Chapter 7

Mom was like a child, happily eating it.

I knelt beside her, tidying her hair. "Eat slowly, I have more."

"Mm-hmm, Chloe, I want more, I want more! It's so yummy!"

My eyes stung, and I nodded.

Four years ago, my dad's project had an accident. Overnight, we were saddled with millions in debt.

He couldn't bear it and jumped from a building.

Mom started working hard to pay off the debt, but no matter how much she earned, she couldn't even make a dent in the mountain of debt.

At that time, Liam and I had just gone public. His grandfather still looked down on my background.

Just as I was agonizing over whether to seek Liam's help.

My mom had already taken Scarlett's money. That's when everything shattered, setting us on an irreversible path.

I rubbed my eyes, pulling at my lips in a bitter smile, as if talking to myself.

"Mom, I didn't let Liam talk about getting back together."

"I'm so bad, and he's so good. It was clearly all my fault, so how could he, the victim, be the one begging?"

"But Mom, I truly, truly, truly love him so much. If there's a next life."

"Mom, can you please let me be with him properly for a lifetime, forever and ever, never apart?"

I was lost in my own emotions.

Only when someone spoke from behind me did I belatedly turn around.

Scarlett was still wearing white, just like before.

She held out a debit card to me, smiling, and cut straight to the chase.

"Chloe, long time no see. You really won, are you happy?"