I was reborn.

After Kellan Reid's company went bankrupt, he married me with heavy debts.

To take care of his mother, who was paralyzed by a stroke, I gave up my years of career in the entertainment industry willingly.

After making a comeback, he secretly reunited with his ex-girlfriend. Then he kicked me away, saying that I was old and not worthy of him.

When I was reborn into his family, I heard him say to his mother, "If it weren't for needing someone to take care of you, I would never have married her."

His mother said, "She is worth billions. Don't act stubbornly in terms of things related to money!"

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I pretended to come out of the bathroom as if nothing had happened. Then I heard Kellan angrily shout at me, "You were in the bathroom for so long, weren't you? Hurry up and go cook dishes!"

"Look, is this how a person talks?"

"When a girl comes to a guy's house for the first time, the guy treats her like a servant instead of welcoming her properly.”

In my previous life, I did everything as he said as if he had cast a spell on me.

I glanced at him, who looked resentful and critical, and said lightly, "I'm going back for filming."

Kellan looked shocked. He probably hadn't been expecting me to say such words.

After all, I had promised him I was ready to retire and be a woman behind him before coming here.

"Didn't you promise me that you were going to retire?"

Amirah, his mother, stared at me unhappily.

I casually picked up the Chanel bag and smiled at them.

"Kellan, why did you think I would willingly be your mother's nanny?"

Kellan looked shocked again.

Hearing my words, he changed his perceptions of me.

After a while, he came to his senses and said, "Well, Eileen Horne, is something wrong with you today?"

I looked at his mother meaningfully, saying, "People should have some self-awareness in their lives."

I walked out as if nothing had happened.

Kellan walked quickly towards me and grabbed me.

"I'll pretend you're having your period today. Apologize immediately!' He was as superior as before, speaking as if I were his slave.

In my past life, he always spoke to me in such a tone as if I were his slave.

Amirah stared at me and struggled to say, "Eileen, you can't behave like this. You're a big star. It won't be good for you if this thing gets out!"

I smiled, saying, "For me, giving up my career in the entertainment industry for you will be the biggest loss."

After saying this, I left their house without looking back.

I didn't want to stay in the gloomy and lifeless house for another second.

Kellan shouted angrily behind me, "Eileen, don't you want to marry me anymore?"

I rolled my eyes.

"Go fuck marry yourself!"

In my previous life, he would never take the initiative to coax me no matter what the reason for the quarrel between us was. Instead, he would only make up with me if I coaxed him first.

"Those who are favored always have no fear."

"In this life, I don't want to be so humble anymore."

Kellan and I had been in a deadlock fight for a whole week.

This week, I hadn't contacted him once.

Kellan, who had long been accustomed to my submissiveness, seemed that he couldn't stand it anymore.

On the 8th day, as soon as I came out of the set, a WhatsApp message from him popped up on my cell phone.

It was a photo.

It was a photo of him at a dinner party, in which he was hugging a young girl.

His eyes were full of provocation and show-off. It seemed as if he were saying to me, "Eileen, I have plenty of girls around me, who like me."

I rolled my eyes and sent him a photo of mine.

It was a WhatsApp chat screenshot of my mom urging me to go on blind dates.

After leaving Kellan's house that day, I went home and told my parents that Kellan and I had broken up.

My parents congratulated me on the spot.

They never liked Kellan.

It was not because of his poor family background. Instead, they both thought he, who had a bad character, was not an ideal man for me to marry.

My parents were much more experienced than me. Most of the people, whom they didn't trust, turned out to indeed have some issues.

"Marriages that the old generations oppose usually don't end up well."

"I learned such a painful lesson from my excruciating personal experience, hoping young girls won't follow in my footsteps."

In my previous life, my parents advised me to break up multiple times, begging me. But I, who was blinded by love, insisted on marrying him.

