💼 Previously on Reset My Life: The Billionaire's Broken Pawn
Rhea Lin returned from the ashes with secrets that could destroy the men who once ruined her life.
In a high-stakes boardroom showdown, she didn't beg. She bargained.
Now, the game isn't just survival—it's total domination.
Power has a new name. And it's Rhea Lin.
She didn't remember what she lost.
But she remembered the smirk on Kairo Alden's face as she signed the contract.
Corporate Advisor. Oversight Access. Clause 7.12: Confidential under threat of termination—and retaliation.
Rhea scrawled her signature with a pen dipped in metaphorical blood.
[System Notice]
✅ Task Complete: "Boardroom Siege"
🧠 Memory Fragment Cost: -1 (Memory lost: "Rainy Night Laughter")
📂 Access Granted: Arden's Level-2 Files
⚠️ New Risk: Target Marked — You are being watched.
"Good luck, Miss Lin," Arden had said, his voice polished glass. "You're officially in the room."
What he meant was: You're officially inside the lion's den.
The Next Morning
The executive floor was quieter than she remembered — not the usual chaos, but the silence of people unsure where to look when a ghost walks by.
She stepped into her new glass-walled office and let the door shut behind her like a vault.
No photos. No personal touches. Just a desk, a laptop… and the encrypted folder marked: CICADA RED.
She hesitated.
Then clicked.
And hell opened.
Inside were files that shouldn't exist:
Secret offshore accounts.
Surveillance footage of shareholders.
Blackmail logs tied to Project Cicada.
And worst of all… a name she hadn't expected to see: Lucien Hale.
Her heart clenched.
Lucien. Her former fiancé. The one person she thought had nothing to do with the company.
[System Notice]
🔓 Hidden Memory Flicker Detected
Do you wish to recover this?
Cost: -3 Fragments
Reward: Truth
Her fingers hovered over the key.
Then Kairo's voice buzzed through the intercom.
"Lunch. My office. Now."
She shut the file, heart racing.
Kairo Alden's Office – Noon
Kairo looked annoyingly calm, like the devil offering tea.
"Enjoying your new title?" he asked.
Rhea didn't sit. "What's your angle?"
"You," he said smoothly. "You intrigue me, Rhea. You always did."
"Is that why you helped destroy me?"
He stood, slowly circling her like a predator testing for weakness.
"You want the truth?" he asked, voice low. "You were a threat the moment you started dreaming too loud."
Her chest tightened—but she didn't look away.
"And now?" she asked.
"Now, you're an investment."
[System Alert]
New Task Unlocked: "The Lucien File"
Objective: Uncover Lucien Hale's Role in Project Cicada
Risk: Emotional Corruption Detected
Reward: +8 Memory Fragments
Hidden Bonus: ???
That Night
Rhea lay in bed staring at her ceiling.
Her past was unspooling like film—blurry, broken, unfinished.
She had power now. But it came with questions no one wanted answered.
Especially not Arden. Especially not Kairo.
And definitely not Lucien.
"Who betrayed who first?" she whispered to herself.
Her phone buzzed.
Unknown Number:
Stop digging. Or you'll forget what matters most.
She stared at the screen, fury bubbling in her throat.
"No," she said.
"I'll forget everything but the revenge."
[ To be continued....]