The Billionaire My Sister Wanted Is Mine Now의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 5

I woke up gasping for air. My chest heaved violently as if I had just been dragged out of deep water. For a few seconds I couldn’t move. My heart pounded so hard it felt like it might burst out of my ribs.I was alive. But that didn’t make sense. The last thing I remembered was collapsing on the balcony floor, poison burning through my body while Lily smiled down at me. I remembered the cold marble under my hands, the sound of footsteps rushing toward us, and the darkness swallowing my vision.I had died. I was certain of it. So why was I breathing?Slowly, I forced my eyes open. The first thing I noticed was the ceiling. It wasn’t the elegant white ceiling of my penthouse bedroom in the city. This one was painted pale blue, with a faint crack running along one corner that I remembered far too well.My breath caught. No… that couldn’t be right. I pushed myself upright, my hands gripping the bedsheets tightly. The room around me looked painfully familiar. The wooden study desk beside t

Two weeks passed quickly. The argument about the university never truly stopped in my house. My father tried everything—anger, threats, guilt—but I refused to change my decision. My stepmother called me selfish more times than I could count, and Lily cried whenever my father was around. But none of it worked.For the first time in my life, I didn’t bend to their silly manipulation. And eventually, they realized they couldn’t force me to sign the transfer papers. So the matter was left unresolved, hanging in the air like a storm waiting to break. I had other things to focus on. Because tonight was important. Very important. I stood in front of the mirror in my room, adjusting the simple black dress I had chosen for the evening. It wasn’t as extravagant as the gowns my stepmother preferred, but it suited me perfectly.Elegant and confident. Different from the timid girl everyone expected me to be. Tonight was the Kingsley Charity Gala. A high-profile event hosted by Adrian Kingsley’s c