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Phoenix Of Ruin: My Second Life Comes With A Better Man
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Chapter 8 What Exactly Was Vincent Playing At img
Chapter 9 The One Woman He Could Never Forget img
Chapter 10 Soon-to-be Ex-husband img
Chapter 11 Was She Reading Too Much Into It img
Chapter 12 He's Completely Lost It img
Chapter 13 I Don't Agree img
Chapter 14 A Wager img
Chapter 15 What's The Name Of The Dunn Family's Heiress img
Chapter 16 Maybe I Should Just Go img
Chapter 17 I Won't Allow It img
Chapter 18 Put Five Million On Me To Win img
Chapter 19 Stop Right There img
Chapter 20 Apologize To Caroline Right Now! img
Chapter 21 Escort Her Out Immediately img
Chapter 22 A Call From The Owner img
Chapter 23 Throw Those Two Loudmouthed, Arrogant Fools Out img
Chapter 24 The Security Footage img
Chapter 25 Scheme Exposed img
Chapter 26 Reed Group Amounted To Nothing img
Chapter 27 An Offer Almost Too Good To Be True img
Chapter 28 Three Conditions img
Chapter 29 You Don't Need To Act Like You're Fine img
Chapter 30 Don't Move img
Chapter 31 Something Fragile Beneath That Iron Composure img
Chapter 32 Planning To Marry Vincent img
Chapter 33 Do You Even Realize Who Vincent Is img
Chapter 34 The Test img
Chapter 35 How Would He Even Know What I Like img
Chapter 36 An Excuse img
Chapter 37 Not For Sale img
Chapter 38 The Brightest Star In All Of Sleridge img
Chapter 39 You Ungrateful Little Wretch img
Chapter 40 Why Haven't I Heard A Thing About It img
Chapter 41 I Wish Him The Best Of Luck img
Chapter 42 Win The Bid img
Chapter 43 She Would Regret Everything And Come Back img
Chapter 44 The Death Knell For The Reed Family img
Chapter 45 Can't Make A Silk Purse Out Of A Sow's Ear img
Chapter 46 It Is Time For Us To Clean House img
Chapter 47 Heart Of The Deep Sea img
Chapter 48 How Is This You img
Chapter 49 A Private Gathering img
Chapter 50 Your Battlefield img
Chapter 51 Bradly Sheridan img
Chapter 52 The Key That Unlocks The Next Era img
Chapter 53 Finally Getting A Proper Meal img
Chapter 54 I'm Sorry img
Chapter 55 She's Keeping A Man Now img
Chapter 56 Losing To You Feels Worth It img
Chapter 57 Vincent Is Mr. G img
Chapter 58 Urge Him To Get Married img
Chapter 59 A Beauty Sharpened By Endurance img
Chapter 60 Publicly Defending Her img
Chapter 61 No One Has The Right To Belittle You img
Chapter 62 Afraid Of The Dark img
Chapter 63 The One Who Saved Her img
Chapter 64 Protection img
Chapter 65 Something's Wrong img
Chapter 66 Alter The Entire Landscape Of The Industry img
Chapter 67 Impersonation img
Chapter 68 Arrested img
Chapter 69 The Future Of Dunn Group Is About To Change img
Chapter 70 A Real Future img
Chapter 71 A Truly Outstanding Man img
Chapter 72 She's Just Putting On An Act img
Chapter 73 Consuming Jealousy img
Chapter 74 Paparazzi img
Chapter 75 Ouch! She Hit Me! img
Chapter 76 Are You Satisfied Now img
Chapter 77 We Messed Up Badly img
Chapter 78 Because There's Someone Standing Behind Me img
Chapter 79 You Did A Good Job img
Chapter 80 Vincent Is Far Ahead Of Nicolas img
Chapter 81 A Dinner Trap img
Chapter 82 Weren't You Supposed To Be Drugged img
Chapter 83 It's Just A Cut img
Chapter 84 What He Wanted In Return img
Chapter 85 I'll Teach You img
Chapter 86 An Intensely Passionate Kiss img
Chapter 87 Always A Dunn! img
Chapter 88 A Familiar Dog img
Chapter 89 Wait For Me To Come Back img
Chapter 90 Something Went Wrong img
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Chapter 2 He Wanted To Take Her Kidney

In the very next second, Nicolas clamped a hand around her wrist and said in a voice cold enough to cut, "You're coming to the operating room. Right now."

