My sister, Holly, claimed she was throwing me a bachelorette party the day before my wedding. But instead, she drugged the drink I was holding. By the time I finally woke up and rushed to the wedding venue, Holly stood beside Dax Davies, wearing my wedding dress. They seemed completely unfazed by my arrival. Dax actually said, right in front of all the guests, “Holly and I… we were intimate last night. She was a virgin, and for her honor, I have to marry her.” “Audrey, you were never a virgin when we were together, so I’m choosing Holly. I’m sorry.” In my past life, disgusted by their sleazy acts, I ended up trashing the wedding. Holly grabbed my neck, forcing me to push her away. Then she clutched her stomach, wailing, “Dax’s baby, my three hundred million dollar baby! I could have had his child, Audrey! Why did you kill them?!” It was such an outrageous lie, but Dax actually believed her. He ordered his bodyguards to attack me, specifically targeting my stomach, to avenge his supposed babies. My internal organs ruptured, bleeding profusely, and I died right there at the wedding venue. When I opened my eyes again, I was back to the day before my wedding. Holly gripped my sleeve, whining sweetly, “Good sister, Holly prepared a bachelorette party for you tonight~” … Holly’s hand clenched my sleeve, swaying it gently. I’d even paid for the manicure she had on those hands. Yet, in my past life, it was these very hands that pushed me into the abyss of death. Seeing her feign such sisterly affection again, my stomach churned. “Oh, really? A party my dear sister arranged? How could I possibly miss it?” I still chose to agree with a smile. The party was set at Dax Davies’s villa. I’d overlooked that detail in my previous life. Now, thinking back, they had clearly been entangled for a long time. After some idle chatter, Holly presented the cocktail that had knocked me out in my last life. “Audrey, this is a special blend I had a top mixologist make, it symbolizes new beginnings! Drink this, and tomorrow you’ll officially be Mrs. Davies.” I didn’t take it. Instead, I burst out laughing. “Oh, perfect! Absolutely brilliant! Holly, you really think you can play me for a fool!” “Whose new beginning? Yours and Dax’s? Drugging me the day before my wedding—what exactly are you planning?!” The room instantly fell silent. Everyone clustered around, their faces etched with confusion. Holly’s smile froze. She hadn’t expected me to expose her. But she’s a conniving snake. She immediately put on a pitiful act, her voice dripping with fake innocence, “Audrey, what are you talking about?” “I know you’ve never liked me, Audrey, and you especially hate that Dax and I are close.” “But you can’t just accuse me of having bad intentions! I put so much effort into this bachelorette party, I…” She sounded genuinely choked up, dabbing at her eyes. Holly assumed that with such a performance, everyone at the party would side with her. But she had severely miscalculated my standing with the others. Bianca Sterling, from the powerful Sterling family, spoke first. “Holly, why the waterworks? If there’s a problem, just say it. Whether there’s drugs in the drink? A quick test will tell us.” Noah Sterling, the family heir, also frowned. “Everyone here knows Audrey’s character. I don’t believe she’d accuse her own sister without reason.” The rest of the guests murmured in agreement. Holly’s jaw dropped. She was clearly stunned. I curled my lips into a smirk and said to Holly, “No need for a test, it’s too much trouble. Why don’t you drink it yourself, sister? I’m getting married tomorrow, so I shouldn’t drink. You won’t be getting married tomorrow, right? Since you claim there’s no drug, then drink it!” Panic flashed across Holly’s face. Of course, she wouldn’t dare to drink it. Not only would she be exposed, but her wedding to Dax tomorrow would also be ruined. She feigned a look of indignant shame, her hands trembling violently. “Audrey! How can you slander my name?!” Holly shouted, drawing everyone’s attention, and subtly let go of the glass. Just as the glass was about to hit the floor, I instinctively snatched it mid-air. “What are you doing? After all the effort you put into finding a mixologist, you’re just going to drop it?” “Or is there something in this glass that shouldn’t see the light of day?” 2 The guests looked at Holly with even more suspicion. Holly quickly tried to explain that it was an accident. My tone turned cold. “Since my dear sister is too afraid to drink it, I’ll take Bianca’s advice and have someone test the drink’s contents.” I had just pulled out my phone, still typing a message, when Holly completely freaked out. “Audrey! I didn’t prepare this drink! Dax told me to give it to you! Even if there’s something in it, he put it there, I swear I knew nothing!” I stared at her heaving chest, a laugh escaping my lips. What a brilliant lie! Pushing Dax out as the scapegoat. It not only diverted attention but also tested how much I really knew. I suddenly leaned closer to