The Billionaire's Retribution

The Billionaire's Retribution

Xi Yue

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The searing pain was the last thing I knew. A sharp, cold metal plunging into my belly, again and again. My best friend, Tara, was screaming, a twisted rage on her face I' d never seen before, "Why couldn't it have been you? You have everything!" Her husband, Brian, held the knife, his eyes empty. I watched my own blood pool on my marble floor as they staged a home invasion, taking over my life, my home, my wealth. I watched my husband, shattered by grief, take his own life. My baby, my husband, me – all of it, gone. I died, clutching to the injustice of it all, wondering how the people I loved most could betray me so absolutely. Why did they hate me so much just for having what they wanted? Then I woke up, alive, in my Silicon Valley home, my hand resting on my still-pregnant belly. And the front door opened, revealing Tara and Brian, suitcases in hand, their smiles dripping with false sweetness.

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The searing pain was the last thing I knew.

A sharp, cold metal plunging into my belly, again and again.

My best friend, Tara, was screaming, a twisted rage on her face I' d never seen before, "Why couldn't it have been you?

You have everything!"

Her husband, Brian, held the knife, his eyes empty.

I watched my own blood pool on my marble floor as they staged a home invasion, taking over my life, my home, my wealth.

I watched my husband, shattered by grief, take his own life.

My baby, my husband, me – all of it, gone.

I died, clutching to the injustice of it all, wondering how the people I loved most could betray me so absolutely.

Why did they hate me so much just for having what they wanted?

Then I woke up, alive, in my Silicon Valley home, my hand resting on my still-pregnant belly.

And the front door opened, revealing Tara and Brian, suitcases in hand, their smiles dripping with false sweetness.

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