Obsessed: A Second Chance Thriller

Obsessed: A Second Chance Thriller

Xiao Zhaoling

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June 14th. The date burned into my mind like a brand. I woke in my bed, David still asleep beside me, and saw the familiar sunlight pouring through the window. This was the day. The day everything began to unravel in my last life. In that life, my sorority sister, my supposed best friend Brittany, systematically destroyed me. She poisoned David's mind against me, tried to steal him, and when he rejected her, she drove us straight into a deadly accident. I died. My life, my love, extinguished by her venomous jealousy. The betrayal was a cold, constant ache. To be eliminated by the person you confided in, the one you loved like a sister, simply because she couldn't have what was yours. It wasn't just a car crash; it was an assassination engineered by a twisted mind. I died feeling utterly helpless, unjustly robbed of my future. But this time, I wouldn't be a victim. This time, I had a second chance, a do-over. I sat bolt upright, heart thumping not with fear, but with fierce determination. "David," I whispered, shaking him awake. "We need to get married. Today. Right now." I was back, and this time, I would rewrite my fate, starting by securing my future.

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June 14th.

The date burned into my mind like a brand.

I woke in my bed, David still asleep beside me, and saw the familiar sunlight pouring through the window.

This was the day.

The day everything began to unravel in my last life.

In that life, my sorority sister, my supposed best friend Brittany, systematically destroyed me.

She poisoned David's mind against me, tried to steal him, and when he rejected her, she drove us straight into a deadly accident.

I died.

My life, my love, extinguished by her venomous jealousy.

The betrayal was a cold, constant ache.

To be eliminated by the person you confided in, the one you loved like a sister, simply because she couldn't have what was yours.

It wasn't just a car crash; it was an assassination engineered by a twisted mind.

I died feeling utterly helpless, unjustly robbed of my future.

But this time, I wouldn't be a victim.

This time, I had a second chance, a do-over.

I sat bolt upright, heart thumping not with fear, but with fierce determination.

"David," I whispered, shaking him awake.

"We need to get married.

Today.

Right now."

I was back, and this time, I would rewrite my fate, starting by securing my future.

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