All Chapters of Impenitent Until the System Erased Me: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

I was just about to end the call when a man's voice came through the other end."Sierra, who are you talking to? The ceremony is about to start."Sierra York answered him almost immediately. "It's a client. I'll be done in a minute."Then she lowered her voice and spoke to me as though I were the one causing a problem. "Babe, don't start. I'm getting married today. I'll call you back when I'm done."The line went dead, leaving me stunned in place.A staff member nearby glanced at me and asked cautiously, "Sir, are you still going to go through with the paperwork?"I shook my head and walked out of the office.A stranger on the sidewalk must have noticed how miserable I looked. He held out a cigarette, saying, "Hey, man. Don't let it get to you. There are plenty of fish in the sea. Don't waste your life hanging on one person."I was about to decline when something suddenly crossed my mind. I'd been a heavy smoker once. Ten years ago, Sierra had casually mentioned that she hated

Chapter 2

Sierra pressed two fingers to her temple, clearly losing patience."I already told you. I'm only helping Cyrus recover. Can't you be a little more understanding?"My chest tightened at her words.I could still remember the moment the system had warned me about my deadline. Desperate, I had begged her, "Sierra, what if I die because we don't get married this time? Would you at least come with me to get the license?"She had simply brushed me off. "I've told you already. Cyrus is in my past. Stop making a big deal out of it."When I refused to let it go, she had finally relented. "Fine. Give Cyrus the project you're working on, and I'll marry you."I had believed her, thinking that if I swallowed my jealousy, let her stay close to her first love, and even handed over the project I'd worked so hard to secure, I'd finally get the future I'd been fighting for.I was wrong.Sierra had agreed to marry me, only to stand me up and turn around to marry Cyrus instead. She had given him ev

Chapter 3

I stopped sending Sierra my usual good-morning and good-night messages, and I no longer bothered replying when she texted me.On the second day, I went to a dingy gaming lounge she hated, spent the entire night smoking and gaming, and stayed until dawn.On the third day, I sold every gift she'd ever given me and donated the money to charity. On the fourth, I gathered the photographs we'd taken together over the years and set them all on fire."Ms. York is only temporarily blinded by her feelings," the housekeeper advised me. "She still loves you. The two of you built everything together, and it wasn't easy to get where you are now. You should fight for her. Don't let Cyrus take your place."There was some truth in what he said.When Sierra had first entered my life, she was an ordinary woman with nothing to her name. The system had ordered me to win her over, so I stayed by her side and helped her build her company from the ground up.Whenever there was dirty work, I did it. When

Chapter 4

When Cyrus realized I wasn't taking the bait and heard footsteps approaching from the hall, the smugness on his face vanished, and a flicker of panic crossed his eyes.In a desperate attempt to play the victim, he knocked over a nearby chair, punched himself square in the cheek, and collapsed onto the floor in a weeping, crumpled heap."Cyrus! What happened?"Sierra rushed over at the commotion, checking him from head to toe.Cyrus clutched his face, whimpering in pain. "I just wanted to apologize to your old friend, but he attacked me!""Orlando Hanson!" Sierra snapped, kicking over the takeout containers she'd brought with her. "When did you become so malicious? How could you lay a hand on him?"I went out of my way to pick up your favorite food. Now, forget it. I'd rather throw it at the dogs than give it to you."The food spilled across the floor was indeed from my favorite restaurant.So what? She hadn't even asked me what happened or checked the security footage. She'd si

Chapter 5

I was lying motionless on the ground.Sierra took a step toward me, then suddenly stopped as though she'd just realized something."You almost fooled me," she snorted, shaking her head. "It's not April Fools' Day, Orlando. Come on and get up. You scared me and spoiled the food. I'll have to cook it all again."My ghost hovered nearby, watching with a sense of bitter amusement.When someone no longer loved you, even your death could look like another performance. I was lying right in front of her, my skin already pale and my body completely still, yet she didn't recognize what she was seeing.Instead, she started to blame me."I went through all the trouble of coming home after work to see you," she sighed, irritated. "Can you please stop this?"But I was already dead. I couldn't answer her anymore. Her patience finally ran out. She walked over and nudged my body with her foot."Hey! Get up!"My body rolled slightly with the impact. That was when she finally saw the unnatural p

