Chapter 3

My heart sank. So he was afraid I'd disrupt his relationship with Brooke.

In my last life, I was utterly devoted to him, and he still turned on me without a second thought.

Why should their happiness be paved with my parents' lives?

Looking at his smug, self-satisfied face, I felt nothing but disgust.

I forced down the tidal wave of hatred, just wanting to escape first.

"Mr. Thorne, rest assured, I will never interfere with your and Ms. Brooke's happiness. I only ask that you let me go!"

The more compliant I was, the deeper the suspicion in his eyes grew, and the tighter he squeezed my wrist, as if trying to crush my bones.

"Last life, you loved me so much you were willing to die for me, even sacrificing your child."

"Now you want to cut ties with a few words? Skylar, do you take me for a fool?"

I sneered inwardly. Last life, I mistook a wolf in sheep's clothing for a true gentleman, and that's why I met such a terrible end.

This life, I just wanted to be as far away from him as possible.

I struggled with all my might.

"Tristan, I told you I wouldn't bother you again! What exactly do you want?!"

He immediately called his bodyguards, who forcibly dragged me onto a cargo ship.

"Last life, if you hadn't rushed to get pregnant with my child, Brooke wouldn't have been so angry she refused to contact me for half a year!"

"This life, I will never let anyone have a chance to hurt her!"

"You'll stay on this ship. Once Brooke and I are married, I'll have someone send you back."

I was thrown into a dark, cramped room, the door locked from the outside.

"Tristan, you lunatic! There's nothing in here! Locking me up, you just want me dead, don't you?!"

He responded coldly from behind the iron door.

"You won't die. Last life, you locked yourself in your room and starved for three days just to see me, didn't you?"

My body tensed. I remembered that time, I'd just had a high fever and missed our date. He'd decided I was throwing a tantrum and gave me the silent treatment for an entire week.

And I, foolishly, had actually knelt on the floor begging for his forgiveness, starving myself for three days.

I was utterly, hopelessly stupid.

Tristan's footsteps faded into the distance.

I slumped to the ground, and in my despair, I shakily pulled out my phone from my jacket pocket.

The signal was incredibly weak.

Just as I was about to give up, a speedboat approached the cargo ship.

The cabin door was forced open, and a tall man's figure stood silhouetted against the light.

"Ms. Skylar, don't be afraid. I'm Leo Harrison."

Leo Harrison…

The Harrison Group was the Thorne Group's biggest rival. In my previous life, the Harrison Group was the first to be swallowed by the Thornes.

And Leo, soon after that, mysteriously disappeared.

Leo's people rescued me.

This time, for my family, and for Leo.

The life I was meant to save, was his.