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In Another Life

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Feel-Good Story

Male POV

Face Slapping

Reborn

On the day Dad made me draw lots to choose a wife, I was about to draw a number when comments started flashing past. [Don't do it! The whole thing is rigged. You’ll only end up married to a hideous woman and be stuck in a cold, heartless marriage alliance with the Wests!] [You’ll end up the target of enemies of the West family even before you marry their daughter. You’ll fall into their devious trap and get burned to ashes in a fire!] [Your childhood sweetheart Mindy Sullivan has a bark that’s worse than her bite. Her disdain and disregard is just a farce. She really loves you. Marrying her is the right move!] My hand froze in midair. I told my dad that I wanted to marry Mindy. On my way to fetching Mindy on our wedding day, someone kidnapped me and threw me into a fire. Mindy, on the other hand, inherited her grandfather’s inheritance of 50 thousand dollars because she married me. Her ulterior motive was to transfer all that money to my adopted brother. Before I died, I heard the mocking laughter of Mindy and my adopted brother. That was when I realized they had written all the fake comments I saw. At this second chance at life, I saw the same comments as I was drawing lots again.

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Chapter 1

Chapter 1

[Hey, you’d better think twice. Take your pick from this and you’ll have to spend your entire lifetime with an old, ugly woman.]

[Then again, you’re so bent on marrying Mindy Sullivan while she cares nothing for you. You seem to have no choice other than spending the rest of your life with these old uglies!]

These comments flashed by, followed right away by James’ mocking laughter.

Mindy looked firmly at me, an amused smile on her lips.

I had fallen for James and Mindy’s ploy and provocation in my past life, thinking that the cold treatment Mindy was giving me was just a facade.

James and Mindy exchanged a knowing look. That was when I knew that there had been clues all along.

I smirked and pulled out a number, ignoring the extremely confident smiles on their faces.

“It’s Ms. Charmaine of the West family!”

Dad was elated and immediately sent someone to the West’s residence to ask for Charmaine’s hand in marriage.

Mindy looked at the number I picked in disbelief, her face dark as a storm.

A thought suddenly came to mind. She scoffed.

“Are you marrying someone else out of spite just because I went to the auction yesterday with James and snatched up your favorite brooch?”

Another comment flashed past.

[Oh, come on. Quit being so pretentious. Mindy bid for that brooch as a wedding present to you. She’s waiting to pin it on for you herself on your wedding day.]

[She loves you deep inside. She just doesn’t express her love for you. Otherwise, why didn’t she marry anyone over all these years? She’s waiting for you to marry her!]

I scoffed. Trying to fool me with such flimsy excuses, are they?

That brooch was a gift from my mom to my dad. I had wanted to bid for it and give it to my dad as a surprise.

To my surprise, Mindy appeared with James at the auction and kept driving up the price to an exorbitant amount for the brooch. It was only when the brooch was delivered to her that I found out she was the organizer of the event.

She has maliciously outbid me because James complained to her that I targeted him at work and she did what she did to exact revenge for him.

James was wearing the brooch right now.

“Since I’ve drawn a number, I can’t just back out of it. Now that you can’t marry me, you should start thinking about how to get your hands on your grandfather’s inheritance.”

I looked indifferently at the darkening look on her face.

She bit out, “How dare you threaten me with that inheritance! Do you really think I’m desperate for that money? I…I just pity you! I'm giving you a chance because you’ve been pursuing me relentlessly for over a decade. You’re the one giving up on this chance. Don’t come crying to me, begging me for a chance like you did the last time!”

