimmed, neon glows filtering across the floor, leaving long shadows in their wake. The room was empty and still, only the low buzzing of ventilation systems punctuated the void, the silent, methodical rhythm of a world that moved without her.She sat in one of the sound-proof presentation rooms alone, watching the faint blue light of the simulation terminal.Keyboard keys clicked softly, repetitive and unobstructed. But her fingers remained suspended above the keys, no movement at all. She had not typed a word in hours.Her mind wandered, far away from this antiseptic plastic reality, somewhere else.His voice haunted her.Memories reflected on her consciousness, the clipped edges of his mouth bouncing around in her head, louder than the drone of the machine in front of her, louder than any stimuli she could manufacture."You cut yourself off so completely..
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Chapter: Chapter 29: Cracks Beneath ControlThe incubator was silent, too silent. The overhead lights were low, pooling her workspace in the corner of the room with angled shadows while leaving the rest of the room lost in darkness. Piles of printouts from her simulations littered her desk, pages of her script of handwritten notes (meticulous, to a degree only Shylie could read), sprawling logic trees (scribbled in the margins), decision branches, thoughtfully annotated. Conditions for every potential failure had been mapped and re-mapped, re-evaluated again and again, revised to the point of obsessive perfection. No mistakes. No blindspots. No allowances for weakness. She had rewritten her version of the core of the platform by hand, already envisioning what would happen when she opened it up to the rest of the school. She'd gone through every line, every decision point, every potential outcome and evaluated, measured, and double-checked it. Triple-checked. It was more than secure now. It was perfe
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Chapter: Chapter 28: The Reckoning RoomThe boardroom meeting was in a modern wood-paneled conference room; freshly upholstered but intentionally stiff. The massive oval table gleamed like black marble, reflecting the tense faces around it in sickly amber from the fluorescent lights above. A tense silence. Thick. Humid. Oppressive. Each breath everyone took seemed labored in the room’s acoustics. Principal Min presided over the table. Stiff-backed and pursed-lipped, her eyes darted back and forth at the disparate groups around her. Administrators on one flank, as tight-lipped and formal as they were white-collar. Parents on the other, one fidgeting in her seat with an oversized purse, the other scribbling notes in a cheap notebook (concerned or looking for a scoop, either would do). Principal Min looked expectantly at Elias Tan. Tan was unmoved. Erect and statuesque, he exuded a cool authority in the room. Tall, built, and inhumanly calm. He was wearing a perfectly-tailored charcoal suit, presse
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Chapter: Chapter 27: Calculated ExposureShylie sat alone in the incubator's private strategy room. The fluorescent lights overhead hummed faintly in the background. On her desk was a solitary lamp, casting harsh shadows across the reams of printouts, handwritten memos, and a manila folder, stampedCONFIDENTIAL: Simulation 26. She'd been here before. The same practice rooms, the same data to pore over, the same decision trees to analyze and evaluate and perfect. The variables were different this time. She could feel it in her bones. Shylie read the packet once, twice. Three. It wasn't a game.Scenario: You are co-founder of a breakthrough biotech startup with a sibling. Your sibling leaks part of your research to a rival firm in a moment of desperation. Your company's investors are on edge. Trust is broken. The future of your work is on the line.
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Chapter: Chapter 26: Intervention ProtocolIt was late. Actually, it was very late. Past midnight. Shylie arrived back to her dorm-style student unit just outside the incubator hub. The small, sterile room with its bare walls and utilitarian furnishings felt like a refuge from the Reed household insanity. But there was nothing restful about the cramped space where Shylie had come to live “closer to campus under a work-study program.” She had wanted to be near the hubs, closer to the action. But the truth was she just couldn’t take it there anymore. It had become too oppressive, her family’s collective madness too suffocating. She set her bag by the door with a harsh exhale and kicked off her shoes before stepping into the silence, inhaling the stillness like a narcotic. The pale lamplight cast an eerie pallor across the entire room; even the high buzz from the city outside the thin windows felt muted and far away. She wasn’t alone. Elias was sitting at her desk, an unmistakable presence framed by t
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Chapter: Chapter 25: The Forgotten SiblingDinner at the Reed house had not always been so cold. Thomas remembered times of laughter, silverware clanking against plates, his mother's quiet voice chastising him whenever the noise level became too high. But now, it was so quiet. Too quiet. The five of them sat in their traditional places, each of them trying so hard to act like everything was okay. It was like they were in a play with no audience.His mother set down the plates with a gentle clink and did her best to avoid eye contact. His father shielded himself behind the Sunday paper, flipping idly through its pages without actually reading them. Leah talked the easiest, her voice filling the awkward silence with her usual ease. Nonsensical things. A class project. A teacher's praise. A bright, unceasing smile. If any of them had a band-aid for their family, it was Leah.But the air had frozen because of Shylie.Shylie didn't eat much. She sat
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He Asked for an Open Marriage, I Walked Away
Ashley Dawson, a brilliant 22-year-old chemistry student, has lived a quiet life defined by loss and independence. Though she secretly owns a massive pharmaceutical empire inherited from her late mother and grandmother, Ashley prefers the simplicity of her lab over boardrooms and business deals. Her fiancé, Harvey West-a wealthy, charismatic CEO-was once her dream man, but their love story shatters the day before their wedding when Harvey asks for an open marriage and an NDA to protect his affairs.