The force of his grip was vicious, crushing down so hard it felt like the bones in her wrist might splinter.

Pain shot through Ashley, and she jerked her hand free on instinct.

"Why the hell would I go with you?"

For a brief instant, shock flashed across Nicolas's face.

Over three years of marriage, he had grown far too used to her quiet patience, her obedient softness, and the way she always gave in to him.

Never once had she challenged him this openly.

At once, his expression darkened, and his voice came out even harsher with anger. "You've still got the nerve to ask? If you hadn't poisoned Caroline, she wouldn't be lying in kidney failure right now, barely hanging on. This was your fault, so you were going to pay for it."

A frigid laugh slipped from Ashley's lips. "Oh, really? And how was I supposed to pay? By marching into the operating room and letting you carve one of my kidneys out for her?"

Nicolas hadn't expected her to see straight through his plan so quickly, but he didn't feel the slightest bit ashamed of it.

"What if that's exactly what I meant? It's only one kidney. You owed her at least that much. You were coming with me."

She owed Caroline?

The sheer insanity of that thought made Ashley feel like the whole world had turned into a joke.

In her previous life, Nicolas had taken Caroline's side every single time that woman set her up.

Back then, Ashley had foolishly believed she wasn't good enough, that she had somehow made Nicolas misunderstand her, so she kept giving more, swallowing more pain, and clinging to the desperate hope that one day she could change his mind about her.

Not until the day they drove her to her death did she finally see how horribly wrong she had been.

This time, she would never hand them another chance to destroy her.

"No," she said, her voice sharp and icy. "Absolutely not."

A cruel sneer tugged at Nicolas's lips. "You don't get to decide that. Take her to the operating room and run the compatibility tests now."

The instant the order left his mouth, several broad-shouldered bodyguards closed in on her.

Seeing those painfully familiar faces, Ashley was dragged straight back to the last life-to the moment they had hauled her into the operating room like she was less than human.

Before their hands could close on her, Ashley whirled around and bolted.

Relying on the grim memories of her previous life, she raced straight to Caroline's room and drove the door open with a hard kick.

Inside, Caroline was reclining against the pillows, holding up a compact mirror while she carefully painted on her lipstick.

The door burst inward with a savage crash, and Caroline shrieked as the lipstick dragged a vivid red streak across her cheek.

At once, she lashed out, "Didn't I make myself clear? I'm busy. No one comes in here. Which brainless little..."

Mid-sentence, her eyes landed on Ashley, and her face stiffened with sudden shock.

"Ashley?" Her voice caught for a beat before turning sharp with alarm. "What... what are you doing here?"

By now, Ashley was supposed to have already been hauled into the operating room, prepped and cut open for her kidney.

Before Caroline could steady herself, Nicolas burst in with several bodyguards close behind, chasing after Ashley.

At the sight of Caroline sitting upright, perfectly fine, Nicolas halted mid-step, shock flashing across his face. "Caroline? You're awake?"

A jolt ran through Caroline's body, her posture going rigid. Only then did it hit her-she was supposed to still be unconscious.

In a flurry of panic, she shoved the compact mirror beneath the blanket, fingers trembling as she forced her expression into something pale and pitiful. Clutching at her chest, she bent forward and broke into a fit of harsh, exaggerated coughing. "Nicolas... it hurts..."

But the act came a second too late.

A mocking smile curved across Ashley's lips. "Miss Wheeler, I heard you were practically dying. They were this close to dragging me into operation to carve out a kidney for you. And now you're sitting here looking just fine. So what was this, huh? Another one of your little traps? Were you faking the whole thing just to pin it on me?"

For the briefest instant, Caroline's expression locked up. Then her eyes turned red on command, and tears spilled down her cheeks as neatly as if she had rehearsed it.

"Ashley, what are you even saying? I don't understand any of this. I just woke up. I only wanted to fix myself up a little because I didn't want Nicolas to see me looking awful. Why are you making it sound like I'm trying to harm you?"

Just as Ashley had expected, the second Nicolas saw Caroline's fragile, tearful face, he moved to shield her.

"That's enough, Ashley," he snapped, his expression hard with anger. "Do you really think everyone is as scheming as you are? Caroline is naturally kind. Why would she ever do something to harm you?"

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