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A month before I turned 20, my dad put four files on the table. They were profiles of the heirs from Northbridge's top four families. He told me to pick one. An arranged marriage. Without a second thought, I chose Nathan Payne. Everyone was stunned. In Northbridge, everyone knew I, Evelyn Hart, the only heiress of the Hart family, was the ultimate simp for Alexander Grant—hopelessly devoted to him since childhood. But only I knew that in my previous life, I actually got to marry Alexander. The day after our grand wedding, he told me Rosalind Stone, the delicate girl my father had sponsored was the one he truly loved. He publicly announced that our marriage was just for show, and that he'd be with her in every sense but name. When he went to pick her up the next day, she left him a cold farewell letter and vanished. He was absolutely convinced I was the one who forced her to leave, and from then on, he saw me as his mortal enemy. Every week, he paraded a new lover right in front of me, getting all cozy with them. They all looked like her. Same smile, same eyes. Then, on the day he officially took over Hart Corporation, I ended up dying in a brutal "accident" on the road. Given a second chance at life, I made up my mind to marry someone else—someone with nothing to do with him, and keep my distance for good. But when Alexander heard I chose another man? That perfect, untouchable heir to the Grant family? He completely lost it.