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Phoenix Mode, Activated: Burn Me Once, Watch Me Rise
img img Phoenix Mode, Activated: Burn Me Once, Watch Me Rise img Chapter 2 I Am Not Marrying Brett
2 Chapters
Chapter 9 I'm Not Interested In Men img
Chapter 10 I'll Hold On To It For You img
Chapter 11 I'm Already Married img
Chapter 12 I Got The Gift img
Chapter 13 The Friend I Value Most img
Chapter 14 She Does Not Deserve It img
Chapter 15 Would You Like To Join Us img
Chapter 16 She Must Be Extraordinary img
Chapter 17 Are Chelsey's Documents Still At Home img
Chapter 18 You're The One Who Owes Me img
Chapter 19 That Kind Of Logic Is Completely Absurd img
Chapter 20 I Will Return img
Chapter 21 Where Did My Things Go img
Chapter 22 Cut Him Out Of Her Life img
Chapter 23 Want To Come In And Try It Together img
Chapter 24 Buy Him A Car img
Chapter 25 We Are Not Living Together img
Chapter 26 I Did Not Assume Anything img
Chapter 27 He's My Date img
Chapter 28 Show Some Basic Decency img
Chapter 29 She Had Actually Bitten Him img
Chapter 30 Do You Have A Brother Named Albert Walsh img
Chapter 31 I Need To Be Honest With You img
Chapter 32 You Don't Lack Ambition img
Chapter 33 What A Sly Man! img
Chapter 34 You're About To Marry Me img
Chapter 35 Is There Something Wrong img
Chapter 36 That's Not Something I Intend To Explain img
Chapter 37 I'll Trust You To Handle It img
Chapter 38 You'll Definitely Get Back Together img
Chapter 39 A Total Meat Lover img
Chapter 40 Are You Currently Taking On New Students img
Chapter 41 Devotion And Love Were Never The Same Thing img
Chapter 42 Ms. Holden Has Already Left img
Chapter 43 Stop Her At Once! img
Chapter 44 I Will Prove My Sincerity img
Chapter 45 I'm Your Husband img
Chapter 46 Do You Understand What That Implies img
Chapter 47 She's Just A Victim img
Chapter 48 You Already Know, Don't You img
Chapter 49 She's My Wife img
Chapter 50 Treasure For A Lifetime img
Chapter 51 Just A Neighbor img
Chapter 52 I thought you'd reconciled with your ex img
Chapter 53 You're Free To Leave img
Chapter 54 What Happened On The Day Brett's Mother Died img
Chapter 55 The Post Received A Like img
Chapter 56 Too Lazy To Clean Up After Cooking img
Chapter 57 Don't Say No One Warned You img
Chapter 58 When Did You Get Married img
Chapter 59 Let's Execute The Share Transfer img
Chapter 60 Chelsey, Who Did You Marry img
Chapter 61 Drop The Charade img
Chapter 62 Does Your Father Treat You Well img
Chapter 63 Who I Married Doesn't Matter To Them img
Chapter 64 A Gift img
Chapter 65 I'll Get It For You img
Chapter 66 Why Is That Necklace On You img
Chapter 67 We Have Broken Up img
Chapter 68 The Chip img
Chapter 69 Ms. Holden Is Way Too Lucky img
Chapter 70 Chelsey, You Don't Mind, Do You img
Chapter 71 I Will Never Forgive The Two Of You img
Chapter 72 Help Me img
Chapter 73 I've Got You img
Chapter 74 I Am Her Family img
Chapter 75 I'm His Wife img
Chapter 76 They Wanted Her Dead img
Chapter 77 Let Him Look After You img
Chapter 78 Your Birthday Present img
Chapter 79 He Is Very Different From Brett img
Chapter 80 Heartfelt Apology img
Chapter 81 You're Bleeding img
Chapter 82 How Did You Get This Bracelet img
Chapter 83 Send Him Back To Wherever He Came From img
Chapter 84 She Walked Away With The Jackpot img
Chapter 85 There's A Chance img
Chapter 86 Should We Step In And Help img
Chapter 87 She Had Been Drugged img
Chapter 88 I Can't Take It Anymore img
Chapter 89 Give Me A Child img
Chapter 90 You're Not Welcome In My Domain img
Chapter 91 Playing With Fire img
Chapter 92 His First Kiss img
Chapter 93 I Can't Get Past My Own Guilt img
Chapter 94 You Egotistical Jerk img
Chapter 95 Are You Still So Obsessed With Me img
Chapter 96 When Are You Treating My Buddies To A Meal img
Chapter 97 That's My Seat img
Chapter 98 What's With The Silence img
Chapter 99 Do You Have A Boyfriend img
Chapter 100 I'll Carry You img
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Chapter 2 I Am Not Marrying Brett

Hope dimmed in Chelsey's eyes, and she felt herself slipping toward unconsciousness as she waited for the inevitable.

