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On the night of our engagement ceremony, my fiancé's childhood sweetheart posted a photo of herself holding a silver dagger, threatening to self-harm.
Logan was desperate to go and stop her, but he was stopped by the Chairman.
"If you dare to not complete the engagement ceremony tonight, Moonstone will no longer have you as its heir!"
Logan ultimately relented, but the next day, news came that Sarah had slit her wrists and was hospitalized.
Logan's reaction to this was cold; he didn't even shed a single tear.
Twenty years later, when I was critically ill and bedridden, Logan and our son injected wolf poison into my body.
"Evelyn, if you hadn't been so desperate to marry into wealth, I would have been living a happy life with Sarah long ago!"
"Let me tell you the truth. The child… I bribed a doctor to implant one of Sarah's embryos in you! You've spent your entire life raising a child for the woman I love most!"
As the poison spread, I took my last breath in excruciating pain.
When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the night of our engagement.

The Healer’s Second Chance

The moment I heard those words, my eyes locked onto Sarah, pinning her in place.


The only reason I had backed down was because I didn't want to repeat the mistakes of my past!


My gaze seemed to sting Sarah, but she just gritted her teeth and continued her provocation.


"What? You're just an outsider. Are you really going to attack his future daughter-in-law right in front of the Chairman of Moonstone?"


Just then, the Chairman let out a cold, sharp snort.


"Humph! If you hadn't said anything, I would have thought you were the Chairman! You seemed quite comfortable giving orders just now, didn't you?"


I knew then that the Chairman was, and always had been, on my side.


After being shot down by both me and the Chairman, even someone as shameless as Sarah couldn't keep her composure.


"Oh, baby, you have to say something for me!"


Sarah immediately grabbed Logan's arm, whining coquettishly.


Logan looked troubled, but in the end, he still turned to me. "Evelyn, the choice is yours."


"Save your breath. I never intended to stay anyway!"


My words made the Chairman shoot to his feet.


"You are Moonstone's Chief Therapist! If you leave, what about the unfinished treatments? That was your blood, sweat, and tears!"


I knew he wasn't worried about the drug's development failing and impacting the company's bottom line.


He was just trying to find an excuse to make me stay.


"Chairman, I've already organized all the clinical data for the medications. The Moonstone R&D team will help you complete the remaining work."


I smiled, feeling none of the anger you'd expect from being cast out. In fact, I felt increasingly at ease.


"There won't be any problems as long as you have professionals continue the research with this data."


"It's just a shame I won't be able to help you anymore. I hope you find a true heir soon."


I made a point of reminding the Chairman.


The Moonstone R&D team is very competent, so it won't be a problem for them to finish my research. The only condition is that you can't let scum like Sarah get involved.


"Evelyn, what is that supposed to mean? What do you mean by 'a true heir'? Are you suggesting Logan and I aren't fit to be the heirs?"


But in the face of her fury, I didn't even spare her a glance.


"Stop!"But Sarah spread her arms, blocking my way.


"Since you've decided to leave, then make it a clean break!"


"Leave the same way you came to Moonstone!"


"The clothes on your back, the jewelry on your hands, the car you drive—wasn't every single thing bought with Moonstone's money? How dare you take any of it with you?"


It was obvious she had reached the point of picking a fight for no reason.


"If you can't find any real fault, you can just shut up."


"Let's not even talk about the distant past. Just in the last two years, I've developed three commercial drugs for Moonstone. To date, each one has an average market value of over four billion dollars."


"Four billion dollars, and you think that can't buy these things?"


I stared daggers at Sarah, the corner of her mouth twitching.


I needed her to know that I was leaving of my own free will, not because I was being driven out by a good-for-nothing like her!


But what I hadn't expected was for Logan to suddenly step in front of me, biting his lip.


"Evelyn, everything you just mentioned was merely you repaying Moonstone for raising you all these years."


Chapter 3