All Chapters of Take Your Love, I'll Take the Fortune: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

9 Chapters

Chapter 1

Under the scrutiny of the entire school faculty and my fellow students, I accepted the funeral wreath with a bright, unwavering smile.I made no complaint. Instead, I gently comforted my cousin."You're just a bit traditional. You don't always get modern customs," I said kindly. "But I know you meant well, dear cousin."Unlike my last life, my brother Nick didn't pin me down in public and force me to endure ten slaps from her to soothe her pride after I'd struck her.This time, his eyes held only barely concealed concern."Today was supposed to be your big celebration. Audrey, she… Cathy really doesn't know any better. You were put in an awkward position."My father squeezed my shoulder. His approving look carried a hint of remorse."Haven't you always wanted a stake in the family holdings?" he said. "I'll have legal draw up the papers today. Five percent is yours."After a pause, he added, "You handled this with grace. Don't hold it against your cousin."A flicker of cold iro

Chapter 2

A cold, inward smirk was all I could muster.Too spineless to show his own sister basic kindness in front of his darling cousin—what a pitiful man.My fingers, however, flew across the screen: [I want the Bugatti.]That hypercar cost over five million after taxes, was one of five in the country, and was worth more than any antique necklace.It was my brother's crown jewel. He frowned, hesitated for a long moment, then finally gritted his teeth.[Fine.]As we were texting, the university's leadership arrived.The dean took one look at the glaringly out-of-place funeral wreath."What is the meaning of this?"One by one, eyes turned to me. I calmly met my cousin's gaze.The dean didn't wait for an explanation. He motioned for campus security to remove both the wreath and my cousin from the event."Completely inappropriate!"Watching several officers escort her out, my brother and father panicked."Audrey, go talk to the dean!" my brother shouted. "Cathy didn't mean anything b

Chapter 3

"Fine. In addition to the three percent in shares, I want to buy a manor villa—paid in full."I stopped the hysterics. Instead, my composed resignation seemed to move them.My father agreed immediately and approved a forty-million-dollar budget for the property. My brother messaged to say he'd cover all the interior design and renovation costs. He even praised my generosity."Cathy destroyed Mom's things. I really lost my temper with her. I've let her get away with too much. To think she'd dare to trash your room…"I smiled—coldly—and went to Grandma to plead for leniency.She felt for me and quietly signed over a small, profitable subsidiary to my control."With your own income, you won't have to take so much disrespect. Your father's lost all perspective! Who knows where the family assets will end up?"Quietly, I expedited the property purchase.On the day I signed the final papers, my cousin flooded my phone with family photos.Cathy: [Uncle said the torn pictures don't matt

Chapter 4

If Cathy's father's friend hadn't cut corners on the site, maybe that I-beam never would have fallen.That whole tangled "debt of a life" had shackled me for years, forcing me into a permanent bow before my cousin. It felt like swallowing something foul—impossible to reject, impossible to digest.I took the Bugatti out onto the open highway, pushing it hard for miles before pulling into a station and filling the tank on my brother's account. Only then did the tightness in my chest ease slightly.When I pulled up to the campus gates, I saw my father's car. He got out and handed me a folder."Sweetheart. Look this over."A flicker of genuine surprise crossed my face.It wasn't just the ten percent stake.But because in my last life, my father never once came to see me in this city before I died. Now, he'd flown across the country just to deliver papers."It's cold. Your assistant could have handled this," I said, my tone flat.My tepid show of concern seemed to sharpen his discom

Chapter 5

"This is outrageous!"My father yanked his arm free with a rough jerk. He stared at me for a long moment, as if he couldn't reconcile the image of the quiet, obedient daughter he knew with the person now standing up to him."So a fancy degree gives you the right to talk back? You think you're beyond reproach now?! Let me be clear—I'm the one funding your education, and I can have you pulled from that program and cut off without a dime."I believed him.I'd already lived through that lesson once.But now, with capital and control within my grasp, his threats felt hollow."Do what you have to do," I replied. "Ever since I was a child, how many times have you made me bend for her sake? She's his daughter, and yet she's never once visited his grave. I'm the one who's knelt there year after year."It felt like performing a wedding ceremony for someone else's marriage—utterly absurd.My father slammed the porcelain cup beside him onto the table."Enough! Consider it your duty!"His

Chapter 6

"Audrey!"It was the same as always. The moment Cathy's eyes welled up, right and wrong ceased to matter. It always ended with me yielding and making amends."This is my house, and I decide what happens here!"With that, my father signaled to the security detail by the door."Take Audrey to her uncle's grave! She doesn't leave that plot until she's knelt for three full days and nights."The last trace of reluctance in Nick's eyes vanished when he looked at Cathy's tear-streaked face. His voice turned cold."I warned you to let it go. You had to push it. Fine—go kneel on that frozen ground and think it over."Their reaction couldn't touch me anymore.I didn't spare them a glance. Without a word, I followed the security team out of that house, which had long since lost any warmth.Let them go on their Aeropean vacation. That way, I'd have enough time to inherit my mother's estate and to dig into the truth behind that falling steel beam.…On the first day at the gravesite, I t

Chapter 7

Heh…Such a tired threat. And one that held no power over me anymore."Dad, do you really believe you're still the untouchable Chairman of the family holdings, controlling every dollar?"With that, I hung up briskly, blocked his number, and rolled over to go back to sleep.I had lab observations that afternoon. I didn't have time for his theatrics.The small firm Grandmother gave me alone cleared one to two million a year in net profit.Not to mention the cars, the property, and the controlling sixty-seven percent stake.Even if my father cut me off entirely, I'd live more than comfortably.I didn't know how many days had passed when I finally left the lab and saw my father standing in the falling snow, his face pale.I feigned indifference. "Back again? Another document to deliver?"This time, I didn't bother pretending to care if he was cold.Taking my cousin abroad on my mother's memorial—for that alone, he deserved not an ounce of my concern."Why didn't you answer your

Chapter 8

My voice grew colder with every word."What happened back then cost Mom her life.""And you?" I continued. "You kept saying how much you cared about her, yet not a single one of you ever properly investigated that accident!"The final sentence tore out of my throat, almost a roar. "If it weren't for Cathy's father, Mom wouldn't have died at all! You two idiots worshiped a murderer like a god for fifteen whole years!"After shouting that, I flung all the evidence Grandma had uncovered at their faces."Open your damn eyes and take a good look!""Oh, right," I added coldly. "Isn't Cathy supposedly ill—unable to face her father's grave? Today, I'll personally drag her there and make her kneel in front of his grave for seven days and seven nights. I want to see whether, without the two of you by her side, she'll still suddenly go insane."I'd long suspected that my cousin's illness was fake.But back then, she was only twelve—there was no way she could have arranged a doctor's diagn

Chapter 9

Cathy had lived under our roof for fifteen years. She enjoyed our family's protection—so now, she had to live by our family's rules."Behave. If you're going to be a dependent, learn to be obedient. Otherwise, I'll make sure you regret ever crossing me."Leaving those words behind, I returned to Tempas City.Over the following week, I used decisive measures to purge the family holdings of every last loyalist tied to her side of the family."From today on, I am the final authority here."My gaze, cold and sharp, swept across the boardroom."That so-called 'uncle' meant nothing to me.""And worse—" I tossed the evidence Grandmother had compiled onto the table, "—he was responsible for my mother's death. So don't let me see any of you again. Get out. All of you."Amid the cries and curses, I rubbed my throbbing temples.Being in charge really isn't easy…I wondered how the arrangements with my maternal grandparents were coming along.My mother came from old money—a business dyn

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