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11 Chapters
Chapter 1
[Hey, you’d better think twice. Take your pick from this and you’ll have to spend your entire lifetime with an old, ugly woman.][Then again, you’re so bent on marrying Mindy Sullivan while she cares nothing for you. You seem to have no choice other than spending the rest of your life with these old uglies!]These comments flashed by, followed right away by James’ mocking laughter.Mindy looked firmly at me, an amused smile on her lips.I had fallen for James and Mindy’s ploy and provocation in my past life, thinking that the cold treatment Mindy was giving me was just a facade.James and Mindy exchanged a knowing look. That was when I knew that there had been clues all along.I smirked and pulled out a number, ignoring the extremely confident smiles on their faces.“It’s Ms. Charmaine of the West family!”Dad was elated and immediately sent someone to the West’s residence to ask for Charmaine’s hand in marriage.Mindy looked at the number I picked in disbelief, her face dark
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Chapter 2
I chuckled. It wasn’t clear yet who would be begging whom.Mindy’s grandfather left behind a will before his death, stating that she had to marry me in order to inherit 50 million dollars from him. Otherwise, the will would be rendered invalid.James held her back and scoffed at me. “You and that West woman who got disfigured from a car accident and ended up infertile are a match made in heaven! When you see for yourself how ugly Charmaine West is, don’t end up crying in fright on your wedding night. I don’t want to see you running to Mindy’s place, crying and pleading for her to see you!”I rebutted him with a smile, “Well, someone else might just come begging me before my wedding night for the sake of her inheritance!”Mindy glared at me with bloodshot eyes as she bit out, “Dream on! Jerry Bale, you'll be the one begging me at the end of the day!”My eyes narrowed, and I said unceremoniously, “Ms. Sullivan has lost her mind. Please see her out.”In this life, I would never fa
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Chapter 3
Yet, James had maliciously twisted the truth and made it seem like a cold transaction between Mdm. Yardley and me. To make things worse, Mindy seemed to approve of what he did.“Why didn’t you find it shameful when you did something like that back then? The cheek of you wanting to erase this article from the internet so you can marry Charmaine West! Sure, go ahead. But first, ask James what he thinks. I’ll help you delete it if he agrees.”James arched a brow smugly. He stomped a foot on the table and pointed at his shoe.“Jerry, some wine from the glass that Mindy broke just now got on these shoes. She had them custom-made for me. Lick it clean for me. If I’m pleased, I’ll delete that article!”People at the party cheered.“Lick it! Today is James’ birthday. Since you didn’t bring any gifts, you can do that as a gift to him!”“What are you doing just standing there? Get on your knees and lick away! Are you still putting on airs when you’re begging others for help?”Mindy’s fr
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Chapter 4
James was still trying to fool me with those pop-up comments. I figured that he was panicking over the fact that I was really bent on going to the Wests.I wound up the car window and snickered.“Do you really think you have a say in my life? Step aside.”He suddenly reached his hand into the window which clamped down so hard on his fingers, he rolled on the floor crying in pain.“Jerry! I was trying to remind you out of the goodness of my heart. How could you try to maim me? I’m an artist, for goodness’ sake! My hands are of utmost importance to me!”Mindy rushed over in less than two minutes and helped James to his feet. She started roaring at me. “How dare you hurt James like this! To think that I was at your house, waiting for you to regret your decision and come begging me. I didn’t expect you to play such nasty tricks with James!”I looked coldly at her and said, “He was the one who stretched his hand into my window. Can you at least use your brain before jumping to his d
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Chapter 5
After registering our marriage and leaving the clerk’s office, Charmaine lowered her head and said softly, “I thought you’d believe those rumors and not dare to marry me.”I held her hand tight and looked at her beautiful face with a smile. “I’m not that kind of person. You didn’t give up on me despite that article, did you? But I wonder, how did those rumors about you spread in the first place? It’s completely untrue!”Before I picked Charmaine up, I kept wondering whether she was indeed as hideous as those rumors made her out to be.I bit the bullet and made the decision to marry her anymore just to foil Mindy and James’ ploy.Yet, when I saw her walk gracefully out of her house, I was stunned by her mesmerizing looks.Were the rumors of an extremely hideous and infertile woman left on the shelf referring to her? The gorgeous lady who stood before me was miles away from being hideous!Charmaine blushed at the blatant look of approval I was giving her.She said with a coy smile
