Too Late, Mr. Mills: Watch Me Leave

Chapter 7

Word Count: 707 | Released on: 27/04/2026

ession stern. "Ms. Guzman, I cannot discharge you. Your blo

ne out of her hand for the second time in this life. A small drop of blood welled

ring by the bed. "Maybe you

ng the clothes Janna had brought her: simple black pants and a cashm

ziness was there, but she pushed throu

tor's disapproving stare. She grabbed her bag and walk

crisp morning, the kind of day that felt like a fresh

" Janna asked, follo

pulling out her phone. "Remember

er arm. "You can't just go back to th

id. She opened the Uber app and typed in

d. "The Mills Estat

led up to the curb. The driver rolled dow

anna could argue. She closed the door,

. Adriana watched the city skyline give way to the leafy suburbs o

. A text from an

. Funds will be available within 24 ho

as her inheritance, the money that was supposed to be for he

gates stood open, a silent invitation to the gilded cage. The house loomed at the e

The air smelled like cut grass and money.

of professional calm, but his only sign of surprise was a fractional hesi

r voice leaving no room for smal

ated. "Mr. Mills

d past him and walked into the grand foyer. Her heels echoed on the

didn't look at the family portraits on the walls. She didn't lo

reason. To burn the

re heavy oak, carved with the Mills

sh them open, but a voice

raham Fletcher, Everette's head of se

ing in the air. She leaned cl

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“Adriana Guzman spent two agonizing days tearing through the freezing fog of the woods, searching for her missing five-year-old daughter. She finally found little Pippa curled up under a massive oak tree, her tiny body frozen solid and lifeless. Trembling, Adriana called her husband, Everette. Instead of panic, she heard the soft voice of his mistress in the background. "You think telling me my daughter is dead will make me book a flight home?" He laughed, accusing her of faking the tragedy for attention. When Adriana woke up in the hospital, Everette finally arrived, bringing his mistress with him. He shielded the other woman from Adriana's grief, threw a checkbook at her, and demanded she name her price to sign the divorce papers. He only believed the truth when the midday news broadcasted the discovery of Pippa's body. Exhausted and utterly broken by his cruelty, Adriana swallowed a hidden bottle of sleeping pills. As the darkness pulled her under, she felt a suffocating sense of injustice. Why had she wasted her life begging for a cold man's affection? Why did her innocent daughter have to die alone in the freezing mud while he drank champagne? But the end never came. Adriana opened her eyes to find herself twenty-one again, standing in a luxury hotel room as a younger Everette walked out of the shower to propose. This time, she smashed a crystal vase, pressed a jagged shard to her own bleeding throat, and looked him dead in the eye. "I would rather die right here than ever marry you."”