Page 26 of Reborn to Love You

I don’t understand what’s happening.

This part...

This wasn’t how it ended the first time, so now what?

She was supposed to have that big confrontation between her, Rosé, and her husband, but instead she was seated next to her boss, and they were driving away like Bonnie and Clyde—

“Leah told me to come get you,” he said tightly.

W-What?

“They all know, Payton.”

“A-About what?”

“My feelings for you.”

Payton didn’t even know what to say. Or what to think. Especially with how distracting those headlights were. The car behind them just kept getting closer and closer, and it finally had her twisting in her seat—

W-Wasn’t that her husband’s car?

He was driving like a madman, swerving into an empty lane then back then closer—

No no no no no!

Payton turned to her boss in panic. “M-My husband—”

The warning came too late, and everything after that seemed to happen in a blink.

Her husband’s car ramming into them from behind with so much force—

Payton couldn’t even scream as their car went sideways, and outside her window, the world went sideways, too, while up ahead of them, she saw what would surely be their cause of death—

A pretty, charming old stone bridge with a pillar right in the middle.

No, no, no, no!

Payton wasn’t sure how long she was out. But when she finally regained consciousness—

No. No. No.

The pain she felt was terrifyingly, heartbreakingly familiar, but it wasn’t that which had her crying. She had died before, and as unfair as it might sound, she had a feeling she would be reborn again. But Niccolò, though...

Why? It can’t be. Please, not like this.

Their car had folded itself around the pillar, and Niccolò...

Noooooo.

She finally remembered the way he had been so focused on making a hard turn, and it was because of this.

Her boss had made sure that once they hit the pillar, his side would take the brunt of it, and a sob clawed out of her throat when she realized how badly he was bleeding.

“Niccolò.”

It was her first time to say his name.

“I’m so, so sorry—”