Reborn to Ruin You

arms or legs, and when I tried to speak, no sound came out. Panic rushed through me as I lay helplessly on the hospital bed, staring at

I saw

could no longer understand. For years, I had trusted that face. I had trusted him with my heart, my family, and e

her arms. She held my son against her chest as though he already belonged to her. I tried to scream and reach for him, but my body refused

he word out, barely l

trace of the love I had once believed he had for me. There was only a coldne

e trusted people s

tch me suffer without doing anything. Then his eyes moved to the diamond necklace around my neck. It was the necklac

uldn't even lift my hand. He walked over to Chloe and placed the necklace arou

look go

you," Jare

emain with me forever. Yet watching Jared give it to Chloe hurt even more than losing the necklace itself. In that moment, I realized h

nine months, dreamed about holding him, and imagined Jared standing beside me when he was born. Instead, I was lying helplessly on

uch time left," J

to him. "What...

ooked at Chloe, who gave him a small smile

be gon

o believe there had to be some mistake, that Jared would eventually realize what he was doi

me seriously and told me to be careful. He warned me not to let love make me blind to the people around me. At the time, I ha

n to believe Jared instead, and now I

ith the same cold expression. "Chloe will take ca

g what would happen to my son's future after I was gone. I wanted another chance, just one chance to go back and see the truth before

I would listen to my grandfather, protect my family

myself slipping away, but there was one thought I refused to let go of. I wanted an

ything we

and sat

oom in confusion, trying to understand where I was. This wasn't the hospital, and I wasn't lying

ut of bed and hurried toward the mirror, and the woman staring back at me was younger. Much younger. I

already

preg

w this place. I had lived here three years before my death, and the realization

as

d been given

ospital, the bitter taste in my mouth, Jared taking my necklace, Chloe holding my baby, my grandfather's w

sn't dea

I was carrying th

her thoug

andfa

was stil

e when I still had him. The realization left me stunned. I had spent so much time thinking about m

e waking up, I felt som

nce wasn't only about

om door, making me turn quickly. T

t, I couldn

s face was softer, his expression was warm, and there was no trace of the c

re aw

ling to accept the difference between the man standin

hand gently on my shoulder. "You sho

iffened at

a that I had already died because of him, and he certainly had no idea tha

ee years before it happened. Three years to find out the truth, three years to protect my b

uld not make th