Another Turning

The day before my 20th birthday, the mafia Don Byron Lewis ordered me to choose one of his sons as my husband. Whoever I chose would become the next Don.

I chose Joseph Lewis, his eldest son. Everyone was stunned by my decision.

After all, everyone knew I had foolishly been in love with Elliot Lewis and that I was even carrying his child. What they did not know was that in my previous life, I married Elliot while pregnant. On the very day he became the Don, he began an affair with Sheila Baker, my maid.

My parents drove Sheila away, but Elliot blamed me for it. From then on, he found countless lovers who looked just like her. When I was in labor, bleeding heavily and fighting for my life, he was in bed with one of them. My child and I died on a cold operating table.

When I opened my eyes again, I had been reborn.

This time, I decided to let Elliot and Sheila be together. I would find a new father for my child.

However, what I did not expect was Elliot to be reborn too.

After leaving Byron Lewis' study, my phone buzzed with a message from Elliot Lewis, telling me to meet him at the clubhouse.

As soon as I walked into the room, his friends started teasing me.

"Just like a puppy, you come running whenever Elliot calls! Wendy, you're so clingy! It's embarrassing for your family."

"Two months ago, she hooked up with Elliot at a party when he was drunk, and she got pregnant on purpose! Now, she's scared Elliot will dump her."

Elliot, who was sitting in the middle, looked at me with icy eyes.

"Wendy, are you that desperate to marry me? You just found out you're pregnant yesterday, and today, you're already talking to my dad about marriage. The whole town's buzzing about our upcoming wedding.

"Don't think you can trap me with this baby. I haven't decided if I want to marry you. If I don't want to, nobody can make me."

He looked at me like I was nothing.

It was just like my previous life. He never loved me or the baby I was carrying.

I took a deep breath and looked back at him without flinching. "Your dad invited me over to talk. What we talked about is none of your business."

Someone laughed mockingly. "Don't tell us you're planning to marry someone other than Elliot?"

"Wendy, are you trying a new tactic because Elliot won't be forced into marriage? Are you playing hard to get?"

Elliot gave me an icy, mocking smile.

"Everyone knows you're carrying a Lewis child. Besides the Lewis family, which other family would dare get involved with you? And in the Lewis family, who else would marry you if not me? What could you and my father possibly have talked about besides the alliance and the baby?"

"There's more," I said, keeping my cool. "Your father is