Chapter 2

Before my rebirth.

Following my boyfriend’s demands, I used every penny of my hard-earned money, working day and night, to pay cash for our marital home.

His name was on the deed. He said a woman’s name wasn’t worthy of being written with his.

I argued with him, but he threatened my kitten, Luna, forcing me to give in.

On the very first day we moved into the new house, he brought a woman home.

It was Seraphina, his unattainable high school crush, the ‘one that got away’.

Seraphina had a string of failed relationships, more men than I could count.

Until she fell for some mysterious guy and ended up in a mental institution…

Alex let this crazy woman, fresh out of the asylum, sleep in our bedroom.

And he had the audacity to ask me to get along with my rival!

He lied, saying Seraphina’s parents had asked him to look after her for a few days. I, like a fool, actually treated Seraphina like a sister.

It wasn’t until I returned early from a business trip and heard the intimate sounds from our bedroom.

Only then did I realize that my boyfriend had never loved me.

Everything I’d worked for all these years was just setting someone else up for their happily ever after!

Alex kicked me out.

I rented a cheap apartment, drifting aimlessly day after day, living like a stray dog on the street.

Ultimately, Seraphina found me and pushed me from the eighteenth floor.

Heh.

This time, my destiny is in my own hands.