Chapter 1

“Aria, your sister is already engaged to Julian. Don't cause any more trouble. Your parents have already bought your plane ticket. You'll stay abroad for the next few years and only come back after your sister's wedding.”

Seeing the "we're doing this for your own good" expression on my parents' faces, I finally realized I had been reborn.

Reborn on the day my parents forced me to go abroad, the day I was meant to completely give up on Julian Sterling.

In my previous life, I was also persuaded to leave by my parents. But I was unwilling. I explained to Julian countless times that I was the one he truly loved, I begged my parents again and again to tell the truth, to stop letting Celeste take my place. But all I got in return was Julian's deeper disgust.

He even coldly told the nurse on the phone, when I was on the verge of death after a car accident, "What trick is Aria Henderson playing now? Tell her not to ruin Celeste's and my wedding."

And I, I eventually died on the operating table, watching that globally televised grand wedding, watching Julian gently place the ring on Celeste's finger, watching them receive everyone's blessings…