Chapter 145

"Explain clearly!"

Leo Miller swallowed hard. "Boss, Miss Susan Thompson has been invited to audition for King's Glory's spokesperson. Miss Nicole Capra is also on the list."

King's Glory, the national-level mobile game, was installed on nearly every phone in the country. Despite never having an official spokesperson before, it remained wildly popular nationwide.

When the Grant Group suddenly announced they would select a spokesperson, the entire entertainment industry erupted. Even paying for the opportunity, actresses fought tooth and nail to land this endorsement.

Becoming King's Glory's face meant over a hundred million players would see your image every time they opened the game. That kind of exposure could turn an unknown into an overnight sensation.

Though Nicole currently enjoyed rising fame, she still fell short of national sweethearts like Bella Lucas and Catherine Capra. The King's Glory endorsement was the springboard she desperately craved.

As soon as Leo finished speaking, Andrew Lucas's phone rang.

The caller ID displaying "Nicole Capra" made the man's brow furrow slightly, but he answered anyway.

"Andrew~" A sickeningly sweet voice cooed through the receiver. "Could you accompany me to the King's Glory audition this afternoon?"

Nicole had already investigated—among the auditioning actresses, she held the highest status. Bringing Andrew along would force the Grant family to show her some respect.

Since the fire incident, Andrew had been avoiding her. She'd made this call nervously, but after a brief silence, the man uttered a single word: "Fine."

"Andrew, I love you!" Nicole squealed, planting several kisses into the phone before hanging up.

Andrew set his phone down expressionlessly, though turbulent emotions churned beneath his calm exterior.

An audition, was it?

Susan Thompson, our reckoning isn't finished yet.

Susan was indeed alive.

After Daniel's fall from the cliff, he'd been rescued by Benjamin Nash, a renowned physician. The bloodstained clothes were from emergency treatment Benjamin performed at the cliff's base.

Not only had Benjamin saved Daniel's life, he'd completely cured the boy's severe thalassemia. Only the leg injuries from the fall required follow-up surgery—a procedure even Benjamin couldn't guarantee would succeed.

Benjamin took Daniel as his final apprentice. Upon waking, Daniel's first request was for his master to check on his mother.

By coincidence, when Benjamin arrived at Susan's apartment, it was engulfed in flames. The nearly seventy-year-old physician, remarkably agile, pulled Susan—barely alive—from the inferno.

Another woman lay unconscious in the living room, struck by a falling chandelier, but the flames allowed no time for a second rescue.

After a month under Benjamin's care, Susan's condition stabilized. With proper care, she might live another year.

One year was enough.

Once, she'd cursed her impending death for preventing her from making her enemies pay in blood. Now reborn, she'd make every one of them wish they were dead.

Sulfuric acid and knives were too merciful. True revenge destroyed the soul.

Whatever Nicole cherished most, Susan would obliterate. She'd drag that bitch from her gilded pedestal into the gutters where she belonged.

When the King's Glory audition invitation arrived, even Susan was surprised. As a minor influencer, landing such a prestigious opportunity seemed impossible.

Even more fortuitous—staff hinted Nicole was practically guaranteed the role.

A cold smile curled Susan's lips. The stolen Enchanted Love endorsement would be repaid with interest today.

Outside the dressing rooms, Susan came face-to-face with Nicole clinging to Andrew's arm. She walked past without a glance—until Andrew seized her wrist.