Chapter 1

My boyfriend Alex Carter made a deal with a mystery man, he traded ten years of his life to have one cent taken from my card.

He must be insane.

In my previous life, Alex had traded away the 20,000 dollars in my account to pay for Emily Snow's cancer treatment.

Emily's condition stabilized, but my father, who needed a heart transplant, died because I couldn't afford the surgery.

Alex thought I was clueless and tried to comfort me. "Your dad was getting old anyway. The transplant might not have worked."

When I called him out, he shrugged and said, "Emily's still young. I think she deserves a chance. Don't worry, once she's better, I'll be there for you."

I spun around and plunged the knife straight through Alex. Emily didn't escape my wrath either.

Then, I held my father's ashes and jumped into the river.

When I open my eyes again, I return to the day before my boyfriend made the deal with the mystery man.

Want to make a deal? Make as much as you want.

*****

When I've traveled back before my death, I was signing a house sale contract.

The pen nearly dropped, I jolted and immediately lifted my hand.

My boyfriend Alex's voice came from, "Rachel, what's wrong?"

I ignored Alex, threw the pen aside, and looked at the seller, "Sorry, I won't sell this room for now."

Then, ignoring the seller's puzzled look, I got up and left.

Alex hurried after me, grabbed my arm and asked, "Rachel, what's wrong? I finally found a buyer who can pay cash right away."

I shook him off and said, "The offer is too low. I'm not selling."

Alex's voice rose with panic. "But your dad needs money for surgery and post-operative care. That's a huge amount. That's why I rushed to find a buyer for you. Let's go back and sign the contract. We can't delay your dad's treatment."

I looked at him, his sincere eyes seemed to genuinely care about me.

But I knew he was lying to me.

In my previous life, I sold my house, took out a loan, and scraped together 330,000 dollars for my dad's heart transplant.

When it was time to pay at the hospital, a problem was discovered: The money was gone.

Unable to make payment, surgery cannot be scheduled.

My father got weaker day by day.

My father's heart has reached a stage where it must be replaced immediately and cannot wait any longer.

I was extremely anxious.

Neither the bank nor the police could help.

The transaction records are all normal, as if I never had 330,000 dollars.

The police also thought I was crazy and also suggested I see a psychiatrist.

I didn't have time to waste on this.

My dad is still waiting for me to save him.

But even in an emergency, I can't raise that much money.

In the end, my dad passed away.

I couldn't accept it. But there was nothing I could do.

When I went to the hospital to make arrangements for my dad's funeral, I unexpectedly found Alex. He was supporting someone and that person was Emily, Alex's true love who was diagnosed with cancer.

I felt that things were not so simple, so I secretly followed behind them.

As a result, I heard the truth.

Emily said, "Alex, you said you traded ten years of your lifespan for Rachel's savings. She won't find out, right?"

Alex said, "No, Mr. Secret said he can solve all problems. Look, even after Rachel reported it to the police, they couldn't find anything."

I was so furious that I rushed over to confront him, holding the recording I had just made.

But Alex denied everything with a straight face.

I took the recording to the police, hoping they'd finally believe me.

They still thought I was insane and said, "Trading ten years of life for money? That's not even possible."

They don't even want to call Alex and Emily over, they only said this was a hallucination I had after being cheated on, and I even used AI to synthesize an audio segment to frame them.

Thinking of this, I laughed angrily.

Framing? Am I not clear that I'm framing?

Anyway, they want to exchange money, so let's leave them one cent this time.

Exchanging one cent for ten years of his life is a worthwhile deal.