1 PROLOGUE :: The Deal ::

November 11, 2017

The sky was thundering. A crowd had assembled at Musing Street, before the tallest skyscraper in the city, to behold before them a sight which seemed dramatic enough to keep them watching. It would be yet another boring afternoon if not for the spectacle that lay before the commuters' curious eyes. 

A young woman, clad in a dark flowing dress, was standing on the rooftop of the tall building. She was decked in the most expensive jewellery anyone had ever seen, and even her pearl earrings were a limited edition set by Adrianna Wan. Almost instantly, it began to pour, drenching her from head to toe in the water. Albeit her discomfort, she stood motionless, watching the empty sky.

Shengyi Corporation was doomed, she told herself again and again. And she would go down with it.

The bottom of her dress billowed in the wind, drawing the spectators to pay attention to her fabulous figure. Dampened by the rain, the dress clung tightly to her petite frame, causing the men to gasp. While her facial features were not clear to the spectators, one could guess that with her fabulous curves, she had to be a beauty.

If not for attempting suicide, what business would one have on the roof of a skyscraper with over 150 storeys in height?

She turned away from the crowd and walked casually to the other end of the building, exhibiting such grace that left those watching her enamoured. What a pity if this woman was to leave this world!

But nothing could change Lu Shengyi's decision to leave the world that had brought indescribable pain to her. Before all present, she effortlessly slipped off the edge of the building and landed on the ledge on her bottom! 

KRAAAAA…..

The sound of fabric ripping filled the air, barely audible to those present, but clear in her ears. With the skirt of her dress bursting, her snowy-white thighs were clearly exposed. A butterfly-like birthmark rested on her right thigh, the emblem of Lu Shengyi. Now, her legs were dangling dangerously over the air, but she still retained her composure.

Weeks ago, Shengyi had just found that her fiance had incurred huge losses to the empire she had strived so hard to build. For five years, she had been in a faithful relationship with Shan Hanyu, giving to him her youth and innocence without a further doubt. She remembered how they had first met in the subway. He had fallen for her solemnity, nicknaming her CEO. She, on the other hand, admired his simplicity. Because she had borrowed a wad of tissues from him due to her negligence, she gave him her business card.

Their relationship had been extremely fast-paced. He began his courtship of her a week after they met and subsequently, they had their first date on a warm cruise in summer. He had been so genuine and straightforward while dating with her, that she believed him wholeheartedly. But come five years later, he turned out to be a total jerk. And now, he had planted her in such a tragedy! Time could turn a person, and expose his true face to her. He was a risk-taker and often loved to take his chance in the stock market. 

When she was up to her shoulders in debt, he miraculously disappeared without a trace!

Shengyi finally came to the conclusion that death was the only way out. And the best way for her to die, she thought, would be by jumping off the very building Shengyi Corporation's head office was located at!

She took a quick glance at her iPhone. No missed calls and no messages, since five hours ago. This cold and heartless soul, she mumbled. The end had come for her, and she would embrace the dark willingly. She laughed, standing up slowly. The smartphone nested in the folds of her dress descended rapidly, meeting the ground with a loud thud as the glass screen cracked. 

"Ahhhh!"

A man with a burly moustache was already making a police call, though the youngsters were occupied taking photographs as hurriedly as they could. She could already imagine the headlines in the newspaper, "Rich entrepreneur Lu Shengyi commits suicide as she is left with no way out". Since she had no other means of saving the empire she had built with such hardships, why not die as gloriously as possible?

A cold voice caused her to freeze before she could make the trip downwards.

"Angel, do you want to die so easily, or do you want to make the bastard pay in revenge?"

There was nobody beside her. She thought she was hearing things. Then, out of the blue, an icy poke seemed to pierce her skin. She looked up and saw a man floating in the sky, with his finger extended towards her. 

He had white hair that reached to his shoulders and a smug-looking smile. A fitted shirt boasted his ripped torso, so muscular that it taunted her while he swept her with his gaze. 

"So what do you say, Angel? Do you want to die, or do you want my help to be reborn in the name of revenge?"

Suddenly, the word revenge had sounded so sweet to her. She laughed evilly, forgetting the risky point that she was standing on.

"I want to make him pay."

The man floated down and took his position next to her, eyeing her up and down.

"Who are you?"

"I am Cullen, your devil."

"My devil?" she laughed uncontrollably again, unable to believe what was happening to her. The man laughed back insidiously.

"Forge a deal with me, and I will ensure that after your rebirth, you will never be the prey ever again. You will be powerful enough to command hordes to your defence, and never stand a day to be emotionally hurt again."

"That indeed sounds lovely. But what do I have to give in return for a contract with the devil?"

Cullen's cold laugh emanated through the night.

"Your soul... and your love."

Shengyi smiled sinisterly. Presented with such a fascinating offer, she would definitely not die, not without assuring that Shan Hanyu would be tormented even after she entered the afterlife! With her reincarnation, she was determined that he would never have peace again! And on the other hand, who would say no to power?

"I accept." She would voluntarily give up her soul and her love if it meant she would harness immense power in return! Only then would she willingly accept her rebirth! 

With a snap of the devil's fingers, the entire world flashed before her eyes.