Semua Bab Five Years of Marriage to Mr. Bradford: Bab 621 - Bab 630

Darren smacked his forehead. "Shoot! I got so caught up in the game that I missed my stop."Rebecca shrugged, getting off the bus. To her surprise, Darren followed right behind her. She had already walked a good distance before she heard footsteps jogging to catch up.He wore a helpless, slightly sheepish expression. "My friend just called and said he had to leave suddenly. I've got nowhere to go now. Any chance I could come to your place for dinner?"Rebecca blinked. "Why don't you just go home?""If I go home, I'll be alone," Darren said with a cheeky grin. "My parents are overseas on business again."Rebecca was lost for words. But then, she remembered that Darren had died in real life. His parents, who were in international trade, had taken him abroad for college right after high school.A pang of sympathy hit her, even in the dream. "Fine. Come with me."Darren's face lit up with genuine delight, and he immediately fell into step beside her. She soon discovered that he was

So, whether this was real or not, there were two things Rebecca had to do.One was to stop her younger self from liking Vance. The other was to stop Vance from liking Catherine.That way, he wouldn't spiral after losing Catherine. She wouldn't get into a car accident trying to save him. They wouldn't get married, and he wouldn't have to save her later.Even if it was just a dream, she would do her best every single day she spent in it. Who knew? She might really rewrite history.Her dreams over the past few days had jumped around—sometimes before graduation, sometimes during Vance's grandmother's illness, and sometimes right at the start of freshman year.This time, she had returned to an earlier stage when nothing major had happened. Vance's grandmother wasn't sick, and Catherine hadn't appeared yet. There was still time to change things.The arts-science stream selection was coming up soon. In the original timeline, she had stupidly chosen the science stream even though she wan

If possible, Rebecca wanted to persuade Darren not to go overseas. Maybe that would prevent his early death, though it felt like overstepping.Darren shook his head. "I'm not planning to go abroad. I'll attend a domestic university. Didn't I tell you? I chose arts. We're going to be classmates."...Soon, it was time for the official stream selection.Ever since the confrontation at the school gate, Vance had stopped speaking to Rebecca. When collecting homework, he would take it from her desk without a word.The teenage Rebecca would have been heartbroken. She had lived and died by Vance's moods. But now she was over 30. She only hoped that if they could start over, they would both be better off staying far apart from the beginning.So, when he stayed silent, she did too. In fact, she felt relieved that they were drifting apart.As the end of the term approached and it was time to submit their stream intention forms, everyone was discussing their choices.Some were still strug

Rebecca had a bad feeling. But Vance had already spotted her, and his eyes showed no intention of letting her pass.She walked over reluctantly. Vance was holding a copy of the entire class's score sheet. As the monitor, he would have seen all the results first."Look at this," he said, pointing at her scores. "Look at how you did! You didn't pass a single science subject?"She had nothing to say. It had been over ten years since she last touched this material. How could she remember it? Back then, she had struggled with science anyway; she had only chosen it for his sake."If you keep slipping like this, how are you going to get into college? Even as a dance student, with grades this bad, you won't make it," he lectured, sounding like the homeroom teacher."I know. I'll work harder from now on," she muttered, walking past him.That day, the class assignments would be posted on the bulletin board."Wait! Where are you rushing off to?" Vance caught up. "Got a date with someone?"

Soren struggled to hold back his anger. Whatever they wanted that day must be something big.Adeline tried to smooth things over. "Your dad didn't mean it that way. It just slipped out.""Slipped out? That's how you talk about your own child? Is that how a father should act?" Josette questioned, pulling Rebecca protectively into her arms. "You two should leave. I didn't cook for you. Go eat at your own home.""We didn't come to scold Becky," Adeline said hurriedly. "We have great news for her."Unimpressed, Josette firmly pointed at the door and told them to leave."Important guests are coming. Why are you kicking us out?" Soren said impatiently. "You think I want to come to this countryside place? It's because... this stubborn girl refused to go to the restaurant. They set up a really big spread for her."He had almost called her a wretch again. Still, it wasn't anything nice."Important guests?" Josette sneered, holding Rebecca even tighter. "They can't be good people. You sho