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Her Turn to Break the Rules Chapter 17
Then came a series of explosive videos: The first showed footage from my 18th birthday party. The next video revealed security camera footage of Linda staging an incident—jumping off the rooftop herself and framing another orphan girl for pushing her, all to secure funding.Then, there was proof of Shawn’s hired assassins. Not just the failed attempt on Zoe’s life, but countless shady dealings he and my father orchestrated behind the scenes to grow the Wood Corporation, including stealing projects through underhanded methods. And finally, a damning revelation of how Alec emotionally manipulated his own mother for seven years, driving her to take her own life in front of his father. Her death bought him a place in the Rivers family. I poured money into compiling these truths, connecting the dots across my past and present lives. Piece by piece, I brought them to light, plastering everything across the trending charts. Thanks to their earlier moves, the public was already eng
Her Turn to Break the Rules Chapter 18
I guessed right. "Shawn, Dad always said I don’t act like his daughter. He shaped you into a ruthless tyrant who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals, ignoring both law and morality. Luckily for me, I’m nothing like him."The second person I visited was Linda. Her hair was disheveled, her face haggard, and her gaze burned with hatred so fierce it seemed like she wanted to devour me. She could no longer fake her delicate, innocent persona. Her voice cracked with hysteria as she demanded to know why I hadn’t revealed the evidence earlier. “What's the point of pretending to lose?”"Oh, it's totally worth it. Otherwise, how would you have kept up the act for so long?" I stood up, smiling faintly. "It’s even more satisfying to let you think you’ve won, don’t you think?" I could’ve released the evidence earlier, but that would have been boring. I wanted her to believe she had won, that she had everything she’d ever dreamed of. Then, just before dawn, I wanted her to wat
Her Turn to Break the Rules Chapter 1
The final memory of my previous life was the blinding, searing agony of acid burning into my eyes, pushing me to the brink of death. Through the haze of excruciating pain and blurred vision, I spotted Linda Lowe hiding behind my brother. Gripping a cake knife, I lunged forward and drove it into her chest.“Let’s go to hell together!” … When I opened my eyes again, the unexpectedly vivid scene before me left me stunned for two seconds. Then I saw Linda, younger and almost unrecognizable, standing a short distance away. Dressed in a washed-out school uniform, she twisted the faucet open, letting the water cascade over her head.While drenching herself, she laughed and asked, “Who do you think they’ll believe, me or you?” That was when it hit me. So, it was today. The very day the rumors of me bullying her began in my last life. Seeing me frozen in place, Linda’s smile widened. “Have you thought about how you'll apologize to me, Miss Wood?” “Ah—!” A surge of old grudge
Her Turn to Break the Rules Chapter 2
The liquid splashed onto my face, igniting a searing, all-consuming pain that seemed to fuse with my skin. My vision blurred and never returned. In an instant, I plummeted from heaven to hell.…Snapping back to reality, I loosened my grip and watched as Linda collapsed weakly to the floor, her innocent, doe-eyed face now smeared with filth. I couldn’t hold back a laugh. “Go ahead! Cry, scream! Show the world that face and tell them I bullied you. Do it!” My voice rose sharply at the end. The memory of the acid burning away my features in my previous life flashed through my mind. Overwhelmed with rage, I stomped on her face twice before finally turning to leave. …Downstairs by the school building, my desk mate, Rachel Summers, was waiting for me. “PE class started ages ago. What were you doing up there?” I replied casually, “Oh, just bullying the new girl.” She turned to me in shock. “What?!” I smirked. “As the saying goes, if the whole world thinks you’re a bully
Her Turn to Break the Rules Chapter 3
My parents mentioned long ago that they wanted to host a grand banquet to celebrate my coming of age. However, unexpected work issues delayed their arrival.The crystal chandelier cast a dazzling light over the room. Dressed in a tailored cocktail dress, I descended the spiral staircase into the living room. From a distance, I spotted my brother, Shawn Wood. He was dressed sharply in a suit, his expression cold and detached as he called out to me, “Sierra, come here.” I walked over, deliberately ignoring Alec’s piercing gaze and Linda’s tearful, pitiful display behind him.Smiling sweetly, I asked, “What’s up, Shawn? Did you prepare a gift for me?” Shawn’s icy stare lingered on me for a moment before he spoke. “Bullying your classmates and insulting your friends—Sierra Wood, is this the kind of behavior the Wood family taught you?” His voice was loud and unyielding, drawing the attention of every guest in the room. “What are you talking about, Shawn? I don’t understand.”
