Semua Bab Love In Revenge : Bab 1 - Bab 4

Four months earlier,I was at the company’s celebration event the night we signed the biggest deal of the year.Exactly four months before everything fell apart.I still had time.At first, I was confused, overwhelmed by the feeling that I had somehow stepped back into my own past. Then I found myself standing at the edge of the pool, and the confusion cleared instantly.Vivian.My step-sister walked toward me with a drink in her hand, her smile sweet enough to choke on. I knew this moment. I knew what she was about to do. Last time, I had been too trusting and naive. Last time, she had also pushed me into that pool, knowing full well I couldn’t swim.Once a victim, always a victim?Not anymore.I stayed perfectly still as she approached, pretending not to see the way she angled her body to “accidentally” bump me.“You’ve been looking off all evening,” she said in her sugary voice. “Are you okay? Here, I brought us shots.”Her hand extended the glass her other hand ready to shov

Going down the stairs, I paused, catching familiar fragments of Vivian and my stepmother’s conversation.I didn’t need to hear them to know what was being said.“Mom, she’s been acting strange lately. She used to be so easy to manipulate—I don’t know what’s gotten into her.”I slowed my steps, the words lining up too neatly with memories that didn’t belong to this lifetime.Her mother sighed, about to speak, but Vivian cut her off.“And Drake is taking this act of his too far. He knows I’d be angry, and he still knelt for her, right in front of me. Oh, that boy,” Vivian snapped, annoyance sharp in her voice.“She’s been clever lately,” her mother continued, a cold smile curling her lips. “I don’t know what’s come over her, but I’ll keep trying. She’s usually so easy to bend.”“But don’t ruin the plan with this outburst,” she warned sharply. “You’re about to ruin everything, aren’t you?”Vivian clenched her fists.“Why can’t she just leave Drake?!”Her mom voice rose, cracking slightl