Chapter 2

"Are you sure you want to marry Chloe's adopted sister, Sophia? I thought you loved Chloe?"

My mother confirmed again. I nodded.

"I'm sure."

"Alright, as long as you're happy! I'll go ask Sophia right away!"

After getting my confirmation, Mom immediately turned to contact wedding planners and book the venue.

My phone rang shortly after. It was Chloe.

"Lucas, could you *be* any more pathetic?"

Her voice was full of sarcasm.

"I haven't even agreed to marry you, and you've already booked the wedding venue?"

"Chloe, the truth is, I'm marrying—"

"I don't care what you want to say."

She cut me off with a cold laugh.

"I love Marcus Davies, and I'll only marry him. Stop bothering me."

She hung up. I put my phone down.

Good. She'd find out soon enough that the person I was marrying was her sister.

My family and Chloe's had been close for generations, and Sophia was her family's adopted sister. We grew up together.

Once we were adults, our parents had always expected Chloe and I would marry.

But in my previous life, Chloe suddenly wanted to call off the engagement to marry someone else. I refused vehemently, and we had a huge fight over it.

Although I eventually married Chloe, the woman I'd loved for over twenty years, she rarely came home after we were married.

It wasn't until our third wedding anniversary, when I saw her in bed with her first love, Marcus Davies, that I realized she'd been cheating on me for three years.

In the end, her first love stabbed me through the heart, and I begged her to take me to the hospital.

But she told me to deal with it myself and continued having sex with Marcus.

Ultimately, I died on the cold floor.

Chloe didn't even attend my funeral; she took Marcus on vacation instead.

But after my death, Sophia cried at my grave until she fainted.

Three months later, Sophia ended her life in her study.

The police found hundreds of photos of me in her study, each with "MY LOVE" written on the back.

My parents died of grief within a year, and the entire family business fell into Chloe's hands.

She and Marcus lived a loving life together.

In my previous life, marrying Chloe led to my tragic death and made me betray the one who truly loved me.

This time, I would protect the person who truly loved me.