Semua Bab I Bet My Soul on His Loyalty: Bab 1 - Bab 10

Stella's POVI looked up at the crimson countdown again. [Time Remaining Until Death: 47 hours, 15 minutes, 08 seconds.]I was weak to the absolute limit; even walking from the bedroom to the living room made me gasp for air, and I began coughing up blood more and more. I still didn't want to meet my end filled with regret, though.In the afternoon, I applied heavy makeup to conceal my pale complexion and took a cab to Samuel's production set. I had just reached the perimeter of the set when I witnessed a glaringly painful scene.They had just wrapped up the scene under the artificial rain. Samuel didn't even bother to wipe the water off his own body; instead, he rushed over with a dry towel to wipe Xena's hair, his eyes brimming with tenderness. He was worried that Xena would catch a cold, so he went as far as taking off his custom haute couture suit jacket to wrap it securely around her shoulders."Thank you, Samuel—you're so kind," Xena said, looking up and smiling delicately

Third-Person POVIt was the following morning when Samuel pushed open the front door of the villa. He still carried the faint scent of Xena's perfume, his face showing the exhaustion and irritation of someone who had stayed up all night."I'm home, Stella! S-Stella?" Samuel loosened his tie while changing his shoes, casually looking over the living room—then abruptly froze. He noticed Stella lying still on the carpet next to the couch.Samuel furrowed his brow, a trace of annoyance crossing his face. "Why are you still lying on the floor when you're not even a child anymore? You'd better get up now. Otherwise, your stomach will act up from the cold again. Come on now…"There was no response from the person on the floor, so Samuel marched over and grabbed her shoulder. "Why are you still throwing a tantrum—"Samuel's voice stopped mid-sentence. He felt a freezing, ice-like temperature beneath his hand. She was rigid and completely lifeless. He froze all over, then suddenly flipped

Stella's POVIt was a year later when a sound rang out inside the system space. [Warning! Samuel's obsession has exceeded safe levels, causing the timeline to approach a breaking point!]Then, the system's chilling, mechanical tone resounded within the void. [In order to stabilize the timeline, an emergency remediation plan is now underway. Stella's consciousness will be transferred into the body of a vegetative patient who has just woken up. As a penalty to maintain balance, all love and emotional ties to Samuel will be permanently severed from Stella's soul.]I slowly opened my eyes as the steady rhythmic sound of the electrocardiogram monitor echoed through the room. The blinding sunlight made me squint subconsciously. I then heard someone with a gentle, refined voice speaking right beside me. "You're finally awake."I turned and saw a young doctor in a white coat. He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and had handsome, refined features. He kept his head down as he earnestly

Stella's POVIn the days that followed, Samuel began relentlessly harassing me. He would send me large bouquets of white bellflowers every day, which happened to be my absolute favorite flower in my previous life.I didn't even spare them a single glance and directly asked the nurse to dispose of them in the trash.Charlie helped me move into my new place on the day I was discharged from the hospital. Samuel was blocking the entrance in his wheelchair the moment we reached my apartment complex. He looked even more haggard than he had at the hospital, though his eyes held a desperate, manic spark of hope."You've finally been discharged from the hospital, Stella…" Samuel wheeled himself closer, his voice cracking with emotion. "Please return home with me, Stella. I've kept everything in the house exactly the way you left it. I've cleaned that carpet, too… I'll never abandon you for someone else again, so please just forgive me, Stella…"He cried as he described how he had lived a

Stella's POVI looked down at the man at my feet, who resembled nothing more than a heap of garbage. Samuel, the once proud and powerful award-winning actor, had thrown away what was left of his self-respect just to beg for my forgiveness.I felt no pity or anger when I looked at him, only absolute indifference and mockery."Samuel…" I calmly called out his name, my voice echoing through the empty theater.Samuel immediately looked up, his eyes filled with hope.I looked him in the eye, delivering each word like a fatal blow. "You ought to know that you personally killed the woman who gave up a one-billion-dollar prize for your legs, drained her points, and threw away her own life for you on your seventh wedding anniversary."In that instant, the spark of hope in Samuel’s eyes went dead, his pupils contracting violently.I continued, "You left her all alone in a restaurant to wait for death, just to comfort a stand-in who was scared of the dark. Did you forget how she coughed up