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บททั้งหมดของ Rewinding My Reaper Boyfriend: บทที่ 51 - บทที่ 60

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52: Alternate Path

The garden was a lie.It was too beautiful. Too perfect. The production team had strung thousands of fairy lights through the branches of the ancient oaks, creating a canopy of artificial stars that outshone the real ones. The table was set with heavy silver and crystal, arranged on the soft grass like a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream.To anyone else, it was a romantic dinner al fresco.To Cale, it was a crime scene cleanup.He sat at the edge of the table, his back rigid against the wrought-iron chair. He wasn't looking at the food—a chilled gazpacho that Mira had ordered to avoid "heating issues." He was looking at his watch.7:40 PM.Two minutes.In the timeline he had burned, the gas line blew at 7:42 PM. Right now, in that other world, Elion would be screaming."You're doing it again," Elion said, his voice cutting through the hum of crickets and polite conversation.Cale blinked. He looked at Elion.Elion was sitting next to him, wearing a soft linen shirt that caught the
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53: Nightmare Echo

The dream started with the smell.It wasn't the smell of lavender detergent or expensive cologne. It was the smell of burning hair. Acrid. Choking.Elion was standing in the kitchen. But it wasn't the clean, gleaming kitchen he knew. It was a ruin. The windows were blown out, jagged teeth of glass framing a sky filled with black smoke. The massive Wolf range was a twisted hulk of metal, ripped from the wall like a tooth from a gum.He couldn't move.His legs were heavy, pinned under something he couldn't see.He looked down.A beam of wood, charred and smoking, lay across his chest. And protruding from the center of his sternum was a piece of steel rebar.It wasn't bleeding. It was just... there. A cold, grey intruder in his warm body."Elion."He looked up.Cale was there. He was kneeling in the ash, his face streaked with soot and tears. He was holding Elion’s hand so tight it hurt."Don't go," Cale whispered. "Please. Don't go."Elion tried to speak. He tried to say I'm okay.But w
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54: Unexplained Fear

The conservatory was a glass box filled with humidity and the overwhelming scent of jasmine.It was 7:00 PM. Mira Kovari had decided that the theme for the evening was "Candlelight Confessions." The crew had filled the space with hundreds of pillar candles, tea lights, and lanterns, creating a flickering, fire-hazard labyrinth.Elion stood by a table laden with unlit candles. He held a long-stemmed lighter in his hand.His thumb hovered over the trigger."You're stalling," Kieran said, leaning against a potted palm nearby. He was wearing a velvet smoking jacket that looked ridiculous in the heat. "It's a lighter, Doc. Not a detonator. Click it.""I'm not stalling," Elion said, his voice tight. "I'm... admiring the composition.""You're sweating," Kieran pointed out. "And you're shaking. Do you have a phobia of wax I don't know about?"Elion ignored him. He looked at the wick of the large vanilla pillar candle in front of him.It was just a string. Just cotton and wax.But his brain wa
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55: The Missing Piece

The production meeting was mandatory, which meant it was excruciating.The twelve contestants sat around the long dining table, which had been cleared of breakfast and covered in release forms. Mira stood at the head, looking like a general addressing troops she planned to sacrifice."Family Week," Mira announced, writing the words on a whiteboard in red marker. "It's the cornerstone of any dating show. We need tears. We need childhood trauma. We need pictures of you with braces."She slapped a stack of envelopes onto the table."Inside these packets are requests for digital uploads. We need photos of your parents, your siblings, your childhood homes. We need narratives. 'My dad left when I was six.' 'My mom was a saint.' You know the drill. Make America cry, and they'll vote for you."Elion stared at his packet.Family.He thought about Alex. He thought about the empty seat at the table. He thought about his mother’s red hair, which he was starting to forget the exact shade of.He fe
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56: Memory Glitch

The Library had been transformed into a prison.Heavy velvet ropes cordoned off the exits. A digital countdown clock, projected onto the mahogany wall, ticked down in ominous red numerals. 45:00."Welcome to 'Trapped'!" Mira’s voice announced over the intercom. "Relationships are about solving problems together! Escaping the mundane! Today, you have forty-five minutes to crack the codes, find the keys, and unlock the door to the next round. The last couple to escape... is eliminated."Elion stood by the fireplace, holding a sealed envelope containing the first clue."Elimination," Elion muttered. "She's serious this time. The ratings must have dipped."Cale stood beside him, scanning the room. He looked better than he had yesterday. The grey pallor was gone, replaced by his usual stoic mask. But Elion noticed that Cale’s hands were clasped behind his back, gripping his own wrists tightly."The ratings are fine," Cale said. "She just enjoys the fear response.""Sadist." Elion ripped op
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57: The Stolen Ledger

