Reborn Heiress: I Won't Love Again

Reborn Heiress: I Won't Love Again

Mo Yufei

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I sat in a private hospital suite that cost more than a luxury car, watching the green line on my daughter's heart monitor struggle to climb. Everything shattered when a hospital administrator accidentally dropped a folder, revealing a document with my husband's unmistakable signature. Darius Brandt had personally authorized the "reallocation" of our daughter's donor kidney to his mistress's son just to secure a multi-million dollar corporate merger. When I confronted him, Darius didn't even blink, calling our daughter's life a "liquidated asset" before offering me a five-million-dollar settlement for my silence. In a blind rage, I set our penthouse on fire, choosing to burn with the proof of his betrayal rather than live another day as his puppet. As the flames consumed the room, I couldn't understand how a father could put a price tag on his own child's life. How could he look at our dying daughter and see nothing but a resource to be traded for a European distribution network? But the heat suddenly vanished, replaced by the scent of expensive perfume and the muffled sound of a string quartet. I opened my eyes to find myself staring into a gold-framed mirror at the Brandt Charity Gala, exactly eight years in the past. It was the night my nightmare first began, the night I was framed and forced into a marriage that would eventually kill my child. "I see you, Darius," I whispered to my reflection as I applied a coat of blood-red lipstick. "And this time, I'm not the prey."

Reborn Heiress: I Won't Love Again Chapter 1 1

Rain lashed against the floor-to-ceiling windows of the private hospital suite, distorting the lights of Queens into smeared, weeping streaks of gray. Alessandra Abbott sat alone on a leather sofa that cost more than most people's cars, but it offered no comfort. Her wet umbrella leaned against her knee, dripping a steady puddle onto the sterile marble floor.

Tick. Tick. Tick.

Each movement of the second hand felt like a scalpel slicing through the thin layer of sanity she had left. She saw a small, pale face. She saw a heart monitor, its green line struggling to climb.

The heavy oak door creaked open.

A hospital administrator stepped inside. He was a small man, balding, with a suit that fit too tightly around the shoulders. He held a thin folder in his hands with the kind of reverence usually reserved for religious artifacts. He didn't look at her, his eyes were fixed on the floor, darting side to side like a trapped animal.

The administrator stepped forward, extending the folder. As he did, a secondary document tucked precariously inside slipped.

Papers cascaded onto the floor.

"I am so sorry, Mrs. Brandt," the administrator stammered, dropping to his knees. "Clumsy. Just internal filing. I'll get it."

Alessandra didn't move to help him. She watched him scramble, his fingers fumbling with the white sheets. Then her eyes caught a signature on a document that had slid near the toe of her black stiletto.

Darius Brandt.

The ink was bold, aggressive, unmistakable. It was the same signature that was on her marriage license, on her prenup, on the checks he gave her to stay out of his way.

The administrator reached for the paper.

Alessandra slammed her heel down. The sharp point of her stiletto pierced the paper, pinning it to the floor.

"Mrs. Brandt, please, that's confidential-" The administrator froze. A bead of sweat rolled down his temple, traversing the landscape of his fear.

Alessandra bent down, she ignored the man's shaking hand hovering in the air. She pulled the paper free from her heel. There was a small tear where the shoe had punctured it, right through the Brandt Industries letterhead.

It was a consent form.

Inter-Hospital Resource Allocation Agreement.

Her eyes scanned the medical jargon, then she stopped. The air left the room. The sound of the rain vanished. The ticking clock stopped.

Priority De-escalation: Estella Brandt (Renal Transplant Candidate).

Priority Re-allocation: L. Walton (Renal Transplant Candidate).

Asset Transfer: One (1) Viable Type O-Negative Kidney from the Brandt Family Organ Bank.

L. Walton. Lucas Walton. Ilene's son.

A high-pitched ringing noise started in her ears, drowning out the manager's frantic apologies. It was the sound of her own blood rushing backward.

A memory flashed, violent and bright. Estella, curling up in the hospital bed, clutching her side. Mommy, it hurts. My tummy hurts. The doctors had said a compatible donor organ was their only hope. They said she was at the top of the list.

