Chapter 1

The year I was scraping by, I overheard my roommate, Chloe, talking about the wealthy girl from the department next door, Shawn, who was sick. Quietly, I went for a kidney match.

The moment the results came out, Shawn's second brother, Liam, found me. He had me sign a contract and quickly arranged for my hospitalization.

Just then, floating comments suddenly flashed before my eyes: "Sweetie, don't sign! He's your brother."

"Your biological one."

"Liam, you'll regret this. The sister you've been looking for all this time is about to be sent to the operating table by your own hand."

I ignored them.

Because I knew the man in front of me already knew the truth.

He just chose to abandon me.

Six days after the surgery.

As the on-screen comments buzzed with the most heated discussions, I quietly checked myself out of the hospital.

The dense stream of comments eagerly anticipated my return home as the true heiress, ready to unleash hell on the Vance family.

"The legendary scene is coming! Our sweet Aria is finally going to have her moment!"

"Big brother knows the truth now, oh yeah!"

"Get ready for the groveling, this is going to be epic!"

"After today, the female lead will be everyone's favorite, finally time to get back at the family!"

"Aria, make sure you really make them pay, don't forgive them too easily."

I couldn't help but shake my head.

I was about to disappoint them. I chose to walk away just as the story was about to reach its climax.

That so-called "group favorite" life? I didn't want it.