When Family Destroys, Love Redeems

s short but brutal. Brandon insisted on "helping" me with my single, hasti

sharp stones digging into my palms. My bad

r the parents watching from the doorway to hear.

icture of brotherly concern. He leaned i

us smirk playing on his lips. "Don' t worry,

hifting back to one of deep sorrow as he turned to our parents. "He'

nt tear with a silk handkerchief. "You'

ll terrible actors. But the pain in my wrist was real, and the gravel d

tone. She stopped a few feet away, as if getti

id, her voice cold and practical. "Consider

r with the money from my f

curb. A man in a plain suit got out. He didn' t look a

bandoned by the only family I' d ever known. It felt foreign, an echo from a life that wasn't quite mine. It

down. That boy was

x, wa

ercifully put away. Her face was a mess of confusion

lly okay with this?" sh

ce her. "Why

ending you away.

An

unable to comprehend

"Go get your likes. Tell your followers how brave you

shed. I had

r. The door shut with a solid, final thud,

mily portrait on the steps of their mansion, bathed in the warm light of the

e drove away from the manicured lawns

onic chime sou

Host identity confi

st the cool leather seat an

"The Golden Son's Revenge." Your current role is the cannon fodder v

panion since I' d woken up in this body a year ago, a man from a

n plot and expose the protagonist

Miller family's approval and

short, hum

cation with it purely mental. "L

Host's ins

. I want their approval like I want a

was a

igned to maximize Host' s long-term

l it. My long-term success is getting as

d. Secondary Mi

Brandon is fine, but only if it serves my main go

clarif

, eat three meals a day, and maybe, if I have time, develop my own games. That' s it. I' m n

waste my second chance playing power games with a bunch of cardboard cu

been updated: Achieve a peac

ching my lips for the first time that day. "

cluding the Millers. It is designed to house and reform individuals who pose a threat to their family's reputation

le gre

ored. All basic

were punishing me. They had no idea they' d just given me the greatest gift o

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