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When I brought home a curly-haired stray puppy, Shawn wouldn’t let the housekeeper open the door for me. “It’s filthy. We don’t welcome things like that in this house.” So, I sat on the steps outside, clutching the little dog in my arms, all night long. I was still young back then and thought that was just his nature—incapable of the gentle affection other brothers showed their sisters until Linda came along. That was when I realized Shawn wasn’t incapable of being affectionate. He simply chose not to show me such affection. I’d seen him sitting in his car, handing Linda a cup of warm milk while ruffling her hair, saying, "Make sure you eat three proper meals a day. If you ever need money, you know I’ve got you."I’d seen her pick up a frail stray cat on a rainy day, with him standing beside her, holding an umbrella and gently asking, “Do you want to keep it?”Even when Linda got drunk and clung to his shirt, rambling nonsense, he listened patiently, his eyes filled with noth
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She was at a loss for words, unable to utter a single sentence. In the end, all she could do was keep crying. For the first time, I realized how satisfying it was to embrace being the villain. Of course, she ran to tell the teacher. The teacher called me to the office, where I put on a tearful performance, recounting the events of my birthday party. By the end, I pulled out a hospital diagnosis. "Because of her lies, my brother humiliated me in front of everyone that night. I cry every time I think about it, and I even wake up from nightmares. "I’m seeing a therapist now, and I’m on medication. The doctor says I’m severely depressed." In the end, the teacher ended up comforting me instead. It was no secret that I disliked Linda. Rachel, baffled, asked, "Why do you keep targeting her? Did she ever actually do anything to offend you?”I tilted my head and smiled at her. "Can’t I just be a spoiled rich girl who looks down on the poor transfer student?""Yeah, right."
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I smirked. “Shawn, what nonsense are you spouting again?” “Don’t think this is up for discussion,” he replied coldly, a trace of mocking disdain flashing in his eyes. “If you insist on performing, you’ll deal with the consequences yourself.” I stopped in my tracks, locking eyes with him and his icy stare. “Brother, is your precious little angel so lacking in confidence that after ten years of piano lessons, she’s afraid of competing with me on the same stage? What a pathetic loser.” …Just a few days before the anniversary gala, Alec came to find me. “Sierra, what happened last time was my fault. But you’ve blocked me from contacting you, and you refuse to see me.“I don’t know what’s going on, Sierra. Do you have a misunderstanding about me, or… have you fallen for someone else?” As he said those final words, his voice carried a distinct trace of pain. “But you said it yourself that you’d always love me the most.” A surge of anger, sharp and burning, shot through my
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I guessed right. "Shawn, Dad always said I don’t act like his daughter. He shaped you into a ruthless tyrant who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals, ignoring both law and morality. Luckily for me, I’m nothing like him."The second person I visited was Linda. Her hair was disheveled, her face haggard, and her gaze burned with hatred so fierce it seemed like she wanted to devour me. She could no longer fake her delicate, innocent persona. Her voice cracked with hysteria as she demanded to know why I hadn’t revealed the evidence earlier. “What's the point of pretending to lose?”"Oh, it's totally worth it. Otherwise, how would you have kept up the act for so long?" I stood up, smiling faintly. "It’s even more satisfying to let you think you’ve won, don’t you think?" I could’ve released the evidence earlier, but that would have been boring. I wanted her to believe she had won, that she had everything she’d ever dreamed of. Then, just before dawn, I wanted her to wat
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Then came a series of explosive videos: The first showed footage from my 18th birthday party. The next video revealed security camera footage of Linda staging an incident—jumping off the rooftop herself and framing another orphan girl for pushing her, all to secure funding.Then, there was proof of Shawn’s hired assassins. Not just the failed attempt on Zoe’s life, but countless shady dealings he and my father orchestrated behind the scenes to grow the Wood Corporation, including stealing projects through underhanded methods. And finally, a damning revelation of how Alec emotionally manipulated his own mother for seven years, driving her to take her own life in front of his father. Her death bought him a place in the Rivers family. I poured money into compiling these truths, connecting the dots across my past and present lives. Piece by piece, I brought them to light, plastering everything across the trending charts. Thanks to their earlier moves, the public was already eng
Her Turn to Break the Rules Chapter 16
On set, in the dressing room, another actress was adjusting her makeup in the mirror when Linda suddenly stumbled toward her.Grabbing the actress’ hand, she slapped herself across the face.Then, under the stunned gaze of the actress, Linda smiled and said, “Who gave you permission to compete with me for the role I wanted? And you think I’d agree to play the supporting role?“Do you even know who my boyfriend is? He’s Shawn Wood, CEO of the Wood Corporation.“When he sees the marks on my face, you’d better think carefully about how to apologize to me. “No, scratch that, you should think about what you’ll do when footage of you ‘bullying’ me on set goes public and your career is ruined. What’s your backup plan for survival then?”Her eyes dropped to the other actress’ chest as she smiled with sinister intent.“No!!”Linda screamed and lunged toward the screen, trying in vain to block the video, but it was too late.The fans at the event erupted into chaos.In the uproar, both Linda’s
