Re-reading Or Rereading

Every other student could hear the inner thoughts of Chloe Yates, the campus belle. It was like a radio station was broadcasting her mind, and unfortunately for me, the broadcast was usually bad news. It started during the ROTC courses in our freshman year. I was doubled over with terrible period cramps and asked to sit out. Chloe just shook her head, letting out a dramatic, pitying sigh. "Oh, this is awful," her internal voice broadcast to everyone. "Should I tell everyone the truth? Sylvie is totally faking it. If the sergeant finds out she's lying, he's going to punish the whole class because of her." The sergeant, hearing her thoughts, immediately assumed I was a liar. He forced the entire class to run 30 laps as punishment. After that, no one would talk to me. Later, when I applied for the need-based financial aid grant, Chloe went on a rampage with her internal thoughts. "Her family isn't poor!" her voice screamed in everyone's heads. "They have a car and a house. She's just vain. She's trying to scam the college out of grant money so she can buy a new phone. I feel so bad for the actual poor kid whose spot she's stealing." Once the class heard that, they silently agreed to vote against my application. Without that money, I had no choice but to work three part-time jobs just to survive. I worked myself into the ground until I finally gave out. I collapsed in the classroom while clutching my chest, suffering a massive heart attack. I cried out, begging my classmates to call 911. However, Chloe's voice cut through the air right then. "She doesn't have a heart condition. She's pregnant. She's trying to trick a guy into taking her to the hospital so she can get an abortion, and then she's going to frame whoever helps her for getting her knocked up." Terrified of being blamed, the students backed away from me like I was radioactive. They stood there and watched as I died on the classroom floor. Right up until the moment I died, I never understood why my life had turned into such a nightmare. However, when I snapped my eyes open, I had returned to the day of the ROTC courses. The cramps were back, and the sun was beating down on me. Chloe did not know one crucial detail. This time, I could hear her thoughts too.

In my past life, I was trafficked and gave birth to a son. When Noah Barrett turns six, I plan to take him and escape from the mountains. On my first attempt, I map out the route in advance and prepare to flee with him. But in the morning, my mother-in-law, Ruth Whitaker, blocks me at the door. She ties me up and locks me inside the shed. Then, she starves me for three days. On my second try, I secretly buy sleeping pills from an unlicensed village doctor and slip them into dinner. At the table, Ruth flips the table without hesitation and beats me until I am half dead. The third time, I take advantage of a village meeting and escape with Noah again. We hide in a concealed mountain cave. Neither of us makes a sound, yet Ruth finds us with ease. I am dragged back and locked away in the pigpen. Ruth takes a shovel and strikes me with it again and again. "You filthy bitch. You dare run off with my precious grandson!" Her eyes are bloodshot. With the final blow, she uses all her strength and smashes the shovel into my head. I collapse to the ground. My consciousness fades. My blood drains away, and I die. When I open my eyes again, I am back on the day I plan to escape the mountains with Noah. Suddenly, I can hear Noah's thoughts, his voice clear and dripping with viciousness. "Mom can't be allowed to run. Grandma says Mom is our family's slave. She's supposed to serve us for her whole life."

