đź–¤ Previously on Reset My Life: The Billionaire's Broken Pawn
She remembered everything.
Lucien woke up.
And Arden Blake just got burned.
Some betrayals don't happen in the dark.
Some wear expensive suits and call you "partner."
But the worst ones?
They start with love.
[System Log Restored]
📂 Archive Unlocked: PROJECT CICADA – Level Zero
đź•° Timestamp: Six years ago
—Penthouse Office. Rain against glass. The city asleep below.—
A younger Rhea Lin stood across from a man whose name no longer existed in corporate records.
Not Arden.
Not Lucien.
But the one who started it all.
He slid a contract across the desk.
Man: "You'll be compensated. And protected. But only if you forget."
Rhea: "Forget what?"
Man: "That Cicada was never about data. It was about control."
She didn't sign it.
But someone else did.
[System Notice]
đź“Ť Secret Record Located: "The First Domino"
🧠Memory Cost: 3 Fragments
â›” Risk Level: UNKNOWN
Would you like to proceed?
YES
NO
Rhea clicked YES.
[Memory Playback Begins]
The document. The pen. The signature in looping, arrogant strokes.
Arden Blake.
He signed her name.
He made her the scapegoat before the fire ever started.
[Memory Ends]
🩸[System Emotion Sync: Guilt + Rage]
đź’¬ Internal Alert: "Trust is no longer available."
Now – Seirin Medical Center
Lucien leaned against the doorway, stronger, sharper.
"You were set up from day one," he said.
Rhea nodded slowly. "By the man I loved… and the man who watched him do it."
Lucien: "You think it's over?"
Rhea: "No. The real puppeteer is still in the dark."
Lucien: "Then we drag him into the light."
Midnight – Unknown Location
In the shadows, a phone vibrated.
The same gloved hand that uploaded "THE FALL" clicked on a new video feed.
Rhea and Lucien. Together.
The figure whispered into the darkness:
"Let the final act begin."
[System Alert]
🧩 Next Task: Uncover the Ghost Author
đź’Ą Reward: Access to Project Cicada Core Protocols
📌 Location Update: Confidential – Kairo has moved the data
[To Be Continued…]