her. “You’re saying he gave you this drink? So you’re admitting that both of you conspired to drug me, right here in my own villa?” You have to admit, Holly’s manipulative game was not simple. Faced with my question, she found a new angle, her voice dripping with fake innocence. “Holly truly didn’t know. Could it be that Dax has a problem with you, Audrey? Don’t be sad, sister, let’s go ask him.” “I did hear Dax say that your private life was a mess before you two got together, and that you claimed to be a virgin, but you didn’t… bleed.” She wanted to humiliate me in public. But I just watched her coldly, waiting for her to finish. Dax was my first love. The whole ‘virginity’ thing? That was pure nonsense. I was athletic since I was a child, so my hymen broke a long time ago. It never mattered. And honestly, in the 21st century, caring whether a girl is a virgin? That kind of man is utterly repulsive. “Holly, I already know about your despicable acts with Dax. There’s no need to put on a show for me.” “Because I simply don’t care about either of you. I won’t be attending tomorrow’s wedding.” “I’m not a trash can, and I don’t like garbage. You want Dax? Go ahead, take him.” Holly’s pupils suddenly dilated. She couldn’t believe that I was abandoning the wedding the day before. Then, I smirked contemptuously. “And don’t worry about public opinion. Who cares if people talk? Go ahead and get married. I’ll be getting married tomorrow too.” I gestured with my chin towards Noah Sterling in the crowd. “Noah, can you give me a wedding grander than the Davies family’s?” The room became even quieter. Everyone stared at Noah. He looked like he’d won the lottery, his face flushed purple with excitement. “Audrey, you… you’re willing to marry me?” He took a necklace from his neck. It was a family heirloom from the Sterling family’s great-grandmother, with a pigeon’s blood ruby ring hanging from the chain. “Audrey, I never thought I’d live to see this day.” Noah knelt on one knee, holding up the ring. “I’m going to make you the most prestigious bride in the city’s elite! I’m going to wipe the Davies family off the map!” News of my sudden engagement to the Sterling family spread like wildfire through every corner of the city’s elite overnight. By 3 AM, the headlines were filled with it. Dax Davies declared that his wedding would proceed as planned tomorrow, marrying my sister, Holly. He also boasted that no wedding in the city’s elite would be grander than the Davies’s. The Sterling family retaliated sharply, announcing that their wedding would indeed outshine the Davies’s, and that from this day forward, the Sterling family would cut all business ties with the Davies family. Other influential families were forced to choose sides. Anyone associated with the Davies family would be blacklisted. The comments section buzzed. Some questioned if I was just a rebound, dumped by Dax. Others called Noah a “rebound guy.” Still others bet that the Sterling wedding would surely be smaller, given they only had one night to prepare. I sneered, put away my phone, and continued packing my belongings from Dax’s villa. It wasn’t that these things were particularly valuable, but the thought of any item I had used remaining in Dax’s house just made my skin crawl. While I was busy, Holly suddenly burst in with some of Dax’s housekeepers. “Audrey, you have so much stuff.” “But since you’re marrying into the Sterling family, you don’t need all this, right?” “Dax said his villa can’t have anything that doesn’t belong to the Davies family. So, including you, I’ve had them help throw everything out.” 3 As she spoke, she waved her hand, and the housekeepers immediately began carelessly tossing my cosmetics, clothes, and jewelry. Even my intimate apparel was strewn everywhere. I watched Holly’s performance with a cold gaze. The items themselves weren’t worth much, but the humiliation? I would ensure he paid for it a hundredfold, sooner or later. “Holly.” “Do you know what you look like right now?” “Like a wild dog that stole a bone.” Though we were sisters, strictly speaking, I had practically raised Holly. She’d been my shadow for twenty years, and I’d protected her for twenty years. What had I done wrong for her to hate me so deeply, without a shred of mercy? Holly’s smile froze. “In the Davies house, daring to curse the Davies’s mistress? Guards! Throw her out!” Two housekeepers stepped forward, grabbing me roughly and dragging me towards the exit. Just then, the front doors of Dax’s villa burst open. Noah Sterling charged in with over a dozen bodyguards in black suits. Seeing my intimate apparel scattered on the floor, his usually gentle face instantly contorted with rage. “Audrey’s belongings? Do you really think you can just toss them around?!” “Anyone who dares to touch another item, I’ll break their limbs!” The Davies’s housekeepers froze, daring not to move. At that moment, Dax Davies also appeared with a dozen men. He looked at Noah and me, sneering, “Noah, marrying discarded trash I’ve slept