When Love Rewinds

In this life, I told my father I didn't want to marry Leon Williams.

I'd rather marry his half-brother instead.

My father was shocked—after all, everyone in town knew I had been obsessed with Leon for ten whole years.

But in my previous life, I only discovered the truth as I lay dying in childbirth: the baby I carried wasn't even mine.

It belonged to Leon and the struggling medical student he'd been secretly funding.

The cruelest part? They conceived it using the drug I had developed.

After my death, the three of them lived happily ever after as one perfect little family.

So in this life, I'm willingly stepping aside for them.

I'm curious to see how their love affair works out without my drug.

What I never expected was Leon's reaction when he saw his brother's ring on my finger—he completely lost it.

In my previous life, I married my childhood sweetheart and became the envied Mrs. Williams.

Everyone said our relationship was perfect, that he loved me above all else.

But in this life, when my father asked who I wanted for my arranged marriage, I answered without hesitation—

My childhood sweetheart's brother, Zachary Williams.

What I never expected was Leon's reaction when he saw his brother's ring on my finger—he completely lost it.

—

"Leon, your little childhood sweetheart is here again!" Leon's friend announced at his birthday party when they spotted me, his face full of mischief.

Several of them shouted at me:

"Hey, little sweetheart, you've been chasing after Leon for over ten years now. Are you really that into him?"

"I heard your computer wallpaper is his photo!"

"You even name the bacteria in your lab after his initials, don't you?"

After that comment, everyone around burst into laughter.

Leon took a drag from his cigarette, immediately showing his annoyance. The woman beside him, Lucy Chancer, turned pale.

I didn't respond, just quietly checked the message my father sent me:

[It's settled. You'll get the marriage certificate when he returns to the country.]

I quickly replied with one word:

[Okay.]

I was surprised that this man, rumored to be the most cold-hearted of the Williams family, had agreed to this arranged marriage so easily.

Leon impatiently blew smoke in my face.

"Are you serious, Aria Smith? You've made it known throughout the entire town just to force me to marry you?"

"Tsk, you're that crazy about me?"

Looking at his handsome, smug yet resigned face, I found it amusing and replied calmly,

"I'm not interested in you anymore. I'm switching to someone else."

"Ooooh, playing hard to get!" the crowd teased even more.

"Kiss her! Kiss her!"

Leon laughed sarcastically, suddenly standing up to grip my chin, forcing me to look up at him as he leaned in close.

His eyes were contemptuous, certain of victory.

He was undeniably good-looking, the way he narrowed his eyes gave him a roguish charm.

"With that dorky look of yours, always cooped up in the lab,