My past life was filled with misery and ended very tragically. Well not for myself at least, because I deserve what was coming for me. I chose to love the wrong Person and did many things for him unconditionally despite the consequences, I betrayed the people who love me over and over again and hurt them in the worst way possible.

But My parents who treasured and loved me and mean no harm to others, My neglected son who had still called out to me even though I never deserved his love and affection, and my husband who despite my selfishness kept staying with me and helping me out even though he had no affection for me.

Did anyone of them deserve to die?

No! None of them did.

So now that I have been reborn, why should I be stupid enough to relive my past life again?

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Seeing the exaverant yet homely breakfast being laid on the table, Lara couldn't help showing a very satisfied smile.

"You seem to have quited down these days these days, did anything happen?" Mr Dawne who had never seen his spoiled daughter like this before couldn't contain his curiosity anymore and asked.

It seemed like his daughter had changed into an entirely different person after her fiancee had cheated on her with her best friend.

"It's nothing much Dad, I'm okay" She replied while digging into the delicious meal placed before her with a satisfied face, and that very satisfied face was mistaken as a facade of 'I'm happy' the onlookers. The Dwane couple looked at each other and couldn't adjust to their daughter who would normally throw a tantrum over small things this calm and quite.

They both didn't know that their dear daughter was enjoying her meal unaware of their worries.

How long has it been since she had eaten in such luxury? How much longing had she endured before having to eat with her warm family again?

Well, to be honest not much time had passed since she had complained about the beach Emma seducing her fiancee Ethan to her parents, begging them to deal with her by any means. But for Lara who had lived two lives and was recently reborn, She couldn't help act out of character and enjoy the present moment without a care about who was cheating or who was replacing her.

Not being able to handle her daughter's wierd behavior Mrs Dawne glared at her husband reminding him of the talk they had together the night before.

"Ahem!" Father Dwane coughed to grab the attention of the two others. Seeing that his daughter had stopped eating to look at him he cleared his throat but after a few seconds of eye contact with his daughter's oblivious face he pitifully glanced at his wife to help him.

Upon seeing her adorable Husband acting like a helpless puppy Mother Dwane couldn't resist and laughed out loud but her elegance didn't fall in the least.

Both of them didn't notice the hand which had been clenched to a fist under the table.

"Ah! so it's finally come." Lara thought but kept a neutral and dumb face while enjoying the rare scene of her parents openly flirting and laughing happily.

"Dad you wanted to say something?" she inquired after some time, breaking the cotton fluff like atmosphere for her parents in that process.

Mother Dwane whose laugh had already been reduced to a smile decided to help her daughter out of her oblivious mysery.

"Well....! Your dad and I had a serious talk and considered a few things about your future.

We had a discussion about what you had asked of us with Ethan's parents. and guess what?

They said that Ethan would break up with the girl he's dating and also said he was only playing with her" Her mother looked really happy for her as she said this.

In her past life she had believed these very words spoken by the Vozens, she had even dragged her parents along with her to doom.

"So.. to avoid such a thing again the date for your official engagement had been fixed for the next month." Mr's Dwane ended her news with this.

Although Lara had been ready to hear it, at the present moment she couldn't help feel disgusted and felt that her brains must've been rotten.

She had stubbornly asked her parents to break Ethan and Emma up and had even starved herself when her parents told her Ethan wasn't a good fit for her.

Suppressing all the malicious feelings welling up inside her, she put on a shocked expression along with a believable excitement.

"You're not lying right? right!!!!?" She asked she exclaimed.

Mrs Dwane giggled at her daughter's reaction and shook her head. "Not a lie" she said.

"OMG....I love you mom. dad" She rushed and jumped towards them, clearly brushing aside the fact that they were still eating and it was improper.

The Dwane couple didn't have the heart to scold her and let her have her episode of excitement.

Although her lips were curved into a bright smile and happy sounds escaped it Lara's eyes held a frozen stillness as she continued to hug her parents for a while longer.

"Look at her flipping her attitude so quickly" Mother Dwane commented and her husband nodded along.

"Mom, dad you're bullying your precious daughter" Lara fake frowned with a little pout.

The Dawne couple were very harmonious in both work and personal life.

They both shared many thoughts together and had many similarities, especially when it came to fawning over their daughter, they were equally smashed for her.

"An angel, our daughter is a angel, the cutest and most purest child in the world...No...in the entire Galaxy" The Dwane couple thought in unison seeming to forget that their daughter is already 18 years old and was already of the age where being fawned on by her parents while being called cute were all a little insulting.