Without warning, a powerful, scorching grip closed around her wrist, and she was yanked forward into a firm, unyielding hold.

"Hold onto me!" a man demanded as he hoisted her up with little care.

Almost immediately afterward, an explosion thundered ahead, and his arm forced her head tightly against his chest.

Burning smoke flooded her lungs, and a blast of heat rushed past her back.

Cutting through it all was a sharp, chilling scent that struck her as oddly familiar.

Thick smoke stung Chelsey's eyes until they shut on their own, and she fought to open them, desperate to see who had pulled her from danger.

Through the gap beneath the firefighter's mask, she managed to glimpse a pair of deep-set, unreadable eyes.

At the same time, the edge of her vision caught Brett already outside the flames, carrying Lydia to a safer area.

Clutched in his arms, Lydia was held as though she were something precious reclaimed, and Brett's face showed a depth of fear and anxiety she had never once seen before.

Gradually, Chelsey let her eyes fall shut, and a quiet tear traced its way from the corner of her eye.

Deep down, she felt certain that Brett had also been reborn.

This time, however, he chose Lydia.

In their past life, he had pulled Chelsey from the flames, and that decision had cost Lydia her life.

Because of that loss, he carried Lydia's photograph with him for seven long years, grieving her day after day.

So much so that he would not allow any other woman to give him a child.

At last, he had saved the one who mattered most to him, making up for his greatest regret.

He must be happy now.

At the thought, Chelsey curved her lips into a faint, mocking smile.

Perhaps this second beginning was to give them a clean break from a relationship that was doomed from the start. Letting go felt overdue.

After Chelsey breathed in too much smoke and enduring the surge of overwhelming emotions, darkness crept into her vision, and consciousness slipped away.

Just before everything vanished completely, she thought she heard Brett's voice, filled with urgency and panic. "Where is Chelsey?"

Conviction settled in Chelsey's mind that she must have heard it wrong.

By now, Brett's thoughts and emotions revolved entirely around Lydia, and she no longer held any place in his heart.

...

Morning light greeted Chelsey when she regained consciousness.

Slowly lifting her lids, she was met with the worried face of her mother, Gretchen Holden, whose expression brimmed with fear and concern.

"Dear, you're awake at last. Does anything hurt? Are you feeling unwell anywhere?" Gretchen asked in a rush.

Tears welled up immediately as Chelsey bolted upright and wrapped her arms around her mother, clinging to her as if she might disappear.

"Mom, I missed you so much..." she said, her voice breaking as sobs overtook her.

Having her mother by her side in this life felt like an unexpected gift.

In the life before, a few months after she married Brett, her parents had traveled for business, and their private plane vanished into the mountains after a crash, leaving nothing behind.

From that moment on, aside from Brett's outwardly gentle but hollow affection, warmth had been absent from Chelsey's world.

Attention from others was fixated solely on her stomach, followed by whispers and judgment about why she still had not conceived.

Regardless of how much her body ached or how deeply grievances weighed on her heart, she had always endured everything in silence, with no one to lean on or speak to.

More nights than she could count, she had jolted awake from restless dreams, tears soaking her pillow as she longed for her mother to hold her again and reassure her that everything would be fine.

This time, however, fate had shown unexpected kindness by giving her another opportunity.

In this life, she vowed that none of those tragedies would ever happen again.

While Chelsey reached that quiet resolve, Gretchen continued to stroke her back with gentle, steady motions.

"Were you scared last night? Thank goodness Brett reacted fast and rushed in to save you. I was terrified. My sweetheart, you are about to get married. If anything happened to you, how would I go on?"

At those words, Chelsey's brows knit tightly together.

From what she had seen, Brett had clearly charged in to rescue Lydia the night before.

It was someone else who had pulled her from danger. The thought that Brett would take credit for it ignited anger in her chest.

Even so, she knew it was not the right moment to explain everything. Tightening her grip on Gretchen's hand, Chelsey spoke with quiet firmness. "Mom, I'm not marrying Brett."

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