The beautiful lawyer said she was reborn
A publicly traded company wanted to sign a ten-million-dollar contract with us, but she told our boss Josh Green that the company had problems. If we took on this case, our firm wouldn't just lose—we'd face massive compensation claims.
Josh listened to her advice with some skepticism.
The next day, the company's scandal was indeed exposed, and the law firm that took their case faced millions in damages.
Afterward, Josh wanted to celebrate our narrow escape and asked me to book a restaurant for the celebration.
But Chloe told Josh not to go to that restaurant because there would be a gas explosion.
Sure enough, within hours, the restaurant's gas explosion made headline news.
After these two incidents, Josh became a firm believer that Chloe was truly reborn.
To keep Chloe at the firm, he gave her the executive position he had originally promised me.
When I submitted my resignation, Chloe urged Josh to stop me. "If Leah switches firms, within a year she'll use the resources she gained at our firm to crush us, and the whole company will have to shut down."
My boyfriend and colleague Martin Gomez sided with Chloe. "Chloe's right. I've already seen the job offer from Verity Law Firm in Leah's email. She holds grudges—if she goes to Verity Law Firm, our firm will definitely face her revenge."
Josh believed their words and refused my resignation request.
My labor arbitration application was useless, and I eventually ended up as a janitor at the firm.
Unable to accept this fate, I developed depression and hanged myself at the company entrance.
When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the day Chloe claimed she was reborn.
*****
In the firm's conference room, Josh was about to sign a ten-million-dollar contract with a major public company when Chloe rushed in to stop him. "Don't sign! This company has problems!"
Josh was startled by her sudden behavior. "Chloe, what are you talking about? This is a ten-million-dollar deal!"
This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the firm.
Chloe spoke with confidence and certainty: "Mr. Green, this company has falsified its performance records. A crisis will break out soon. If our firm takes this case, we won't just lose—we'll face massive compensation!"
Josh was stunned. "Where did you hear this information?"
The company representative immediately became flustered and defensively denied it: "That's complete nonsense! Our company has no problems!"
Chloe became even more confident. "I didn't hear it from anywhere—I just know, because I've been reborn. Your company is deliberately offering us an astronomical legal fee because you want our firm to lose and help you pay breach-of-contract penalties!"
Her words sounded convincing, and the representative's face instantly went pale.
Though Josh remained somewhat skeptical, he postponed the signing. The next day, the company was indeed exposed for having problems.
Countless media outlets competed to report the story, various financial frauds were exposed, and the company directly declared bankruptcy.
Chloe instantly became the firm's hero, earning even Josh's deep respect.
It was then that I finally confirmed I had truly been reborn—reborn to the day Chloe claimed she was reborn.
In my previous life, Chloe had done exactly the same thing, predicting problems with the ten-million-dollar contract, successfully preventing the firm's losses, and shocking everyone.
Afterward, Josh wanted to celebrate our narrow escape and asked me to book a restaurant for the celebration.
But Chloe told Josh not to go to that restaurant because there would be a gas explosion.
Sure enough, within hours, the restaurant's gas explosion made headline news.
After these two incidents, Josh became a firm believer that Chloe was truly reborn.
To keep Chloe at the firm, he gave her the executive position he had originally promised me.
When I submitted my resignation, Chloe urged Josh to stop me. "If Leah switches firms, within a year she'll use the resources she gained at our firm to crush us, and the whole company will have to shut down."
After hearing Chloe's words, my boyfriend and colleague Martin also said: "Chloe's right. I've already seen the job offer from Verity Law Firm in Leah's email. She holds grudges—if she goes to Verity Law Firm, our firm will definitely face her revenge."
Josh believed their words and refused my resignation request.
My labor arbitration application was useless, and I eventually ended up as a janitor at the firm.
Unable to accept this fate, I developed depression and hanged myself at the company entrance.
I never expected that I would be reborn to the day Chloe claimed she was reborn.
This time, I definitely won't let the tragedy of my previous life happen again.
Sure enough, while my thoughts were in turmoil, Josh suggested going to a restaurant for dinner again.
I paused and gave the exact same response as in my previous life: "Sure, we can go to Grill Garden like last time—"
Before I could finish, Chloe interrupted me once again: "No! There's going to be a gas explosion at Grill Garden tonight, and many people will die. If we go there, we'll die too!"
Everyone froze, looking at each other with skepticism.
"How is that possible? How could that restaurant have a gas explosion?"
"Yeah, that restaurant has high safety standards and gets fire inspections every month. Chloe, are you under too much work stress and having hallucinations?"
"Rebirth is too ridiculous. Who actually gets reborn?"
Facing everyone's doubts, Chloe appeared arrogant and confident: "If you don't believe me, then go ahead and have dinner at that restaurant tonight. But if there really is an explosion and you get hurt, don't blame me for not warning you."
Just like in my previous life, she spoke with such conviction, her confident demeanor making everyone afraid to argue further. After all, no one wanted to risk their life.
Martin, who had been silent, stepped forward: "I don't think Chloe would lie about something like this. Let's not go to Grill Garden today and just go to the pizza place downstairs instead."
After saying this, he deliberately looked at me: "Leah, what do you think?"
I looked at him, sneering inwardly while maintaining a calm expression: "Sure."
Seeing Chloe's calculating look, I became even more convinced that this whole thing wasn't so simple.
While everyone was heading downstairs, I went to the adjacent elevator area and anonymously called the owner of Grill Garden to remind them to check their gas lines.