The adrenaline from the Escape Room victory had faded, replaced by a cold, gnawing anxiety that settled in the pit of Elion’s stomach.He tore through the drawers of the bedside table in Suite 1, throwing production schedules and granola bars onto the floor. He checked under the mattress. He checked the pockets of his jeans. He checked the inside of his shoes.Nothing."It's gone," Elion whispered, the blood draining from his face. "Oh god, it's gone."Cale was sitting on the chaise lounge, staring at a patch of sunlight on the carpet. He looked calm, but it was the eerie, vacant calm of a machine in standby mode."What is gone?" Cale asked without looking up."The notebook," Elion hissed, dropping to his knees to check under the bed. "My journal. The one with the list. The Anomalies. The Hypotheses. Everything."Cale slowly turned his head. His eyes were clear, but the processing speed seemed... lagged."The data log," Cale said. "You had it in the library.""I know I had it in the l
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58: The Lie Detector

The main salon had been transformed into an interrogation room.Gone were the plush bean bags and the soft, ambient lighting. In their place stood a single, sterile metal table, two uncomfortable-looking chairs, and a machine that looked like a prop from a Cold War spy movie.Wires. Laptop screens. A jagged needle resting on a roll of graph paper."Welcome to 'Truth or Dare'," Mira Kovari announced, stepping out of the shadows. "Without the Dare."She smiled. It was the smile of a woman who knew she was about to ruin lives for high-definition entertainment."Today, we are stripping away the secrets," Mira said. "We have brought in a certified polygraph examiner. You will be strapped in. You will be asked questions submitted by the producers, the audience, and..." she paused for effect, "...your fellow contestants."Elion felt the blood drain from his face. He looked at Cale.Cale stood beside him, hands clasped behind his back. He was staring at the polygraph machine with the same det
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59: Echoes of Water

The pool was supposed to be relaxing.It was 10:00 PM. The cameras were set to night mode, their red eyes blinking lazily in the corners of the patio. Most of the contestants had retired to their rooms, exhausted by the emotional wringer of the Lie Detector challenge.But Elion wasn't tired. He was wired.He sat on the edge of the pool, dipping his feet into the illuminated water. The blue light from the underwater lamps made his skin look alien, translucent."You shouldn't be out here alone," Cale said.Elion didn't turn around. He watched the ripples spread from his ankles."I'm not alone," Elion said. "You're here. As always."Cale walked over. He was wearing his black coat, despite the warm summer night. He stopped a few feet away, keeping a respectful distance that felt more like a cage."The water is cold," Cale noted."It's heated," Elion corrected. "But it feels... heavy tonight.""Heavy?""Yeah. Like it's pulling."Elion stared into the depths. For a second, the blue light se
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60: The Slip-Up

The Botanical Gardens were a labyrinth of glass and green, a humid paradise constructed in the middle of the city.It was 2:00 PM. The sun beat down on the Victorian glasshouse, turning the interior into a shimmering, sweat-drenched jungle. Mira had sent Elion and Cale here for a "Nature Date"—presumably because trees were cheaper to film than helicopters.Elion walked along the gravel path, fanning himself with a map."It's hot," Elion complained. "Why is romance always sweaty on this show?""Tropical plants require humidity," Cale said. He was walking beside Elion, hands clasped behind his back, looking less like a boyfriend and more like a museum guard protecting the exhibits."You aren't sweating," Elion noted, glancing at Cale’s pristine black shirt. "It's unnatural.""I regulate my temperature.""Stop saying that. It makes you sound like a lizard."Cale stopped. He looked at a massive fern."Lizards are efficient," Cale said. "They survive extinction events.""Are we expecting a
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61: The Interrogation

The boathouse sat at the edge of the estate's private lake, a decaying wooden structure that smelled of damp rot and stagnant water. It was the only place on the property that Mira deemed "too rustic" for cameras, which made it the perfect place for a breakdown.Elion slammed the door shut. The rusted latch clicked into place.He didn't turn on the light. The afternoon sun filtered through the dirty windows, casting long, dusty beams across the floorboards."Sit," Elion commanded.He pointed to an old rowing bench.Cale didn't argue. He sat. He looked like a prisoner of war who had finally been captured—exhausted, resigned, but keeping his secrets locked behind his teeth.Elion paced the length of the small room. Three steps. Turn. Three steps. Turn. He was vibrating with a cold, frantic energy."Tuesday," Elion said. He threw the word like a stone."I misspoke," Cale said quietly. His hands were clasped between his knees, white-knuckled."You don't misspeak," Elion snapped. "You don'
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