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On Valentine’s night, I ran into my fiancé’s lover outside a bar.
She had been drugged and was unconscious. This time, I pretended not to see her and walked away.
In my previous life, I didn’t know her. When I kindly rescued her, I accidentally glimpsed my fiancé’s name tattooed on her collarbone.
I thought it was a misunderstanding, but the next moment, when I answered her phone, I heard my fiancé’s voice on the other end.
Overwhelmed with jealousy and rage, I hung up and ignored the 99 calls from my fiancé, only leaving after I had safely arranged for her to stay at my family’s hotel.
But that night, his lover was assaulted by criminals and, overcome with shame, took her own life.
After learning the truth, my fiancé acted as if nothing had happened and still held a grand wedding ceremony for me. However, on the day I discovered I was pregnant, he broke both my legs and imprisoned me at home.
I completely broke down and asked him through my tears why he would do this.
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He laughed maniacally, “If it weren’t for you, Lacie wouldn’t have been assaulted, and she wouldn’t have committed suicide! It’s all your fault!”
To my surprise, when I opened my eyes again, I was back to the day I met his lover outside the bar.
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“Please, help me call my boyfriend…” Lacie Lee collapsed outside the bar, her face flushed, her consciousness already fading.
Though it was just an ordinary request, cold sweat broke out on my back as I realized I had been reborn.
This time, I pretended not to see her plea for help and quickened my pace away from the bar entrance.
In my previous life, it was my compassion that led me to such a tragic fate. This time, I wouldn’t get involved no matter what.
But before I could get far, Lacie struggled to her feet and tried to stop me again. In my carelessness, I was pushed to the ground by her.
I cried out in pain, not noticing that the woman’s phone had started ringing, followed by my fiancé Jake Gordon’s voice: “Lacie, why did it take you so long to answer? Don’t you know how worried I was!”
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Lacie whined in a sweet, cloying voice: “I’m feeling so terrible, Jake darling. Someone drugged me. Jake, come save me quickly.”
The man’s voice suddenly rose: “Hang on, Lacie. I’m coming right now!”
Hearing Jake’s voice, I couldn’t help but shudder, the pain of having my legs broken by him in my previous life still fresh in my memory.
Back then, I never imagined I would die at the hands of my fiancé, the man I was about to marry.
In less than ten minutes, Jake arrived at the bar entrance. He anxiously took the woman into his arms and was about to leave when he finally noticed me still lying on the ground.
“Ruby?” He was surprised to see me, followed by a flash of discomfort across his face. “You… what are you doing here…”
I had twisted my leg, but I stood up, fighting through the intense pain. Avoiding his probing gaze, I acted as if I hadn’t heard him and walked toward the roadside, hailed a taxi, and went home.
Soon after, Jake brought Lacie home too. The woman wrapped herself around him like an octopus, mumbling incoherent words.
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Seeing me, his expression turned awkward, and he quickly explained: “Lacie isn’t feeling well. I thought it wouldn’t be safe to leave her alone at home, so I brought her back. You don’t mind-”
“I don’t mind,” I cut him off quickly, closing the door, noticing Jake’s complex gaze following me.
That night, the sounds of their lovemaking faintly reached my ears through the guest room door.
I covered my ears, wiping away tears that had fallen without my notice–not from jealousy, but from the fear of having survived a catastrophe.
By dawn, the noises had quieted down, and I completely breathed a sigh of relief.
In my previous life, I had been blinded by love, which was why I rejected all 99 calls Jake made to Laçie outside the bar and left her alone at the hotel.
I hadn’t anticipated that Lacie would be assaulted by criminals that night and choose to end her life.
Jake married me without saying a word, holding the enviable wedding as promised.
But on the day I found out I was pregnant, he broke my legs and imprisoned me at home.
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When I asked him why through my pain–induced haze, I only received his merciless curses.
He hated me, blamed me entirely for Lacie’s death, and had planned everything just to avenge her.
This time, I wouldn’t interfere with them again. Of course, I would also extract myself from this relationship. If from this relationship.
The next day at noon, the two of them finally emerged from the bedroom.
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