Chapter 2

The next day, I went to my office and immediately changed all my bank account passwords, including the payment ones on my phone. This time around, I wouldn’t let Jack get a hold of my assets.

Later, I asked the school for Charlotte’s SAT registration number and looked up her actual scores. I was stunned—she only scored 230. Even with an extra 400 points, she couldn’t have made it into Yale.

In my previous life, Charlotte had shown me several of her mock exam scores—always over 650. I had believed her then, but now I realized those score reports must have been forged.

That afternoon, I went to a private investigator and hired them to look into Jack and Charlotte.

I suspected they were actually father and daughter.

Twelve years ago, Jack had taken me to an orphanage, and out of all the children there, he had chosen Charlotte. At the time, I had thought they were simply drawn to each other by fate. But looking back, the way they had conspired against me, there was no other explanation. They had been planning this for twelve years—slowly but surely draining me of everything I had.

A week later.

I received a text from the bank saying that my supplementary credit card had been charged $30,000.

In my haste, I had forgotten to cancel the supplementary card.

I had given Jack the card for convenience—so he could buy groceries and cover household expenses.

But I didn’t need to guess—I knew the $30,000 had gone toward buying a car.

I quickly called the bank and had the card canceled.