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By the Riverwalk, the cold wind was biting.
One by one, brilliant fireworks bloomed in the sky.
The moment the fireworks ended, snow began to fall.
The couples around us let out surprised squeals.
I rubbed my hands together to warm them, then cupped Caleb’s frozen red ears.
Caleb smiled, more beautiful than any fireworks.
On the way back, I told Caleb.
I wanted to see Mom.
Caleb agreed without a second thought.
The closer we got to the Donovan household, the more agitated I became.
In my last life, Mr. Donovan, for the sake of the company’s development, agreed to a planned marriage with the Hayes family, to marry Victoria Hayes, who was twenty years his junior.
After Victoria Hayes married into the Donovan family, the first thing she did was try to kick Caleb out to another Donovan villa.
Fortunately, Mr. Donovan wasn’t completely clueless.
After much persuasion, he managed to keep Caleb at home
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Victoria Mayes coulant stand caled and subtly sabotaged the rainer–son relationship.
After Caleb’s younger half–brother was born, Caleb’s relationship with his father grew even worse.
After high school graduation, Caleb chose to study abroad.
And tonight, was Victoria Hayes’s first time visiting the Donovan household.
Pushing open the front door.
The clamor inside forced Caleb to stop.
I took a few steps forward and looked in.
Outside Mr. Donovan’s fourth–floor bedroom.
Mom and Chloe, dressed in revealing nightwear, were fighting, clawing at each other.
They were spewing the most vile insults.
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“You shameless hussy, you’re so young and already trying to sleep your way to the top! I’m going to kill you today!”
“Ah… you’re no different, old hag! How dare you!”
A circle of bodyguards tried to pull them apart but couldn’t get a grip.
Mr. Donovan stood at the doorway, his face dark with rage.
Victoria Hayes stood at the top of the stairs, her face crimson, her thoughts unreadable.
Just after Mom delivered a heavy slap to Chloe’s face, Chloe saw me downstairs.
I raised an eyebrow, a triumphant expression on my face.
Chloe’s eyes widened.
“Anya, it was you! You set this up!”
Chloe finally understood, turning to try and calm Mom.
“Mom, calm down! Anya tricked us both!”
But Mom, her clothes torn, had already lost all reason.
She swung her arms, directly grabbing Chloe by the throat.
“I’m too ashamed to live! Die, both of you, die!”
In the struggle, Chloe was slammed against the railing.
Mr. Donovan’s expression changed.
“Quick, pull them apart! Don’t let anyone die!”
The bodyguards swarmed forward.
ઇ મા નામ છે WIN _VVང་གན་པ་ད་ ར་ ོ ོ ་ནས་ ོཤད་ན་ད་ང་ཆད་བོད་ཛ་ན་
In the commotion, Mom pulled with all her might, and Chloe’s body tilted, falling over the railing.
*Thud!*
Her head hit the marble slab in the living room.
Blood splattered, brains gushing out.
Her wide eyes stared straight at me.
My heart trembled for a moment, but quickly calmed.
In my last life, Chloe caused Caleb’s and my deaths.
This was her karma!
“Ah…”
Victoria Hayes’s face turned deathly pale, and she stumbled out of the house.
Only then did Mom snap back to reality, rushing down from the fourth floor.
“Chloe… my Chloe!”
Mr. Donovan frowned.
“Call the police!”
When the police arrived, Mom was already disoriented.
She cried and laughed, periodically lunging at Mr. Donovan.
When Mom was taken away by the police, I felt a sense of relief, as if a great weight had been lifted.
But when I turned around, I found Caleb standing stiffly behind me.
His face was cold and grim, his expression indifferent, his eyes filled with profound horror.
Caleb didn’t know about our past life’s grievances.
He must have misunderstood!
I quickly suppressed my upward curving lips and walked towards Caleb.
But he didn’t give me a chance to explain, turning and heading up the stairs.
I was about to follow, but a bodyguard blocked my path.
“Excuse me, please leave immediately!”
Caleb’s back disappeared on the top floor.
I sighed and left with the police.
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Mom was judged insane after intentionally committing murder.
So she was still sentenced.
I was left alone.
My father’s compensation money from back then and all the money Mom saved over the years, over two million dollars, all came into my possession.
When Uncle Paul found out, he called.
He implied that since I was young, he was willing to become my legal guardian and wanted me to come live with them.
I said so many curse words.
9:15 AM
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In the end, I even got Uncle Paul to block me.
That was fine too, a clean break.
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After that day, the planned marriage between the Hayes and Donovan families was called off.
Caleb also completely disappeared from my life.
He didn’t reply to messages, and his phone calls went unanswered.
I packed my luggage and left that house.
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Three years later, on the night of high school graduation.
I went downstairs to throw out the trash.
Just as I was about to close the door, a dark figure squeezed in from outside.
I grabbed my ice hockey stick, ready to swing.
But I saw a familiar face.
Caleb, reeking of alcohol, pinned me against the wall.
“Anya, will you study abroad with me?”
In that moment, it was as if we were back in our past life.
I blurted out.
“I don’t have the money!”
Caleb froze, the corners of his eyes slowly turning red.
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“That necklace was originally lost, you were taught ice hockey by me, we were supposed to be on the same debate team, we were together once… All those things in my dreams, they’re real, aren’t they?”
I reached out and touched his face, gently wiping away the tears from the corner of his eye with my thumb.
“Caleb, don’t ever give up your life for anyone again. Not even for me!”
Caleb couldn’t hold back any longer, pulling me into a fierce embrace.
“I’m so sorry for making you bear those terrible memories alone all these years.”
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Caleb and I got back together.
In this life, we both chose domestic universities.
After graduating from college, Caleb took over the Donovan Group.
I opened a charity organization, providing shelter for every lost orphan.
It was another winter.
Caleb and I witnessed the first snow under the fireworks.
For all the years to come.
Caleb My Forever Moment
I opened a charity organization, providing shelter for every lost orphan.
It was another winter.
Caleb and I witnessed the first snow under the fireworks.
For all the years to come.
Caleb. My Forever Moment.
(The End)
