Part 1Reborn and Rejected: Losing My "Dog"

Everyone said Arthur Vance was aloof and untouchable, but he chased me like a dog for ten years.

Even when I was pushed into a roaring fire, he didn't hesitate to throw away his billion-dollar empire to follow me into the flames.

Given a second chance at life, I decided I wouldn't be the wicked woman who kept him dangling anymore; I would treat him with my whole heart.

Unfortunately, it seemed he had been reborn too.

"Elena, did you really think you could train me like a dog again this time around? Hmm?"

He cornered me, forcing me to sign the divorce papers.

He said he would absolutely never want me in this life.

Absolutely never.

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When I was eleven, someone deliberately broke five of my fingers.

From that moment on, I swore I would climb to the absolute top of this world.

No matter what it took. By any means necessary.

Later, I did a lot of terrible things. Eventually, someone took revenge and pushed me into a raging fire.

As the flames swallowed me, my mind was blank.

But then, a figure in white burst into my vision and held me tight.

It was Arthur, my husband. The man who loved me to death, the man whose only flaw in his entire flawless life was me.

As we turned to ash together, I thought:

If there's a next life, I swear to god, I will give him my whole heart.