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In Another Life
In Another Life
Author: Lonely

Chapter 1

Author: Lonely
[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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  • In Another Life   Chapter 11

    As I spoke, I pulled out my backup phone and contacted the company’s bodyguard. James pounced at me to try to snatch the phone away before smashing everything in the office.“Don’t even think about it! Jerry Bale, today will be your doomsday!”The fire outside the office burned brighter and smoke started filling the entire office.Both James and I didn’t have the energy to fight anymore.I coughed violently and covered my nose and mouth with the curtain and fought hard to stay alert. The bodyguard would be here any minute now.Five minutes later, I heard someone banging on the door. Charmaine’s voice as she choked back sobs.“Honey! Are you inside? Are you alright, honey? Don’t be scared! I’ll knock the door down and rescue you!”What was she doing here? How did she manage to enter with such a huge fire burning away?My clouded consciousness slowly grew clearer at her voice. I forced myself up and crawled to the door, saying weakly, “Honey, I’m here… The bodyguards will be here

  • In Another Life   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

  • In Another Life   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

  • In Another Life   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

  • In Another Life   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.“

  • In Another Life   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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