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Betrayed. Imprisoned. Forgotten.

Rhea Lin gave everything to the people she loved — her loyalty, her time, even her dreams. But in one brutal week, she was framed for embezzlement, dumped by her fiancé, abandoned by her best friend, and fired by the cold billionaire CEO she trusted.

She died broken… but fate gave her a second chance.

Waking up five years in the past, Rhea swears never to be a pawn again. Armed with knowledge of the future and a heart full of vengeance, she steps back into the same world — but this time, she’s the one pulling the strings.

Her plan? Seduce the powerful CEO who ruined her life… and tear down his empire from the inside.

But the more she plays the game, the more she realizes: not everything is as it seemed.
Because the cold billionaire isn't the man she thought he was.
And a mysterious system has started offering her impossible rewards — at the cost of her memories.

Love, power, revenge... and a truth darker than betrayal await.

In a world full of liars and secrets, can Rhea rewrite her fate — or will the past repeat itself in new, twisted ways?

Reset My Life: The Billionaire's Broken Pawn

🖤 Previously on Reset My Life: The Billionaire's Broken Pawn

And someone in the shadows is still pulling strings.

You don't come back from some betrayals.

But not as who you were. As who they fear.

Lucien's hand had barely brushed her cheek when the system chimed again:

🔓 Status: Decryption In Progress

📌 Source: Unknown Device | Location Ping: Inside Rhea's Apartment

Lucien saw it too. "Someone planted a beacon."

She grabbed her coat. "Or someone left a message."

The place smelled like static and rain.

Except… her old phone. The one she buried five years ago.

Now let's see if you remember the promise."

Lucien's voice. Younger. Desperate. Recorded without his knowledge.

Lucien: "If they touch her—if they even try—I'll burn everything down."

Rhea (trembling): "Promise me… if I forget, you'll remind me who I was."

Lucien's hand reached for hers—slow, cautious. "Do you want the truth, Rhea?"

His thumb brushed her pulse. "Then you don't want me."

He pulled her into his chest anyway.

And still, she let herself fall into him—heart first, logic second.

Just one breath. One stolen second.

⚠️ Unauthorized Access Detected – CICADA CORE

🩸 Operator: Arden Blake (Status: Unknown)

Her phone screen cracked under her grip.

"No," she said, stepping back. "He's awake. And he's coming for me."

Arden Blake's shadow moved across broken monitors.

Blood on his collar. Fire behind his eyes.

He typed one line into the CICADA command console:

Rhea's pulse was thundering in her ears.

She stared at the cracked phone, at Arden's name blinking on the system alert like a ghost who refused to stay dead.

Lucien moved beside her, quiet but coiled like a storm barely contained.

"He was supposed to be terminated," Lucien muttered. "Kairo signed it himself."

Rhea's eyes narrowed. "Unless Kairo needed him alive… for leverage."

The room felt colder. Or maybe it was the weight of betrayal collapsing inward.

Lucien stepped forward, gently tilting her chin toward him. "You don't have to face him alone."

"I know," she whispered. "But I also know what Arden wants."

"But not just me," she said slowly. "He wants the original source code. The one I buried with my old life."

Lucien looked at her. "Do you still have it?"

Third shelf. Second novel. Hollowed pages.

A flash drive. Metallic. Burnt at the edges.

"No," she said. "I forgot I kept it. And that scares me more."

📂 File Match Confirmed: MASTER KEY

⚠️ Security Risk Level: MAXIMUM

🧬 Note: Final Protocol Requires Subject Zero + Origin Signature

"I'm not ready," she said, voice trembling, for the first time in a long time.

And he—softening in the edges like only Lucien could—just wrapped his arms around her again.

"No rush," he whispered against her temple. "We'll burn the world down tomorrow."

And a single drive that could end everything.

Beneath the Ashes