I was a stray pup. At five years old, several elite warriors captured me and threw me in front of the Alpha heir, Lucas. I heard his wolf talking to Lucas in his mind. "Lucas, this damn little thing is a hybrid of a werewolf and an evil witch. The prophecy shows she will be extremely vicious in the future, even killing your Mate. For the Moon Goddess, you must kill her now to protect your future Luna." Lucas agreed carelessly. But when he saw me, he froze. "Seriously? Dude, you’re saying this tiny thing is a homicidal maniac? How vicious can she be? Cursing the future Luna with a lollipop?" I tugged the corner of Lucas's expensive shirt, and looked up. "Big brother, I'm so hungry." He looked at my body, starved to just bones, and hesitated. "Anyway, the mate hasn't appeared yet. Might as well let her eat first. Even when we execute rogues, we usually let them eat their fill before killing them." His wolf replied, "Makes sense... but after she's full, you can't hesitate again!" From that day on, he raised me, this mixed-race brat, like a little sister in his pack. For over a decade, he and his wolf plotted countless times how to kill me, but always found various excuses to postpone the execution. Until I was 16, my brother was injured and lying in the healing center, but his wolf, having lost its will to live after being rejected by its mate, was unable to heal itself. The healer said my brother was going to die. I didn't try to stop him; I just found that playboy from school who had harassed me. I forced him to send my brother a mind link. "Alpha, I just wanted to say, Emma's body is really... really banging. I'll take good... care of her for you." I even chimed in through the mind link with a flirtatious whine. "Jason, don't be like that, Lucas will get mad... stop it." Less than half a second later. An earth-shattering roar came. "Son of a bitch! Jason, get the fuck away from her!" "If you touch a single finger on her, I'll tear you to shreds!"

The day I marry Navy Captain Dean Aldridge, I hear his stepsister Shirley Pierce's inner voice. "Diane is so beautiful and graceful. I wish I could be like her, but I'm nothing more than an unwanted burden in this family… "I really adore her, though. I saved up my allowance to buy her a bracelet as a wedding gift, but I'm afraid she'll think it's unlucky and refuse it." In my last life, those words had filled my heart with pity. I'd accepted the bracelet and even taken Shirley under my wing, teaching her to read and write. But not long after my wedding, my health began to deteriorate for no reason. It wasn't until I lay dying that I discovered the truth—the bracelet Shirley had given me was cursed, and she'd deliberately made me hear her inner voice. She'd long been in love with Dean and was determined to make the Aldridge family hers one day. Now, when I open my eyes again, I find myself back on my wedding day.

After confirming I was pregnant, I suddenly heard my husband’s inner voice. “This idiot is still gloating over her pregnancy. She doesn’t even know we switched out her IVF embryo. She’s nothing more than a surrogate for Elle. If Elle weren’t worried about how childbirth might endanger her life, I would’ve kicked this worthless woman out already. Just looking at her makes me sick. “Once she delivers the baby, I’ll make sure she never gets up from the operating table. Then I’ll finally marry Elle, my one true love.” My entire body went rigid. I clenched the IVF test report in my hands and looked straight at my husband. He gazed back at me with gentle eyes. “I’ll take care of you and the baby for the next few months, honey.” However, right then, his inner voice struck again. “I’ll lock that woman in a cage like a dog. I’d like to see her escape!” Shock and heartbreak crashed over me all at once because the Elle he spoke of was none other than my sister.

"Bray, I'm pregnant! You have to take responsibility!" "Me? Don't you have a boyfriend and a one-night stand schedule every night? Besides, you are convinced we didn't do anything that night." "I've only slept with you my whole life, asshole! No one else." *** Five years after dumping her boyfriend, Bryan Sanders, neither Shienna Miller nor Bryan expected that fate would work so miraculously. They both were brought together in different situations and conditions. The once poor man Bryan Sanders, whom she called fat, appeared with a different look: super-rich. One more thing that Shienna couldn't resist was his appearance had changed to be handsome, dashing, and totally HOT! However, they met each other with one thing in common: both were heartbroken and messed up after a few alcoholic drinks, waking up in the same bed, and sharing a blanket after enjoying a steamy night together.

Ivanna didn’t expect na si Jax Alister, yung lalaki na in-hire niya bilang bodyguard, ay isang bloodsucker. She found herself tangled, completely enamored sa attractiveness ni Jax at unti-unting nagiging isang indescribable na feeling ang nararamdaman niya. Pero, marami pang secrets sa buhay ni Jax na hindi niya alam, na slowly nagbubukas kasabay ng common thread sa pagitan nila. *** “Are you sure you want this? Kasi hindi mo ako mapipigilan,” sabi ko habang nasa gitna ng aming extraordinary love making. Tumango si Ivanna. “Go ahead, Jax. Do it harder at never stops.”