"Now darling don't be angry with mommy. Your dad and I got one more surprise for you" she excitedly said

"Another one!!?" she knew but faked.

"Yes, you'll be staying with the Vozens till your engagement, are you excited? Isn't mommy the best" Mrs Dwane cheekily asked.

"The best in the whole wide world" Lara became emotional and her eyes felt a little wet.

"Look at this brat, she's happy about leaving us?" Father Dwane complained to his wife but was ignored so he decided to stop competing with his daughters cuteness.

"No Daddy, I'm happy that you're my parents" she wiped her tears and smiled a genuine smile. The couple didn't give it much thought and took it as she was shedding tears of happiness

And as for Lara? She made a resolve. The little things she had missed out in her past life, like spending a simple yet lovely meal together with her family, she was determined to relieve each and every of them.

And the people who dared hurt her loved ones? Well! she'll pay them back with utmost sincerity not leaving out a single one of them.

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The Vozens Mansion was just as large as the Dwane's but unlike the warm house she had grew up in, the Vozens had a very peculiar taste in decorating their house into making it look like they were flaunting their riches openly.

In her past life, she had liked the Vozens family mansion because unlike their elegant yet simple looking house, the former had elegantly decorated outerior and even more exaggaverantly Luxrous interior.

She had also loved staying there because she was madly in love with the Ethan who was brought up in that very house.

But seeing this place again was nothing but nauseating for her.

This was the very house she had ran to for help as her Mother was in her deathbed ready to follow her father who was in heaven.

A gorgeously dressed woman made her way to the door as she saw Lara fiddling with her luggage.

Lara had also seen her but pretended to helplessly fiddle with her luggage and not so surprisingly the pretentious woman came to help her.

"Oh my! Lara you've come, you look more beautiful each time I see you, I almost didn't recognize you" she flattered and as if suddenly realizing that Lara was struggling with the bags she exclaimed"Oh! Do you need any help with that? " she asked because she knew Lara would never agree to let her help as she was the precious mother of the man whom Lara treated as her everything.

"Well, thank you very much auntie, I don't think that's necessary but if you are offering help then I won't refuse your kind intentions" Lara replied making Mrs Vozen speechless.

It was intentional bullying when she hadn't ordered the maids or butler to help Lara carry her things. She had intended to look like a very kindhearted future mother in law by offering help which she very much knew Lara would refuse.

"Is she for real? Am I suppose to carry all this up to the second floor with her now? " Mrs Vozen cursed in her head but she maintained her graceful smile.

"Oh dear me, I forgot, I can't really do this since I had just finished treating my nails" She wiggled her fingers and put on a look of pity. "Silly me I'll ask the butler to move them" she smiled charmingly but this smile was nothing but disgusting to Lara.

"Ah? You mean to say you're going back on your word?" Lara said with an air of innocence "Aunty you shouldn't have offered help if you weren't going to actually help, it'll make me feel that you're someone who offers help only for show" Lara said back with an even more pitiful look as if she was seriously sad.

Mrs Vozen who had thought Lara would shower praises upon the ruby and gold blended lacqr polish she had specifically ordered was hit for the second time by a wave of shock.

"She's talking back at me?" Mrs Vozen trembled.

"That's not what I mean Lara and you know it well" she got flustered by the unfavorable reaction she got from the other.

"I know aunty, thank you for offering to send my things up, I'll rest assured and head to my room now" Lara politely smiled and left her standing with a very ugly expression on her face. after she was gone Mrs Vozen still stood where she had been left behind.

"That Bitch, does she think she's better than me just like her mother? How arrogant, I'll rip that pretty little face off someday" Mrs Vozen mumbled to herself in a fit of anger failing to notice someone who had been observing the whole interaction they had just had.

Upon reaching the 'not so happy memories' filled yet secure room and bolting the door did Lara finally relaxed her face.

"that felt really good! seeing her shocked appearance was worth it" Lara exclaimed as she laughed and laid back on the soft bed before her smile suddenly changed back to a frozen sneer "but I should be careful next time not to show my colors since I've still got a long way to go to make the Vozens pay" she talked to herself, this was something she often did after she almost became crazy after losing everything, she had used it as a way of reassurance. She closed her eyes softly as she recalled some distant memories and her consciousness began to drift off.

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"Mother! Please help me..... My mom, she's dying.. Please" Lara heard her own voice pleading the woman who was looking at her with dusdain.

"If she's dying then that's her problem... It has nothing to do with me" the woman coldly spat

"But Mother you're her best friend right? You even said she was like your sister....please help her" Lara cried out bitterly but was shaken off.

