Chapter 1 Don’t Leave Me

• Trapped in a raging fire, Keira Sunter struggled to breathe in an abandoned mental hospital. A screen before her showed her three children locked in cages.
• Her daughter had an ashen expression and had already fainted. Beside her, two identical little boys were desperately pounding on the cage weakly, only able to make muffled sounds. “Mom, help us…” Their thin faces were bleeding after being scratched by the cage bars. Their tender little hands were covered in cuts, and their once bright eyes were filled with despair as the life slowly went out of them.
• “Babies! My babies!” Keira went mad and wanted to touch the screen, but she fell heavily to the ground. The iron wire tied around her caused her to bleed as she struggled, and it left deep lacerations. Keira spat out a mouthful of blood in a fit of anger.
• The scene changed, and Keziah Sunter’s delicately made-up face appeared on a video. “My dear sister, do you like the present from me?”
• Keira suddenly raised her head and looked at her seemingly gentle and kind younger sister on the screen. Keziah was a celebrity, and her exquisite outfit made her seem more outstanding. Moreover, the man Keira loved, Joseph Flint, stood beside Keziah.
• Keira had repeatedly turned down Victor Byrom’s sincere advances for Joseph’s sake. And now, Joseph was holding Keziah in his arms tenderly without even looking at Keira.
• “Sis, didn’t you want a future with Joe?” Keziah sneered, but her voice was still soft and sweet. “You wanted these three children to die back then, sis. Since I made it happen for you, you should thank me.” Keziah felt delighted as she watched Keira resist feebly.
• “Why?! Why are you treating me like this?” Keira screamed in agony. Her voice was turning hoarse, and she could barely say a word.
• “Why? Because you’re foolish! You don’t deserve the Sunter family’s wealth, you’re not worthy of any adoration from fans, and you’re even less deserving of a good man like Joe!” Keziah’s expression gradually turned more distorted. “I should show your fans how their beloved celebrity is begging me like a dog.”
• “Your dad and children deserve to die! Everyone who’s treated you well deserves to die!” Keziah’s sharp voice echoed sinisterly in the dilapidated mental hospital. A wire in the hospital caught fire, and flames engulfed the entire room. There was no way Keira could escape. “I’m in control of the Sunter now. Victor deserted his friends and family to protect you! It’s because of you that they suffered, Keira Sunter!”
• “Be careful, Kay!” A man’s distressed voice suddenly rang from behind. He immediately flew towards her and blocked the collapsed ceiling beam for her. She instantly smelled the unmistakable odor of blood and his distinct, familiar scent.
• He endured the pain and groaned while his bleeding wound stained his pristine white shirt. Keira had never seen him look so disheveled. She trembled in anguish. She gripped the man’s sleeve tightly as she felt his breath becoming shallower and his heartbeat weaker.
• “Keira, do you really want me dead? You can never leave me in this lifetime! I’m bound to you in life and death!” The man’s words echoed in her ears. He murmured feebly as he slowly bled to death. “Kay, can you not reject me in the next life?”
• Keira was heartbroken at the thought of parting with him and furious at how helpless she was. Along with the agony of being consumed by the raging fire, Keira was almost driven to the brink of collapse.
• She reached out with all her strength but couldn’t hold on to anything. “No…” Keira screamed as she suddenly opened her eyes. Her heart pounded furiously, and she gasped. Her clear, bright eyes were filled with panic and despair.
• Her hazy vision gradually cleared, and a soaked shirt appeared in view. It clung to the man’s body, revealing his tantalizing abdominal muscles. She looked up and stared into a pair of dark, narrowed, exquisite eyes. The man’s gaze was slightly manic and stubborn.
• At that moment, the man was grabbing her jaw viciously. He was furious, and it felt like he could destroy her.
• Victor?! Keira wanted to rub her eyes, but Victor was restraining one of her arms tightly, and she was unable to move. He was clearly seriously injured at the time, but he still stayed with her in the fire.
• The despairing fire was still vivid in her mind. Keira stared at Victor, unable to determine whether she was dreaming until she heard a muffled sound. As she was thrown onto the bed, her spine hit the bedside table heavily, causing a sharp pain that made her come to her senses.
• A deep, sorrowful voice rang in her ear. “Kay, do you really want to leave me?”
• The pain Keira felt instantly made her burst into tears.
• I’m alive. I’m actually alive! I’ve been reborn and back in my body three years before anything had happened.
• She looked around the room, which was highly familiar. It was her and Victor’s room, but she decorated it in black to annoy Victor. Victor had confined her in her previous life, but she only longed for the elegant and refined Joseph Flint. She constantly went up against Victor for that man.
• On this day, Keira was consumed by her desire for Joseph. She took advantage of Victor’s absence and secretly ran out, wanting to meet her beloved. However, she accidentally fell into the water on the way there and almost drowned.
• When Victor received news of her escape, he was furious. He brought her home in the rain and tortured her for three whole days. Keira felt a chill when she thought about those three days in her past life.
• When faced with Keira’s tears, Victor felt hurtful deeply. He felt that his uncontrollable emotions were about to consume him entirely.
• His fair, slender fingers slid down Keira’s delicate neck. He could snap the woman’s neck with just a little force, and she would never leave him again. A strange smile appeared on his pale face when he thought about it. He looked very sinister, especially with the crimson blood on his shoulder.
• “Kay, tell me.” He exerted more effort. His voice was light yet forceful. “Tell me, what do you truly want?” His powerful grip suddenly tightened, and he almost roared, “Keira, what must I do to make you love me? Must I kill that man?”
• Keira looked into the man’s reddened eyes. Half his body was drenched by the blood from his wound and rainwater. He had a crazed expression, but it was due to his deep and boundless love for the woman.
• She was foolish in her past life and was unable to distinguish others’ genuine and false emotions, ultimately leading to the demise of her three children and Victor’s family.
• The scent of blood permeating the air reminded her of her previous life. He had staggered to the scene of the fire with gunshot wounds and shielded her with his body. Keira couldn’t help but weep when she thought about it.
• “I want you! I only want you, Victor!” Keira rushed to speak with all her might. She couldn’t breathe, and her eyes started reddening.