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All Chapters of I Won't Die for You Again: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

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Chapter 1

As my fingers closed around that black card, it suddenly felt like a rusted-out kitchen knife, dulled and jaggedly sawing away the very last shred of attachment I had left for my wife, Sadie Miller."Fine. I get it."I'm keeping the card. From now on, we're living completely separate lives, and I swear I'll never bother you again. You and your assistant Finn Morgan can do whatever you want. If I say one more word about it, strike me dead right here."The words came out harsh and grating, but to Sadie, it just sounded like another petty temper tantrum."Ryder, I've told you a million times. Finn and I are just regular friends. I only treat him like a little brother. I wish you'd stop projecting your nasty, twisted little thoughts onto your wife. It's disgusting."I didn't care to listen to another second of her garbage. I grabbed her by the arm and dragged her out of the room."Right, right, you two are long-lost siblings, your bond is totally pure, and I'm just a pervert, okay?"

Chapter 2

Sadie was always like this. She never owned up to her own likes or dislikes, preferring to pin her faults on someone else just to get her way.As I stared at the card in my hand, my mind drifted back to my past life.…In my previous life, Sadie and I grew up together in the same orphanage.I was older than her by a year, and from the time we were kids, I spent every waking second trying to protect her.During our senior year of high school, both of us faced a massive crossroads: going to college.Back then, we didn't have the money needed to pay for tuition. To make sure her college dream came true, I dropped out without a second thought. I skipped taking the SATs entirely and threw myself straight into the brutal grind of the working world.I busted my back doing heavy construction, delivered food through freezing rain, washed dishes in greasy back kitchens, and even sold my plasma, all so she could live comfortably.I funded Sadie's entire undergraduate degree, paid her way

Chapter 3

Sadie forced the paramedics to treat Finn first, even though he had only taken a single slap, while I was left to helplessly bleed out in the corner of that dead-end alley.Living this life over again, I finally saw her feelings for me for what they truly were.Give someone enough, and they may start treating your kindness as an obligation. Since she thought that throwing money at me would wash away her guilt, I was more than happy to play along.…Later that night, when word reached Sadie, she stormed into her friend's upscale nightclub like a raging fire. There I was, sitting in a VIP booth, holding a glass of liquor with a hazy, drunken look in my eyes.A tall, fair-skinned hostess in a daring outfit stood beside me, respectfully pouring me a drink from a bottle.The next second, a furious Sadie barreled over and cracked me across the face with a vicious slap."Ryder! Do you have any idea what you're doing? Have you completely lost your mind?"The glass slipped from my finge

Chapter 4

That was the exact moment Sadie realized that if the man standing in front of her actually bothered to clean up, he wasn't any less striking than her precious assistant.I pulled her card right out of my wallet. "This is the card you gave me. You said that as long as I didn't bug you, I could do whatever I wanted, and I could buy whatever I wanted. Isn't that what you said? Or are you regretting it now and planning to take it back?"Sadie locked her stubborn, glaring gaze on me. "I mean what I say. The word regret doesn't even exist in my dictionary!""Good!"I grabbed a bottle of Glenfiddich off the bar and smashed it straight down onto the marble table, sending a sharp, deafening crash ringing through the air.The nightclub went dead silent in a split second, everyone's heads snapping toward us at the deafening smash.Splattering alcohol soaked straight into Sadie's expensive stockings and designer heels. Right as shock washed over her face, I hopped right up onto the table, ho

Chapter 5

Sadie's splitting headache had flared up again. Back then, every time she got a migraine, I would automatically step in to give her a massage and help ease the pain so she could get some sleep.Except this time, I acted like she didn't even exist, walking straight past her and heading up the stairs toward my room."Ryder!"Seeing me completely ignore her, Sadie finally snapped, sitting up from the couch while clutching her throbbing temples. "Are you blind? Can't you see my head is killing me?"I stood halfway up the staircase, looking down at her from above. "I see it. But what does that have to do with me? Your head hurts, not mine. If your head hurts, go to the hospital. I'm not a doctor, so what good am I to you?"Every time she had a headache in the past, I would rush to take care of her, heartbroken just watching her suffer. Yet no matter how warm and attentive I was, she would always sit back and lap up the care while treating me like dirt, never giving me a single pleasa

