Part 1The Heiress's Obsession: A Dangerous Game of Disguise
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The spoiled heiress of New York's elite circle went out to clear her head when her "first love" left the country. She set her sights on my brother, threatening to make him her toy.
When my brother refused, she ruthlessly destroyed his career and forced his fiancée to leave him.
She even used our entire family's lives as leverage.
After three humiliating years of my brother being forced to stay by her side, her first love returned, wealthy and powerful.
To win back her true love, she callously allowed our entire family to be murdered in a hidden basement, leaving no trace behind.
When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the day before she ever met my brother.
Without hesitation, I chopped off my long hair, put on men's clothes, and approached her myself, playing her like a fiddle.
Later on, everyone said the untouchable New York heiress had lost her mind, desperate and completely obsessed with a woman.
A drunken, arrogant rich kid stumbled over to me.
"Hey, kid, you're lucky. Chloe has her eye on you. Name your price."
I wasn't drinking. I just gently swirled the liquid in my glass.
"Sorry, I'm not interested in her."
The rich kid threw his drink right in my face.
"Don't be a fool!"
"Do you know who she is? Do you really think you have the right to refuse?"
I was slammed to the ground.
Through the overlapping shadows and flashing lights, the woman sitting in the center of the VIP booth tilted her head and smiled at me, looking perfectly innocent and pure.
Of course I knew who she was.
Everything I was doing here today, this entire act, was just for her.
Chloe Sterling, the spoiled princess of New York's high society. As the only daughter in a massive dynasty, she was treated like royalty.
No one in the city dared to cross her, and everyone fought to flatter her.
Everyone knew she had a "white moonlight"—a first love. It was Julian Montgomery, the heir to the Montgomery empire, whom she had been promised to since childhood. But Julian didn't care about her at all.
And today, her fiancé had left for Europe without a word, with no return date in sight.
The little princess was furious. In a fit of rage, she came to this club, declaring she was going to buy herself a man.
In my past life, she ran into my brother on her way home. He was just leaving the library. She fell for him instantly.
More importantly, my brother looked remarkably like Julian Montgomery.
So, she latched onto him.
Even knowing my brother had a fiancée, she didn't care. She completely destroyed the business my brother had worked so hard to build and used despicable tactics to force his fiancée away.
Finally, she threatened him with the lives of our entire family.
"If you don't agree, your little sister is next. Do you really want people calling her a cheap slut who seduces men for money?"
And just like that, my brother endured the humiliation, staying by her side for three years, waiting for the day she would finally get bored of him.
Sure enough, when Julian returned, Chloe's attention immediately shifted back to him.
But to punish Julian for his past coldness, she deliberately acted intimate with my brother in front of him, making Julian harbor a deep, lethal grudge against him.
Our entire family was sacrificed for their so-called "epic romance." None of us survived.
The night of their grand wedding was the same night our bodies went cold.
When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day before Chloe ever met my brother.
I decisively cut off my long hair, put on men's clothes, and took the initiative to approach her.
This time, I was going to destroy them both.