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46. Closure
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2026-03-17 23:48:53
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Reborn Rich: My Fiancé and Step-Sister Killed Me Once. 140. Desperation Escalates
"You're selling the insurance policy on the ring," Lucas said, leaning over the back of her chair as he watched her fill out the digital appraisal form on her tablet. "Not the actual ring itself?""Not selling it outright," Rita said, her jaw tight as her fingernails tapped against the glass screen. "Pawning it. If we come up with the money in time, I can buy it back before anyone in our social circle even notices my finger is empty."She didn't look up at him. She couldn't bear to look at his sunken eyes, his unwashed hoodie, or the helpless posture he'd adopted ever since Arden had sent her packing empty-handed."That ring cost more than my car, Rita," he muttered softly."And right now it's sitting in a box doing absolutely nothing to stop the bank from putting a foreclosure notice on our front door!" Rita swung around in her chair, her eyes flashing with a sharp, dangerous heat. "Do you have a better idea, Lucas? A sudden stroke of financial genius, perhaps? Please, illuminate m
Reborn Rich: My Fiancé and Step-Sister Killed Me Once. 139. Watch Her Squarm
ARDENRita’s text landed on my phone at exactly 8:14 on a Tuesday evening, right as I was pouring myself a glass of red wine.Could we meet up sometime this week? Just the two of us. It's really important, Arden. Please.I set the wine bottle down, picked up my phone, and read the message three times. A dark, electric thrill flared deep in my chest—sharp, ugly, and undeniably delicious.There it is, I thought, a slow smile pulling at the corners of my lips. The crack in the golden altar.I didn't reply immediately. I let her sweat for two full hours before typing back a brief, breezy confirmation for Thursday afternoon. I deliberately picked The Velvet Glass—a sleek, absurdly overpriced boutique café located less than three blocks from the sprawling, multi-million-dollar estate Rita and Lucas had just bought in cash. I wanted her to walk past every stone wall and manicured hedge of her brand-new palace on her way to beg me for mercy.Thursday arrived, overcast and brisk. I sat a
Reborn Rich: My Fiancé and Step-Sister Killed Me Once. 138. The Idea Forms
Lucas was sitting on a high stool at the quartz island, holding his cell phone to his ear with a white-knuckled grip, listening to the flat, tinny hold music of their mortgage lender for the third time that morning.He had his laptop open in front of him, displaying three different loan rejection emails from private wealth management firms. Sweat prickled cold along the back of his neck as he waited for a representative to pick up, his mind frantically calculating how many days they had left before the bank flagged their primary mortgage payment as delinquent.Before the automated voice could transfer him to an Underwriting agent, Rita’s hand darted into his field of vision. She snatched the phone right out of his hand, tapped the red button, and slammed the device face-down onto the quartz counter."They're not going to approve a second mortgage or a home equity line, Lucas," Rita said, her voice strained and tight. "We bought the house less than three months ago, in cash, with z
Reborn Rich: My Fiancé and Step-Sister Killed Me Once. 137. The Big Fight
RITARita stood at the sleek quartz kitchen island in her tailored loungewear, trying to authorize the catering company's final post-wedding invoice on her phone, when the digital transaction declined for the second consecutive time.She frowned at the glowing screen, assuming it was a temporary glitch in the venue’s payment portal. She re-entered her card details with practiced, confident fingers, tapped Submit, and watched the screen flash a bright, humiliating red again: Transaction Declined: Insufficient Funds.A sudden, unpleasant knot pulled tight in the center of her stomach. She exited the payment portal and opened her banking application directly, bypassing the third-party app to view the primary balance.The number listed across the top line didn't make any sense.Rita stared at it for a long, frozen moment, her eyes darting across the digits. She was certain she was misreading a decimal point somewhere, or that her bank had temporarily locked the account due to flagg
Reborn Rich: My Fiancé and Step-Sister Killed Me Once. 136. Down the Drain II
The first two weeks went so shockingly well that Lucas genuinely started believing his own inflated confidence.A high-risk tech stock he had read about on a speculative forum jumped eleven percent in four days flat. When he pulled up the trading dashboard on his laptop, he couldn't help the proud, arrogant grin that spread across his face. He angled the glowing screen toward Rita across the plush living room couch, pointing to the bright green profit line."See?" he said, his voice brimming with satisfaction. "Told you I actually knew what I was doing.""Look at you, Wall Street!" Rita laughed, kissing his cheek with genuine delight before returning her attention to scrolling through wedding photo proofs on her phone.Lucas closed the laptop lid, leaning back into the cushions. For the first time in longer than he wanted to admit, he felt like a capable, powerful man who actually had his life completely handled.The illusion shattered during the third week.The exact same te
Reborn Rich: My Fiancé and Step-Sister Killed Me Once. 135..Down the Drain I
Lucas brought it up carefully over dinner at their dark mahogany dining table, pacing his words with the exact, measured precision he had been rehearsing in his head for days."I've been doing some serious research," he said, setting his fork down onto his plate with a light, deliberate sound. "On investing. Real, structured investing. Properly managed, not just following random hype online or taking reckless gambles.""Yeah?" Rita looked up from her salad, her eyes flashing with instant interest."The crypto coin you hit on—that was incredible, obviously, but it was luck as much as anything, right? A tip from someone you don't even know, at the absolute right second." He kept his tone completely easy, reasonable, and disarmingly gentle. "I think if we actually study the broader market properly, put a real institutional strategy behind it instead of just praying another lucky tip comes along, we could turn what's left of the funds into something much bigger. We could set ourselv
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