"Stop calling me mother, it's disgusting. And your mom? She was just a slut who always thought she was above me, she had it coming for her" the woman snickered "serves her right for having such a daughter like you" saying this she ordered the guards to throw the wailing Lara out.

The helpless cries blended into the noisy and busy everyday life of the city folks and the small footsteps made in a hurry didn't make much sound as they disappeared like their owner.

Knock knock knock*

The three rhymatic knocks on the door was enough to rise the barely fast asleep Lara.

Feeling her cheeks were wet she quickly dried them with the sleeves of her knitted woolen sweater.

Unlocking the door she stood holding the door half open.

"Miss Dwane this is the last of the luggage you brought. If you need anything then you can simply make a call" the butler politely bowed after the porters were done placing the mountain heap of luggage in proper order.

"I'll handle the rest, you may leave" Lara waved her hand with which the butler politely bowed again and retired with the rest of the helpers and housekeepers.

"I didn't realize this but, damn! do the Vozens think they're living in a palace? Why are there maids and helpers all over as if it's a western historical play?" Lara scoffed "Their habit of flaunting wealth is nasty enough but their love for authority is worse"

Despite the two mansion of Vozens and Dwane's being similar in size. The Dwane's kept only four house keepers, two cooks one butler two drivers and a few security guards.

So compared to their house, she felt like she was part of a play at the Vozens.

"If I guess correctly than tommorow that scum Ethan will come home and throw a tantrum after seeing me, and he'll bring his delicate and kindhearted Emma along with him to insult me after a week" a very mischievous curve formed in lips while her eyes held a deadly glint.

"Why don't I help them out since they are so beautifully in love?"

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...Chapter End...

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"Everything's fine mom, I'm enjoying my stay here so stop worrying about me. Take this chance to Have a great time with Dad, I know dad has been itching to have you to himself so ahem... dad mom's all yours" Lara meant the last line for her dad cuz she knew hr was eavesdropping.

Sure enough, Mr Dwane's low chuckle was heard soon after.

"You rotten girl, what kind of things are you saying" Mrs Dwane's voice sounded flustered. Lara could imagine the scene of her mother scolding her father with her eyes while blushing, she laughed like a rascal at tje picture, her soft voice floated in the room yet none escaped as the room was sound proof.

After finally coaxing her mother and successfully making her almost explode from embarrassment with"I want a younger brother" at the end she chuckled and ended the call.

Glancing one more time into the mirror to check her facial expression Lara slipped into a pair of comfortable heels and threw on a jacket above her knee below length dress which wasn't showy, but not simple either. Anyone who knew of the designer of this supposedly incognito dress would know of how priceless the dress was.

It had been a week since her rebirth and she had secretly started her plan to uproot the Vozen family. To do that she needed powerful allies or make herself into a secure pillar. And since she herself knew how hopless she was in starting a business, she decided to invest and make strong connections.

Locking the door behind her she made her way down the stairs.

The mansion was quite as if it had been abandoned. It was at an hour where she knew that none of the Vozens would be home.

Well, you should say, it was a time when they weren't supposed to be home.

At the bottom of the stairs stood a figure who made her stop and stand still for a second.

Her light green eyes caught sight of the familiar raven black hair and a clear pair of deep blue azure eyes.

The facial features of the said person were picturesque with a hint of unkempt wildness which were well hidden under the fake prescribed glasses and the studios like clothes. It was different from the gorgeous and doll like appearance of the other Vozens.

Under the reading glasses the pair of blue eyes shifted as if having felt the gaze upon him he stared at Lara intently.

This person was Lucas, the illigimate child of the Vozens and the person she had spent her life with. A flash of nostalgia swept past her heart with a bitter feeling which she hardly suppressed.

Reluctantly she tore her eyes off the person and proceeded walking down and disregarding him as if he was nothing but air. She could feel the gaze behind her but didn't turn back.

The onlookers might think she didn't pay attention to him because he was not worth looking at. But Lara had took great efforts to not hug the person or even look at him. She was afraid that her emotions would leak if she continues staying so she hurried off outside.

Only after gliding past him did she remember to breathe. She scolded herself inside her head, she felt that controlling emotions was something she was really bad at weather it was the past life or the present.

"I'm going out somewhere you don't have to follow me or ask the driver to drop me off. If mother asks I'll tell her directly by myself" Lara said with a delicate and pure face yet commanding tone to the butler who had ran up to her when he caught sight of her leaving.

"I understand miss"he said politely and wierdly didn't refute at all.

Stepping outside the gate and into the waiting Car, Lara sat down with a serious look on her face.

The driver didn't ask anything unnecessary like she had informed and took her straight to the appointed place.

