Chapter 1A Decade of His Hatred

After his first love died, Anton hated me for ten years.

I tried everything to win his affection, but all I ever got was a cold sneer. “If you really want to make me happy, Grace,” he’d say, “why don’t you just die?”

His words were a knife in my heart, yet when the burning rafters of our home came crashing down, he died saving me.

He lay in my arms, and with the last of his strength, he pushed my hand away.

“Grace,” he whispered, his voice a ghost of a breath. “If only I had never met you…”

At his funeral, his mother’s sobs were accusations. “Anton, my boy, it’s all my fault. I never should have forced you to marry her. If I had just let you be with Evelyn, would things have been different today?”

His father’s glare was full of venom. “He saved your life three times. Why do you only bring him disaster? Why wasn’t it you who died?”

Everyone, including me, regretted our marriage.

In the end, I went to the top of Starlight Point, the place where lovers make wishes, and threw myself from the edge. I woke up ten years in the past.

This time, I would sever all ties with Anton. This time, I would give everyone the ending they wanted.