เข้าสู่ระบบStabbed to death by her lying fiancé and her so-called best friend, Natalie wakes up eight years in the past, exactly one hundred days before endless floods swallow the world. This time, she knows everything. With a strange stone that can hide anything inside it and a retired police dog who trusts no one but her, Natalie sells off her fortune and turns the top floor of Houston's tallest tower into a fortress no one can break into. Evan and Ruby think she is still the sweet, foolish girl they can rob and use. They have no idea she remembers the knife. While the city drowns and her betrayers beg for scraps below, Natalie sits warm and full above the water, waiting.They left her to die once.This time, they can sink.
ดูเพิ่มเติมNatalie's povWe ate dinner at a quiet restaurant across the street from the Grand Crest Hotel. Grandma Hartfield ordered fish. Evan's mother ordered a salad and complained about it the whole time.When the plates were cleared, I put down my fork."Grandma, can I ask you something?""Of course, darling.""Were you happy? Knowing what Grandpa Hartfield did? Knowing about his other family?"Her smile disappeared. Evan's mother stopped chewing."That is family business, Natalie," Grandma said. Her voice was cold now. "Why are you bringing up old ghosts?""Because I do not want to live a lie like that." I took a deep breath. "I do not want to marry Evan. And I have proof that he does not want me either."Evan's mother laughed. "Proof? What proof?"Grandma folded her napkin. "The invitations have already been sent, Natalie. Three hundred guests. We will not become a laughing stock.""My grandfather's last wish was for me to be happy," I said. "Before he died, he told me something. He said
Natalie's pov"Okay, boy. I am just saying goodbye to the past."Thunder rested his chin on my knee while I scrolled through my phone. Picture after picture of me and Evan. Evan at the beach. Evan at my birthday dinner. Evan kissing my cheek at the park.Under one of them, I found an old message from him."Remember our first date? I miss those days. We are meant to be, babe."I deleted it. Then I deleted the next one. And the next.Three years of lies, gone in five minutes.Then I opened a new message to Evan and typed slowly. I wanted every word to be perfect."Evan, I have been thinking. I was too harsh with you. I want tonight to be special. Meet me at the Grand Crest Hotel, room 1108. Don't make me wait."I read it twice and pressed send.Hannah had told me all about room 1108. It was the private suite of the most hot-tempered gang boss in Houston. He stayed there every week. He hated strangers. He hated surprises. And he hated anybody who walked into his room without knocking.Ev
Natalie's pov"No more salt for you, hero."I pulled the bag of chips away from Thunder's nose. He looked up at me with big, sad eyes."Do not look at me like that. Keep eating this junk and you will go bald. Then no lady dogs will ever look at you."He sighed and dropped his head on his paws.I laughed and went back to the punching bag in my garage. My arms were shaking. My shirt was wet with sweat. Ten minutes of hitting and I was already tired."Pathetic," I said to myself.In my old life, I learned to fight the hard way. I learned after the floods, after people broke into my shelter, after I lost everything. This time, I would be ready before the first drop of rain."I need to train twice as hard."I hit the bag again. And again. And again.My phone buzzed on the bench. It was Evan."Thinking of you, babe. Can't wait for the wedding. Sleep tight."I wiped my face with a towel. Six months ago, a message like that would have made me smile all night.Now it made me want to throw up.
Natalie's pov"List my house," I said.The real estate agent looked up from her papers. "Sure. What price are you thinking?""One hundred and fifty thousand below market value."She dropped her pen. "One hundred and fifty thousand under? Natalie, that is a steal. It will sell in hours.""Good. I want a wire transfer by tomorrow morning. No exceptions.""But you could get so much more if you wait a few weeks.""I do not have a few weeks."She stared at me like I had lost my mind. Then she picked up her pen and started writing.In a few weeks, money would mean nothing. In a hundred days, nobody would care about houses. They would care about food, clean water, and a dry place to sleep.I walked out of her office and into the heat. Houston in spring felt like an oven.Then I heard a girl's voice near my car."Look at this monster, guys!"A young woman with long pink nails was holding her phone up to my car window. She was filming Thunder."Some crazy person left this illegal breed in a ho












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