Chapter 1
My father doesn’t love me.
He says I’m always lying, just like my mother–always faking illness to win his sympathy.
On my eighteenth birthday, I called him and pleaded, “I’m begging you to come, just this once. If you don’t, I’ll die.”
He replied coldly, “So now you’ve learned to make threats? Then go ahead and die.”
After he hung up, I laughed in despair.
The system’s notification echoed in my ears: “Host, your mission has failed. You will now be eliminated.”
I died on my eighteenth birthday.
And yet, the man who hated me most went insane.
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I’m a strategist. I entered Stella Lewis’s body when she was six years old.
The system told me that as long as I could get my dad Bennett Lewis to spend one birthday with me, my mission would be complete.
At First, I thought there couldn’t be a simpler task than this.11:19
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absolutely adorable. People passing by couldn’t help but come over to hug and kiss me when they saw me.
They would say, “She’s so lovable. Her parents must treasure her like a precious gem.”
But I quickly discovered that wasn’t the case at all.
The person who hated me most in the entire world was my own father, Bennett.
Bennett was forced to marry my mother, Valentina Myers.
At the time, he was the heir to Lewis Group and had a girlfriend he truly loved–Violet Cook. However, Violet was just an unknown actress in the entertainment industry.
His father, Samuel Lewis, was furious about this. Samuel had always despised celebrities and forcibly made Bennett break up with Violet, demanding he return home to accept the family’s arranged blind dates.
The arranged match was my mother, Valentina.
Bennett initially just wanted to go through the motions to appease Samuel, but Valentina was deeply in love with him.
She had harbored a secret crush on Bennett for many years. To pursue him, she cried for him, went on hunger strikes for him, and even hurt herself for him.
Bennett felt suffocated by her intense love.
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In the end, Valentina became pregnant. Under pressure from all sides, Bennett married her.
They spent six months in an extremely cold marriage.
Six months later, Valentina died giving birth to me.
Whether it was when Valentina died from complications during childbirth or during her funeral, Bennett never came back.
Three months later, he returned. The nanny, Ruby Sanchez, brought me to him.
He looked at me twice and said, “She looks exactly like Valentina.”
Then he turned and left without a trace of attachment.
I was already quite mature by the time I turned six.
During art class, our teacher Ms. Everly Garcia asked us to draw “My Family.” In my drawing, I only included myself and Ruby.
Everly asked me, “Where’s your daddy?”
I answered, “My daddy is on TV.”
Everly then asked, “Where’s your mommy?”
I said, “Mommy is in heaven.”
Everly fell silent for a long time, gently patted my head, then
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Went to the office to call Bennett.
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She said, “Mr. Lewis, next Tuesday is Parent Open House Day. Could you come to school so we can have a chat?”
I secretly overheard this, and a spark of hope stirred in my
heart.
Actually, next Tuesday was also my birthday.
If Bennett came, it would be like celebrating my birthday with
- me.
When Tuesday arrived, I started waiting from noon, sitting through class after class in anticipation.
At dismissal time, a black Maybach finally pulled through the school gates.
I watched with eager, wide eyes.
But the person who stepped out of the car was his assistant Luke Martin, dressed in a crisp suit.
“This is from Mr. Lewis.” Luke pressed a gift box and a shopping card into Everly’s hands. “He said this kid has a difficult personality by nature and might be hard to handle, so he’ll probably cause you trouble.”
Everly let out a deep sigh, wanting to argue back.
I was well–behaved, had a good personality, and worked hard in my studies.
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For the first time, I realized that parental love for a child is either the easiest thing in the world to obtain, or the hardest thing in the world to get.
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