The moment the boy tried to poison me with a snack, a cascade of text exploded into my vision, floating in the air like a ghostly live-stream chat. 【Thank God the Male Lead was reborn. Once this cannon fodder side character dies, our darling White Moonlight can finally be adopted by her wealthy parents. She’ll never have to suffer from depression and commit suicide.】 【Poor Asher. In the last timeline, this side character fell for him at first sight and became obsessed. She tried to buy his love, but he never gave her a second glance. Good thing he eventually destroyed her family and got his revenge.】 【Even after being adopted, our White Moonlight had it rough. Her rich parents hated that Asher was an uneducated dropout and tried to break them up. Luckily, Asher was smart enough to arrange a few… accidents. He used the inheritance to start his empire. He’s not a book-smart type, but his potential is limitless.】 I looked from the floating text to the boy’s fake, smiling face, and without a moment’s hesitation, I pressed the emergency button on my watch. 1. A piercing alarm blared through the amusement park. Panic flooded Asher’s face. Sweat beaded on his forehead, and the ice cream cone in his hand trembled, nearly falling to the ground. I took a few deliberate steps back. In the next second, my bodyguards closed in, forming a tight circle around Asher. “Miss Vivian, is something wrong?” Asher’s face was ashen, but he forced a calm expression. “Ma’am, it’s nothing. I was just selling ice cream.” The text feed in front of my eyes scrolled furiously. 【Smart move by the Male Lead. He knows the Female Lead is deathly allergic to grapes, so he made this ice cream with pure grape juice. Even if he gets caught, there’s no evidence.】 【Why are you worried? Who’s going to suspect a six-year-old? And even if there was proof, he’s a minor. Ever heard of juvenile immunity?】 【Why isn’t this side character following the script? This is so annoying. Wasting page space on her. When do we get to see the Male Lead and Female Lead together?】 【Aren’t there kidnappers known to operate near this park? Someone should just grab her already and get her out of the way.】 My nanny, however, didn’t spare Asher a single glance. She stood by my side, waiting for my command. I scanned the area, my eyes moving past the stream of text, and landed on a nondescript van parked in a shadowed corner. I raised a small hand and pointed. “I heard those people in the van,” I said, my voice a childish lisp. “They told this boy to use the ice cream to make me go with them. But I don’t want to go. If I go with them, I won’t see my mommy and daddy anymore.” The feed instantly erupted with vitriol. 【F***, what is this little bitch trying to pull? The Male Lead never said anything about kidnapping!】 【No wonder the plot kills her off. Lying and scheming at such a young age. She deserves to die.】 Asher immediately put on a wounded expression. “Little sister, how can you say that? Don’t you like this flavor? I can give you a different one.” 【Ahhhh, he’s so handsome, even when he’s pretending. In the last timeline, she fell for him instantly. His looks will probably win her over this time, too.】 I ignored Asher completely and turned to my nanny. Her brow furrowed. She immediately dialed my father’s number. Seeing things were going south, Asher tried to bolt, but one of the bodyguards grabbed him, holding him firmly in place. A few minutes later, a Bentley silently pulled up to the curb. I ran, sniffling, and threw myself into my father’s arms. He picked me up, murmuring words of comfort, as a team of his employees and several police officers exited the cars behind him. They moved with swift, professional efficiency. The kidnappers from the van and Asher were taken into custody together. My father’s team was fast; it didn’t take them long to determine that Asher had no connection to the professional kidnappers. He looked, for all intents and purposes, like an innocent bystander swept up in the mess. Of course, I knew that. But he had still tried to kill me, and I had no intention of letting him go. I tilted my head, feigning confusion. “But… I heard him say he knew I was allergic to grapes. He said he made the ice cream just for me, with grape juice. He was going to take me away when I couldn’t breathe…” My father looked down at me, his voice gentle. “Vivian, are you telling me the truth?” I nodded, my eyes wide. “Yes. Being allergic is scary. It makes it hard to breathe, and everything gets itchy. I don’t want to be itchy.” My father’s face turned to stone. He gave a sharp nod to his head of security. Moments later, the report came back. The entire cooler of ice cream Asher was carrying was made from 100% concentrated grape juice. With the evidence irrefutable, the police took Asher and the kidnappers away. My father took me home. My mother was beside herself with worry and made all my favorite foods to soothe me. That night, she sat by my bed, reading me a story. As I drifted off to sleep, the ghostly text appeared again. 【This little monster is sleeping peacefully while our Male Lead is locked in solitary at the group home.】 【He’ll be fine. He’s the hero, he’ll prove his innocence. But if it wasn’t for this girl, he would have been the one being welcomed by a rich family today.】 【Don’t worry. The plot dictates that if she escapes death once, she won’t escape it a second time. She’s on a deadline. Ooh, look, the Female Lead is sneaking him food. Two little broken souls comforting each other. I ship it.】 【Exactly. The wheel of fortune turns. The Lancaster family’s wealth will belong to the Male Lead eventually. They’ll regret what they did today when he has them begging for mercy.】 I was too tired to care about their fantasies. I rolled over and fell asleep to the soft sound of my mother’s voice. 2. I was woken by the chatter of the feed. I climbed out of bed and went to the bathroom. My parents had already left for the group home to finalize the adoption of my father’s old army buddy’s daughter. A few weeks ago, his friend had been targeted in a corporate reprisal. His entire family was killed in an explosion, except for his young daughter, who had been at school. My parents, with my blessing, had decided to take her in. 【Is Vivian dead yet?】 A new wave of identical messages floated past my eyes. Ever since my “close call,” this had become their daily ritual, a morbid check-in on my mortality. I ignored them, finished my breakfast, and put on a pretty dress. I went downstairs to wait by the door for my parents to arrive with my new sister. Before long, I heard a car pull into the driveway. My parents walked in, holding the hand of a small, delicate-looking girl. “Vivian, this is Luna,” my mother said with a warm smile. “Say hello to your new sister.” I opened my mouth to greet her, but the feed exploded. 【There she is! So pretty! She’s going to be a knockout when she grows up. Finally, something nice to look at after staring at that ugly side character.】 【So the Female Lead is the daughter of Vivian’s dad’s army buddy?】 【No, the real daughter is also named Luna. The Male Lead knew the Lancasters were coming today, so he beat up the real Luna and locked her in a closet. To be safe, he even scratched off her distinctive birthmark. The director and the parents don’t know what the real one looks like, so when they came to adopt, our Luna was the only one there.】 【I love it! Our dark, tortured hero, doing anything for his little ray of sunshine. It’s an honor for the other Luna to be a stepping stone for their love story!】 【Honor? She bit him. She deserves the abusive husband she’s fated to marry.】 I slowly retracted the hand I’d extended. “Mom, Dad… she’s not Mr. Henderson’s daughter.” “Darling, what are you talking about?” my mother chided gently, but I could see a flicker of doubt in their eyes as they looked at the girl. Luna’s eyes immediately filled with tears. “Is… is Vivian-sister unhappy with me? I can go back to the group home, Uncle and Auntie. I don’t mind if I don’t get enough to eat, or if I get locked in the closet. I don’t want to be a bother.”
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