Chapter 2: Reborn!

And on top of that, in her dazed state, she realized that both her question and his response were completely different from what had happened in their past life.

Those words soon faded into the deepest corner of her mind. And in her intoxicated and confused state, she lost her composure in those strong arms...

When Ella opened her eyes again, sunlight cascaded through the windows as birds chirped on the trees outside.

The darkness of the night and of her mind seemed to have faded, relieving her nerves.

She moved her hand to cover her eyes, but suddenly, she tensed.

The arm around her waist tightened.

The man pulled her closer and bit her shoulder.

Ella hissed.

Her entire body was sore, and it felt like even the slightest poke might kill her. Yet, she endured the bite of the mad dog who had tormented her for the entire night.

She had been kissed and stroked, touched and nibbled on every inch of her skin.

The man held her like a soft toy he could play with as he pleased.

But she was too exhausted to resist, so she let him be.

After a while, he pressed a kiss on her neck and pushed himself to his feet.

Unlike her, who felt like she was hanging on the verge of death, the man looked like a re-energized vampire brimming with vitality from head to toe.

He wore only loose trousers that hung low on his waist, and his upper body was entirely bare, open to her eyes.

He looked like a Greek god every inch of him screaming perfection.

Lying there on the bed, she watched him pick up a black shirt from the couch. His movements made his back muscles flex.

But within a matter of seconds, that mesmerizing view vanished.

The man walked back toward her.

"Looking for him again?"

Like a cat living her ninth life with no more to lose, Ella shook her head.

The heavy realization of her current situation gradually dawned on her.

But she kept it hidden behind a blank expression.

As the man sat beside her on the bed, his cold gaze traced her from head to toe.

Had she not gone through this experience in both lives, she wouldn’t have believed she’d lost her virginity to this man.

Like a starving beast, he had held her all night and taken her again and again. Now, every nerve in her body seemed to react at even his simplest gaze.

Yet, after all that passion had faded, he now looked at her soullessly.

He met her gaze and leaned in.

Cupping the side of her face, he lowered himself over her.

Ella clenched the sheets.

This beast… Did he hear her internal thoughts and now wanted to prove her wrong?

Then suddenly, he bit her bottom lip harshly.

Tears pricked her eyes.

"Better never think of it again."

She heard the sound of retreating footsteps, and then the door clicked shut.

Finally, she allowed herself to relax just a little.

As her gaze wandered across the familiar walls and the super-familiar room where she had spent half of her life, she realized one thing.

Had she… returned to a decade in the past?

Ella stood up, stark naked, dragging the sheet around her body. She walked to the mirror and stared at her reflection.

What stared back at her was all too familiar.

Her 22-year-old self chubby, bordering on obese.

And all this unhealthy weight had been gained in just two years.

At 19, she had debuted in the entertainment industry. Modeling had been her dream, and within a few shows, she became the youngest supermodel.

But it all came crashing down after a scandal. She lost all her fame overnight.

In her previous life, Ella never thought much of it.

Consumed by despair, she continued binge eating and clung to her unhealthy habits until, by her early thirties, she was riddled with health issues.

"I cannot believe… after all this time, I had to wake up in his bed…"

And in that exact moment where her entire life had spiraled down in the past.

Two lives.

Adrian King was still as obsessed with her as he had been.

And she had always known it.

Otherwise, how could she not have believed Esther's claim about marrying Adrian?

What exactly did he see in her?

It was a genuine question one she asked herself for the first time in both lives.

Her past self used to relish in the fantasy that Adrian King was a big bad wolf who had taken a liking to an innocent sheep like her.

But now after living into her thirties, dying, and being reborn she was no longer as delusional.

She was just another girl.

Naïve and foolish, just as she had been in her past life. She had lost her career, her fiancé, her family…

And, in the end, she had lost herself.

But this time…

I can no longer be like that.

Since God has given me another chance at life, then I must change my fate!

The determination in her heart pulsed strongly, but in the next second, she deflated like a punctured balloon.

How was she going to change her fate?

She was still living with Adrian King.

Her present life was still following the same path as before.

Forget it.

She shook her head vigorously.

These things can be figured out, slowly.

She was no longer the girl who could be played like a fiddle by everyone.

This time, the game and the final move would both be hers.

The sound of approaching footsteps broke her thoughts.

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