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Cassian’s POV
I don’t know what the hell’s gotten into me.
I should’ve had my eyes locked on Alessia. On the woman I’d claimed to love, on the future I said I wanted.
But no matter how hard I tried, my gaze kept drifting. To her. To Isadora.
Yes, I’d been reborn. Given a second chance.
And in my first life, I’d married Isadora–not out of love, but obligation. A one–night stand that spiraled into a lifetime I never
asked for. She got pregnant. I married her. I resented every second of it.
So I ran.
I left her the day she gave birth to our son, Leo, and fled straight into Alessia’s arms.
And for a while, I thought I was finally free. But when Alessia disappeared on our flight home, it felt like my world caved in. And
the more I looked at Isadora and Leo–the life I didn’t want–the more I hated them for it.
Hated them for existing.
A year after Alessia vanished, I staged a car crash. When the vehicle slammed into the highway divider, I made a choice. I locked
Isadora and Leo inside and walked away.
Watched the flames eat everything I once called family.
And then…
I woke up. Back in time. Back to the night everything changed–Isadora’s birthday. The night her brother got me drunk and
shoved me into her room like I was a gift wrapped in whiskey and regret.
Only this time… She didn’t touch me. She didn’t sleep with me. She called Alessia instead.
I thought it was perfect. A clean slate. A second chance with the woman I thought I loved.
But then something started shifting.
Every time I saw Isadora, something twisted in my gut. A tension I couldn’t name. An ache I couldn’t ignore.
I told myself it was ego. That I only wanted what I couldn’t have. In the last life, it was Alessia I couldn’t hold on to. In this life… it
was Isadora who slipped through my fingers.
“It’s best we call off the wedding, Alessia,” I said quietly, looking at the woman I’d once believed was everything.
She blinked at me, lips parting. But I didn’t stay to explain.
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My eyes flicked to Isadora.
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She was standing across the room, tucked safely into Kai Drenner’s arms. His hands on her waist like she was already his. Like he
deserved her.
I turned and walked away.
“Wait, Cassian!” Alessia’s voice rang out, sharp and trembling. “I’m pregnant!”
The air around us fractured.
Everything stopped. Damian. Kai. Even Isadora.
