Chapter 1

1 My mother-in-law was kidnapped, but my husband, a man who could bend the rules, was busy throwing a birthday party for his mistress's dog.

The kidnappers said they'd kill her if they didn't see my husband, but I ignored them.

Because in my last life, I dragged my husband away from that birthday party, eight months pregnant, and saved my mother-in-law.

His mistress, secretly following us, was caught by the kidnappers' eyes, violated, and then dismembered and fed to the dogs.

My husband, enraged, gunned down the kidnappers and disappeared for a month.

When he returned, he never mentioned it again.

Until I gave birth to our son, beaming with happiness.

Then, he dumped me, weak and vulnerable, into the woods, leaving me to be mauled and eaten alive by wild animals, until there wasn't even a bone left.

"You were jealous of Tiffany, so you bribed the kidnappers to kill her?"

"You don't deserve the happiness that should have been Tiffany's."

I opened my eyes, back to the day my mother-in-law was kidnapped.

......

Ethan White's eyes were cold, hard, as if I were the worst criminal alive.

"You killed Tiffany, left her to die without a trace. I'll make you feel her pain."

He slammed the car door, leaving me to be torn apart, my insides devoured.

I died in agony, only to open my eyes again on the day my mother-in-law was kidnapped.

"Oh my God, sis, we have to save Mom! Where's Jake? Where is he?"

My sister-in-law sobbed, "Help! Somebody!"

But her cries went unanswered.

My heart ached, and I had to tell her the truth.

"Everyone's at Tiffany's dog's birthday party."

Even the housekeeper was making a special birthday meal for the dog.

"What? Because of a dog's birthday, he's ignoring every phone call? And he took everyone with him?"

Claire White's eyes widened.

But with the urgency of the situation, she didn't think twice.

"Sis, you can drive. Go get Jake back, okay? I'll stay here. If the kidnappers call again, at least someone will be home."

Seeing my sister-in-law a mess, my heart softened, but I had to say,

"Claire, it's not that I don't want to go, it's just that I'm afraid even if I go, he won't come back with me."

My marriage to Ethan White was arranged. We didn't have a good relationship, and my sister-in-law knew that.

Especially lately, because of Tiffany, we'd been fighting constantly. Everyone knew it.

Besides, he's with Tiffany now. If I go, it'll just make things worse.

"Sis, you stay here. I'll take a cab."

She didn't get angry at my refusal, instead she understood, and rushed out the door.

But after only half an hour, my sister-in-law called again, crying.

"Sis, what do I do? No one believes me! They say I'm lying. Especially Jake, he thinks you and I are conspiring against him! I begged him, but he still doesn't believe me."

Her voice trembled with despair.