Page 36 of Reborn to Love You

Oh!

Niccolò got to her in time, catching Payton in his arms while Anya wasn’t as lucky, with her head making a loud cracking sound against the marble tiles.

Niccolò pressed a shaking hand against her wound to keep it from bleeding. “You...idiot.”

Payton wondered dazedly if her boss needed a refresher’s course on English. He kept saying the word like it was an endearment...except it wasn’t.

“You said you’d keep yourself safe,” he bit out. “Is this what safe looks like to you?”

Payton was about to answer when she saw...

Eric.

She remembered all of his angry texts about using her credit card, remembered how credit card receipts were as good as giving one’s location, and...

No no no.

Eric had seen Anya on the ground. And then he was staring at Niccolò with so much hatred that she had a feeling...

Did Eric know who Rosé really was from the start?

Eric was running toward them.

But just like how Anya was obsessed with Niccolò, had her husband been so obsessed with the other girl that...

Nooooo!

Eric...

He had a gun.

Was it from Anya? Probably. But there wasn’t really any time to wonder why because the moment she realized Eric had his gun pointed at Niccolò...

That was the moment it finally became clear.

I get it now.

All the times Payton was reborn...

And it’s okay.

It wasn’t to save herself.

I trust You.

But him.

But I’ll need Your help to make this work.

And she had barely finished praying when a burst of adrenaline pushed Payton to clutch Niccolò’s shirt, using it to pull herself up—

Everything was happening too, too fast again.

And then she was reversing their positions—

Bang!

So that Eric would end up shooting her, not Niccolò.