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After my sister Maya Garcia and I graduated from college, our family went bankrupt.
Our father Michael Garcia gave us two choices: first, marry Waylon Bennett, the heir of the Bennett family, and solve our crisis through marriage; second, take over the family company.
In my previous life, Maya wanted to live a wealthy life, so she chose to marry Waylon. But in the end, he tortured her mercilessly, leaving her disfigured and disabled.
Meanwhile, I used my business talents to save the company from collapse. During that time, I was famous and held a high position, living a wonderful life.
Maya was extremely jealous of this. At the company’s IPO launch event, she rushed into the venue with gasoline and burned me alive.
When I opened my eyes again, I found myself back at the moment when Michael asked us to make our choice.
This time, Maya stepped forward before me.
She said, “Dad, let Lydia marry Waylon. She’s been spoiled since childhood and can’t handle hardship. I want to stay with you and Mom.” Lydia Garcia–that’s me.
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I couldn’t help but laugh. Maya had no idea that staying with the company would be far worse than marrying Waylon.
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Maya cried, “Dad, Mom, I’m the youngest child in the family. When the company is in its most difficult time, I can’t abandon you.”
Her familiar voice pulled me back from the terrifying memories to reality. I opened my eyes to the familiar scene before me.
Maya was tugging at Michael’s sleeve, crying heartbrokenly.
Michael and our mother Bella Garcia showed expressions of reluctance on their faces.
I realized I had been reborn.
And Maya had been reborn too.
Because in this life, her choice was completely different from the previous one.
In my past life, after Maya and I graduated from college, our family went bankrupt. It was at this time that Michael urgently called us home. When we returned, he directly gave us two choices.
The first choice was to marry Waylon, the heir of the Bennett
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family in Washington. When the Garcia family was still prosperous, the two families had arranged an engagement. As long as one of our daughters married Waylon, the Bennett family would agree to invest in the company and help the Garcia family out of trouble.
The second choice was to stay with the family company.
At that time, Maya didn’t hesitate and immediately said she wanted to marry Waylon.
Actually, I was the one originally engaged to the Bennett family. But Michael and Bella couldn’t bear to let their most beloved Maya suffer, so they deliberately said they’d let us choose freely, when in reality they were forcing me to give in.
I had always valued family bonds, and they knew this well. So Michael and Bella used moral manipulation to force me to do something I didn’t want to do–to give Maya this opportunity for a comfortable life.
But after marrying Waylon, Maya refused to help us. Once, when I brought Michael and Bella to ask when Waylon would invest in the company, Maya stopped us.
Maya was dressed luxuriously then, looking at me with contempt.
She said, “Lydia, you’ve always had better grades and stronger abilities than me since childhood. You alone can completely
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revive the company. The Bennett family may look wealthy, but they’re not really that rich. You wouldn’t want me to be dragged down by you all, would you?”
I thought Michael and Bella would be angry, but instead they turned to look at me with troubled expressions.
Though their tone sounded pleading, their eyes carried an undeniable threat.
They said, “Lydia, Waylon isn’t having it easy either. The Bennett family has already kept their promise by having Waylon marry Maya. Let’s not cause them more trouble. After all, Maya is still a member of the Bennett family. If we keep making demands, the Bennett family will look down on Maya.”
My heart felt like it was being cut by knives, and I felt blood stuck in my chest. Among the whole family, it seemed like I was the only villain. To prevent Maya from being looked down upon by the Bennett family, I gritted my teeth and persevered in running the company alone.
I once stayed up until midnight drinking with clients to close a deal, drinking until I had stomach bleeding. While getting an IV at the hospital, I received a call from a client and immediately pulled out the needle and rushed out.
Fortunately, my efforts weren’t in vain, and the company finally got back on track.
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But Maya was tortured into disability by Waylon at the Bennett mansion.
At the company’s IPO launch event, Maya rushed into the venue with gasoline and burned me to death with fire.
In the flames, I saw Maya’s vicious eyes.
She glared at me viciously and said, “Lydia, why do you get to be a successful woman now while I can only live as lowly as a maggot in a sewer? Come to hell with me!”
The flames devoured every inch of my skin. But I clearly saw that Michael and Bella rushed in desperately to save Maya.
My heart died completely, and I closed my eyes.
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