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A Toast to My Demise
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I'm dying at seven months pregnant, and the one behind it is my husband. Hearing that a premature baby's blood can save my sister, he conspires with a shady clinic to take the baby out through surgery. After draining the baby's blood, he walks away—leaving my fragile preemie to die. Later, my parents say, "You owe Yvie. It's time to repay her." My husband says, "We can always have another child. A baby's life can't possibly be more important than Yvie's, can it? The overwhelming rage and grief cause me to bleed to death. My soul floats above them as I watch them prepare my sister's surgery. They don't even bother to change me into clean clothes. No one mourns me. No one loses their mind over my death. Without a care, they wheel me into the morgue and celebrate Yvonne's recovery. When I open my eyes again, I've gone back three months earlier—to the day my whole family forced me to divorce.
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A Toast to My Demise Chapter 10
The moment Keanu slid the ring onto my finger, the banquet hall doors burst open."Stop! This wedding can't go on!"It was Luke. He staggered inside, his right arm hanging limply at his side. The stench of alcohol clung to his crumpled suit, and he looked as if he had just crawled out of some dingy bar. Behind him, Mom and Dad rushed in. "Whitney! My dear daughter!" Mom wailed, her voice raw and piercing. "Thank God, you're still alive!"Luke's gaze fell on Andy, who was standing beside me. He froze, realizing Andy was literally the spitting image of his younger self. "I-Is this my son?" His voice quivered.In my previous life, he hadn't even spared the baby a glance back in that shady clinic. He had rushed away to deliver blood to Yvonne, leaving little Andy helpless, his life slowly fading away in the crib."You lied to me!" Luke roared. "Our child never died!"Like a madman, he lunged toward Andy. "My boy! Come with Daddy—"Startled, Andy darted behind Keanu and cried o
A Toast to My Demise Chapter 9
"All these years, I've been searching the whole world for you…" Luke's voice trembled with excitement as he stepped forward and tried to pull me into an embrace. "I knew you weren't dead!""You got the wrong person," I said coldly, retreating a step back."Stop it, Whitney. I could never mistake someone else for you…" he said, his voice thick with desperation. "I've missed you."I stared at him in silence."I know you still blame me… It's all Yvonne's fault—that liar! She deceived all of us, causing us to hurt you," he cried out, his back bending so low that he was almost on his knees. Joy and grief flashed across his face. "Whitney, Stratton Group has gone bankrupt!"I was surprised. Bankrupt? Stratton Group was a massive family empire. How could it have fallen so fast? Luke continued, "But I understand now. I owe you this. This is the price I had to pay to find you. Come back with me, please. I want to make it up to you."He groveled before me at my door, clinging to my leg
A Toast to My Demise Chapter 8
Keanu's expression was dark. "Security! Someone's making a scene here."After Yvonne was dragged away by the guards, I stared at the untouched food on the table, my appetite gone.To the Lane family, I was already dead. The last thing I wanted was to reconnect with them again.This time, my greatest fear wasn't being exposed. I was worried about Andy. His face surfaced in my mind, and I knew Luke would take him away if he ever found out about his existence. I couldn't afford to let Andy return to that twisted household.I fell into a daze, but the warmth wrapped around my hand jolted me back to my senses. "We're a family, so don't worry," Keanu said, his gaze locked on mine. "I won't let them hurt you."My heart skipped a beat. "D-Do you know what happened?"He smiled, his grip around my hand tightening. "After you left, they almost turned Aderbrook upside down searching for you. Of course, I know. I knew who you were the first time we met."Surprised, I glanced up at him and
A Toast to My Demise Chapter 7
"Why are you still here?" I asked, surprised. "I'm waiting for you so that we can have supper together," Keanu replied, draping a cashmere coat over my shoulders. "I know you skipped dinner again."Only then did I notice the coffee on my desk had long gone cold, and the stack of documents on his desk had already been reviewed. That night, he took me to the finest restaurant in town. Snowflakes fluttered down as we walked side by side along the cobblestone street. He held an umbrella over me while snow quietly gathered on his shoulders. "You know," he suddenly said. "I think we could give this a try."I paused, but he walked on as if nothing had happened, leaving only a trail of faint footprints behind. Later, he found the best nanny and often played with my son, Andy. Despite his sophisticated appearance, he would always lie on the carpet playing with building blocks with Andy, or give him a piggyback around the house. "Keanu, when are we going to see the penguins?" Andy pe
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