Rebirth: Sending Her Into His Arms

My wife, Melanie Sutton, uses my life-saving money to bridge the funding gap of her first love, Fred Grayson's company.

With hatred shining in her eyes, she tells me, "You owe him this much, Edison Clark! I'd have gotten together with Fred a long time ago if it weren't for you!

"People like you deserve to die!"

As expected, I end up dying later on, only to get reborn on the day Melanie confesses to Fred.

This time, I no longer stop her.

At my deathbed, when I was barely clinging to life, Melanie Sutton finally dropped her act.

"Edison Clark, do you have any idea how much I hate you? We grew up together, but I stopped loving you a long time ago. You were the one who forced me to marry you!"

As she spoke, her voice trembled with emotion, and she wiped away tears as if she had suffered years of abuse at my hands.

However, that was not the truth.

Within my means, I had always given her the best I could.

The moment I received my salary, I handed it over to her. I fought hard to get her tickets to her favorite artists' concerts. I never let her step into the kitchen, afraid she wouldn't tolerate the smoke and grease. I even went out of my way to create little surprises for her, filling her life with small moments of happiness.

On the surface, she would smile sweetly and say, "Thank you, darling. You're so good to me."

Behind my back, she had been entangled with Fred Grayson all along.

It was only after I fell ill and became bedridden that she finally tore off her disguise.

"Ed, the money you gave me… I gave it to Fred Grayson to cover the gaps in his company's cash flow. He needs it more than you do! If his company collapses, he'll jump off a building!"

A choked sound escaped my throat. I couldn't even swallow without feeling as if blades were carving into me.

Tears of despair slid from the corners of my eyes, soaking into the white bedsheets beneath me.

Was his life worth more than mine? Did mine count for nothing?

When the last of my tears fell, the jagged line on the monitor flattened into a single, unbroken line.

…

When I opened my eyes again, bright sunlight streamed directly into them.

I stared at my surroundings in a daze. Students in school uniforms filled the classroom.

At the front of the classroom, the homeroom teacher called out my name.

"Edison Clark! Why are you spacing out? Stand up and solve this geometry problem."

I couldn't remember how to solve it, but I knew one thing with absolute certainty.

I had been reborn.

After getting scolded harshly by the teacher, Melanie gave me a puzzled look. "Ed, you're acting kind of strange today."

I looked at her, at the younger version of Melanie. She looked so innocent and pure.

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