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Chapter 6
“Exactly. She even let James Lambert publish a nonsensical article. Everyone knows how Jerry feels about her. All his love and devotion, wasted on an ingrate!”“She even texted me asking where Jerry’s wedding was going to be held, crying over how regretful she feels and how she had to find Jerry no matter what. Dream on!”I held Charmaine’s hand and looked at her with joy-filled eyes. I was nervous and emotional, but sweet joy filled my heart.As the Master of Ceremonies shared his blessings for us as the newlyweds, I knelt on one knee and put the ring on Charmaine’s finger.The guests were witnessing a beautiful, happy moment.Suddenly, everything went dark. There was a power outage on the ship.“Ah! Honey, I’m scared…”Charmaine’s hands were shaking, and I quickly pulled her into my embrace.Our wedding was held at night, and we were in the middle of the sea. The absence of lights meant that we couldn’t even see our own fingers in the dark.The darkness made my senses more k
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Chapter 7
“I’d better marry you. James can have the 50 million dollar inheritance! You should be satisfied to have me, right?” Mindy went on.I stared at her for a second before bursting into laughter. “Mindy Sullivan, are you dreaming? Do you really think you’re the savior of the world?”She frowned, looking displeased. “I saved you! Instead of thanking me, you’re scolding me?”I pulled a gun from my back and shot the ceiling. Bodyguards who were hiding in the bilge came swarming out.Jayden was stunned to see over 50 armed bodyguards surrounding him and started shooting indiscriminately. His random shootings were nothing to my professionally trained bodyguards, however, and he was quickly subdued.I pointed a gun at his head and asked with a smile, “Mr. Ward, I’ve already warned you not to go around bullying people. Do you not understand the rationale behind that?”Jayden saw that I was about to press the trigger. He was so frightened he immediately went on his knees to beg for mercy.“
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Chapter 8
“Yes, I’m going ahead with it. In fact, I’m going all out with the celebration so everyone can witness how grand an event my union with my wife is.”I had deliberately made clear my intention to go on with the wedding not to anger Mindy, but to let those who think they can bring harm upon the Bale family see that they’ll end up just like Jayden.When we reached the shore, all those who were posting comments, whether genuine or fake, would fear me because of what happened on this cruise ship.It was the outcome I had wanted.This thought had never crossed Mindy’s mind. She initially just wanted to ruin this wedding to get her grandfather’s inheritance.Yet, she witnessed how determined I was to marry Charmaine. Even her promise to fulfil all my wishes and marry me couldn’t change my mind about marrying Charmaine.She couldn’t figure out how everything ended up this way.All she knew was how painful it felt to see me going toward Charmaine.“Never! I’ll never allow you to marry h
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Chapter 9
It was so nerve-wrecking at that time, I didn’t consider the possibility that she was using Morse code to hint to me the identity of the man.I belatedly realized during the second half of the wedding ceremony that she was already trying to tell me that the man was Jayden Ward.I was beginning to realize that my newly-wedded wife wasn’t as innocent as she looked.Charmaine flipped over and sat on my waist, a smirk on her face revealing her true colors.“What? Regretting marrying me now that you realize that I was using you?”I looked at her with a smile. “You know I don’t mean that. I just want to know why you didn’t stop Jayden even when you knew that he had followed you onto the ship.”She laid on my chest once more and sighed before speaking in the most refreshingly natural and unpretentious manner. “If I were there, Jayden would undoubtedly take me away. Everything I’ve done so far was to avoid seeing him. You might not believe this, but two months ago, I started having the
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Chapter 10
Mindy lowered her head low, guilt-ridden and not daring to look me in the eye. She stammered out her reply. “I…I was just confused about who was in the right and who was in the wrong. James talked about you that way. I felt indignant over you making use of me, so I tried to find a way to exact revenge on you… It’s all James’ fault for sowing discord between us! It’s all his fault!”My bodyguard came over to clear the area, chasing away the reporters and unceremoniously dragging her away at the same time.Upon realizing how cold and heartless I was being to her, Mindy could no longer suppress the panic she was feeling inside. She crawled desperately over to me and cried, “I was wrong, Jerry. Please don’t chase me away! I was just angry just now. Let’s talk things through, okay? I waited for so many days just to have a good talk with you. We still stand a chance, don’t we?”I completely ignored her and walked on with Charmaine’s hand in mine.-To stop Mindy from harassing me, I
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