Betrayed By Love, Reborn By Fate

The cheap cotton sheets felt real, too real for a man who' d just died a brutal death in a remote facility.

My eyes snapped open to my familiar apartment, the one I shared with Sarah, a place I hadn' t seen in over a year.

Then I saw my reflection: unmarred, clear-eyed, not the skeletal, scarred figure I' d become.

It was the day.

The day my life was systematically dismantled by the two people I trusted most: my cousin, Liam White, and my ex-fiancée, Chloe Davis.

Liam, my supposed brother, had twisted Chloe' s love for me into hate, then moved into her mansion, living the life that was supposed to be mine.

He fabricated lies about my gambling debts and mistresses, even selling Chloe' s prized vintage Porsche and blaming me.

Her wealth and influence became the weapons she used to destroy me.

The final blow came with Olivia Reed, Chloe' s best friend, pregnant with Liam' s child.

They faked a fall, blamed me for her miscarriage, and used Chloe' s power to have me locked away in a hellish facility.

I remembered the sharp pain, my own blood pooling on concrete, and then… nothing.

Until now.

My phone rang, cutting through the silence.

Chloe Davis.

In my past life, I' d pleaded, begged, and been ruined.

"Ethan Miller, you piece of trash! Where is my husband?" she shrieked, venom dripping from her voice.

But the man who feared her was dead.

With a newfound calm, I ended the call.

The silence that followed was a declaration of war, and this time, I knew all the moves.