Chapter 2

"Grandpa, let me take care of you! I'm not going anywhere!"

Seraphina darted past me and burst into Grandpa's room.

As she held his hand, vowing to care for him, then demanded he hand over the pocket watch that symbolized his inheritance, I knew. She'd been reborn too.

Clutching the family pocket watch Grandpa handed her, Seraphina turned with a defiant smirk.

"Sorry, Stella, the inheritance is mine now."

I just shrugged. "I wasn't planning to fight you for it."

Seraphina clearly didn't believe me.

She scoffed, tucking the watch into her bag.

"How could that be? You only stuck around Grandpa because..."

She abruptly stopped herself.

I knew where she was going with this. In my past life, I'd chosen to stay and care for Grandpa.

Because of that choice, I missed the deadline and arrived too late for the interview.

Seraphina got her acceptance letter from the Ivy League school.

But Grandpa, in return, left everything to me.

She enrolled in college; I inherited the fortune.

But in college, everything fell apart for her. She crumbled under the pressure and pushed everyone away.

In a violent rage, she pushed me off that rooftop.

Seraphina smirked. "I'm not going to college. You love being a bookworm so much, Stella—you can have my spot."

I nodded toward Grandpa.

Then, without hesitation, I turned and left for my interview.

That night when I got back to my apartment, there was Lucas—my fiancé—with his arm around Seraphina's shoulders.

I must have been blind in my past life, only realizing on my deathbed they'd been in this together all along.

When they saw me walk in, they didn't even hesitate—their faces showed open defiance.

Lucas looked at me with disgust. "Stella, the one I really love is Seraphina. I was only with you because your family had money."

"But now things are different. Seraphina's about to inherit a fortune. We'll never have to worry again."

"I won't have to settle for someone as dull as you just for money anymore."

My fists tightened. So that was their game.

My own sister and my fiancé. I'd always been so easygoing with them, never minded their little slights.

Now I saw them for what they were—leeches, clinging to me and draining me dry.

Since fate gave me a second chance, I'd make sure they paid back a thousandfold for everything they took from me in my past life!

Seraphina scoffed. "Stella, I used to let you have your way because you were useful."

"But now I'm getting an inheritance. I'll never worry about money again. What could you possibly offer that compares?"

"You'll be stuck as a struggling student forever, but Lucas and I? We're set."

"We're going to travel the world. That's a life you'll never even imagine."

They packed their bags and moved out of the apartment that same day.

I watched their retreating backs and let out a cold laugh.

How naive. Did they really think it would be that easy?