Her Turn to Break the Rules Chapter 15
The company’s stock price plummeted for several consecutive days. A few partners called, politely inquiring about what was going on. I knew that if I didn’t give them a satisfactory answer, the collaborations would be at risk of falling apart. "Just wait a little longer," I said with a smile, twirling the pen in my hand as I deflected. "We’re all businesspeople here—you know better than to make a move without absolute certainty." Fortunately, Linda wasn’t as patient as I’d anticipated. Her hatred for me burned even deeper than it had in my previous life. Seeing my reputation take a hit, she seized the opportunity and jumped into the fray. During a livestream, she brought up the scandal. "I remember back then," she began, her voice steady but laced with a hint of vulnerability. "The teacher asked me to read aloud in class. I went to a rural elementary school where one teacher had to cover multiple subjects, including teaching their own broken English." She let out a sel
Her Turn to Break the Rules Chapter 14
This was something I’d never experienced in my previous life, not even after winning three Best Actress awards. "At the end of the day, it’s all about controlling the resources,” I mused, raising my glass of red wine with a wry smile. Rachel turned to me, giving me a once-over. "How is it that you’ve only been gone for four years, yet you seem like you’ve matured by a whole decade?" "Well, isn’t it normal?" I replied. "At eighteen, I could get away with acting recklessly and blaming it on youth and ignorance. But now that I’ve graduated, if I want to show my fangs, I at least need to fake some decorum first." With that, I raised the paddle in my hand. "Four hundred thousand dollars." Sitting in the front row, Linda whipped her head around to look at me.Alec, seated beside her, also turned, his gaze meeting mine. For a moment, his expression flickered, almost distracted. I caught a glimpse of the faint scar on his forehead, and the sight amused me more than I expected
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In my previous life, I once overheard Linda asking Shawn how he managed to keep someone as talented as Harold under his thumb. At the time, Shawn had his arm around her as they sat by the pool. He chuckled at her question and replied, “Because he needs something from me.” However, I realized something far more significant. In my previous life, I had never even heard of Zoe. …I found a way to meet Zoe. She agreed to meet at a coffee shop far from her university. When she arrived, she sat across from me and got straight to the point. “Miss Wood, I know why you’re here, but my work is not for sale.” “Why not?” She hesitated briefly before speaking. “Because right now, it’s only a prototype.” The motion of lifting my coffee cup to my lips froze mid-air. “I understand that businesspeople like yourself only care about its commercial value, but I don’t. “What matters to me is the end result—what it can achieve and how it can revolutionize technology for humanity. That
Her Turn to Break the Rules Chapter 12
Over the next five years, Shawn gradually and completely took control of the Wood Corporation. Using the money my mom gave me, I invested in the stock market. Leveraging fragments of memory from my past life, I multiplied the startup funds several times over. Meanwhile, at school, I threw myself into an accelerated course load to fast-track my degrees, all while investing in a few companies that, in my previous life, would eventually join the Fortune 500. At the time, most of them were still in their early stages.During this time, Rachel contacted me often. Like clockwork, she’d call every week to update me. She’d start by saying how much the girls in the dance team missed me after I left, and then she’d mention how her share of the prize money had made life a lot easier. “Recently, Ashford University held its independent admissions exams. Linda applied but got rejected after the interview.”“It was hilarious. The same professor who was at our anniversary gala was part of the
Her Turn to Break the Rules Chapter 11
My school application was quickly finalized. Alec’s injuries were far more severe than mine. Even after I recovered, he was still lying in a hospital bed. “I heard Linda went to see him,” Rachel said as she came over to visit, holding a large bouquet of lilies. "She even comforted him, saying it wasn’t his fault—that you were the heartless one."She scoffed, shaking her head. "Two peas in a pod. They’re the ones who tried to break your leg, so tell me—how does that make you the heartless one?"I glanced at the flowers in her hands. “Those must’ve cost a lot. The prize money was for all of you. You should’ve kept it.” “It’s fine. Everyone chipped in when we found out you were going abroad. They asked me to buy these and bring them to you.” She pushed the bouquet into my hands, then took a deep breath as if gathering her courage. “Sierra.” “Hmm?” “I just feel like you know something I don’t. Ever since that day Linda transferred to our school, something’s been different...
Her Turn to Break the Rules Chapter 10
I tugged at the corner of the blanket and laughed, the movement jarring my injured ankle and making my face twist in pain. From the reflection in his pupils, I saw myself—mad, out of control. Maybe I had been a lunatic since the day I died in my previous life. Shawn's facial muscles twitched slightly, and a flash of anger crossed his eyes before vanishing. When he spoke again, his tone had returned to its usual coldness, distant and condescending. "Is it really worth it? Sierra, even if Linda's performance fails, you still won’t get to dance. Not only that, your crazy, out-of-control behavior was caught on camera for everyone to see."This time, you can't just fool everyone with a fake doctor's memo. The school has already contacted our parents. They’re preparing to expel you." "Hahahaha!" I laughed aloud. "Expelled? Why would I care about that?" "Shawn, don’t forget, I'm just as much a Wood as you are. Just like Alec said, even if this path closes, there are plenty more
