《In Your Name, I Am Reborn》全部章節：第 1 章 - 第 10 章

...Silently, I realigned my dislocated wrist, but the searing pain sharpened my clarity.Three years ago, these same hands had slipped that ring on Calvin Thomas's finger. Under the moonlight, he'd vowed to protect me forever."Calvin," I rasped, my voice raw, "we're done."He sneered, pulling out a handkerchief to meticulously wipe the blood from the ring. "Done? The engagement was always meant for Anna. You were just a stand-in. Isn't this what you wanted, to cling to me and squeeze the last drops from the Pedersen family?"With a sharp tug, he tore the pearl necklace from my neck. "If I hadn't pitied you, the Pedersens would've cast you out long ago. I know that your birth mother in that backwater village abandoned you years ago."A bitter laugh escaped me.Three years ago, he'd insisted I stay with the Pedersens, soothing me, "Don't feel guilty. We'll make it up to Anna together."And he did, devoting every night and every ounce of his passion to her.The first time I cau

"We have been more than kind," Deborah continued, her voice low. "Don't make this harder than it needs to be."I jerked my hand back, meeting her gaze with cold indifference. "Harder? Mrs. Pedersen, your words are laughable. Is there anything more humiliating than what you're all doing to me now?"Her composure flickered, but she quickly regained her polished mask. Lowering her voice, she hissed, "Know your place, Joanne. You're only here because of our lingering affection. Don't covet what isn't yours, especially Calvin."...Before I could retort, a commotion erupted in the banquet hall. Calvin had bid extravagantly and won a pair of diamond earrings.He strode onto the stage, basking in the spotlight. After thanking the guests, he turned, his gaze locking onto Anna with theatrical affection."I'd like to share a personal decision," he announced.I watched coldly from the shadows as he continued, "The engagement between the Thomas and Pedersen families was a vow between our fa

...The blaze illuminated the hospital like daylight, heat waves surging upward.Calvin stumbled, disbelief etched on his face. He rushed to the window, seeing only the truck's twisted wreckage engulfed in flames. No trace of me remained.Anna screamed, staring at her empty hands. Her voice choked into gasps of terror. "It wasn't me! She jumped! She did it herself!"Calvin whirled on her, seizing her shoulders with crushing force. "You pushed her, didn't you? What did you do?""I didn't!" Anna shook her head frantically, tears and snot streaking her face. "She provoked me and jumped. You gotta believe me."Deborah arrived, her face paling at the sight below and Anna's distress. But her composure returned swiftly, and she snapped at the bodyguards, "What are you standing there for? Seal off the news! Check downstairs and find her, alive or dead!"The fire was too fierce. When firefighters extinguished it, only a charred, unrecognizable corpse remained in the wreckage.I woke up

"What schemes?" Anna struggled against his grip. "Wake up, Calvin! Joanne stole my life for twenty years. She stole my parents' love, even you. I'm just reclaiming what's mine. What's my crime?"Her eyes were venomous. "And you, pretending regret now? Who kissed me in the car? Who scarred her hand and called her a fake? Who shamed her publicly by breaking the engagement? It was you! You're part of her death. Now you're shifting all the blame onto me. What kind of man are you?"Her words stabbed his deepest wounds. His grip loosened, and he stumbled back, as if all the strength had been drained from his body."Enough! Both of you!" Deborah stepped in, pulling Anna behind her and glaring at Calvin. "Look around! This is a funeral. Joanne has just passed away, and you're here blaming Anna? Are you even human?"She took a deep breath, forcing calm into her voice. "Nobody wanted this tragedy. The priority is to bury Joanne with dignity. Anna has been wrecked, barely eating or sleeping.

"Watching our love must've killed you," Calvin shot back. "Now you've swooped in while she's vulnerable. What kind of man does that?"Bryce's eyes darkened, his presence menacing. "My feelings for Joanne are honest and pure. A cheater like you has no right to judge.""As for my worth," he sneered, pulling me close and kissing my forehead tenderly, "Joanne will decide. You're not even fit to kneel before her."Calvin lunged, swinging his fist. Bryce deftly blocked, twisting his arm and slamming him against the wall. "If you bother her again, I'll ensure the world sees the Thomas heir's pathetic obsession with a dead woman and how you and Anna ruined her."Calvin was daunted, his energy draining as he collapsed in a heap, unable to say another word....In the car, I rested against Bryce's shoulder and wearily closed my eyes."Regret it?" he asked, his fingers gently combing my hair."Regret what?" I met his gaze. "Slapping him? Or not leaving him sooner, like you urged?"He smi