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After being discharged from the hospital, Alice thought about when she might visit again after going overseas, so she arranged a small gathering with some close friends.
In a private room at a private restaurant, her friends raised their glasses to toast her farewell.
During the cheers and laughter, someone mentioned Vincent, but Alice simply smiled and steered the conversation elsewhere.
“Try this seafood mousseline. It’s the chef’s signature dish,” she said.
By the time the gathering ended, it was nearly midnight.
She went back to the private room to get the bag she had left behind, but then she heard loud, mocking laughter coming from behind the soundproof door in the hallway.
“Who’s Alice, anyway? She chased after Vincent and played blood bank for seven years–only to end up handing him over to Juliana on a silver platter.
Peeking through the door, Alice saw Juliana lounging on a leather sofa, casually spinning a diamond engagement ring with her fingers.
“When I asked her to record that video, did you see her face? She looked. like she had just eaten something disgusting.”
Alice’s phone quietly buzzed in her hand.
She quickly turned off the sound, switched to record mode, and aimed the camera straight at the group celebrating inside.
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“I heard the last surgery used her blood?”
A girl with blonde hair stepped up to Juliana and asked, “How did you pull that off?”
Juliana smirked, her lips curled in amusement.
“She only agreed to donate after Vincent told her he would marry her.”
She gently swirled the wine glass in her hand, and the dark red wine inside looked just like thick blood.
“But now what if I just happen to cut my finger by mistake…
Suddenly, she crushed the lemon wedge that decorated the rim of the glass.
“That fool will have to be my personal blood bank wherever I go.”
The broken glass cut into her skin, and fresh blood slowly appeared on her fingertips.
As everyone around gasped in shock, she smiled and calmly licked the blood away.
“Why panic? With Alice around, I’ll never run out of blood.”
The hallway lights cast shadows over her lashes, hiding the storm of emotions behind her eyes.
“Honestly, Juliana’s trick is genius!” someone said.
Then came loud, nasty laughter from the private room. “Want to deal with Alice? All Juliana has to do is fake a faint, and Vincent will drain her dry without thinking twice!”
Alice felt her whole body turn cold.
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So that’s what those so–called “accidents” were in her previous life.
Juliana’s skiing injury, the staged robbery, and even the last car crash weren’t accidents at all–they were part of a scheme to kill her on purpose.
Alice clenched her teeth hard, a sharp, metallic taste filling her mouth ast she fought back the urge to charge in and rip apart that smug face.
Suddenly, a loud ringtone cut through the noise.
Juliana peeked at her phone screen, and her face shifted quickly. “I need to take this call.”
Alice moved fast, slipping behind the wall out of sight.
Looking through the blurry glass panel, she noticed Juliana’s heels tapping nervously on the marble floor.
“Matheo Reagan, how many times do I have to say it? Don’t call me again!”
Juliana said that while heading toward the quiet fire escape.
Driven by curiosity, Alice followed quietly behind.
In the faint light, she saw a man in a bomber jacket gripping Juliana’s wrist tightly.
“So, 20 years of growing up together means nothing compared to the Seibert family’s wealth?” the man asked,
“Let me go!” she shouted.
Juliana shoved him away hard. “And what have you ever given me? I even covered your mom’s surgery!”
The man laughed coldly, his smile full of mockery.
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“Then who was the one in my bed last night, saying she couldn’t forget
me?”
He pulled out his phone and opened the photo gallery. He said, “Should I remind Mr. Seibert where you really were on the night he proposed?”
On the screen was a photo showing a large hotel bed, and Juliana’s naked body was clearly in view.
“Are you out of your mind?!”
She lunged forward to snatch the phone, her fingernails scraping his face. and leaving red lines.
Hiding nearby, Alice froze in shock after hearing what had just happened, and the phone slipped out of her shaking hand.
With a loud thud, the phone that was still recording hit the floor.
