Chapter 3
He squeezed out a few words from between his teeth.
"Tanya, you dare to promise to try!"
I lowered my head and smiled, then took a step forward and said loudly in front of all the guests:
“Although I, Tanya, followed my parents’ advice and arranged this marriage, I am not a stingy person. Since Ethan has someone else he loves, and his love is so beautiful.”
"Of course I will respect the blessing. I am here to announce that this engagement is cancelled today!"
As soon as the words fell, the scene exploded.
Even the group of good brothers around Ethan looked at each other and looked at me in shock.
"No way? Tanya can actually give up the engagement, am I dreaming?"
"Everyone in the industry says that she loves Ethan terribly. If she compromises at this engagement gala, everyone will gossip about her, saying that she can't even compare to the nightclub hostess. How can she survive in the industry in the future?"
But I just smiled faintly and ignored it.
She took the initiative to give the bouquet to Vivian, "It's your turn now."
Having said this, I took off my veil and turned away.
Aunt Grant was furious and stepped forward to hold my hand. "Tanya, don't take Ethan's nonsense seriously. No matter who Ethan wants to marry, you are the only daughter-in-law in Aunt Grant's eyes."
I smiled and pulled my hand away. "Auntie, a forced melon is not sweet. You should just help them."
Vivian showed surprise in her eyes when she saw this, but Ethan looked at me with complicated eyes.
"Tanya, you are sensible. Since we were husband and wife in our previous life, I will treat you as my sister and support you for the rest of my life."
I find it even more ridiculous.
"I have parents who can support themselves, so I don't have to worry about them."
Ethan's attempt to grab my hand went astray. He stood there in a daze, watching my back gradually disappear.
I went to find Ethan's quietest brother, Liam Vance.
"I want to marry you, Liam, will you marry me?"
Liam stared at me in disbelief and spat out a mouthful of water.
His face turned red, and he didn't know whether it was because he was shy or scared.
He turned his face away from me, but I could feel his body tense.
I have the patience to wait.
In my previous life, I was burned to death in a fire that Ethan set himself.
I just found out that Liam rushed in through the fire to save me, even at the cost of having his leg burned off.
He took some of my ashes with him.
He holds me by his side every day.
He also said that he failed to protect me and blamed himself for not being braver.
It was then that I understood his feelings. He had always loved me silently.
But I found out too late.
Now that I finally have the chance to do it all over again, I will completely end my relationship with Ethan.
I also decided to repay Liam.
I don’t know how long it was before a soft “hmm” escaped from his mouth.
Liam said: "You must be very sad because your engagement was just cancelled. I am willing to be your tool to dispel public opinion."
I frowned and took his hand.
“Not a tool.”
"What?" He looked at my hand in shock and his face turned red again.
Why do you blush so easily? It makes my heart soften.
"Actually, I've liked you for a long time."
I teased him on purpose.
After being burned to death in a fire in my previous life, I was a ghost for five whole years.
I watched with my own eyes as Vivian developed a sexually transmitted disease and her body became festered.
I saw with my own eyes that Ethan could not escape the consequences and ended up losing everything.
When I was a ghost, I accompanied Liam who was paralyzed.
Chapter 4
He completely broke off his friendship with Ethan because of my death.
I didn't know until the last minute.
Half of Ethan's retribution was caused by Liam himself.
The moment Ethan jumped off the rooftop, Liam didn't even blink and watched him die.
Then he turned his wheelchair and came to see me at the grave.
He served me my favorite durian cake, and his voice was incredibly gentle.
"Tanya, I have avenged you. You are always afraid of the cold. Will it be very cold down there?"
"Don't be afraid, I'll be there for you soon."
He slept in front of my grave and cut his wrists until the blood ran out, nourishing the foxtail grass on my grave.
So this time, I'm marrying Liam.
Liam looked at me in disbelief, his eyes reddening, "Are you serious?"
He pushed me against the wall and said, "You still have a chance to regret now. If you delay for even a minute, you won't regret it anymore."
I stared at his handsome lips and chuckled, then without waiting for him to move, I stood on tiptoes and kissed him.
"No regrets."
From that day on, Liam and I became boyfriend and girlfriend.
Liam started preparing for the wedding, and I was also preparing to go home to get my ID card to get the certificate.
But as soon as I entered the house, my father slapped me in the face angrily.
“Tanya, how dare you come back?”
"You brought shame to our Shaw family with what happened at the engagement gala. The news spread all over Seattle that Ethan would rather marry a nightclub hostess than marry you. How can you let me put my old face on this?"
I stood there in a daze, looking at my father calmly.
Although I expected that my dad would find that incident embarrassing.
But I didn't expect such a big reaction.
I was even the one who felt ashamed.
"Dad, Ethan chose the Nightclub host himself. If anyone is embarrassed, it should be him. What does it have to do with me?"
"Besides, I was the one who announced the cancellation of the engagement that day."
