Chapter 2The One I Came Back For

I just stared.

The whispers started.

"Oh my god, look at her. She's crying." "She's been simping for Ethan for years. This is brutal." "I'm cringing so hard right now."

In my first life, I had cried. I'd run away, humiliated.

But now, my eyes were locked on the boy in the corner.

I looked right at Kai, my mouth open, trying to find my voice. The tears just wouldn't stop.

Ethan saw me. He actually sighed. "Elara, why are you always crying?"

I was so sick of him. He was in my way.

I shoved him, hard, and ran.

I launched myself at the person I'd lost.

"Husband..."

I clung to him, my voice muffled in his shirt. "Kai... you're alive... you're alive..."

His chest was warm. He smelled like sunshine and soap.

I just held on and sobbed.

The body in my arms went completely rigid.

"Whoa... hey. I think you... got the wrong guy, dude."

His face was bright red.