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Celeste couldn’t be sure whether I had poured out the last bowl of soup or actually drunk it. So the next time, she would be even more cautious.
Fortunately, I was all too familiar with that scent. No matter where she put it, I could
recognize in an instant the very thing that had killed me.
She tried mixing it into the soup again.
The moment I smelled it, I ladled out spoonfuls for Elliott.
Wearing a gentle smile, I even served a bowl to Celeste and Adrian.
“Don’t be shy, Celeste. This soup is highly nutritious. I’m not a fan of oily food, so you and
Adrian should drink more. Let’s not waste it.”
Watching them run to the bathroom after the meal, retching violently, I found it quite
amusing.
Though this attempt had failed, they soon tried another trick, using a child to appeal to my
sympathy.
They sent Adrian to deliver soup to me.
As I held the bowl, I kindly asked his name.
His face was full of innocence, looking utterly guileless.
“Mrs. Sinclair, my name is Adrian.”
But I knew he was far from the pure and innocent child he pretended to be.
From my investigations, I had already learned that Celeste’s two sons were nothing good.
He was still in kindergarten, yet he had already bullied other children at school.
No surprise there. With a mother like Celeste, who constantly plotted to take lives, he could not grow up with any sense of morality.
“Thank you, Adrian. I won’t drink it. You drink it instead. Let’s not waste it.”
After all, he was just a child. He could not outwit me.
The moment I said that, he panicked.
“No, no! Mommy told me to bring this for you. I can’t drink it!”
With just a few words, he had completely exposed Celeste’s intentions.
I thought to myself, “Celeste doesn’t have much intelligence, but she sure has plenty of
schemes.”
Over and over again, I couldn’t help but marvel at my own stupidity in my past life. How had I
ever been deceived by people like this?
“It’s fine, Adrian. Listen to your sister. In this house, I make the rules.”
With no way out, he had no choice but to give in.
“Okay… Then I’ll take it to my room and drink it there.”
He was just about to escape when I grabbed him.
“Why drink it in your room? Just have it here.”
His reaction confirmed Celeste was still trying to harm me.
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His reaction confirmed Celeste was still trying to harm me.
Since that was the case, there was no need for me to show any mercy just because he was
a child.
I smiled at him kindly, as if I truly had his best interests at heart.
Watching his expression falter, his eyes on the verge of tears, I found it hilarious but had to
hold back my laughter. That was tough.
In the end, he drank the soup before I let him go.
As he left, he was sniffling, no doubt running straight to his mother to complain.
Their schemes against me had failed, but instead, they were only making themselves
weaker and weaker.
Meanwhile, I was in excellent spirits, my complexion growing rosier by the day.
In contrast, the three of them, despite forcing themselves to vomit after every bowl of soup,
had still accumulated enough toxins in their bodies to look pale and haggard, like addicts.
Elliott’s patience was wearing thin.
More than once, I overheard him privately cursing Celeste as useless.
According to my informants at the nightclub, he had already moved on to another woman.
He barely even went home anymore, let alone spent time with Celeste.
Given her current state, worn–out and gaunt, someone as shallow as Elliott had lost all
interest in her.
But when Celeste discovered that Elliott had found someone new, she couldn’t sit still
anymore.
After all, she had gambled everything, even her own child’s life, to help Elliott carry out his grand plan.
If he abandoned her now, she would be nothing but a discarded pawn, left with nothing in the
end.
Seeing her in distress, I took the opportunity to console her in private, subtly planting thoughts in her mind.
I constantly fed her ideas about how heartless men were.
Now, whenever Elliott’s name was mentioned in front of her, I could practically feel the hatred radiating from her eyes.
I thought to myself, “That’s more like it.”
Celeste had no reason to resent me.
All her misfortune had been caused by Elliott, that bast**d.
It had nothing to do with me.
The turning point came a few months later when Celeste’s younger son fell ill.
They were just sitting down for lunch when Adrian suddenly started vomiting uncontrollc D By the end, he was even throwing up blood.
Panicked, Celeste rushed him to the hospital, running around in a frenzy, drenched in sweat. No matter how many times she called Elliott, he never picked up.
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No matter how many times she called Elliott, he never picked up.
The doctor’s diagnosis was grim; her child wouldn’t survive the winter.
Adrian had been her only lifeline. Hearing this, she nearly broke down.
“How could this happen, Doctor? Adrian has always been healthy!”
I thought to myself, “How could this happen? You actually have the nerve to ask that?”
I could barely hold back my laughter.
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I mused, “This is all because of the wonderful ‘medicine‘ you brewed yourself. It has drained Adrian’s body completely.
He’s just a child. Did you think everyone could endure poison the way you and that sc*mbag
Elliott could?”
But I still offered her words of comfort.
Because the kinder I was to her now, the more she would hate Elliott for abandoning her.
And sure enough, my informants at the nightclub reported to me late one night.
Celeste stormed into the bar and caused a huge scene, humiliating Elliott in front of
everyone.
When she arrived, Elliott had his arms around another woman, drinking happily.
She collapsed onto the floor, wailing like a mad woman.
“You heartless bast**d! How could you do this to me?
Your son is dying in the hospital, and you’re out here having fun!”