with, and you’re still this arrogant? Anyone would think I’m the one marrying Audrey, that piece of trash!” Ten years of my life, my first love, and he so casually humiliated me. “Dax Davies,” I stared at him coldly. “You will regret everything you’ve done today.” Dax dismissed me with a sneer. “Trash, do you really think siding with the Sterling family will allow you to go against me? The Davies family’s position in the city’s elite…” “Position?” I suddenly laughed. “Everyone in the city’s elite knows that your Davies family is just a lapdog I casually raised.” “Now, get on your knees and beg me, and I might just make you disappear from the elite circles, sparing the Davies family. Otherwise…” Dax arrogantly lifted his head. “Looks like you’re too heartbroken, starting to talk nonsense. In my eyes, your Sterling family is just a clown. And you, Audrey Ruo, are an ant. Get out of here, fast! You’re the ones who will disappear from the elite circles!” Noah leaned closer, taking my hand. “Forget it, Audrey. You protected him too well, that’s why he knows nothing. Let that fool be happy for now. Tomorrow, he’ll see how he dies!” The Sterling family mansion was lit up all night, with everyone bustling to prepare for the next day’s wedding. Dax Davies, despite his bluster, didn’t dare to slack either. He urgently increased his wedding budget, demanding everything be as extravagant as possible. The Sterling family even specifically booked their wedding hotel at the same location as the Davies family. This spectacle spread across the entire internet. The city’s paparazzi and influencers flocked to the hotel street by 4 AM, ready to livestream. The next day, when I woke up, Noah was already dressed in a tailored suit, looking like a prince from a storybook. “Audrey, everything is ready. We can leave now.” “I promise, today, the Davies family will lose face completely!” The wedding motorcade set off for the hotel street—a solid line of stretch limousines that seemed to stretch endlessly, along with countless other luxury cars. The Sterling and Davies motorcades met on the street in front of the hotel, turning the entire road into a parking lot. Since neither lead car would yield, no one could drive forward. Dax Davies’s Rolls-Royce blocked the middle of the road. He rolled down his window and smirked at me. “Audrey Ruo, can’t compete with the Davies family, so you’re playing childish games like this traffic jam?” “Guests will be arriving in twenty minutes. You wouldn’t want the entire city’s elite to laugh at both families, would you?” “I advise you to be smart. I might consider being more lenient with you in the future!” I didn’t even look at him. Instead, I pulled out my phone and made a call. “Five minutes. Get all the Davies family’s people to clear out.” Dax thought I was talking to him and cursed, “Are you crazy? My Davies family will retreat just because you say so? Who do you think you are?!” However, it didn’t even take five minutes. The very next second, the phones of all the Davies motorcade drivers suddenly rang, simultaneously. They answered one by one, their faces draining of color. One bald driver immediately started backing his car up. Dax raged, “Are you trying to die?! What are you doing?!” The driver called out to Dax, “Mr. Davies, I’m so sorry, my mother just got admitted to the hospital. I have to go back…” He sped off before finishing his sentence. Then came the second car, the third, even Dax’s own driver turned to them and said, “Mr. Davies, Mrs. Davies, if you could both please step out. I just got a call from the hospital; my wife’s in labor and there are complications, I really have to go…” Holly shrieked in anger, “You wouldn’t dare! This is the lead car! If you leave, what about my wedding?!” But the driver didn’t care. He had already started the car and was backing away. Dax, seeing the situation was dire, had no choice but to get out with Holly, watching his car drive away. The Davies motorcade, which had been so bustling moments ago, instantly vanished. This scene was captured by an influencer on the roadside and immediately went viral. “OMG! You guys, when those phones rang, it was like something out of a movie! The scale was insane!” “Looking at this, the Sterlings are seriously powerful. The Davies family seems like nothing?!” “You have no idea! Only one person in this city’s elite can pull off something like this! The powerful Ms. Ruo, whom no one dares to offend!” Dax Davies also realized it. He gritted his teeth, glaring at me. “Audrey Ruo, when did you get involved with Ms. Ruo?! This is too much! No mercy at all? Aren’t you afraid the Davies family will fight you to the death?!” 4 “Audrey Ruo, tell me the truth. What tactics did you use to convince the powerful Ms. Ruo?” Dax was still bothered by it. When we were together, he didn’t know my identity. He often said he would definitely gain Ms. Ruo’s appreciation in the future. Back then, I found him somewhat endearing.
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