After rebirth, I fulfilled my
husband’s and childhood friend’s
wishes.
Chapter 1
When the kidnappers told Chad to pick one of
us, me or Tiffany, his childhood sweetheart,
he picked me.
I shook my head, though. “Save Tiffany first,
Chad.”
I knew he’d regret it. Big time.
Last time around, after I got rescued, those
creeps had taken some nasty pictures of
Tiffany. She couldn’t handle it and ended up
taking her own life that same night.
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Laniny nie wie that same myn.
Chad, Mr. Cool and Collected, pretended it
didn’t bother him. We still walked down the
aisle.
But he made my life a living hell after we said
“I do“.
Seven years of that, and I finally pushed him
into a divorce. Then, on the way to sign the
papers, he lost it, drove the car off a cliff.
Even as we were dying, he was still blaming
- me.
“We owed Tiffany everything,” he yelled, “This
whole marriage was penance, and you had
the nerve to be happy!”
طحصيمي
no thanks Not doing that again
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So, yeah, no thanks. Not doing that again.
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“Ashley, come with me.”
I knew I’d been given a do–over the moment I
felt the knife pressed against mine and
Tiffany’s throats.
They laid it out, crystal clear: Chad could only
save one of us.
Chad looked back and forth between us, his
face a wreck. Just like before, he reached for
- me.
I just shook my head. “Chad, go get Tiffany.”
This time, I wasn’t taking on anybody’s
baggage. No way was I carrying the guilt of
someone else’s death.
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Chad seemed relieved. “Okay, Ashley, I should
save you because you’re my fiancee, but you said it, so don’t blame me when I do.”
And he practically bolted with Tiffany, like I
was gonna change my mind any second.
But that’s the difference between us. When I
make a choice, I own it.
Last time, he brought the ransom money, but
the kidnappers pulled a fast one and said it
was only good for one.
Chad picked me, and we drove back to town
to get the rest of the money. While we were
gone, those animals took advantage of
Tiffany. Snapped some photos and wanted to
mess with her.
Luckily, we showed up with the cops just in
time.
Even though they didn’t go all the way, it was
enough to break Tiffany. She went home,
waited for everyone to fall asleep, and slit her
wrists.
Chad heard, but he didn’t show anything.
He calmly handled the funeral and threw a
bunch of money at her family to make them
feel better.
I even tried to postpone the wedding, but he
shot that down.
“Ash, marrying you is something I’ve had
planned forever, and I’m not letting anything
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“Ash, marrying you is something I’ve had
planned forever, and I’m not letting anything change it.”
But that “anything” he was talking about
haunted him for seven years.
Marrying me was just a way to keep me
trapped, paying for Tiffany’s death.
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Like any of that was my fault.
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