I Came Back From Seven Years of Hell

Seven days before my wedding with Giuliano Corleone, the heir of the Corleone family, I find out that I'm pregnant.

At that moment, I receive a text from an unknown number.

"Mommy, please abort me. I'll get born with crippled legs, meaning I won't be able to stand up for the rest of my life. You and Daddy will keep fighting every day because of me until all of your love is reduced to hate. In the end, you'll get overwhelmed by the pain and get afflicted with severe depression, which will lead to you taking your own life by overdosing on pills. I don't want to see you living in that hell ever again."

I immediately head over to the hospital to go through a medically-induced abortion without any hesitation.

When Giuliano realizes what I've done, he's furious, to say the least. He yells at me, demands answers from me, and vents all of his rage on me. Finally, he stomps out of the ward and slams the door on me.

By the time I return to Giuliano's heavily-guarded estate, I can hear Eva Bianchi's loud, malicious laughter ringing from within.

"How is it possible for such foolish women to exist in this world? To think that she actually believed the text came from her child from seven years in the future!

"I can't believe that she actually got rid of her unborn baby because of a fabricated text!"

With a poker face, Giuliano warns Eva, "I'll let this incident slide. If you dare bully and humiliate Elena again in the future, I will never let you off the hook."

I stand outside the closed door, feeling eerily calm.

There will never be a next time.

I know that the so-called text from the future is fake. But the thing is, I've also gotten reborn from seven years in the future, where I've gotten my heart shattered.

[Elena's POV]

Eva Bianchi's laughter kept drifting out from the living room, brazen and laced with provocation. "Really, Giuliano? Can you really bear to lay a hand on me?"

She walked up to Giuliano Corleone, her steps unhurried. She tipped her chin up and gently pressed her bright red lips to his cheek. "You've already let me move into your house and sleep in your bed. In what way are you not letting me go?"

I stood outside the window, taking in the entire scene.

Giuliano's Adam's apple bobbed hard. In that instant, all his restraint completely shattered. He suddenly reached out, wrapped an arm around Eva's waist, and yanked her brutally into his embrace.

The two of them fell onto the couch, kissing each other like they'd forgotten the rest of the world existed.

When they finally broke apart, a rosy flush climbed over Elena's face. The smugness in her eyes was practically overflowing.

I dropped my gaze with a bitter smile. It felt like someone was carving into my heart with a dull knife, one slash at a time. My