Rebirth Into My Second Chance

"Suit yourself. Now, please, leave."

But he just gave a cool, slight smile and said, "Just so you know, the Hiltons would never take someone like you as their daughter-in-law." My laughter was even more desolate than his.

His mother had married a struggling artist, and the Hiltons had looked down upon her for it.

So, he was warning me that I'd get the same cold shoulder from the Hiltons that he did.

But Maximilian, I was determined to win you over!

After Claude left, I glanced at my digital lock. When setting it up, I was too lazy to think of a new code, so I used Claude's birthday.

If he was brave enough to try, he could have opened the door himself.

But he didn't believe my feelings for him, carved deeply into my bones, lasted ten years.

Time for a change.

The code was now set to 6088, the number of the hotel room on the night of my rebirth. Stepping inside, the elevator doors closed behind me.

I caught one last glimpse of Max. He looked so tired, carrying a forensic toolkit in his hand.

Had he been at the detective bureau again? Was there another burnt body case?

probably just have a glucose drink and hit the

vigorously scrubbed the area Claude

on the couch to watch

I saw Max in fresh

rush to open the door,

his usually

doorbell again. But I still didn't open the door. If he knew that because of him, indirectly, I died once, and so did my child, in this life that

finding a precise target for my

monitor, he left the crockpot at my door, then tried to call me

door, he

he hung up, gave a serious look at the

I clicked the lock.

door and didn't go out to pick up what he'd

between

who could really understand the struggle of being on

A sleepless night followed.

work, the crockpot was

apartment door, I pressed the elevator button

me another threatening message this