Reborn to Dump You

After being reborn, I'm taken back to the day I confessed my love for my childhood friend.

In my past life, I had to plead and beg before he begrudgingly agreed to marry me.

"You look pathetic when you beg me for anything, Annabelle." That was what Hayden Gulman always said to me.

He was so cold to me that he even canceled the part where we read our vows to each other during the wedding.

When I was eight months pregnant, he took a photo of my belly covered in stretch marks. Then, he complained to his true love about the unhappiness he faced after marrying me.

When I went into a difficult labor due to my agitation, he and his true love were on vacation. At that moment, my heart finally died. It turned out my one-woman show couldn't be considered love at all.

Now that I've been reborn, I smile when I see the disdainful look in his eyes. I say, "We have nothing to do with each other from this moment on. I only wish to be happy."

"If you're going to throw yourself at me, forget it. My tastes in women aren't that poor," said Hayden Gulman.

The moment those words left his mouth, everyone looked at me.

Today was the day of his birthday party. I attended the party all dressed up as I had initially been planning to confess my love to him.

"Oh my. Hayden's too direct. He just said that outright and embarrassed Anna in front of everyone."

"I thought before that it was easy for a woman to pursue a man's affection, but Hayden's standards are way too high."

"Well, he has his eyes on someone unattainable, after all. If Whitney didn't already have a partner, Annabelle wouldn't even stand a chance."

At that moment, Hayden was fully focused on peeling apples for Whitney Sherbon. He happened to catch sight of me out of the corner of his eyes and frowned.

In my past life, I had pestered him endlessly in front of everyone. I had insisted that he peel apples for me. Just as we had reached a stalemate, it was Whitney who gave me a peeled apple slice out of her own fruit bowl in the end.

On the other hand, I had taken advantage of my momentum to confess to Hayden. Although he had been very reluctant about it, he still accepted it in the end.

In this life, I did not want a relationship in which I had to beg for scraps of affection.

I pretended not to notice everyone's curious, expectant looks and continued to eat my own food.

Someone cleared their throat. "You went through all this trouble to invite everyone here, Annabelle. What exactly do you plan to announce?"

Although Hayden was not looking at me, he stopped peeling the apples. I was just considering what to say when I heard a sudden exclamation.

Whitney had accidentally broken her fruit bowl. She raised