Chapter 1

“Happy birthday, Eleanor! Look at what I bought for you!”

Before I finished making my wish, I saw Bella Johnson take out a pink polaroid camera.

When the familiar camera appeared before me, I was certain that I had returned to the past!

In the previous timeline, I accepted the camera happily. I did not expect to hit rock bottom because of it.

Bella looked a little awkward when I did not react.

She sounded as if she was walking on eggshells when she said, “Eleanor, don’t you like it?”

Oliver Taylor quickly took the camera from Bella’s hands.

“You’re Eleanor’s best friend! How’s it possible for her not to like a gift from you?”

After that, he nudged my arm with his shoulder. “Right?”

I looked at the cheating couple before me and sneered. I picked up the camera.

“Bella, of course, I like it. I love whatever you buy for me! It’s just that…”

I paused on purpose. Both of them looked nervous. They were afraid that I would reject the gift.

“Your parents are hospitalized. I know that you’re short on money right now.

“You should return this.”

I pushed the camera in Bella’s direction. She stepped away from it like it was the plague.

“Eleanor, you’ve helped me so much! The least I can do is give you a nice gift. You should take it!”

She then immediately took out a stack of polaroid films and looked at me sheepishly.

“Look, I bought these for you too! You can use it.”

Oliver said in agreement, “Bella chose this for you. It’s even your favorite color, pink!

“Come on, just take it.”

I nodded and picked up the camera. I aimed it at Oliver.

“Alright! Let me take a photo of you to see how it is.”

Oliver was terrified. He immediately covered his face and yelled at me, “Don’t! Eleanor, Bella bought that for you. The first photo you take should be of yourself.”

Bella tugged on my sleeve. She pretended to be offended as she stared at me.

“This is my gift for you. Why are you taking a photo of him?

“The first photo must be a family photo with you and your parents in it. Otherwise, I’ll be offended!”

I snorted and put the camera away after seeing their innocent act.

“Alright, I’ll take a photo and send it to you.”

It had happened exactly that way in my past life. I listened to them and took a photo of my parents after I reached home.

I took many selfies excitedly and sent them to Bella.

A week later, my mother had gotten into a car accident on her way to grocery shopping.

The driver looked exhausted. He was detained by the police.

But my mother had suffered multiple injuries and lost too much blood as she lay on the ground. Before the ambulance could arrive, she had died.

I was still in pain from losing my mother when something happened to my father, too.

Out of nowhere, he suffered a stroke. Fortunately, I discovered it in time and managed to take him to the hospital.

Even though he survived, he had to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. Half of his body was paralyzed.

Just when life was throwing me curveballs, I received a phone call from my company on the same night.

I was told that a project agreement had some issues. Not only were we going to face a huge loss, but we also had to bear tens of millions of dollars in compensation.

The news was devastating. My head was spinning. I immediately announced that the company had filed for bankruptcy.

I did not manage to sleep that night.

In just a night, my hair had turned gray.

A lot of wrinkles appeared on my face. It was as if I had aged ten years overnight.

The next few days, my body swelled up like a balloon. Not only that, but a lot of scars appeared on my face and my body.

At the same time, Oliver called me.