Semua Bab Everyone Chose Her, so I Chose Revenge: Bab 1 - Bab 9

The moment I pushed open the bedroom door, I thought I'd lose control the way I always did, rush in and tear them apart.The two of them were tangled together on the bed. Aria Sinclair screamed and buried herself in Grant Berton's arms, while he grabbed the blanket and pulled it over her. "So you caught us," he said, his voice dripping with contempt. "You're not going to throw another fit, are you?"Aria huddled beneath the covers, her voice small and pitiful. "Carly, we never meant for this to happen."But I just stood there, perfectly calm, and called out to the system in my mind. "I'm giving up the mission.""Carly, if the mission is marked as a failure, your soul will be destroyed!" the system warned. "Good. At least I won't have to look at them anymore."I couldn't stomach another second of a future spent tangled up with these two."Countdown initiated. Affection score will be settled in 24 hours."Grant pulled on a shirt like nothing had happened. "Since you're here, I

I walked into the storage room. It was packed with junk, leaving only a small patch of bare floor. I looked around and let out a quiet, bitter laugh.Cold air seeped through the cracks in the walls, carrying the smell of mildew.Hurried footsteps approached, and when I looked up, Miles was standing in the doorway with his fists clenched. He'd followed me in.I looked at my son, the child I'd nearly died bringing into the world, and the hard shell I'd been building around myself crumbled in an instant. He reminded me of when he was little, the way he used to come running to me whenever something upset him.I reached out without thinking, the way I always used to, just to touch his hand and ask what was wrong. My fingers hovered just above his sleeve, not quite touching.Miles recoiled like I'd burned him. "Can you not be so disgusting?"His voice was sharp and breathless. "Ari is the sweetest. She's kind and gentle. Why can't you just leave her alone? She's spent the whole year wi

The dinner knife plunged straight into my chest. I hadn't held back at all.It hurt, a hundred times worse than the electroshock that forced the words "I was wrong" out of my mouth. But all I felt was relief.My body crumpled to the ground, blood spilling from the corner of my mouth.Grant didn't react right away. He stood frozen for two full seconds before it hit him, and then he rushed forward and dropped to his knees beside me, pulling me into his arms.He pressed his hand against the wound, his fingers shaking, his voice breaking. "You're insane! You've completely lost it!""Grant.""Don't talk! Don't say anything!""Did you… ever… really love me?"He froze. Tears fell from his eyes and landed on my face. "Yes… yes, I did… Carly, stop talking… Just wait for the ambulance… You can't die."Connor looked like his brain had shut down. It took him a long moment before he staggered over and sank to his knees beside me. "C-Carly, why do you always have to be so stubborn?"I smil

Aria froze the moment she heard Grant's voice."I… I didn't say anything.""I heard everything!" Grant roared and slapped her hard across the face. The force sent Aria sprawling to the floor, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.He stood over her, his eyes burning with hatred. "You've been faking your amnesia this whole time? This was all part of your plan?"Connor grabbed her by the throat. "That car accident was you. You did it on purpose."Aria's breathing turned ragged, her chest heaving as she clawed at his hands. "I didn't… I never said that."Connor's eyes went red as he thought about the past year, how easily they'd all forgiven Aria because of her amnesia. They'd forced me to clear Aria's name at our parents' memorial, used the graves as a threat, and all of it drove me to my death right in front of them."It was you. It was all you, you worthless piece of trash!"He kicked Aria in the stomach. She crumpled to the floor, curling into a ball, sobbing and begg

The next morning, a janitor found Connor's body on the pavement below. That was the end of the Burke family line.Miles became an orphan. None of the relatives was willing to take him in, so he was sent to a group home.Without parents to protect him, a child in a place like that never stood much of a chance. The older kids stole his food, made him wash everyone's socks, and beat him whenever he refused.Miles spent most of his time curled up alone in a corner, hugging his knees, crying out for someone who would never answer."Mom, Dad, I'm sorry. Please come back."But no one ever came.In his corner of the group home, he clung to the old phone I had left behind. There was only one recording on it. "Miles, I love you so much. But I'm just so tired. Forgive me for not being able to stay with you anymore."…I woke up in a hospital bed as memories of the modern world flooded back in a rush. Tears rolled down my face, but I was smiling.The system said, "Carly, Grant took his