Ivanna tak menyangka, Jax Alister, pria yang ia sewa sebagai bodyguard ternyata merupakan seorang makhluk pengisap darah yang memiliki tujuan khusus untuk menangkap makhluk lycan yang ternyata adalah tunangan Ivanna, Damon. Namun, perlahan hubungan Ivanna dan Jax tak lagi sebatas pengawal dan nona. Ivanna merasakan perasaan berbeda setiap kali berada di dekat Jax, begitu pun sebaliknya, karena Jax merasa Ivanna adalah gadis yang ia sukai sejak lama, yang terlahir kembali dan ia mengikuti gadis itu di setiap reinkarnasinya. Sayangnya, kisah cinta Ivanna dan Jax tidak semulus yang mereka harapkan saat satu per satu masalah datang menerpa Ivanna, dimulai dari putusnya pertunangan antara dirinya dan Damon, lalu ia menjalin hubungan dengan Kay Lee kawan yang sudah sejak lama menyukainya yang ternyata merupakan seorang pecandu sekaligus memiliki masalah emosi dan kelainan seksual. Satu hal yang paling mengerikan bagi Ivanna adalah ketika ia tahu bahwa dirinya menderita kanker darah, kehidupannya seolah runtuh di bawah kakinya dan Jax selalu berusaha ada dan menemaninya melalui semua ujian hidupnya. Keduanya tak menyangka, cinta menyapa dan mengharuskan Ivanna untuk menjadi bagian dari Jax karena banyak yang menginginkannya dan Jax harus memilih apakah akan mengubah Ivanna menjadi sepertinya, atau mempertahankan gadis itu sebagai manusia, tetapi dengan risiko menderita dan mati karena penyakitnya.

Di tengah kemewahan kehidupan bangsawan, Lady Cleo Austin dijodohkan dengan Duke Muda Sander Dorian, seorang bangsawan yang dihormati dan sahabat dekat Pangeran Mahkota Alden. Pernikahan mereka tampak sempurna, namun ada rahasia yang tersembunyi: Pangeran Alden diam-diam mencintai Lady Cleo. Di sisi lain, Putri Mahkota Zelda, istri Pangeran Alden, juga menyimpan rasa cemburu yang mendalam terhadap Lady Cleo. Desakan keluarga dan tekanan politik membuat Zelda merencanakan balas dendam keji yang mengancam kebahagiaan Lady Cleo dan Duke Muda Sander. Ketika sebuah skandal memalukan terjadi di Dorian Manor, kehidupan Cleo dan Sander terbalik. Skandal itu melibatkan seorang pelayan yang mengaku hamil anak Duke Muda Sander. Lady Cleo yang patah hati harus berhadapan dengan pilihan sulit: mempertahankan pernikahannya atau membiarkan diri hancur oleh intrik politik yang lebih dalam daripada yang ia bayangkan.

After I reincarnated, I went to the hospital right away to get an abortion. In my past life, I was suddenly found to be pregnant with fraternal boy-girl twins after a childless marriage of five years. I was told that I needed to abort one, or I could die due to the excess size of the foetuses, but while I hesitated, I heard my son's voice. [Mommy! You have to abort this brat—she's going to kill me! She's been stealing all the food!] [She's not my sister—she's Tina and daddy's bastard! They used black magic to move her here and kill me, while you would treat her like your own daughter… and she can then inherit all the family wealth!] Hearing that, I promptly went to the hospital to abort the twin daughter, keeping the son. But on the day I went into labor, he threw a fit, punching and kicking my room until he finally killed me. And just before I died, I heard him gloating. [Stupid broad! You really believed me and aborted your own daughter! Just die already! I'm going to meet my parents!] When I opened my eyes again, Tina was sitting right in front of me, telling me to abort one of my babies…