CHAPTER 1
THE NIGHT JULIET GABRIEL DIED
Rain poured heavily over the Gabriel mansion.
Juliet Gabriel stood by the window, staring at her phone with trembling hands.
A photograph was on the screen.
Clement Adrian, her fiancé.
And Victoria Rose, her best friend.
They were together.
Juliet's heart sank.
Then she saw the bank documents. Millions had been transferred from her family's accounts, and her signature appeared on them.
"No… I didn't do this."
She immediately called Clement, but he didn't answer.
Juliet grabbed her keys.
She needed the truth.
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An hour later, she arrived at Clement's private house.
The lights were on.
She entered quietly.
"Clement?"
Voices came from upstairs.
"Do you think she knows?" Victoria asked.
Clement replied, "She knows enough."
Juliet froze.
She slowly climbed the stairs and opened the door.
Clement and Victoria were standing together.
Juliet stared at them in disbelief.
"Tell me this isn't true."
Neither answered.
Tears filled her eyes.
"Clement, you said you loved me."
He looked at her coldly.
"I loved what you could give me."
Juliet felt her heart break.
She turned to Victoria.
"You were my best friend."
Victoria smiled bitterly.
"You had everything, Juliet. Your family's money, your beautiful home, your perfect life. I wanted it all."
Juliet shook her head.
"I would have shared everything with you."
"I didn't want your pity."
Clement stepped forward.
"Give me the property documents."
Juliet stared at him.
"You betrayed me for money?"
"For everything," he replied.
She backed away.
"You'll never get them."
Then she ran.
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Juliet reached the front door, but a black vehicle blocked her escape.
Three men stepped out.
She turned.
Clement and Victoria stood behind her.
Juliet's face went pale.
"This was a trap."
Clement said nothing.
Juliet secretly touched her phone.
"I already uploaded the evidence. If I die tonight, everyone will know what you did."
Clement's expression changed.
"Give me the phone."
"No."
Juliet ran.
A loud sound echoed through the storm.
She fell to the ground.
Rain poured over her face.
Clement walked toward her.
Juliet looked up at him.
"Why?"
He stared down at her.
"Because you trusted the wrong people."
Her eyes slowly closed.
And Juliet Gabriel died that night.
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THREE YEARS EARLIER
Juliet suddenly opened her eyes.
She gasped and touched her chest.
No wound.
No blood.
She jumped out of bed and looked into the mirror.
Her younger face stared back at her.
She looked at the calendar.
Three years before her death.
Juliet's eyes widened.
"I've been given another chance."
Tears filled her eyes, but she quickly wiped them away.
A cold smile appeared on her lips.
"This time, Clement…"
She stared at her reflection.
"…Victoria…"
Her eyes hardened.
"You will regret ever betraying me."
TO BE CONTINUED…
CHAPTER TWO
THE SECOND CHANCE
Juliet opened her eyes.
She gasped.
The first thing she felt was the warmth of sunlight against her face.
No blood.
No pain.
No cold marble floor beneath her body.
She slowly sat up, breathing heavily.
"Where am I?"
Her eyes moved around the room.
The familiar pink curtains.
The old wooden wardrobe.
The small mirror beside her bed.
Juliet froze.
She knew this room.
It was her bedroom.
But that was impossible.
She had died.
She remembered Clement's voice.
She remembered her best friend standing beside him.
She remembered the betrayal.
And most of all, she remembered the knife.
Juliet rushed toward the mirror.
The young woman staring back at her was not the woman who had died.
She was younger.
Her skin was flawless.
Her eyes were bright.
She touched her face with trembling fingers.
"I'm alive…"
Then suddenly, a memory struck her.
A date.
Five years before her death.
The day everything had begun.
The day Clement Adrian first entered her life.
Juliet's breathing became slow.
A bitter smile appeared on her lips.
"So God gave me another chance."
Her tears disappeared.
The frightened Juliet from her previous life was gone.
This time, she knew the truth.
She knew who would betray her.
She knew who wanted her money.
She knew who would eventually kill her.
And she would not make the same mistakes twice.
Juliet looked into the mirror.
"I won't love blindly again."
Her voice was quiet.
"But I will make every one of you pay for what you did to me."
Just then, her phone rang.
Juliet looked at the screen.
Clement Adrian.
Her heart stopped for a moment.
The man she once loved.
The man who would eventually destroy her.
The phone continued ringing.
Juliet stared at his name.
Then she smiled.
"Let's see how this story ends this time."
She answered.
"Hello, Clement."
His familiar voice came through.
"Juliet, I've been waiting for you."
Juliet closed her eyes.
She remembered everything.
This time, she wasn't going to be his victim.
She was going to be his worst nightmare.