Later, he proudly showed off in front of me after achieving success in his career. Hugging his ex-girlfriend, he said, "You are now old and no longer worthy of me. Here is 1 million dollars. Consider it as the caregiver fee for taking care of my mother all these years. Take it and get lost.”

After being kicked out, I dragged my battered body back to my parent’s home. Upon learning about my ordeal, they were righteously agitated. My father, who had suffered from heart disease, was immediately hospitalized.

Not long after, my father passed away.

My mother became depressed. Two years later, she left me and departed from this world.

"I don't want to look back on the past..."

"In this life, I will not repeat the same mistakes."

So, I readily agreed when my mom urged me to go on a blind date.

Two minutes later, Kellan called me.

I touched lightly on the screen of the cell phone and swiped up. The call was connected, and Kellan's roar came through.

"Eileen, by playing two sides of the fence, you're quite a player. I didn't expect you to be this kind of person!"

I snorted indifferently, saying, "Aren't you the same?"

"I'm different from you. She was my colleague. We were having a company gathering."

"Is that important?"

After saying that, I decisively hung up the call.

Then I blocked him.

I exhaled a breath of stale air, instantly feeling relieved.

I went back to the nanny's car and opened the window. A gust of wind came in, mixed with the faint fragrance of flowers, and rushed into my nose along with my breath.

"It turns out that the world can be so beautiful after I leave the scumbag. Even the air is so sweet and intoxicating."

After I left the scumbag, my work went on much more smoothly. My life was more joyful.

"Sometimes, you have to have the courage to stay away from people and things that exhaust you, even if they are the ones you love the most and are closest to you."

No matter what kind of man my parents arranged for me, I actively went on blind dates and approached them with an open and accepting attitude.

I used to think that Kellan was the best man in the world. Now I realized there were much better men out there.

Not to mention other things, all the men I had dated were far better than him in terms of respecting women.

But Kellan was having a hard time.

He was heavily in debt. His younger brother was a troublemaker who couldn't do anything right.

Recently, he was fooled into online gambling. Besides losing everything, he was indebted with hundreds of thousands of dollars in high-interest loans.

But he disappeared after that, leaving all the mess to his brother, Kellan.

After he disappeared, the loan sharks came to Kellan aggressively, forcing him to repay the money.

Kellan was as poor as a church mouse.

In the end, he was beaten up.

His mother fainted on the spot.

With no other choice, Kellan came to me again.

As soon as I had come out of the set, he came up to me with a bouquet of red roses, smiling pleasantly.

"Eileen, are you off work? Are you tired? I brought you food. It's in your car!"

I knew why he was here. Raising an eyebrow at him, I didn't reply as I got into the nanny's car.

Kellan caught up.

He put down the flowers and opened the insulated box. The aroma of the food spread throughout the car.

My manager and assistant looked at me with envy and hunger.

I was not moved.

Looking at Kellan indifferently, I said, "We have broken up. Did you lose your memory?"

Kellan looked slightly embarrassed. Then he forced a pleasing smile on his face.

"Eileen, I have seriously reflected on myself during this time. It's my fault. I haven't been considerate enough and caring enough towards you. I was wrong, but I will make it up to you in the future."

I rolled my eyes in secret.

"If it weren't for his younger brother running away after carrying a bunch of debts, which forced him into a dead end, he would have never said such words hypocritically."

I looked at him expressionlessly and said, "Alright. Slap yourself a few times first to show me your sincerity."

Kellan was stunned suddenly.

I casually played with my manicured nails and said, "You have to show some sincerity, right?"

Kellan's eyes revealed pain and humiliation.

After hesitating for two minutes, he gritted his teeth and slapped himself in the face.

My agent and assistant gasped in shock.

They seemed to have never expected that Kellan, who used to yell at me all the time, would act like this one day.

I remained as expressionless as ever, not even blinking.

Kellan seemed to realize that I was not satisfied yet, so he slapped himself in the face again.

"Are you satisfied now?"

I blew on my manicured nails, saying, "Next, it depends on your performance."