Heartbroken, Ashley is pulled into a dangerous new world when a domestic terror group develops a deadly chemical weapon. The military calls in Major Nathan Ford, Harvey's cousin and a decorated U.S. Army Special Forces officer, to lead the operation. Nathan needs a brilliant chemist to help decipher the weapon's formula-Ashley becomes that civilian consultant.
Forced to work together under high pressure, Ashley and Nathan build an unlikely partnership, discovering strength, trust, and a slow-burning attraction. Meanwhile, Harvey refuses to let go, flaunting his mistress in public and humiliating Ashley. When Ashley finally breaks off the engagement, Harvey spirals, convinced Nathan stole her away.
Nathan proposes a marriage of protection, offering her his name and his shield against Harvey and his powerful family. Ashley, tired of being powerless and cornered, agrees. Their whirlwind marriage shocks society, ignites scandal, and sets the stage for a passionate love story built on loyalty, respect, and redemption.
Baca
Chapter: Chapter 59: The Storm ShelterAshley turned and saw it too, the house huddling against the trees like a frightened child. It was small and had an aura of long abandonment about it, but it had a roof and that was good enough for now.They opened the half-ajar door and stepped inside, shutting it behind them. The air was humid, smelling slightly of mildew and dust. Broken furniture littered the room: a wooden chair, a cracked mirror, a fireplace that hadn't seen use in years.Nathan rummaged in a drawer on the mantle and found a box of matches. With some effort, he managed to strike a fire using the handful of dry wood he'd found in a corner. Warm light flooded the room, chasing away the shadows.Ashley rubbed her arms, still shivering. Her clothes were drenched. Nathan noticed and yanked off his hoodie, holding it out to her. "Put this on. You'll catch a cold like this."
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Chapter: Chapter 60: Fever NightOnce inside the apartment, the heat of the room was almost surreal after the cold outside. Nathan took her jacket off, tossing it over the back of a chair. It was still wet and heavy from the rain. He handed her a towel, and Ashley took it, tucking it against her chest. "You should try to rest," Nathan said. "You've had a long day. I'll just sleep in the guest room tonight. If you need anything, just call."Ashley nodded, the towel held close to her chest. "Alright, Nate. Thank you."He smiled faintly. "Don't be so formal with me, Ash."Ashley looked at him for a moment, then gave a shy smile. "I'm sorry. I'm still not used to it.""I know," he replied, his voice a low whisper. "Good night, Ash.""Good night to you too, Nate."Ashley went into her room, leaving Nathan in the hallway
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Chapter: Chapter 58: A Place of Her OwnShe smiled slightly, but didn't say anything.They had been driving for about an hour when the car slowed down and turned onto a small, dirt road. The land was opening up before them now. Ten acres of it. Quiet countryside, where the only sound was the occasional chirping of birds. A nearby trickle of a stream could be heard, and there was a distinct smell of wet earth.Nathan pulled over. "We made it."Ashley got out of the car, heels sinking slightly into the soft earth. She took a deep breath, surveying the open land around her. There was peace and quiet in this property, shaded by tall trees on all sides. They almost seemed to rise up and form a green wall against the steel-gray sky."This is it, then," Nathan said, walking up beside her. "Ten acres, like you wanted. Private. Quiet. Secure. No close neighbors to hear the gentle whirring o
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Chapter: Chapter 57: A World on the EdgeHer eyes were intent, her fingers precise. This was her element, in this place of numbers and molecular models and interminable hours that bled into nights and nights."Hello, Erick," she said as her friend, the CEO, joined the video conference. "I'm wrapping up phase three of the new drug's clinical trial."Erick blinked, his expression clearly impressed. "Already? That's fantastic, Ash. How's the progress report?"Ashley smiled weakly. "The compound is working better than we had hoped. It locates the drug-resistant bacteria through a metabolic pathway that hasn't been tried before. Our bioinformatics team was able to map out exactly where the chink in the bacteria's armor is. It's precise. It's lethal to the bacteria but has no ill effects on the host cells."Erick widened his eyes. "That's good news.
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Chapter: Chapter 56: The Wounds That Never HealedAshley's eyes flashed. "What about her?"He sighed, running a hand through his hair. "You might think she sunk into this depression because I left her. But the truth is, she was already falling apart long before that. This is part of the reason we couldn't make it work as a marriage. She was paranoid. She was controlling. At one point, she even tried to keep me from going to work every day. I could have stayed home and withered away in her anger... or I could leave and keep some semblance of my sanity. I made the right choice, if you ask me."Ashley stared at him, eyes wide with incredulity. "So, you chose to leave the hell that she made, and you never looked back. Did you ever stop to consider what this would do to me? Your daughter?" Her voice cracked slightly, but she maintained her composure. "Any man can father a child, Stephen. But it takes a man to be a father."
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Chapter: Chapter 55: The Missing FormulasThe building was quiet when they arrived. Disinfectant stung their noses as the door slid open. The lab was closed for the day, and the normal white noise of instruments and computers was only a muted backdrop to the tension of the situation. Jamie was already there waiting, a large bundle of printed reports in his hands as he rose to his feet from the chair behind the central desk."Jamie," Ashley said, hurrying to her assistant. "What did you find?"Jamie extended the folder to her. "We have everything. The files from your server, their timestamps, which ones were accessed and in what order. Everything the hacker was able to extract."Ashley rifled through the papers, her eyes skimming the list. Halfway down the page, her thumb came to a stop. Her body stilled.
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