Chapter 6

When the security guards remained silent, Sierra's temper flared."Well? Has everyone suddenly lost their voice? Who else has been in here recently?"The guards exchanged uneasy glances. One of them was just about to admit that Cyrus had come by when Cyrus himself hurried into the room.He wore the perfect expression of concern, as though he'd never been there to torture me. But the shock and panic flickering in his eyes betrayed him."Sierra, what's going on?" Cyrus called out, rushing to her side. "Is Orlando sick? Did he say anything?"Sierra barely acknowledged him. Her attention was still fixed on me.Right then, the ambulance arrived.She immediately summoned the paramedics, who rushed me onto the stretcher and connected me to every piece of equipment they could use to try to save me.Yet despite their frantic efforts, the mood inside the ambulance quickly turned grim. The doctor finally looked at Sierra with a heavy expression."I'm so sorry. The patient has no vital si

Chapter 7

Sierra had always been extremely cautious, which was why she'd installed security cameras throughout the house.Cyrus had no idea about that.The moment he realized she was pulling up the surveillance footage, his heart sank. In his desperation, he clutched his stomach and sank to the floor with a pathetic groan."Ouch! My stomach hurts!"She glanced at him once before turning back to the screen. Even she couldn't overlook the timing of his little performance anymore."There are doctors everywhere," she said evenly. "Go get yourself checked."She kept searching through the recordings.The first footage she pulled up showed the argument between Cyrus and me on the night he'd been injured. She watched him deliberately knock over the chair, throw himself to the floor, and then punch himself in the face.She shot him an icy, piercing glare. Cyrus immediately lowered his head, feigning pathetic remorse. "I'm sorry. I just... I thought you were getting too close to Orlando, and I got

Chapter 8

Cyrus's mind raced, and after a moment, he finally came up with an excuse."When Orlando smashed that bottle over my head, it hurt so badly. Then pieces of my memory started coming back."Sierra studied him for a long moment before giving a small nod."Fine. Until I get to the bottom of everything, I won't hold it against you."Watching her let him off the hook so easily didn't surprise me. She had always favored Cyrus. From beginning to end, that had never changed.She had finally gotten what she'd wanted—a marriage to the man she'd always loved. And with me already dead, there was even less reason for her to let what happened come between her and the man she'd chosen.Cyrus visibly relaxed and quickly made himself scarce. Once he'd left, Sierra sent everyone else away.She had always been terrified of ghosts, yet she sat alone in the morgue beside my body. She wrapped both hands around mine, tears glistening in her eyes."You've lost so much weight in just a few days," she wh

Chapter 9

It wasn't until the day of my funeral that Sierra managed to pull herself together to lay me to rest.News of my death had already spread throughout the city, and reporters crowded around the funeral service, desperate to uncover the truth behind the scandal that had followed me to the grave.Cyrus stood beside Sierra, holding her hand and trying to calm her."Don't take this so hard. There are a lot of reporters here today. You need to think about how this will affect the company."Sierra let out a cold, bitter laugh, then stepped right in front of the flashing cameras."I owe everyone the truth. I lied to all of you before. Cyrus was my first love, but we ended things a long time ago," she announced."For the past ten years, I have been with my business partner, Orlando Hanson. We kept our relationship private because we wanted to focus on building our careers. But I failed him."I believed Cyrus's lies. I let the fact that he once saved my life blind me into marrying him, and

Chapter 10

"But I really didn't kill Orlando. I'm being framed!"Cyrus pleaded frantically, but much like the boy who cried wolf, he'd lied too many times. By then, Sierra wouldn't believe a single word out of his mouth again.Watching Cyrus squirm with no way to clear his name gave me a sense of grim satisfaction. What went around came around.Sierra had him locked inside the windowless room, raising the whip and bringing it down on him again and again."Did you hurt Orlando like this?" she demanded between blows. "He was the love of my life. How dare you lay a hand on him?"Cyrus screamed and begged her to believe he was innocent, but Sierra was relentless.As she raised the strap again, something I'd once told her suddenly came back to her. I'd warned her that if we didn't get married before the deadline, I would die.Her expression flickered with guilt before she brought the strap down again."Orlando, were you telling the truth? Would you really have died if we didn't get married? I'

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