Chapter 2
“Are you sure? You really choosing to join my project abroad instead of your wedding?” my advisor, Professor Richard Miller, asked repeatedly.
I nodded firmly. “One hundred percent sure. No takebacks.”
Professor Miller exhaled with relief and quickly signed the documents, as if I might bolt at any second.
“Look, even though you’re about to graduate, the Paris team really wants you. I’m so glad you’ve come around–no one else can take your place.”
“Marriage can wait until you get back in three years. What’s the rush, right?”
I felt a pang of guilt.
The Paris project had requested me by name from the beginning.
But I’d been so obsessed with Randy Wilson that kept turning down every opportunity.
Professor Miller had scrambled to find replacements.
But no qualified candidates emerged, and the entire project fell behind schedule.
I finished processing the final paperwork and was heading out when I heard familiar sobbing from the
hallway:
“I tried so hard, but now Sarah suddenly takes the spot, and a whole month of my effort is wasted…”
Beth Harris-
Randy’s true love.
The woman who had kept us at each other’s throats for thirty years in my previous life.
I opened the door.
Randy towered over me, his face hard with coldness I’d never seen before:
“Sarah, give the position back.”
I shook my head:
“That’s impossible.”
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“Sarah…”
Randy’s face contorted with disbelief:
“I’ve already agreed to marry you. I know you’ve booked the venue in Miami! You’re not really going abroad. ”
“You just want to make things hard for Beth!”
Beth stepped forward with reddened eyes:
“Sarah, I’ve been killing myself for this opportunity. Once I’m gone, I swear I’ll stay out of your way. You’ll never have to worry about me again…”
“We both know whether you actually put in the work or not. You won’t get this project.”
Beth flinched, fresh tears welling up.
She had originally planned to drag Randy abroad with her, keeping him away from me.
But after I hurt myself several times, Randy remembering my parents‘ kindness to his family, reluctantly agreed to marry me.
In a fit of anger, Beth decided to go alone.
But these past months had been more about throwing a tantrum than actual preparation—she hadn’t done the necessary work.
In my previous life, she’d failed too.
Randy’s eyes narrowed:
“How the hell would you know she can’t get it when you’ve sabotaged her every chance?”
I waved the signed documents:
“Because Professor Miller has already signed and sealed my application.”
“Sarah…”
Randy’s fists clenched, his eyes filled with disappointment:
“I thought you were just spoiled, but I never imagined you could be so mean.
“You don’t even need this opportunity! Beth has worked her ass off while you’ve been planning wedding flowers!
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“I can’t believe you’d take up the spot just to spite her!”
His breathing grew ragged as he glared at me:
“Listen. You may have manipulated me into this engagement by playing the ‘your family owes my family‘ card, but I will never see you as my wife.”
“I know.”
I’d lived through that reality for thirty years in my previous life.
Randy put his arm around Beth’s shoulders and speaking softly:
“Don’t worry. I’ll help you find something even better.”
That tenderness in his voice–I’d dreamed of hearing it directed at me for decades.
But it’s something I could never have in two lifetimes.
It’s time for me to let go, Randy.
