Sure enough, Vienna didn’t find a single suspicious clue.
Jude spotted the loan apps I had deliberately left in plain sight and turned to Vienna with a sly smile.
“Vienna, it’s already the apocalypse. Why bother using your own money? You might as well borrow. The more, the better. The world is ending, and no one’s going to ask for it back.”
Vienna’s eyes lit up instantly. Without another word, she picked up her phone and started tapping away.
Jude wasn’t just Vienna’s assistant. He was her lover.
Every time Vienna went on a business trip, he followed right behind her. Eventually, the two of them ended up in bed together.
He had always been skilled at sweet-talking women, and Vienna fell for that kind of man completely. Whatever he asked for, she was all too willing to give.
The moment she learned about the apocalypse, her first thought was to bring him over.
“Honey, life during the apocalypse is going to be hard. I want to bring Jude here. You won’t say no, will you?”
In my last life, I had refused. And Vienna kicked me out of the house without hesitation.
She left me to endure three hours of near-death, surrounded by a sea of zombies before I finally had no choice but to agree.
After Jude moved in, he didn’t just treat me like a servant. He didn’t even spare my daughter, forcing her to be his personal massage therapist.
Whenever I wasn’t watching, he found ways to take advantage of her.
My daughter was still so young. If she were thrown out, she would have died without a chance.
I had no choice but to endure it all. In the end, just to please Jude, Vienna still shoved me out the door and savored every second of watching me torn apart by zombies.
Vienna and Jude clung together, smug smiles nearly spilling from their faces.
“Vienna, so this is what it looks like to be bitten to death by zombies. How tragic!”
Vienna answered him with a bright smile, but when her gaze landed on me struggling in the swarm, her eyes turned cold as ice.
Even now, I still remember that expression, so chilling it froze my heart.
This time, I didn’t stop Jude from moving in because I knew I had more important things to do.
Besides, Jude was brainless. With him constantly whispering sweet lies, Vienna was bound to act recklessly and commit even more outrageous crimes.
I could watch them both willingly plunge into the abyss together.
They started by messaging every contact on WhatsApp, borrowing money from all their friends, then maxed out every platform they could, online banking, Paypal, none of it satisfied them.
So they went further, downloading all kinds of shady loan apps, not even sparing the loan sharks.
I quietly watched the two of them spiral into madness.
In my past life, my soul had drifted for a long, bitter time, and I knew with absolute clarity the apocalypse would end in three days.
By then, order would return, and everything would finally be settled.
The heat was suffocating, the air thick enough to burn. Vienna refused to step outside, and she couldn’t bear to let Jude suffer either.
She handed me all the borrowed money, her tone impatient.
“Go out and buy more supplies.”
Then she turned away and began ordering the most luxurious takeout she could find nearby.
After I left, the deliveryman knocked on the villa door.
Lobster, abalone, king crab, and all kinds of premium delicacies were soon laid out across the dining table.
Just that one meal cost forty to fifty thousand, but Vienna didn’t even blink as she paid.
With a grand wave of her hand, she turned to Jude and declared, “When the end comes, this money will be nothing but paper. We might as well enjoy it while we can!”
Watching the two of them gloat through the surveillance feed, I sneered and closed my phone.
I didn’t go all out against them. Based on the amount the two of them could eat in three days, I bought enough staple food, vegetables, and meat to ensure they wouldn’t starve.
Then, I used the rest of the money to order an expensive armored vehicle.
Just imagining Vienna’s face when the apocalypse ended in three days, and that armored vehicle arrived at the door almost made me laugh out loud.
But as soon as I stepped back into the house, I was greeted by a sharp, stinging slap.
Vienna jabbed her finger at my nose, her voice shrill with rage.
“Where the hell did you go?! You’ve been gone for so long and still came back with so little. Did you steal the money?!”