My father was so angry that his face turned blue and he raised his hand to slap me again.
"You rebellious girl, you actually dare to talk back!"
I closed my eyes, but the imagined pain did not subside.
I saw it only after I opened my eyes.
Liam grabbed my dad's wrist, his eyes were tough and forbearing, "Tanya did nothing wrong."
I subconsciously turned my head to look at him, and couldn't help but reddening my eyes.
Whether in the last life or this time, Liam is always the one who will protect me without hesitation.
My father has always been a bully who only bullies the weak and fears the strong. He doesn't dare to offend the Grant family, let alone the Vance family.
Seeing Liam come forward to help me out, he sighed and left in embarrassment.
Liam arrived and parked his car outside.
He was waiting for me to get my ID card and go to the Civil Affairs Bureau, but I didn't come out no matter how long he waited. He was afraid that something might happen to me, so he rushed in, and as expected, he saw me almost get beaten.
"Tanya, your father actually treated you like this. I will definitely protect you from now on and will not let you suffer any injustice."
I smiled and touched his face, "Okay, I believe you."
On the way out of the Civil Affairs Bureau, I happened to run into Vivian holding Ethan's arm, walking out of the mall intimately.
They bought large and small bags of daily necessities.
It seemed to be heading in a familiar direction.
"Ethan had a falling out with his family at the engagement gala and was kicked out."
Liam's voice came from above, "Normally he can't stick to anything for more than a few days, but I didn't expect that this time he would go all the way with his family for Vivian."
I sneered. How could I not be tough?
After all, he has died once. In his previous life, he blamed me for Vivian's death. The more he can't get, the bigger the demon in his heart becomes.
Chapter 5
He finally got this opportunity in his life, how could he give it up easily?
But that's okay.
I'm waiting to see his comeuppance.
I was just about to get in the car and post an official announcement on WeChat Moments when I picked up my phone and the door lock system of the sea view villa that I hadn’t lived in for a long time popped up a reminder.
The display is already turned on.
I frowned and asked the system to turn on monitoring.
When I saw the pictures inside, I couldn’t help but laugh.
"Is this the down-and-out Ethan? He was kicked out of his home and ended up living in my house."
Liam also leaned over to look.
"It's really Ethan."
Ethan and I were childhood sweethearts. After we confirmed our relationship, I gave him a spare key to the villa.
Unexpectedly, he moved in openly with the Nightclub hostess.
From monitoring their conversation, I learned the whole story.
After being kicked out by the Grant family.
Ethan originally wanted to rent a house.
But Vivian disliked the poor environment of the rental house and was unwilling to live there.
Ethan was at his wits' end when he remembered that he still had the key to my villa in his phone.
"Tanya won't be staying here for a while anyway, so let's just borrow the place to stay for a few days."
Although they said it was a temporary stay, Vivian was so taken with it as soon as she arrived that she moved in right away and treated it as her own home.
Seeing Ethan's sad face, Vivian hooked her arms around his neck and chuckled.
"Ethan, this is only a temporary setback. It will take some time for your parents to accept me, but I believe it will happen sooner or later. After all, I am your destined wife."
Vivian claims to be from the future, and whenever she talks about these ambiguous words about the future, Ethan will be controlled by her mind.
At this moment, Ethan's expression softened a bit.
"Vivian, tell me, what kind of life will we be living in five years?"
Vivian avoided his gaze but continued to make plans with a smile.
"We are very loving. Not only did we give birth to a pair of cute twins, we also raised cats and dogs. You also successfully became the head of the Grant Family..."
When they were deeply in love, they hugged each other, and I closed my eyes because of the disgust.
Ethan had no income and was kicked out by the Grant family, so he had to find ways to make some money.
As soon as he left that day, a man sneaked in.
I thought there was a thief, but Vivian was not panicking at all and was wearing a short suspender skirt.
Just hugged him.
Oh my god, it turns out he’s an adulterer.
Seeing that they were getting better and better, I called the police directly, "There's a thief in my villa."
When the police arrived, they just caught the couple in adultery.
The adulterer couldn't escape. Ethan happened to take Liam's car back and saw Vivian being caught on the spot.
Even the neighbors and passers-by came to watch the fun.
"Oh my god, isn't this Ethan? He said he was so angry at the wedding for Nightclub hostess, but he didn't expect to be cuckolded the next time, haha."
"What kind of look is that? You don't want to marry such a thing when you have such a good daughter of the Shaw family."
"I wonder if Ethan feels itchy on his back. His tortoise shell is about to grow out..."
Hearing people talking behind his back, Ethan felt embarrassed and became furious.
"Vivian, didn't you say you've changed your ways? You'll never do this again. Explain to me what's going on and why you're cheating on me?"
Vivian hid the panic on her face and cried.
"Oh my God, I just woke up, I don't know why there is a man next to me, it must be Sister Tanya, this is her villa, it was Sister Tanya who harmed me."