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Leo clearly hadn’t expected me—who used to get jealous over him all the time—to say something like that. He froze for a moment.But he soon had no time to worry about me, because the elderly lady had already taken advantage of the brief moment while the waiter was speaking to hand over her invitation.Leo’s face darkened instantly.Before the waiter could even verify it, Leo snatched the invitation and tore it to pieces. The woman was shoved to the ground, and the things in her bag spilled everywhere.“Are you deaf? Didn’t you hear what I just said? My sister’s birthday is coming up—can’t you give up the seat? With the way you’re dressed, how could you possibly have an invitation? It’s obviously fake!”The woman looked at the cheeseburger patties scattered across the floor, anger rising in her eyes, her voice turning cold:“Do you know how long it took me to make those patties? I ordered the beef from a specific butcher, carefully balanced the fat-to-lean ratio, hand-shaped each patty,

It was obvious that the collision just now had aggravated an old injury. Her face had turned pale.Blood flowed from her brow, running down her cheek, but she didn’t bother wiping it away. She only tried in vain to keep her eyes open, blinking desperately.Compared to Amy—who had been whining noisily for half the day yet still looked perfectly flushed—I knew this lady was truly in pain.Thinking of that, I forced myself to stand up. Pointing at the blood around the woman’s eye, I looked at Leo, my voice turning colder and sharper.“Leo, is your heart made of stone? This lady already said her eyesight was almost gone! How could you lay hands on her like that?!”“Move aside right now! Or I’ll call security immediately!”Rubbing my lower back, which was still numb from the impact, I waved my hand impatiently at Leo.“Go. Get up and bring the auction’s doctor here to check on the lady.”Then, remembering Amy’s fate that night in my previous life, I added another sentence.“And call a car t

After understanding the full picture, Alessandro’s gaze fell on the auction item.Under the spotlight, the pearls glowed with a soft, lustrous sheen.“I don’t want bloodshed in front of my mother, so I’ll spare you for now,” he said lightly. “Since my mother wants that pearl necklace, let the bidding continue.”Everyone in the room froze.Given Alessandro’s temper, I had expected Leo to have at least two broken ribs by now.But he was letting it go just like that?The auctioneer received the signal and forced himself to continue. “One million five hundred thousand, going once…”Alessandro raised his paddle. “Ten million.”Leo stood there, motionless.He no longer dared to bid like before.“Ten million, going once.” The auctioneer’s voice rang clearly through the silent VIP room.No one else raised a paddle. No one dared compete with the Don for a necklace.“Ten million, going twice…”“Ten million, going—”I studied Alessandro’s expression, then took a closer look at the necklace before

St. Patrick’s CathedralI knelt before the coffin, a black veil covering my face.My fingers tightened—not in prayer, but counting seconds.In my previous life, it was here that Leo kicked open the church doors. A bullet tore through my brother’s forehead, and his blood spread across the floor in front of my father’s coffin.I was held down, forced to watch my family fall, powerless to do anything.That scene replayed in my nightmares countless times after my rebirth.Every time I woke up, I would touch my face—it would be wet with tears.But today was different.Today… this was my trap.I tilted my head slightly, scanning the back rows of the church from the corner of my eye.Alessandro’s men were disguised as mourners, scattered in small groups among the pews.Behind me came the sound of chaotic footsteps.Not one person—a group.Bang—The church doors were kicked open.Leo stood in the doorway, over twenty armed men behind him.“Olivia!”His voice echoed through the empty church, la