Rain hammered against the glass walls of the Mo Financial Tower, but inside… everything was silent.
Too silent.
She stood there — Bai Xueyi, the wife no one knew existed, her wedding ring glimmering faintly as if mocking her. Just hours ago, the news headlines flashed across every screen in Shanghai:
"Mo Financial Empire's CEO Mo Liuxian Seen with Supermodel Wen Qingmei at Charity Banquet."
Fiancée.
And that woman… wasn't her.
Her fingers trembled as she held the marriage certificate — signed by him, hidden by him, denied by him.
In the reflection of the glass, she saw a woman she no longer recognized.
A ghost. A shadow bride. A secret he kept locked away.
She laughed. It sounded broken.
"Mo Liuxian," she whispered, her voice cold as the storm outside, "from now on… I no longer exist in your world."
She took a lighter.
Click.
The tiny flame danced — just like the illusion of love she once clung to.
She dropped the flame onto the certificate.
🔥 WHOOSH.
The marriage papers caught fire instantly, the flames spreading — like her anger, like her heartbreak.
But…
Just as the flames reflected in her eyes, she froze.
The scent of gasoline.
Her breath hitched.
The doors behind her locked with a heavy thud.
…Someone else was here.
Before she could turn — BOOM!
The room exploded in fire and glass, hurling her across the floor. Her vision blurred — blood, fire, burning silk.
Her final thought before darkness swallowed her—
So this is how it ends? Hidden in the shadows… even in death?
Then everything went black.
"Miss Bai… your time is not over."
A voice echoed in the void.
Her eyes snapped open.
She was alive.
And the date… was one year before her marriage.
This time, she wouldn't beg to be loved. She would return… to destroy.
🔥 End of Chapter 1