All Chapters of Reborn to the '80s: The Playboy's Wife: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

9 Chapters

Chapter 1

"I heard you kids buried little notes in the backyard. Tell me—who do you want to marry?"Dad looked at me with a smile in his eyes.For a split second, his frail and gaunt self during his final illness in my past life flashed before my eyes. If Rosalyn Tucker hadn't held me back, I would have seen him one last time.Tears streamed down my face as I couldn't help but wrap my arms around him. "I want to marry Ryder Maverick, Dad."Dad froze. "Ryder? I thought you had your eye on that boy from the Conrads."When he saw me crying harder, he refrained from pressing further. "There, there. If it's Ryder, then so be it. That little rascal's getting lucky."I'll talk to Lieutenant Colonel Maverick about the marriage when he gets back."That meant there were three days left.I remembered that in my past life, it had also been three days before I officially got engaged to Damian Conrad. This time, though, I wouldn't be stepping through the Conrad family's door again.After wiping my te

Chapter 2

Damian frowned at me like I was some thorny problem that needed urgent solving. I couldn't understand where the disgust in his eyes came from.I had given the Conrads everything. Even if they couldn't see that my efforts deserved recognition, there was no denying the fact that my past life had been filled with grueling labor.In my past life, I wouldn't have been stuck with the Conrads to take care of Damian's parents for him if he hadn't insisted on going to the frontier. Dad wouldn't have had to hide his stomach pains from me, just because he saw how busy I was tending to the Conrads. He had dragged it out until it worsened.By the time I ran into Ryder at the hospital and saw him taking Dad to the doctor's, the latter was already suffering from terminal stomach cancer.Damian's mom, Rosalyn, seemed easygoing, but she was a snob through and through. When she realized Dad was dying and his words no longer carried weight, she couldn't even be bothered to put on a pretense.I del

Chapter 3

It struck me that Damian was capable of worrying for someone else. When news of his frontier assignment arrived in my past life, Rosalyn had fainted from worry. Anxious and helpless, all I could think of was praying for his safety at the church.I climbed over 1,000 stone steps on my hands and knees, bowing every three steps until my knees were permanently ruined.On the day he left, he saw me leaning on a crutch. Not only did he show no concern, but he also snapped, "What's the point of this superstitious nonsense? You'd be more useful keeping your limbs intact so you can actually make my parents a couple of decent meals."You're not a young lady anymore, Carla. It's time you learn to be a decent daughter-in-law."Now, all Heidi had was just a tiny nick on her finger. It wouldn't even leave a scar, let alone a permanent injury, yet Damian made it seem like the sky was about to collapse. He sucked on the wound as if terrified that she might feel even a trace of pain."You knew '

Chapter 4

When I opened my eyes again, there was a mop of messy, tousled hair right beside my hospital bed."Da… Ryder?""Y-Yeah, it's me."Ryder's voice was hoarse. When he looked up at me, his eyes were full of exhaustion.I glanced at the calendar on the wall and realized I had slept for an entire day.When he saw me looking around, he sighed and said, "Don't bother. That jerk isn't here."Janell entered the ward carrying an aluminium lunchbox. "Damian is really something else. He looked pretty worried about you at first, but the second Heidi said she felt dizzy, he ran straight to her."Do you have any idea that if Ryder hadn't insisted on getting you to the hospital to change your dressing, you'd have burned up with fever right at home?"Ryder turned and shot her a look, telling her to stop.Just like that, all my memories of him came flooding back as I stared at the familiar back of his head. I remembered him stripping off his shirt to cover the stain on my skirt and him pedaling

Chapter 5

Janell started clapping. "Well done!"The room erupted in a lively chorus of congratulatory words. Only Damian's cold gaze remained fixed on me. "Think this through, Carla. This is marriage. If you do marry Ryder, you and I are over."Over? When were we ever together?It didn't make sense at all. Just because Damian and I were married in my past life, did that mean I wasn't allowed to walk away right now?I grabbed Ryder by the collar and kissed him on the cheek. He flushed so red it seemed he might spontaneously erupt."I'm serious. I want to marry Ryder," I announced."And I, Ryder Maverick, will marry no one but Carla West," Ryder declared. His eyes suddenly reddened.I had never seen him look so earnest before. For some reason, it stirred a strange feeling in my chest.Damian was about to speak again when Heidi stepped forward to congratulate me. "Congratulations, Carla. I see your hand is almost healed now. That's a relief."She still had the nerve to bring up my hand.

