My Husband Died, the Debt Didn't

My husband, Julian Harlow, has died, leaving behind a five-million-dollar debt.

I decide to inherit his debt right away. However, my best friend, Evangeline Frost, goes crazy from worry because of my decision.

In my previous life, Evangeline had advised me to not inherit Julian's debt because he didn't have any assets. So, I signed the agreement to give up on inheriting his assets and declare that I had nothing to do with Julian in order to escape from the debt.

But the debtors kept haunting me. They even kidnapped my son, Shawn Harlow, just to force me to pay the debt.

The debtors were extremely violent and ruthless. On top of that, they kept using Shawn's safety as leverage over me. Every time they forced me to pay the debt, I felt as though I was being tormented slowly yet painfully.

In just 24 hours, I asked all of my relatives for help, but I was only able to gather 100 thousand dollars.

In the end, Shawn never escaped from his fate. I was sold to Northreach by the cruel debtors in order for the debt to be cleared.

But that was when Evangeline claimed that her own son had finally returned to his roots, thus successfully inheriting the assets of a billionaire.

I finally found out that said billionaire was actually my dead husband when I watched the news on the TV. Only then did realization dawn on me.

Julian was pretending to be poor this whole time. It turned out that Evangeline's son was actually his illegitimate child. The assets that I had given up all went to Evangeline and her son in the end.

Filled with resentment, I tried to escape back to the country in order to settle the score with Evangeline, only to die to the electric fence surrounding the slave camp in Northreach.

When I open my eyes again, I've returned to the day Evangeline tells me to give up on the assets.

"Fine… So a broke guy like Julian Harlow has no savings to speak of. But why should you be the one to pay off his five-million-dollar gambling debts?

"Maribel, you might as well give up your inheritance rights. If you don't inherit the assets, you naturally won't inherit the debts either. The debt collectors won't be able to do anything to you."

Outside the door, the debt collectors were furiously pounding on the door, banging so loudly it made my chest ache.

On this side of the door, my best friend, Evangeline Frost, was earnestly urging me to renounce my inheritance.

In my previous life, I had believed her. I gave up my inheritance rights because I didn't want to be responsible for my husband's debts.

But the debt collector, Leo Hunter, was a lawless thug who didn't care about any of that. He was convinced I had money and was simply refusing to pay. He kidnapped my son, Shawn Harlow, and used the most extreme methods to force me