They lied.

"It was a business decision," the administrator blurted out, his voice cracking. He was backing away now, putting distance between himself and the woman standing like a statue in the center of the room. "Mr. Brandt authorized it personally. He said... he said the Walton merger depended on it. He said the boy's chances were better. He called it... a necessary reallocation of resources."

Alessandra made a sound. It was a dry, rasping laugh.

"He sold her," she whispered. "He sold her life for a merger."

She snatched the folder from the administrator's hands. She pulled it against her chest, squeezing it so hard the cardboard edges bit into her skin. It was cold. It contained nothing but paper, the paper that had signed her daughter's death warrant.

She turned and walked out into the rain.

The administrator shouted something behind her, but he didn't follow. He knew better.

The rain hit her instantly, soaking through her black dress, plastering her hair to her skull. She didn't feel the cold. She didn't feel the water. She only felt the weight of the file.

She got into her car, an old sedan she kept from before the marriage, the only thing Darius hadn't bought or upgraded. She placed the folder on the passenger seat. She buckled the seatbelt around it, her fingers lingering on the smooth manila surface.

"I've got you," she whispered. "Mommy's got you."

She started the engine. The windshield wipers slapped back and forth, fighting a losing battle against the deluge.

Her phone lit up on the dashboard. A notification.

Bank of America: Deposit Received. $5,000,000.00.

Sender: Darius Brandt.

Memo: Confidentiality Settlement.

She stared at the number. Five million dollars for a kidney. Five million dollars for a life. He had put a price tag on their daughter's butchered future.

She gripped the steering wheel. Her nails dug into the leather until they snapped, until she felt the wet warmth of blood on her fingertips.

She slammed her foot on the gas.

The tires spun, screeching against the wet pavement, kicking up a spray of mud and water. She wasn't driving home. She was driving to war.

The city blurred past her. The Brooklyn Bridge was a skeleton of steel and light against the black sky. The neon signs of Manhattan twisted into monstrous shapes in the rain-slicked glass.

She reached the Brandt Building. The underground garage gate opened automatically as the security camera recognized her license plate. The guard in the booth stepped out to wave, but when he saw her face-pale, eyes wide and unblinking-he stepped back into the shadows.

She parked crookedly across two spaces. She unbuckled the folder, lifting it gently, and walked to the private elevator.

Her ears popped as the elevator shot upward. Forty floors. Fifty. Sixty. The pressure built in her head, a physical manifestation of the rage expanding in her chest.

Ding.

The doors slid open.

The penthouse was quiet. The foyer was dimly lit. A pair of men's leather oxfords sat neatly by the door. He was home.

Alessandra stepped out. Her wet dress dripped onto the marble floor, leaving a trail of dark spots. She didn't call out. She didn't turn on the lights. She walked into the living room, guided only by the faint orange glow of the gas fireplace.

She stood in the shadows, clutching the proof of her daughter's murder, and waited.

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“I sat in a private hospital suite that cost more than a luxury car, watching the green line on my daughter's heart monitor struggle to climb. Everything shattered when a hospital administrator accidentally dropped a folder, revealing a document with my husband's unmistakable signature. Darius Brandt had personally authorized the "reallocation" of our daughter's donor kidney to his mistress's son just to secure a multi-million dollar corporate merger. When I confronted him, Darius didn't even blink, calling our daughter's life a "liquidated asset" before offering me a five-million-dollar settlement for my silence. In a blind rage, I set our penthouse on fire, choosing to burn with the proof of his betrayal rather than live another day as his puppet. As the flames consumed the room, I couldn't understand how a father could put a price tag on his own child's life. How could he look at our dying daughter and see nothing but a resource to be traded for a European distribution network? But the heat suddenly vanished, replaced by the scent of expensive perfume and the muffled sound of a string quartet. I opened my eyes to find myself staring into a gold-framed mirror at the Brandt Charity Gala, exactly eight years in the past. It was the night my nightmare first began, the night I was framed and forced into a marriage that would eventually kill my child. "I see you, Darius," I whispered to my reflection as I applied a coat of blood-red lipstick. "And this time, I'm not the prey."”
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