Chapter 2
No one knew that just last night, Elijah and Ethan had been tangled up in passion again.
The man went through three entire boxes of protection, wild and relentless, like he wanted to lose himself completely inside her.
For three years, they had been locked in this secret, reckless affair.
At five in the morning, after removing the last soiled condom, Ethan finally said he wanted to
“settle down” and start a serious relationship with Hannah, aiming for marriage.
Which meant Elijah, the woman he had been sleeping with, had suddenly become a burden.
From now on, he wanted to “handle things” and return them to a proper ‘siblings–only‘
relationship.
Elijah lay stunned on the bed, unable to comprehend how the same man who had been whispering
baby and sweetheart to her moments ago could turn so cold, so fast.
But she knew the truth. This relationship had never been in her control.
In her previous life, Elijah had agreed to “end things” with Ethan.
The very next day, she woke up to find herself accused online of posting a scandalous “exposé” to
force her way into the Morgan family.
She could never figure out how that intimate photo had leaked from her phone.
Faced with Mrs. Morgan’s relentless insults and humiliation, Elijah finally broke down and confessed to her relationship with Ethan.
Mrs. Morgan had never imagined that her pampered, well–bred son had been secretly sleeping with the housekeeper’s daughter for three years.
And their first time? It happened the night before Elijah’s eighteenth birthday, unprotected.
One was the Morgan family’s only heir. The other, the family’s adopted goddaughter.
It was a scandal. Which meant an unforgivable disgrace.
Mrs. Morgan acted swiftly. She fired Mrs. Watchmaker on the spot and kicked Elijah out of the
mansion.
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But the rumors didn’t stop. The gossip spiraled out of control, investors panicked, and Morgan Group’s stock price plummeted.
With no other choice, Mrs. Morgan was forced to swallow her pride and allow Elijah to marry into the family, but only as a puppet wife, a silent shadow carrying the title of Mrs. Morgan.
Back then, no one even cared to find out who had posted the original scandal. Everyone had already decided it was Elijah.
They branded her manipulative and shameless, accusing her of scheming her way into wealth at
any cost.
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Ethan, torn away from the woman he truly loved, resented Elijah bitterly.
After they married, he would often bring other women home, flaunting his affairs openly, even in
their master bedroom.
Mrs. Morgan had only ever accepted Elijah as her goddaughter because she was beautiful, thinking
she could use her as a pawn for a strategic marriage alliance.
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But that plan backfired spectacularly. She lost her pawn and her only son’s freedom.
Her hatred for Elijah deepened. She found excuses to torment her constantly, sometimes even forcing her to stand still under the blazing sun for hours as punishment.
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After marrying into the Morgan family, Elijah’s life descended into utter darkness.
Her only source of comfort was her daughter, Cindy.
But even that fragile happiness shattered on Ethan’s birthday.
Cindy just wanted to surprise her father with a bouquet of flowers. On the way, she was hit by a car.
Cindy never knew her father wasn’t at work that day. He was on a date with Hannah.
While Cindy prepared a surprise for her dad, Ethan was preparing one for Hannah too.
A fleet of drones filled the skies above downtown, forming Hannah’s portrait along with Ethan’s
grand public confession of love.
The breathtaking display drew a massive crowd, countless phones filming from every angle.
But it also blocked traffic on the main avenue, causing the ambulance rushing to Cindy’s aid to be delayed by an hour and a half.
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By the time it arrived, Cindy’s blood had drained away. Her wide, innocent eyes slowly dimmed until the light disappeared completely.
She died. Absurdly, senselessly.
Elijah felt her own heartbeat stop with hers.
When Ethan finally arrived, he grabbed Elijah by the throat, demanding that she pay with her life.
And so she did.
She threw herself headfirst against Hannah’s car, shattering her skull, dying right there beside her daughter’s body.
She didn’t care about Ethan’s horrified expression or his instinctive, too–late attempt to stop her.
She died repaying the price of her broken marriage. She died apologizing to Cindy.
For bringing her into a world where she only suffered. For failing to give her the whole, loving family she deserved.
This time… In this new life… She would never let history repeat itself.
