Jake smiled, “As long as we’re back in two
days.”
“Your bed!”
His smile froze. His eyes showed disbelief. I ignored him and pushed him into the
bathroom, “Shower, then wait for me in the bedroom.”
When I came out, he was already in bed.
His crimson ears betrayed him; I suspected
he’d been waiting.
Everything happened naturally.
In the end, I cried.
He stopped, panicked, “Did it hurt? I’ll be
<
gentle.”
“Jake, can you hurry up? It’s almost dawn, I’m
so tired.”
“….Sorry.”
Men’s words are lies.
We spent the whole two days in bed.
During his second vacation, Jake wanted to
make it up to me.
I stared at him, “Will you agree to anything?”
Despite past lessons, he was still reckless,
“Yeah, anything.”
“I want to be on top!”
Jake was silent.
“Just once! Only once!”
He looked at me strangely, “Are you sure?”
“Of course!”
I didn’t know what to expect until half an hour
<
later…
I limped out of the room, gritting my teeth,
“Jake, you liar!”
Jake came out, smiling like a wolf.
His phone rang.
He instantly composed himself, answering the call.
His expression changed, “I’ll be right there.” He hung up, “My brother had an accident. Sarah, we need to go.”
13
I wondered why Jason’s accident was a year
early.
Until I saw him.
Compared to the past life, it seemed like an accident.
Last time, he died; this time, he was seriously
<
injured but alive.
When we arrived at the hospital, he’d finished
emergency surgery.
He told Jake, “I need to talk to Sarah alone.”
Jake didn’t move.
Jason sneered, “Do you think I can do
anything to her in this state?”
I guessed Jason didn’t want Jake to hear, so I
asked Jake to wait outside.
Before leaving, he whispered, “Call me if
anything happens.”
Jason’s face turned green.
I thought Jason would probe me, but he didn’t.
His first words were: “Sarah, you’re back, aren’t you?”
I neither confirmed nor denied it.
<
Jason chuckled, “I should’ve guessed. You
stopped pursuing me… I thought it was
because of…”
I interrupted, “Just say what you need to say.”
Jason paused, then said something shocking:
“Remember when I died in the car accident?
This accident happened in the same place,
with the same people, everything is the same,
just earlier.”
My back grew cold, “What do you mean?”
“Haven’t you guessed? We can change fate,
but at a price.”
“But you didn’t die, did you?”
He laughed, sinisterly, “Didn’t you hear? The
woman you saw died.”
“This time, I didn’t protect her, so I lived.”
“Jake would die in five years. Sarah, do you
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think you’ll make it to five years?”
Leaving the ward, I trembled uncontrollably.
Jake took my hand, frowning, “What did he
say? Why are you so pale?”
I suddenly gripped his hand, “Jake, let’s run away, to a small town where no one knows
us.”
Jake was alert, blurting out, “Did he say something to you?”
I shook my head, wanting to tell him the
absurd truth.
But I couldn’t.
Jake hugged me, “It’s okay if you don’t want to say it. Tell me when you’re ready.”
After Jake’s parents arrived, we went home. Because of Jason’s words, I became clingy,
