Chapter 2: Rebirth

“The baby you are carrying belongs to my brother, and not me,” Alex declared without mincing his words.

Mabel gasped loudly as her hands flew straight to her mouth.

“Y-you are joking, I know you are joking, there is no way this baby belongs to your brother, you are playing games with me, if that is the case, don't do it anymore.”

Mabel stuttered at first, before shaking her head in denial. There was no way she was going to believe what he said.

Alex sneered at Mabel. He was annoyed at her foolishness.

“It is the truth, my stepbrother likes you, and we made a deal, why do you think we do not have sex when we are home? Rather, it happens when we are on outings with the homies?” Alex asked with folded arms.

He felt irritated by her presence, and he turned to Ivy who nodded understanding the look in her eyes.

“Listen,” Ivy squatted to her level as he held her by the hair tightly, causing Mabel to moan in pain.

“Alex never loved you, the child you are carrying belongs to Ace, do you know the reason for that? Don't worry, I will not tell you,” Ivy spat at her as she let go of Mabel's hair.

Tears continued to slip from Mabel's eyes. She would never have realized that she would be betrayed this way.

“Your property is ours, do you know, you have signed the property to me, do you remember when I asked for your signature yesterday,

You trust me so much you did not bother to check what papers they were, it was your property papers,” Ivy cackled loudly, and Alex who was by her side also laughed.

“How could you? What did I ever do to you? I will report, I treated you both really well, but you decided to repay me this way, why?” Mabel asked with a tear-streamed face.

“I will send you both to jail,” Mabel vowed as she stood to her feet.

She was about to approach the door when she felt a sharp pain in her back.

Her eyes turned limpid immediately as she forced herself to turn back.

Mabel was shocked to see Ivy with a tear-stained knife. She did not need any soothsayer to tell her what had happened.

She had just been stabbed by her secretary. Furthermore, she could feel all the life in her leaving her. Furthermore, she knew she was going to die, but she felt reluctant.

“Ivy, what have you done?” Alex yelled as Mabel fell to the floor.

Ivy chuckled as she circled Mabel who was bleeding.

“I just took care of the obstacle, she was going to report us, we only need to make it look like she committed suicide,

You do not need to be bothered, we have her property with us now, we are rich, and your brother will not be able to bully you anymore, you can rival him now,” Ivy explained to Alex who was already thinking about the life he would have with Mabel's money.

Mabel who still had a bit of life in her listened to their words, and she felt detached.

'If ever I have the opportunity to return just like those novels, then I will make your lives a living hell,' she thought to herself, before breathing her last.

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“Wake up Mabel, it is morning, why are you still in bed? You need to go shopping for your wedding dress,” Mabel forced herself to open her eyes.

She squinted as the bright light hit her eyes immediately prompting her to close it .

“Come on, I saw your eyes open, don't trick me, wake up,” she heard a very familiar voice which caused her to snap her eyes open immediately.

She sat up straight as her hands immediately touched her back. She frowned feeling no pain in her back.

“What happened to you? Do you have a migraine?” She turned to look at a familiar person, and she swallowed.

“Why are you staring at me that way? You need to go to the tailor to check out your bridal dress, thereafter, you will need to.....”

Mabel did not hear anything else after she heard about going to the tailor.

“Kelly, what date is today?” Mabel asked as she tried to suppress the excitement in her heart at the prospect of being reborn.

“What sort of question is that, Mabel?” Kelly was confused by such a question. She thought that maybe it was due to the drinks she took yesterday, which caused her to act this way.

“I just need an answer, can you tell me?” Mabel pleaded.

“Fine fine, today is the 4th of September 2024, are you satisfied?” Kelly asked as she pulled the duvet away from Mabel's body.

Mabel felt cold all of a sudden, not because of the duvet which was removed from her body, rather, because she was stunned by the news.

“I do not want to get married anymore,” she blurted out.

“What?” Kelly turned to look at her with wide eyes.

“What? Are you really Mabel? The Mabel I know will kill herself if she does not get married to Alex,” Kelly folded her arms as she narrowed her eyes at her.

Mabel scratched her hair. She knew her family members never wanted her to get married to Ace. She was the stubborn one. Now that she had uttered those words, her sister would definitely be surprised.

“Sister, I know that I had crazy tendencies then which caused mom and dad to accept him, but I had a long dream, it was very vivid, and this caused me to realize they Alex could be lying to me,” Mabel could only cover up her death and rebirth with a dream.

Kelly had a bright smile on her face as she jumped onto the bed, kissing her sister at the same time.

“I am so glad, this is the best news I have received in the past few months,” Kelly kissed her on the cheeks feeling blissful.

“Sister, stop that,” Mabel shook her off. She could not deny that she missed this.

Because of Alex, in her past life, she stayed away from her family. Now that she thought about it, she was idiotic to believe Alex.

“Mom, dad, Mabel doesn't want to get married to Alex anymore,” Kelly left Mabel's bedroom rushing to her parents' room.

Mabel shook her head with a smile seeing her elder sister's attitude. Her smile wiped off immediately when she recalled what she faced in her past life.

'Alex, Ivy, you both prepare for me,' she balled her hands into fists.