She even tried to grab at the woman beside Elliott.
Elliott slapped her across the face.
“What the hell are you doing, you crazy b**ch?! Lily is pregnant with my child! Are you trying to make me lose my heir?”
Of course, Elliott, the serial womanizer, had already gotten someone else pregnant.
Hearing that, Celeste completely lost her mind.
Bars were always full of people eager to watch a spectacle.
Thanks to Celeste’s outburst, the scandal spread like wildfire.
I took advantage of the situation and pushed forward with my divorce.
At first, Elliott panicked, even kneeling at my door, begging for forgiveness. But soon after, it was as if he had given up entirely.
“You pathetic woman, you have no charm at all. Who’s going to love you after the divorce?
So what if you have money? What’s so great about that?
I don’t want to live without children. If you won’t have any, why shouldn’t I find other women to help share your burden? And now you blame me?”
His voice buzzed in my ears, as annoying as a fly.
I had my bodyguards throw him out and ordered the guards never to let him in again. His reputation in high society was completely ruined. Not long after, I heard that his company had gone bankrupt.
Yet he still shamelessly blamed me in front of everyone.
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He even flaunted his new lover, Lily, boasting about how I was rich but would never find
happiness.
But little did he know, Lily had been my pawn from the very beginning.
While I was on vacation, my friend sent me a flood of excited messages.
[Big news! Your gold–digging ex–husband’s new wife ran away!]
[Turns out she was lying to him all along! She was never pregnant!]
[Now he’s lost everything. So pathetic. Word is, he’s kneeling at your doorstep again, begging for forgiveness!]
I lay on the beach, basking in the sun, and took a leisurely sip of my drink.
Luckily, I had the foresight to escape early.
I had no intention of letting him bother me.
But I had planted a piece on the board.
According to what my doctor said last time, it was only a matter of days before I could finally
make use of it.
Sure enough, just a few days later, I saw the news trending.
Celeste had finally snapped.
Even though Lily’s pregnancy was a lie, Elliott’s betrayal was real.
At this point, I guessed Adrian was probably gone.
Celeste had lost everything. Now that she had nothing left to hold her back, I had already predicted she would completely lose control.
And just as I expected, she stabbed Elliott straight into the ICU.
Hearing the news, I thought, “Weren’t they deeply in love in my last life?”
It seemed their relationship wasn’t as unbreakable as I once believed.
To me, they had merely been using each other under the guise of love, a partnership built on
mutual benefit.
Elliott had consumed plenty of that poisoned soup over time. His body was already failing.
Not long after, news came that Elliott had died despite the hospital’s efforts to save him.
As for Celeste, she was arrested for assault with intent to kill.
But since she had already lost her mind, she was eventually committed to a psychiatric
hospital.
Being locked up in that place was a fate worse than death for her.
A few years later, whether due to something that happened in the hospital or the effects of all those poisons she had consumed, Celeste eventually died.
She took her last breath in that mental institution.
In my last life, there was one thing she said before I died that had always haunted me.
I had spent a fortune hiring top hackers worldwide, all to uncover the mystery of the sec‘ footage from back then.
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And while I was vacationing abroad, I happened to track down the old nanny.
After a thorough investigation, I discovered that Oliver’s death had been nothing more than
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Luckily, I had the foresight to escape oarly.
Thad no intention of letting him bother me.
But I had planted a plece on the board.
According to what my doctor said last time, it was only a mattor of days before I could finally
make use of it.
Sure enough, just a few days lator, I saw the news tronding.
Celeste had finally snapped.
Even though Lily’s pregnancy was a lle, Elliott’s betrayal was real.
At this point, I guessed Adrian was probably gone.
Celeste had lost everything. Now that she had nothing left to hold her back, I had already predicted she would completely lose control.
And just as I expected, she stabbed Elliott straight into the ICU.
Hearing the news, I thought, “Weren’t they deeply in love in my last life?”
It seemed their relationship wasn’t as unbreakable as I once believed.
To me, they had merely been using each other under the guise of love, a partnership built on
mutual benefit.
Elliott had consumed plenty of that poisoned soup over time. His body was already failing. Not long after, news came that Elliott had died despite the hospital’s efforts to save him.
As for Celeste, she was arrested for assault with intent to kill.
But since she had already lost her mind, she was eventually committed to a psychiatric
hospital.
Being locked up in that place was a fate worse than death for her.
A few years later, whether due to something that happened in the hospital or the effects of all those poisons she had consumed, Celeste eventually died.
She took her last breath in that mental institution.
In my last life, there was one thing she said before I died that had always haunted me.
I had spent a fortune hiring top hackers worldwide, all to uncover the mystery of the security footage from back then.
And while I was vacationing abroad, I happened to track down the old nanny.
After a thorough investigation, I discovered that Oliver’s death had been nothing more than
a Hearing the news, I thought, “Weren’t they deeply in love in my last life?” accident caused by a negligent nanny. There was no hidden conspiracy.
It seemed that, in my past life, Celeste had only wanted to torment me before my death.
And she had succeeded.
But in a way, I should thank her. If not for the resentment she had built up in me, I wouldn’t have been able to come back and relive this life.
I mused, “Oliver, my child, Mommy has avenged you.”
The End.
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