Chapter 1

During Freshman Orientation Week, my family's housekeeper's son publicly confessed his love for me.

After I rejected him, he turned the whole class against me, isolating and bullying me. He even had his admirers put snakes in my bed to bite me.

Driven to the brink of a mental breakdown, he pretended to help me, only to get me drunk and hand me over to the notorious class monitor and some street thugs.

"I wanted you to marry me, then I'd spare your life. Now it's perfect. Your mom only has me as her child, and all your family's wealth will be mine."

I was tortured to death.

When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the day of his confession.

"Cassie, be my girlfriend. I'll treat you like a princess!" Lucas Harrison knelt on one knee, holding a bouquet in one hand and a soda can tab in the other. "I'll be good to you forever, trust me, okay?"

"Get together! Get together!"

"Oh my god, the teaching assistant is so handsome! And he's rich too. Cassie is so lucky!"

The voices bombarded my ears. Seeing the smugness in Lucas's eyes, I finally realized – I had been reborn.

Lucas had saved my mom's life once, so she became his godmother. He and his mother pretended to be rich, but they were always spending my family's money.

I had tolerated all of this, but he went too far when he publicly confessed his love to me just to get his hands on my family's fortune.

After I rejected him, he harbored a grudge. He secretly had people bully me, then pretended to be a caring brother and invited the whole class to an entertainment venue, claiming he wanted to clear up any misunderstandings.

But halfway through, he deliberately got me drunk and drugged my drink.

As I was dizzy and disoriented, he dragged me into a room.

Inside wasn't just anyone, but Mark Lewis, the class monitor who had always been harsh on me.

Mark was utterly despicable and tried to force himself on me. I bit my tongue to stay conscious and managed to escape.

But outside the door, a group of thugs was waiting.

I was violated to death. Mark, fearing for his reputation, worked with Lucas to tie my body to a rock and throw it in the river. They even used my phone to scam my mom out of millions.

My poor mother lost her daughter in middle age. She searched for me day and night without sleep, aging a decade in just a few days.

I clenched my fists tightly.

"Slap!"

Just as Lucas grabbed my hand to put the soda can tab on my finger, I gave him a hard slap.

Under his surprised gaze, I sneered, "Tch, aren't you supposed to be the young master of Sullivan Corp? Proposing with a soda can tab?"

"What kind of rich heir is so cheap?"

Lucas's expression changed, and immediately someone came to his defense. "Lucas just thought you weren't a materialistic girl. Who knew you were so money-hungry!"

"It's rare to find such a pure-hearted rich guy like Lucas these days."

Hearing this, I couldn't help but laugh. "Rich guy? I've never heard of any Mr. Harrison in the Sullivan family. But I do know the Sullivan family's housekeeper has a son named Harrison."

"Cassie Sullivan!" Lucas glared at me angrily. "That's enough!"

I leaned in close to him, my voice cold.

"Now, apologize to me and get lost, or I'll have your teaching assistant position revoked immediately."