All Chapters of When I Loved the Wrong Man: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

"Mikayla, you can't be throwing a tantrum at a time like this! Military deployment is serious business. Once Franklin takes the children to the island, your family will be separated for months! Life on the island might be tough, but as a commander's wife, you need to set an example."The familiar nagging voice reached my ears and made me realize I had truly been reborn. Looking up, I saw Franklin Wallace's sister-in-law, Elsie Faulkner. She looked concerned, acting like she genuinely worried about Franklin and me being apart.In my last life, I was forced to break up with my first love, Reuben Sandoval. Obeying my family's arrangements, I married the rough, unpolished Franklin.I resented this arranged marriage from the start and naturally showed Franklin nothing but coldness.Every day, I caused drama at home. I picked fights with Franklin constantly and opposed him at every turn. I even grew to hate our twin children simply because they nearly killed me during childbirth.When I

My expression instantly changed.Elsie seemed to realize what she had just said and frantically tried to explain. "I just noticed you often keep your lights on at night, holding a photo and staring at it..."I let out a cold laugh and shot back sarcastically, "Elsie, if your eyesight's that bad, go to the hospital to treat it. I was obviously admiring myself, okay?"Elsie's mouth twitched, but she failed to muster a response.I could hear faint, low chuckling somewhere nearby, but it quickly faded.Elsie slunk away, looking defeated. She did not even come down for dinner, but I could not care less. After all, missing one meal would not kill her.When I arrived at the dining room, I saw both children already seated obediently at the table. Just as I reached out to pat their heads, they both instinctively ducked and covered themselves."Mikayla, please don't hit us..." Their voices were as timid as scared rabbits, sending chills down my spine.In my previous life, Franklin had go

"I thought you had finally come to your senses and wanted to make our marriage work, but apparently..." Franklin's lips curled into a mocking smile, and the ice-cold look in his eyes cut deep into my heart.For a moment, I seemed to see him from my previous life, towering over me as he threw the divorce papers at me and forced me to sign them.The intimidating aura Franklin radiated made my whole body tremble uncontrollably. However, Reuben was still too reckless to realize he was digging his own grave. Like a fool, he lifted his chin, grabbed my hand, and locked our fingers together.As if declaring his territory, he defiantly spoke, "Commander Wallace, you used your position back then to tear Mikayla and me apart and took her away from me. Now..."The sharp click of a gun being loaded cut off Reuben's words. Franklin's eyes were blood red as he looked at Reuben like he was already a dead man.Reuben's throat bobbed nervously. He instinctively took a step back, trying to hide b

Elsie linked arms with Franklin, her face beaming with a bright smile. Meanwhile, Franklin turned his head to listen patiently as she spoke, still carrying her luggage in his other hand. She spotted me before he did. Smiling, she said something to Franklin, then hurried over to me."Mikayla! What are you doing waiting here? Oh my goodness, I totally forgot! Franklin had to go on assignment, and he left in such a rush that day that he forgot to tell you."He forgot to tell me, yet he managed to bring Elsie with him.My heart churned with a storm of emotions. The image of the two of them walking arm-in-arm in front of me from my previous life flashed before my eyes again.It gave me the overwhelming feeling that no matter how hard I tried, I could not change what was destined to happen. Reuben would keep coming after me again and again, and I could not help but wonder if Franklin would still end up falling in love with Elsie in the end. My gaze fell on Franklin, who remained sile

The night Franklin and I had our long talk, his very first sentence made my entire body tremble.He asked, "Did you get reborn, too?"I could not quite remember how I answered him. After all, just the fact that I had been reborn was shocking enough. However, knowing that Franklin had returned as well was almost too much to believe.All I knew was that when I nodded, that man who always wore such a cold, distant face suddenly pulled me into his arms and broke down, crying his heart out. He confessed that he had regretted it his whole life for forcing me to sign the divorce agreement and leaving me to die so miserably. Before my brain could even process what was happening, he started explaining everything on his own. Franklin had noticed something was off about Elsie from very early on. For instance, she was just a country girl, yet she could read and write fluently. She had gotten into nursing school and could even understand foreign languages.Despite having plenty of excellent