MasukAfter I switched bodies with my driver, I ended up trapped in the body of an overweight, unattractive man everyone looked down on. My sister Joanne Harper and my fiancée, Serena Lane, did everything they could to find a way to switch us back. Joanne hired an exorcist and even gave her own blood for the ritual. Serena climbed three thousand icy steps to a remote mountaintop chapel in the middle of a blizzard, dropping to her knees in prayer every few steps. But Julian Brown, now living in my body, looked at them pitifully. “My romance system says we can only switch back if both of you truly fall in love with me.” From that day on, Joanne appeared to indulge his every whim, buying him sports cars and mansions. Behind his back, she made it up to me tenfold, a hundredfold. In public, Serena kissed him and acted affectionate. The moment she turned away, she looked like she wanted to scrub herself head to toe with disinfectant. I thought they were forcing themselves through all of it for my sake. Until one day, I accidentally overheard my sister talking to my fiancée. “The exorcist said that in three more days, they’ll be stuck like this permanently.” “Julian is so innocent. He deserves a good life. Asher’s always been spoiled and arrogant. Maybe this will finally teach him a lesson.” What they didn’t know was that I had a system too. And if I didn’t get my body back in three days, I would die.
Lihat lebih banyakThree years later.My engagement party was held as planned in the grand ballroom of the most exclusive hotel in Harbor City.I held Natalie’s hand as we stood beneath glittering lights, surrounded by the city’s elite, calmly accepting everyone’s congratulations.Natalie smiled brightly at me.“Tired?”I shook my head and lightly traced my fingertip across her palm.Then I saw two familiar figures. Joanne and Serena.The heaviness between Joanne’s brows had never faded. She looked much older than she had three years ago.Serena was still beautiful, but the confidence and spark she once carried were gone. All that remained in her eyes was emptiness.They saw me too.Joanne’s gaze swept over me at first, ready to move on.Then she froze.Her pupils contracted sharply.Serena followed her rigid stare toward me, and her body swayed.It was as though all the strength had suddenly drained out of her.Her eyes locked onto me, filled with emotions too complicated to name.They s
I thought death would be nothing but endless darkness and an ending.But then a voice pierced through the void.A woman spoke beside me, her voice impossibly gentle and choked with tears.“Hayden, can you hear me? Doctor! Doctor, his finger moved!”I struggled to lift my heavy eyelids.An unfamiliar ceiling came into view. The sharp smell of disinfectant filled the room, softened by the faint scent of gardenias.My vision gradually cleared. Three anxious faces hovered around my bed.An elegant woman stood closest to me, her eyes red from crying. Beside her, a handsome middle-aged man held her hand tightly.A beautiful young woman leaned over the bed, watching me closely.None of them tried to hide the worry in their eyes.Who were they?I opened my mouth to speak, but only a faint, garbled sound came out.The woman immediately leaned closer. She dipped a cotton swab in water and carefully moistened my lips.“Hayden, don’t rush. Take your time. You’ve been unconscious for d
Asher’s funeral was kept simple. The official story was that he had died suddenly from an illness.Only a handful of people came to pay their respects, offering the usual polite condolences. No one knew the betrayal and despair hidden beneath the surface of his death.After all, Asher had changed completely over the past year. His personality had become so different from before that he’d gradually withdrawn from their social circle.Joanne stood at the memorial in a black suit, accepting the occasional words of sympathy.Her face was blank, looking like an empty shell.Serena didn’t attend the funeral. Instead, she locked herself inside the cramped servants’ room where Asher had lived before he died.Julian had always complained that the room was too small and refused to set foot inside.Because of that, it had preserved more traces of the real Asher than anywhere else in the house.Pressed between the pages of the books on the shelf were bookmarks he had made from dried flower
“Asher!”Serena screamed my name over and over, but the person in her arms would never answer her again.Joanne tore off her blouse and pressed it tightly against my mouth, desperately trying to stop the blood.But the warm, sticky liquid quickly soaked through the fabric.Nothing she did helped.In the chaos, no one noticed Julian suddenly convulse behind them and collapse to the floor.It wasn’t until the paramedics arrived and began loading the stretcher that someone finally spotted him.“There’s another patient here! Get him in the ambulance too!”Time crawled by.At last, the doors to the emergency room opened.A doctor stepped out with a grave expression.“Which of you is Mr. Harper’s family?”Joanne and Serena both shot to their feet, their hearts in their throats.The doctor hesitated and avoided their eyes.“The patient was unconscious for too long. His brain went without oxygen for an extended period of time.“We did everything we could. I’m sorry for your loss












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