"Drive around till the third block slowly and park the car at the adjacent intersection. And stay there until you receive my call"

Causally throwing the order Lara lazily made her way into the private hotel.

She was greeted with a polite bow from a neatly dressed attendant who seemed to have recognized her. She too recognized the attendant, she has had many encounters with her whenever she came to the hotel with her friends.

"Miss Dwane, the private room you reserved is this way" She politely informed and showed her to the room.

Lara chose this particular location because it was the most secure place where the customer's privacy were protected and also the least suspicious and common place for her to meet her friends.

Without prying the attendant left right after she had done her job.

"Miss Dwane, You've come" The middle aged man with heavy baggs under his eyes greeted her. He hadn't seemed to have changed out of his white lab coat so anyone could tell he was a researcher of some sort. His hair was disheaveled maybe because he came in a hurry.

Nodding at him she sat down and the man did the same.

"What we discussed about before, have you gave it a thought Mr Clark?" Lara asked taking a sip of the regular drink that had been prepared metriclously according to her preferences.

It tasted wierd and foreign to her instead of nostalgic.

Clark had been a little distracted by Lara's Beautiful face that were paired with soft platinum curls and a pair of light green eyes which looked harmless yet had a dangerous feel to them. He almost jumped when Lara called his name.

Putting aside the fact that Lara was the only daughter of the second wealthiest and most powerful family in city B and had offered a poor researcher like him a helping hand.

He couldn't understand the reason for the contract that had been handed to him a week back.

The fact that the contract was too favourable to him made him feel uneasy.

"Ah! Yes, I thought it over... But may I ask.. "

"Why I'm willing to invest in such a project which had low chance of success and even if it did succeed I wouldn't gain much from it. Right?" She cut his speech off and perfectly nailed the doubts on his mind.

"Yes" Clark replied unable to add more words

"Mr Clark you seemed to be mistaken" she smiled making her previous cold and unreadable  look soften a hundred fold "What I'm trying to buy here is neither your work nor you.

What I'm suggesting to you is a long term partnership and mutual trust.

And your research itself is interesting and I just wanted to see your vision materialize it'll help me rid off boredom it's not like I'm lacking money anyway" of course Lara meant what she said about having mutual trust but the rest was nonsense. The person sitting infront of her, Clark Stone, was a medical researcher who gained astounding recognition and fame in the future.

His research on artificial human cells and nerves weren't supported and nobody was willing to invest in his research due to its low success rate which almost narrowed down to single digits. But despite this he pulled himself through without falling apart and without the help of any backing managed to become successful with his own efforts and endless toiling.

It had taken him 6years to become successful from what Lara remembered. But with financial support he might progress faster this time.

Clark who had been observing Lara's micro expressions was astonished. He had thought that this young miss was bored and had too much funds at her disposal so she offered help to entertain herself. And she herself admitted to it too. But even though she said she was only trying to rid her boredom and didn't care how much she spent to do so. It seemed like she was making an excuse to hide the fact that she was doing something good and selfless. (his own misinterpretation that Lara has too much pride to help people and take the credit to look selfless)

'If that's so then I'll give it my all and return the favor.'

He smiled to himself and felt he was lucky to have drawn this person's attention and even recieve help.

After an hour of discission and finally reaching an agreement did the both of them decided to part ways.

That was the third and last one she smiled looking at the note pad app on her phone.

Andrew Adams - ☑️ God of Hacking and Miracle storm

Samantha Wills - ☑️Justice Scale lawyer

Clark Stone - ☑️ Resurrection Master.

Those letters stood out in bold black and had a tick mark indicating she had managed to grabbed them already. Under the bold letters were their detailed descriptions.

Looking at the nicknames they had been given, even she herself couldn't hold back her laugh. It looked like a chunnibyou patient had named them.

All three people were important and necessary for her as they would gain fame in the future and they were also trustworthy and hardworking people who wouldn't betray someone who trusted them.

She had felt a little guilty about using them but she needed them.

She won't exploit them so all was well, she had even trapped herself with contracts unfavorable to her so that she wouldn't lose sight of her goal.

She hadn't even taken much steps when she heard familiar voices which made her previous faint smiling expression chill and her curved eyes turned cold.

'This is really unexpected, seems I can't delay our encounter even if I plan to' She held a sneer which was quickly masked beneath a proud haughty look.

She walked forward as if she was oblivious to who was coming ahead until she bumped into a tall figure.

She looked up and glared but as if shocked Upon seeing the person she again changed her expression to that of an infatuated one.

"Brother Ethan!!"

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...Chapter End...

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