All Chapters of After Swapping Bodies With My Hideous Driver, I Died and They Broke: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

8 Chapters

Chapter 1

Joanne sighed. “We can never let Asher find out that both of our affection levels for Julian maxed out a long time ago.”Serena nodded. “Don’t worry. He trusts us completely. We can tell him anything, and he’ll believe it.”My hands and feet went ice-cold.I didn’t even know how I managed to walk away.A year ago, I had somehow switched bodies with my driver, Julian.I’d been trapped ever since in his short, heavyset body, while he wore my face and enjoyed everything that should’ve been mine.Joanne brought in exorcists. Priests prayed late into the night.Every day, they reassured me that they were still looking for a way to get me back into my own body.It had all been a lie.My nails dug deep into my palm, but I barely felt a thing.These hands were thick and rough, covered in calluses.At breakfast, Joanne affectionately ruffled my hair.“Asher, eat some more. I had Mrs. Warren make those little cakes you like.”But I clearly caught the flash of disgust in her eyes.I

Chapter 2

Joanne froze.I forced a smile that probably looked worse than crying.“You told me that no matter what I looked like, you’d always recognize me.”“You said you only had one little brother, and that would always be me.”Joanne’s pupils contracted.But the next second, she looked away.“Asher, stop overthinking things. Once you get your body back, I’ll take you on an island vacation.”“Julian already feels terrible about what happened to you. He’s having a hard time too. I’m going to keep him company.”With that, she turned and walked over to Julian.“Come on. I’ll take you to pick out the new Rolex you wanted.”Julian cheered and wrapped an arm around her waist.Watching them walk away side by side made my eyes sting.I went back to the servants’ room and collapsed onto the hard bed.So they really had fallen in love with Julian a long time ago.All those sweet promises had been nothing but lies meant to placate me.They just wanted me to stay quietly trapped in this bod

Chapter 3

Julian shot me a smug look, but his voice was full of concern.“Serena, maybe just let it go. I’m sure Asher knows he was wrong...”Serena sighed and stepped behind me, raising the whip.I forced back the sting in my eyes.“Serena, do you remember the last time I was whipped when I was sixteen?”Her hand paused.I smiled, but the tears still slipped down my face.“You climbed over the wall that night just to bring me ointment.“You told me that if anyone ever hurt me again, you’d make them pay.”My voice broke.“But now you’re the one hurting me.”She was silent for a long moment.Then the whip cracked through the air.Excruciating pain exploded across my back.It didn’t ease in the slightest.I clenched my teeth.“I didn’t do anything wrong.”The second lash came down even harder.My knees buckled, and I collapsed to the floor.Not far away, Julian covered his mouth to hide the mocking smile curling at his lips.Joanne mistook it for fear and gently rubbed his back

Chapter 4

I looked around in panic.Joanne was smiling as she listened to Julian talk, without even glancing my way.Serena’s eyes swept over us. She paused for a second, then looked away indifferently.No one was going to help me.To them, the person being harassed was nothing more than an ugly servant who didn’t matter.Humiliation and despair swallowed me whole. Summoning every ounce of strength I had, I shoved the woman away.The moment she stumbled back and loosened her grip, I turned and ran.Her curses followed me, along with the guests’ mocking laughter.I rushed back to the servants’ room and slid down the door until I was sitting on the floor.My hands shook as I clawed at the clothes on my body, tearing at the fabric until my nails split and smears of blood stained the material.The system’s cold voice sounded in my head.[Time remaining: 23 hours, 59 minutes.]Less than one day left.The birthday song drifted faintly from outside, followed by Julian’s delighted cheers.

Chapter 5

“Asher!”Serena screamed my name over and over, but the person in her arms would never answer her again.Joanne tore off her blouse and pressed it tightly against my mouth, desperately trying to stop the blood.But the warm, sticky liquid quickly soaked through the fabric.Nothing she did helped.In the chaos, no one noticed Julian suddenly convulse behind them and collapse to the floor.It wasn’t until the paramedics arrived and began loading the stretcher that someone finally spotted him.“There’s another patient here! Get him in the ambulance too!”Time crawled by.At last, the doors to the emergency room opened.A doctor stepped out with a grave expression.“Which of you is Mr. Harper’s family?”Joanne and Serena both shot to their feet, their hearts in their throats.The doctor hesitated and avoided their eyes.“The patient was unconscious for too long. His brain went without oxygen for an extended period of time.“We did everything we could. I’m sorry for your loss

Chapter 6

Asher’s funeral was kept simple. The official story was that he had died suddenly from an illness.Only a handful of people came to pay their respects, offering the usual polite condolences. No one knew the betrayal and despair hidden beneath the surface of his death.After all, Asher had changed completely over the past year. His personality had become so different from before that he’d gradually withdrawn from their social circle.Joanne stood at the memorial in a black suit, accepting the occasional words of sympathy.Her face was blank, looking like an empty shell.Serena didn’t attend the funeral. Instead, she locked herself inside the cramped servants’ room where Asher had lived before he died.Julian had always complained that the room was too small and refused to set foot inside.Because of that, it had preserved more traces of the real Asher than anywhere else in the house.Pressed between the pages of the books on the shelf were bookmarks he had made from dried flower

Chapter 7

I thought death would be nothing but endless darkness and an ending.But then a voice pierced through the void.A woman spoke beside me, her voice impossibly gentle and choked with tears.“Hayden, can you hear me? Doctor! Doctor, his finger moved!”I struggled to lift my heavy eyelids.An unfamiliar ceiling came into view. The sharp smell of disinfectant filled the room, softened by the faint scent of gardenias.My vision gradually cleared. Three anxious faces hovered around my bed.An elegant woman stood closest to me, her eyes red from crying. Beside her, a handsome middle-aged man held her hand tightly.A beautiful young woman leaned over the bed, watching me closely.None of them tried to hide the worry in their eyes.Who were they?I opened my mouth to speak, but only a faint, garbled sound came out.The woman immediately leaned closer. She dipped a cotton swab in water and carefully moistened my lips.“Hayden, don’t rush. Take your time. You’ve been unconscious for d

Chapter 8

Three years later.My engagement party was held as planned in the grand ballroom of the most exclusive hotel in Harbor City.I held Natalie’s hand as we stood beneath glittering lights, surrounded by the city’s elite, calmly accepting everyone’s congratulations.Natalie smiled brightly at me.“Tired?”I shook my head and lightly traced my fingertip across her palm.Then I saw two familiar figures. Joanne and Serena.The heaviness between Joanne’s brows had never faded. She looked much older than she had three years ago.Serena was still beautiful, but the confidence and spark she once carried were gone. All that remained in her eyes was emptiness.They saw me too.Joanne’s gaze swept over me at first, ready to move on.Then she froze.Her pupils contracted sharply.Serena followed her rigid stare toward me, and her body swayed.It was as though all the strength had suddenly drained out of her.Her eyes locked onto me, filled with emotions too complicated to name.They s

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