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In his previous life, he had embraced Elara’s body and detonated the explosives, thinking his soul would scatter, with no next life.
He never expected to open his eyes again and find himself back at the beginning of his marriage to
Elara.
But he hadn’t expected Elara to also be reborn, just like him.
When he saw Elara kiss him with eyes full of love, even clinging to him in bed for three days and three nights, crying that she never wanted to lose him again in this life-
In that moment, Dax felt like a drifting boat finally reached shore, overwhelmed with emotion.
But soon, he calmed down and pushed Elara away.
Because he was afraid, afraid that she would once again, like in the previous life, lift him to cloud nine with intense passion and love, only to turn around and push him directly into the hands of his
enemies.
In his previous life, that’s exactly what she did.
She played the role of a dutiful wife in front of him, but secretly, for her idealized first love, she
contacted his bitter business rivals.
She sold all of his company’s commercial secrets to them, just to get a massive sum to flee with her
first love.
As a result, those wolves merely used her as a plaything, ultimately discarded and brutally
eliminated.
Although Elara repeatedly promised him in this life that she had changed, that she would love him
properly.
But to prevent himself from being hurt so deeply, from feeling such agonizing pain, like in the previous life, Dax hardened his heart, arming himself with a cold, impenetrable armor.
He wanted to teach her a lesson. He wanted to see if her love in this life was truly sincere.
So he hired a pole dancer from a club to put on an act, using her repeatedly to sting and provoke Elara.
Watching the love in Elara’s eyes slowly fade, replaced by dead resignation and numbness.
Dax couldn’t deny it hurt but then be thought again.
Hadn’t Elara said she would love him properly in this life?
How could she not endure such a small test?
He had suffered a thousand times more pain in the last life when she betrayed him and his enemies
surrounded him.
Moreover, in this life, she had even rendered his most beloved Grandpa Arthur a vegetable out of
jealousy.
So, in the end, Dax decided to send Elara overseas, to let her reflect properly.
He would only bring her back when she truly understood her mistakes.
As long as she bowed her head and admitted her fault, Dax would reveal everything to her.
He would tell her that he had also been reborn.
But his carefully constructed script was mercilessly ripped apart by fate.
Tragedy, as always, arrived before tomorrow.
It wasn’t until that ship sank into the cold depths of the sea that Dax finally understood how utterly
absurd his actions had been.
All his tests and punishments had turned into a self-directed, irreversible murder.
The overwhelming wave of remorse could no longer be suppressed. He knelt on the ground, letting out a trapped beast’s wail.
The next second, a burning, metallic taste surged in his throat, and a mouthful of blood violently sprayed onto the floor.
In that moment, Dax’s world plunged into complete darkness.
When he opened his eyes again, he was in the hospital.
A man stood by his bed, his expression solemn.
“Mr. Lu, you’re awake. I’m Mr. Davies, an attorney. I’m here to handle your divorce as entrusted by Ms. Elara before her passing.”
