To avoid leaks, I filmed and edited everything at home. No outdoor shoots. No helping hands. Just me and my gear.

When I watched the final cut, I couldn’t help but think—damn, maybe I was born for this self-media life.

Still feeling cautious, I even went to Lesley’s latest video and left a comment.

[Can’t wait for your next one, queen! Please drop it soon!]

Not long after, she replied to my comment.

[That last video drained all my creative energy, so I probably won’t be posting anything new anytime soon.]

I sent her back a crying-cat emoji and finally let out a breath of relief. Looked like she wasn’t planning on posting anything new for a while.

So I was right. Last time, she must’ve heard about my concept from Gavin and rushed to beat me to it.

Still, was it really possible for two people to come up with the exact same idea?

It felt hard to believe, but I had no choice except to chalk it up to coincidence for now. Sometimes people just think alike, right?

With that, I uploaded my new video and drafted the caption. I was just about to hit publish when a notification from my alt account popped up.

I tapped it open, and immediately went pale.

Zephanie's POV

Lesley just updated her page.

She reposted my comment where I was begging for her next video, and dropped a brand-new one of her own right after.

In the comments, she added, [I originally wanted this to be a surprise for my fans, but someone warned me that this idea might’ve been stolen. So I had no choice but to post it early to clear my name. If I waited and someone else released it first, people would think I copied them, and I’d never be able to explain myself.]

My hands were shaking as I tapped the video.

Then I looked back at my own video draft sitting open on my laptop.

They were so identical from scene to scene, down to the exact minute and second.

What the hell was happening?!

I held my head in my hands, completely lost. I never told a single soul about the concept for this video. How did she end up with the exact same idea?

Did being reborn still mean I couldn’t escape the shadow of my past? Was I doomed to repeat it, to be cyberbullied to death all over again, just like last time?

Unsurprisingly, her video blew up. It was already climbing the trending charts.

With the back-to-back viral hits, her follower count shot from tens of thousands to nearly a million on a completely different level now.