Fate's Second Strike

thought I

n school, favored by our parents,

usy consu

m, killed me as a sacrifice,

thing I had, to live the

ow was that my lif

t like my sister Jenna Higg

ent Ward Enterprises in the capital, my career soare

by jealousy, killed

g her back to the day our parents asked us to choos

our family to thrive in the capital, one of you needs

willing to be trapped in a marriage

ept her stuck in obscurity, a

dn't acc

rite her fate, she jumped at

e us together, kept me close while sending Jenna

t her back when

for high society, skilled in music, arts, and p

ting Jenna, they gave h

ion, our father agreed

g glance, revelin

zabella, last time you had everything. This time, it's my

ather arranged for Jenna to wed a d

father, usually indulg

when news of Braydon's affection for me tr

rebirth system, outrageously expens

ment banne

ibed BrightStar insiders, kill

eyes and smiled. "Congratulation

"What do

silent,

ella, you can't scare me. You're just m

her. The moment she killed me, s

nside to enroll in a directing

eam, a chance to st

ss scripts and commitme

had my

h Braydon went smoo

re Braydon's weakness. He l

t only after

once and, just like before, set a

was love at first sight. He'll sign me wi

ou've done us proud. This wil

what they told me

s marriage as the

daughter in this eli

d whichever child served their interests. Th

ey dismissed me. "A married daughter is on her

came crying to them in this

edding license day. While I was

ad to step out and answ

a, did you sign a prenup wit

pped. It was

the truth.

gged me into en

Read the terms carefully. If you can avoid

You're just scared I'll outshine you, so you'r

your life,

he distance. "I hope yo

ung

the prenup's terms. It clearly stated all of Braydon'

nings after marri

et the stage

and chose the same path, I co

wouldn't be as

g arrived

e company in the capital, so the cer

joy, basking in he

shing details of their

n Ward Got Married" topped the trending cha

ears in the industry, gained more fame fro

shamed o

moment, a ticket to fame and p

r so long, the allure of overnigh

rd was, in her eyes

urs, so far below Ward Enterprises' leag

pproached to toast

n's cold face, as

ing, because my face resembled the one h

s glass to me alone. "Izabella, we're fa

smile. "A

to make

my nose and sharpening my senses, fueling

quickly pulled Braydon to another table. "Braydon, no need t

a threaten

sband she'd schemed so hard

e, raised my glass, and m

ed for a familiar bright yell

ugh, he

who saved our father'

ok at him; in my first li

g a bag of medicine for one of Jenna'

t of the bride's family, ordere

tragic fate of marrying the deliveryman, ordering the

his chest, sweating profusely and

in pain from his

outed, "Does anyone have medici

ng at the deliveryman who

me with a vict

d quick-relief pills from my b

noticed Dad forgot his medicine thi

ls, our father's pai

ly. "Izabella, you're

n, who sighed in relief and slipped away quietl

ts. She hated that I hadn't followed

rom afar. In this reborn lif

sisted we take a family pho

shook hands with Braydon's father, Decla

the partnership bet

igel, you've raised a fine da

t. "Not at all, as long as yo

satisfied lo

e edge, avoid

found me. "Is this your eldes

nna' sister, Izabella, also an actre

keeping my tone coo

said, "I've seen you before. I watched your TV

xact words he said when I met hi

ught he was prai

did I uncover the hidden

f needing to return to school to escape a pla

o a corner. "As your sister, I'm warning you one last ti

resources to get famous in your last life? I know your game. I told you, stop tr

face full of disdain,

for her, seeing her contempt. Jenna

born the moment our parents sent her to our gr

ral school, been mocked as an unwanted child,

me for ev

I said, she w

ome the Ward family's