Chapter 1

"Don't sign the deal! That company's shady!"

In the law firm's conference room, my boss, Levi Howard, was just about to close a multi-million-dollar deal with a publicly listed company.

That was when the stunning lawyer, Charlotte Lowell, burst in and stopped Levi.

Levi jumped at the sudden interruption. "Charlotte, what are you talking about? This is a ten-million-dollar deal!"

They were lucky to land even one deal like this in an entire year.

But Charlotte stood her ground, calm and confident.

"Mr. Howard, this company's been cooking the books. They're going to crash soon. If we take this case, we won't just lose. We'll end up bankrupt!"

Levi froze. "W-Where did you even hear that?"

The company representative's expression shifted. He tried to keep his cool but couldn't hide the guilt in his voice. "That's complete nonsense. We didn't do anything that's against the law!"

Charlotte looked even more confident now.

"I didn't hear it from anyone. I know because I've been reborn. Your company deliberately quoted us an outrageous legal fee because you want us to lose the case and cover your breach of contract!"

Her words hit like a thunderclap. The representative went pale.

Levi didn't know whether to believe her, but he decided to delay the signing just in case.

The very next day, the company fell apart.

Countless media outlets rushed to report the story, exposing layers of financial fraud until the company finally declared bankruptcy.

Charlotte became the star of the firm overnight. Even Levi started looking at her differently.

That was when it finally hit me that I really had been reborn.

I had come back to the very day Charlotte claimed she had come back from a past life.

In my past life, Charlotte had done the same. She predicted there was a problem with the multi-million-dollar contract, saved the firm from a massive loss, and left everyone stunned.

After that, Levi asked me to book a restaurant for a team dinner to celebrate dodging the bullet.

But then Charlotte told Levi not to go to that restaurant because there was going to be a gas explosion.

And she was right. Just a few hours later, news of the restaurant's explosion was all over social media.

After those two close calls, Levi was completely sold on Charlotte's reborn story.

To keep her on the team, he gave her the executive role he had initially promised me.

When I tried to resign, Charlotte asked Levi to stop me.

"If Yelena jumps ship to another firm, it won't even take a year before she uses the resources she gained here to crush us. When that happens, our entire firm will fall apart."

After hearing what Charlotte said, my boyfriend and colleague, Finley Smith, jumped in to back her up.

"Charlotte's right. I saw the offer letter from Vera Legal in Yelena's inbox. She's a petty person. If she ends up at Vera Legal, our firm is definitely in for her revenge."

Levi believed them without question and shut down my resignation.

I tried going through labor arbitration, but it didn't help. In the end, I was reduced to a janitor at the firm.

Consumed by resentment, I fell into depression and ended up hanging myself at the entrance of the firm.

But somehow, I was reborn on the very day Charlotte claimed she had been reborn.

This time, I wouldn't let the tragedy of my past life happen again.