Chapter 6

Later that night, I went out again.Sadie ended up calling an ambulance, and the paramedics rushed her to the hospital.Her migraine had been tormenting her all day. In addition, she had knocked back a couple of drinks at a business dinner, having forgotten to bring an umbrella and getting soaked when she stepped out of the car.Whenever she had a headache in the past, I would always rub her temples to ease the pain, but this time I didn't lift a finger.Every time she came home reeking of alcohol from corporate dinners, I would prepare a warm glass of honey water to sober her up, but this time I didn't even bother boiling water.Whenever it rained outside, I would stand by the doorway holding an umbrella waiting for her to come home, but this time I wasn't even in the house.If she got caught in the rain, I would dry her hair with a towel, run a hot bath for her, and have her medicine laid out and ready in advance, but this time I prepped absolutely nothing.So, Sadie caught a

Chapter 7

That thought suddenly bubbled up from the depths of Sadie's mind, scaring even herself. She couldn't wrap her head around why such a notion had popped into her head out of nowhere.Two hours later, a tardy Finn finally sauntered into the hospital room carrying a takeout container.He popped the lid off the box, revealing a trendy takeout box containing a greasy burger and fries.A fresh wave of irritation spiked in Sadie's chest. Back when she used to get sick, Ryder would live in absolute terror that she wouldn't have an appetite, constantly cooking up different kinds of soups and making sure everything was light, refreshing, and easy on her stomach. If Ryder had ever dared to shove a box of greasy burger and fries in her face like this, she would have hurled the takeout container straight across the room at him.However, the person bringing her food wasn't Ryder. Sadie fought down the nausea churning in her stomach, forced herself to pick up the burger and shoved it into her mo

Chapter 8

Sadie finished the bowl of bland soup, and though the pain in her stomach eased up a bit, it still felt thoroughly uncomfortable."Alright, there's nothing else for you here. You should head back to work."With his eyes glued to his phone screen and refusing to look up, Finn replied, "I'll hang out here with you. It's not like anything major is going on at the office anyway."I'm grabbing dinner with some friends tonight. What do you want to eat? I can pick something up and bring it back for you."Sadie lay back down on the hospital bed. "No thanks," she said flatly.She pulled out her phone and started scrolling aimlessly until her thumb suddenly stopped moving.She finally figured out where Ryder had gone.On his social media feed, Ryder had posted a grid of nine photos.He was standing beside an off-road vehicle against the backdrop of a boundless, desolate desert.With his arms thrown wide and wearing a pair of sunglasses, Ryder was flashing a wild, carefree smile. Far in

Chapter 9

Hearing those words slip from Sadie's lips made my ears ring and wiped my mind completely blank as if every sound in the world had vanished in an instant.My thoughts felt like a tangled mess, impossible to unravel, with no idea where to begin. Suddenly, the knife from my past life seemed to pierce through time itself, stabbing me in the back all over again and sinking deep into my chest."Sadie, if you have something to say, just spit it out. Stop grabbing onto me."My cold, lifeless words drilled straight into her ears. She instinctively let go, stumbling backward a couple of steps. A sudden film of moisture flooded her eyes, and her fists clenched so tightly her knuckles turned bone-white."Ryder, I remember everything. I'm so sorry."I stared at her, completely lost. "Speak clearly. What the hell are you talking about?""The past life! Everything that happened in the past life, I remember it all!"I felt completely dazed, my brain spinning out of control. "You mean... Thos

Chapter 10

"Of course you didn't think it was suspicious because you didn't give a damn about that knife, and you didn't care about me either. You only cared about that pretty boy!"I shoved Sadie away from me. "Sadie, looking at you right now makes me sick to my stomach. I honestly wish you had never figured out that I died for you."You're inherently cold and hollow. Just like back when I scraped together every penny to put you through undergrad and grad school, you never actually loved me. You only kept me around because you needed me. "Later on, when you got rich and didn't need me anymore, you grew cold. And now that you're obsessed with Finn, you'll eventually grow tired of him too, and toss him aside just like you did to me."You don't love anyone. The only person you've ever loved is yourself."Tears streamed down Sadie's face as she clung to me for dear life. "No! I won't divorce you! I'm your wife, I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I refuse to let you go!""In my past

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