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Elsie Gardner found herself revisiting the day when her parents handed her profiles of heirs from the three prominent families in Southport, urging her to choose one for marriage. Instinctively, she shook her head. "None of them," she insisted. Her parents, David and Valerie Gardner, were taken aback. "Why not?" they pressed. "Because..." A pang of heartache hit her. In a previous life, she had married each of them. In Southport's elite society, the Gardner, West, Riley, and Daniels families were the four pillars. As the sole daughter among these families, Elsie was the focus of alliance interests, sought for marriage by the other three families. Back then, Elsie's first choice was Frederick West, believing he would bring her lifelong happiness.