Daniel had laughed.
“Then keep giving him reasons.”
I felt ice move through my body.
This wasn’t just cheating.
They had known exactly what they were doing.
I began investigating quietly.
I didn’t confront Chloe.
I didn’t confront Daniel.
I watched.
I checked financial records.
I followed business connections.
I studied the company where Daniel worked.
Then I discovered something worse.
Daniel had been secretly acquiring debt from a company connected to my employer.
Why?
Because my employer was preparing to fire me.
And Chloe knew.
She had known for months.
The plan was simple.
Keep me working.
Keep me borrowing.
Keep me emotionally dependent.
Then, when I lost my job, Chloe would convince me to take even more debt.
Eventually, everything I owned would belong to creditors.
Daniel would buy the debt cheaply.
And Chloe would leave me.
In my first life, I had thought my collapse was a series of bad decisions.
It wasn’t.
It had been engineered.
The System finally gave me another message.
[Hidden Mission Unlocked.]
Expose the people responsible for your original downfall.
Reward: Unknown.
I smiled.
Now I understood.
My second life wasn’t about getting revenge.
It was about making sure they never had the opportunity to destroy anyone else.