After that, I also called the fire department with a tip, claiming I suspected a gas leak at the restaurant and asking them to inspect it.
An hour later, the fire department called me back: they had completed their inspection and replaced all the old equipment, so there would be no fire risk in the near future.
I breathed a sigh of relief and continued eating at the pizza place downstairs.
However, just then, piercing fire alarm sirens suddenly sounded outside the pizza place. Four or five fire trucks raced past the entrance one after another, heading toward Grill Garden.
Everyone was stunned. Martin was the first to react, pulling out his phone: "Everyone, check the news! Grill Garden had a gas explosion ten minutes ago, and all the customers on the first floor were blown away! Chloe's prediction actually came true!"
I was completely stunned on the spot. How was this possible?
I had clearly warned the restaurant and had the fire department inspect it, so how could there still be an explosion?
Could Chloe actually be telling the truth? Had she really been reborn?
The restaurant fell silent instantly, with everyone turning to look at Chloe, completely convinced of her identity as someone reborn.
Chloe put on a heavy expression and lowered her head, sighing, "Since things are already destined, what's meant to happen will happen. All we can do is accept reality."
She deliberately looked my way: "Leah, I think you should understand this too."
I met her gaze: "What are you trying to say?"
Chloe glanced at Josh with a troubled expression: "I know you've been waiting for Mr. Green to promote you to senior partner, but unfortunately, the person Mr. Green has in mind is me. I know you don't want to accept it, but there's nothing we can do—this is destined to happen."
Josh, still in shock, was stunned. I could tell that before Chloe said this, he hadn't even considered the promotion, but after her two successful predictions earlier, he was completely convinced by her.
He immediately said, "Yes, Chloe, you're right. I was indeed planning to make you senior partner."
Then he looked at me: "Leah, this is destined. It can't be changed."
I sneered inwardly and looked at Chloe: "Ms. Hill, what you want isn't just the senior partner position, but also those cases I handle that make up almost half the firm's business, right?"
Chloe avoided my gaze, not expecting me to see through her intentions. She immediately retorted: "Don't talk nonsense! How could someone reborn like me care about your measly cases? I'm just telling everyone what's about to happen!"
"Really?" I smiled slightly, staring at Chloe: "Then are you going to predict next that I'm planning to jump ship because you stole my position?"
Chloe's expression changed instantly, and she instinctively glanced at Martin nearby, clearly panicked.
She quickly composed herself and looked at me again: "Looks like you're feeling guilty, so you revealed your plan early? Since that's the case, I won't hide it from everyone anymore. Mr. Green, Leah wants to jump ship to our rival Verity Law Firm, and then she'll use our firm's resources to crush us. Eventually, the firm will go bankrupt and we'll all have to disband!"
"Is what she's saying true?" Josh's expression immediately turned cold, looking at me with hostility.
Chloe glanced at Martin, who immediately put on a grave expression and stepped forward to "testify" for Chloe.
"Leah, so that offer in your email was from Verity Law Firm! I thought it was spam and didn't pay attention to it. Now I see you've been planning to betray our firm all along!"
Martin is my boyfriend, so his words naturally made Chloe's accusations even more credible.
My colleagues immediately looked at me with strange expressions and began whispering among themselves.
"Chloe is amazing! She actually knew in advance that Leah was going to betray us. She really saved us all—otherwise the firm would go bankrupt and we'd all lose our jobs."
"I'm getting goosebumps. I never imagined Leah could be such a scheming person, even hiding things from her own boyfriend!"
"Exactly! If Chloe hadn't been reborn and come back, we would've all become sacrificial pawns in Leah's plan!"
Just like in my previous life, everyone refused to give me any chance to explain.
Josh's face turned ashen as he slammed the table and stood up. "Leah, I've mentored and promoted you for so many years, and this is how you repay me?"
Chloe watched everyone's reactions with satisfaction, then walked up to Josh and looked directly at me. "Sorry, Leah, but for the sake of hundreds of jobs at this firm, I had to tell the truth. I can't let the entire firm be destroyed just to protect one person—you understand, right?"
I looked at her smug expression, at Martin standing on her side, at my boss and colleagues with their hostile stares, and felt my heart turn cold as ice.
In my previous life, they caused my tragic death, and now they want to do it again. I absolutely won't let them succeed!
I clenched my fists and looked up at Martin. "I never sent my resume to Verity Law Firm—there's no way I could have received an offer from them!"
Chloe laughed softly. "Leah, stop denying it! Martin saw it with his own eyes. What's the point of pretending?
The legal profession despises betrayal above all else. If Josh makes your situation public, you'll never work in this industry again! I suggest you apologize to Josh right now—maybe I can even put in a good word for you."
Martin immediately chimed in: "Exactly! When you're blacklisted from the industry and living in poverty, it'll be too late for regrets. No one will want anything to do with you then!"
"Is that so?" I let out a cold laugh and slowly walked toward Chloe, stopping right in front of her. "Since you've been reborn, don't your memories from your previous life tell you that my computer has hidden surveillance software?"
Chloe's smile vanished instantly. "What do you mean?"
"It's simple. Who actually used my computer to secretly send a resume to Verity Law Firm, and who's really colluding with them behind the scenes—my computer surveillance recorded everything. I'm going to open it right now and let everyone see for themselves!"
I opened my laptop with a cold smile, turned the screen toward Josh, and directly pulled up the surveillance footage.
Soon, a clear figure appeared on the screen. Everyone present immediately changed color, turning their heads to look.
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