Chapter 1

My roommate got pregnant behind her boyfriend’s back with some random guy, and she begged me to go to an abortion clinic with her.

In a shady, unlicensed clinic, she suffered severe hemorrhaging during the procedure, and they had to perform an emergency hysterectomy.

"If you hadn't forced her to do this, she wouldn’t have lost her uterus!"

Her boyfriend went berserk when he found out. He demanded a million dollars in compensation. I refused to back down, so he drove a knife straight into my heart.

"If you won't pay with cash, you'll pay with your life!"

When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the exact day my roommate begged me to go to the clinic.

"Mila, please come with me. If even you won't help me, I really don’t know what to do."

A pitiful, tearful voice echoed in my ears. I gasped, my eyes flying open. I was sitting at my desk in our shared university suite.

I had been reborn.

The agonizing sensation of my heart being pierced was still fresh. I clutched my chest, my heart hammering against my ribs.

Standing in front of me was my roommate, Chloe, crying her eyes out, just like in my past life.

"Mila, you're my best friend. You're the only one who knows about this. Please, just come to the clinic with me..."

In my past life, my soft heart got the better of me. I had accompanied her to the clinic. But Chloe insisted on going to a sketchy, back-alley clinic, claiming that a public hospital would leave a medical record and her boyfriend would find out.

I was too naive to understand her real motive back then. Only later did I realize she had gotten pregnant during a wild one-night stand with some random guy.

During the surgery, she suffered a massive hemorrhage. To save her life, the doctors had to remove her uterus.

Her boyfriend, Tyler, found out.

To shift the blame, Chloe lied and told him that I was the one who pressured her and introduced her to that shady clinic.

Tyler was furious.

"Mila, are you even human?! It's one thing for you to be wild outside, but how could you drag my sweet Chloe into this? She thought of you as her sister!"

"If it weren't for you, our baby would still be alive! Chloe lost her uterus because of you! You owe us five million dollars for medical bills, nutrition, and mental damages!"

Faced with Tyler's outrageous demand, I was utterly dumbfounded.

It was completely absurd.

I had only accompanied her to the clinic out of pity. How on earth did I suddenly inherit a five-million-dollar debt?

I flatly refused and threatened to call the police. In a fit of rage, Tyler pulled out a knife, a hideous sneer on his face, and plunged it into my chest.

"Since you won't pay, go to hell and keep my baby company!"

I was stabbed multiple times and bled to death on the cold floor.

My mind snapped back to the present. I looked at Chloe’s fake, tear-stained face, and forced a look of surprise.

"Pregnant? Chloe, that's amazing news! You should be discussing marriage with Tyler, not looking for an abortion."

"But we're still college students! How can we get married and have a baby now?"

Chloe sniffled, trying to justify herself.

"Mila, I'm so scared. You won't leave me hanging, right?"

I rolled my eyes.

"What does that have to do with me? I didn't get you pregnant."