Second Life, Zero Mercy Chapter 1

In my last life, I sacrificed everything to take care of my paralyzed brother. I died an old maid, never marrying.

In this life, we were reborn together.

The very first thing he did? He got rid of me to make room for the "destined" fake heiress.

He took me, a newborn baby, and dumped me on the cold streets.

"Don't blame me for being heartless," he whispered to my tiny face. "You’re the reason Chloe died."

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I was born during a torrential downpour in Seattle.

Chase Sterling, the eldest son of the prestigious Sterling family, skipped school for three days to come back home.

Nobody knew the truth.

That straight-backed, solemn elementary schooler harbored the memories of two lifetimes.

He had just been reborn, carrying a belly full of regret from his previous life.

He didn’t even glance at me, his biological sister.

Instead, he bribed a nurse to swap the babies, ensuring the girl who was mistakenly taken in our past life was now legitimately presented to our parents.

He carried me out of the hospital.

Stuffed me into a flimsy cardboard box.

And took a bus all the way to the outskirts of the city.

Meanwhile, the baby crying louder than me in the nursery—the one now draped in the Sterling family name—would grow up to be the apple of everyone’s eye: Chloe Sterling.

Chase's biggest regret from his past life was wasting decades missing out on the girl who became a brilliant flight surgeon.

Me? I was the biological sister who wasn't brought home until I was eighteen.

I spent my life unmarried, teaching myself rehabilitation medicine just for him.

I dragged him out of his wheelchair and gave him a life.

But all he cared about was the fake sister I had displaced.

The Sterlings were a military legacy family. In his last life, they were heroes.

In this life, Chase was determined to rewrite the script.

At any cost.

I lay in the swaddle, quietly opening my eyes.

Surprise, brother. I was reborn too.