Chapter 6

By the time Ryder slapped Damian's hand away, red marks had bloomed around my wrist.I stayed silent and watched as Damian bowed deeply to me under everyone's gaze. "I'm sorry, Carla. Please forgive me…"His body trembled uncontrollably as if he couldn't even finish his words.I nodded. "I accept your apology. You can leave now."As the man who had tried so hard to push me away, he now stood rooted to the spot. "Damian…" Heidi timidly called out, but Damian turned and walked out of my house without looking back.In the distance, his steps sped up more urgently.…Clinging to his last shred of composure, Damian dragged Heidi all the way to the sports field. "Where did the scar on your wrist come from?""Of course, it was from saving you on the frozen lake. D-Don't you remember falling through the ice? I pulled you out with all my strength… and that's how I saved your life…"Damian rubbed his temples. The blurred fragments in his mind were somehow sharpening.After grabbing H

Chapter 7

I would never forget that winter, when I lost everything the piano had ever meant to me. I lay flat on the ice and saved Damian after he fell through the ice hole. He was frozen stiff and couldn't muster any strength to move.Razor-sharp shards of ice sliced my wrist, palms, and fingers. I desperately screamed for help, and no matter how much Damian yelled for me to let go, I never listened.My hands were submerged. Blood stained the water's surface red and divided the world into two.By the time Damian was pulled out of the frozen lake, he was unconscious. I was rushed into the emergency room and could never play the piano again.It was just too cold that day, so I dared not even ask if Damian, whom I had saved, was still alive. It was only when he showed up at school two weeks later that I finally felt a breath of fresh air enter my stifled chest.By then, two weeks had passed, so I couldn't bring myself to tell him the truth that I had saved him. I liked him, so I wanted him

Chapter 8

Even if I didn't answer, my silence was enough for Damian to confirm his guess."What else, Carla? How much do you know?" he asked.It hit me that he probably had no idea I had spent 40 years as a wandering soul. "What else?" I echoed. "I know you took Heidi to my grave and begged me not to haunt her. I'm not that evil; I didn't curse her with cancer, and I'm nothing like you two."Though it happened in my past life, just the mention of it made me shake with anger.Damian's hands were trembling as he grabbed my shoulders. "That's because Heidi lied to me! I thought she was the one who saved me, so I agreed to fake my death, leave with her and disappear!"I swear I thought of settling down with you!"His chest heaved with every ragged breath as he continued, "I'll make it up to you, Carla. I won't go anywhere, and I'll stay right here by your side. If your dad gets sick as he did in our past lives, I'll help you nurse him."Damian's helpless, flustered expression made him seem

Chapter 9

In the end, Damian was dragged out of the city hotel by the guards. With nearly every important person in the military base present that day, his reputation was ruined in a single afternoon. To try to steal a bride from the son of the lieutenant colonel at her wedding was a serious offense to both the Maverick and West families. Damian had just severed his path to promotion.At the Conrad residence, Rosalyn collapsed in hysterics and screamed that Heidi was a curse upon their family. But after such a scandal, no woman would ever want to marry Damian again, so she had to swallow her pride and let Heidi into the house.As much of a curse as Heidi was, she was a registered professional with the art troupe. She had a guaranteed status and a pension to match.To everyone's surprise, Damian volunteered for frontier duty the next day after being forced into marrying Heidi. I never saw him again after that. Instead, letters and gifts from him arrived like a never-ending, flowing strea

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