Reborn as the Billionaire wife

betrayal came wi

ld g

pered

u could sense if you

s betrayal feel

eels like

sn't the poison in the

husband's face as he

my heart to stood over me with a glass of champagn

ately at the edge of the dinner table, knocking over can

nd my lungs screamed for air. I want

y destroy every

ame out was a

nd warping as my vision failed. My hand reached out for him not for love anymore, but for

everything

-

ow long the da

been seconds

nothing i

the afterlife. No white light. No fire.

a ceiling I had

dhood b

curtains swaying gently with the morning breeze, the faint scent

, listening to the tick of the clock on my nightstand. My thr

eart pounding. My h

rns. Just warm

. The vanity cluttered with cheap cosmetics. The bookshelf stacked with well-thu

ldn't

y step unsteady, as if gravity its

taring back made

trace of the weary lines heartbreak and dece

. twent

as a sob. I touched my cheeks, my hair, my tremblin

d in his love, the mornings I ignored the cracks in his smile. And the last mome

t here

the be

fore I

self to the man

darker had given m

I wasn't goin

-

me. My heart leapt to my throat. I

gentle, curious. "You're awak

the same soft brown eyes, the faint laugh lines arou

I crossed the room and

red, my voice brea

back. "Of course I'm here, sil

afraid that if I let go,

reams to notice how quickly her health declined. Too blin

this

, I'd pro

tect ev

ckered across her face. "You look pale, s

uld sa

I dreamed of

"I'm fine, Mama. Jus

"Well, wash up and come downstairs. I

ed, the same breakfast I'd brushed off in my hurr

I wouldn't

her, ate every bite, and listened t

ming something I di

-

few days, I te

grams, the local headlines. It was as if time itself had folded, handi

looding back, s

ons, the empty mansion fille

riends, my parents, and even my career d

make that m

me calling, all charm a

-

ned on a

window, hands wrapped around a steaming cup of tea, pretending t

bered t

e, I had been n

, the kind of man women whispered about. I had belie

knew

oth voice said

d there he was

ack, blue eyes gleaming with the same d

remembering what my mind refused to. The way his

ughter as I died smother

s smile practiced perfection. "You look e

life, I'd bl

ile and leaned back, crossing my

th his. The same gesture, the same smooth confid

" I said lightly, p

rted. "You know, I believe

ke déjà vu, cruel a

destroy m

ting the silence stretch. "T

n see something in you, Elena. You have grace. Intellig

t th

any connections to climb higher

my life into

eetly. "You

once made me dizzy. "In fact, I was hopi

adied. I kne

his charm would turn magnetic, when I

t this

ye. "A future, Richard? You do

, momentar

er said t

her," he said smoothly, recovering his

y, tilting my head. "Or

tered. Barely

in the p

d how satisfying it was to be

efully. "You should be careful making promi

r in his eyes now. "You always were a chal

right before he'd proposed, trappi

oat pocket, pulling o

ping into that same husky whisper t

-

hes, the murmur of conversations, the soft jazz musi

ry

life, I ha

ve in my heart. Blin

at it was a trap dis

ended my life, now sitting across

e teacup. My reflection rippled i

mil

t the smile

it was shar

se of i

is gaze. "I think you'll find I'm

lickering beneath the charm. "

ering my voice until

ing, "that this time, I'm the

eyes just for a mome

as f

-

posal but only to des

the game. But this time, th