“Really? That’s great! Jenny, I knew you
wouldn’t let me down!”
Harry reached for my hand again, and I pulled
it back.
“Don’t get me wrong, I mean I’m quitting the
project. Let her have it.”
The joy drained from Harry’s face.
Ronnie felt insulted.
“Jenny, you think no one can do this project
without you? Who do you think you are?”
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“I have the same major as you! I can do
anything you can! Just you wait and see!”
“Can you really do it?” Harry sounded
doubtful.
Harry valued this project because it belonged
to Universe.
And Universe was run by Harry’s uncle,
Simon.
Simon was a confirmed bachelor, and he’d
assigned three projects to his three nephews,
Harry being the eldest.
Whoever completed their project the best
would inherit 10% of Universe Corp.
Actually, if they’d come a few days later, I
might have finished the project for Harry.
What a shame…
Ronnie, using her “expertise,” overturned all
my previous research.
Within two weeks, the project was on the
verge of collapse.
I had already prepared my application for
studying abroad.
I’d bartered my research data with Simon,
Universe Corp.’s CEO, for this opportunity.
Once Universe took over the project, it meant
Harry lost his chance at that 10% stake!
Harry’s mother came to see me personally.
“Harry told me you were leading the project.
You love Harry so much, you even gave up
going to Harvard and Yale for him.”
“I promise you, if you come back and help
Harry, I’ll make him break up with Ronnie!”
I remembered clearly how, in my past life, she
looked down on my humble background and
lack of a college degree, offering me $10,000
to go away.
Later, she decided even that was too much.
and took back $5,000.
When Ronnie hit me with the car, she was
pregnant.
To save Ronnie’s baby, she personally pulled
the plug on my life support…
<
Saying it was for my own good, that seeing
Harry with someone else would only cause me
pain.
“Don’t come back to haunt me when you’re
dead. This is what your parents want too. If
you wake up, their precious Ronnie will go to
jail…..”
Facing Harry’s beautiful but venomous
mother, I simply said, “I want to see the
results first.”
“Fine!”
I had to admit, Harry’s mother was efficient.
She was as decisive in dealing with Ronnie as
she’d been in pulling the plug on me.
<
The day before I left for abroad, my dear
mother, Theresa, invited me for tea.
In a private room for two, she poured me a
cup of tea for the first time.
She pushed it towards me with a smug smile.
“Our Ronnie is marrying into the Harrison
family…”
“Oh, the Harrison family, you know, Harry’s
family, the one you gave up Harvard and Yale
for.”
“I heard he’s the heir to Universe Corp.!”
She beamed. “See, sometimes you have to
accept your fate. Being smart and capable
doesn’t mean you’ll get everything you want.
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Some things are just not meant for you…‘
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I smiled faintly. “Congratulations, Mrs.
Johnson.”
I finished my tea and stood up to leave.
I couldn’t resist turning back. “Don’t celebrate
too soon, Mrs. Johnson. Have you considered
that this might be the beginning of your
karmic retribution?”
Her face contorted, and she threw a teacup
at me.
I dodged it easily and walked away.
While waiting for my ride downstairs, I saw
her rushing out.
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“Ronnie, don’t cry, Mommy’s coming!”
“See? Karma’s a bitch.”
She stopped abruptly, glaring at me.
Her lips moved.
But she didn’t have time for me, hailing a cab
and rushing off to her precious daughter.
Harry’s mother had been hit by a car. Ronnie
did it.
One of her legs was mangled, and she had
multiple internal injuries, fighting for her life.
Ronnie, as ruthless as she’d been behind the
wheel, now sobbed uncontrollably.
“I… I didn’t mean to!”
“She ran out and hit my car!”
“She must have wanted to break me and
Harry up, she’s trying to frame me!”
Harry looked at her with utter disappointment.
She’d used the same excuse in my past life.
Back then, she was facing me, and someone
always cleaned up her mess, even knowing
she was lying.
But the Harrisons weren’t me!
Ronnie was taken away.
Whether it
Whether it was attempted murder or a traffic
accident, the Harrisons would find out.
Passing a bakery, I bought myself a small
cake.
Whenever Ronnie achieved something, my
parents would buy her a cake to celebrate.
Ronnie was released.
The Harrisons dropped the charges.
Not only that, but the two families were
planning their engagement.
I attended the engagement party.
The Johnsons were beaming.
く
They’d finally escaped the mud and climbed
the social ladder!
Even Mom’s gray hair seemed to have
regained its vitality.
“See? This is our Ronnie’s good fortune,
turning bad luck into a blessing!”
She smiled tenderly; her daughter had finally
brought her pride.
Dad wore a suit for the first time, looking like
a beggar in stolen clothes.
“Jenny, see? Even without your $63,000, our
family is doing much better!”
As a father, all he’d likely remember about me
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I smiled.
The Harrisons publicly claimed they dropped
the charges because Harry’s mother was out
of danger and they were being merciful.
The truth was, Ronnie was pregnant.
Another crucial factor: the Johnsons had the
compromising video the loan sharks took of
Harry and Ronnie.
Seeing me, Harry rushed over.
Unshaven, with hollow eyes, he looked like a
shadow of his former handsome self.
“Harry, aren’t you happy?”
He reached for my hand, and I stepped back.
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He dropped his hands dejectedly.
