3
Getting rid of her once doesn’t mean getting rid of her for life.
Maybe it was due to pregnancy hormones, but after being reborn, I kept having nightmares.
The fear of dying under a barrage of knife strikes in my previous life turned into an abyss pulling at my body every night.
“Honey, wake up.”
I escaped from the nightmare, cold sweat streaming down my body.
Kevin’s face gradually came into focus under the bedside lamp, and I finally broke down in tears.
I’m not a strong–willed person. Even after being reborn, I could only cautiously deal with Amber.
So I spilled everything about my previous life to Kevin.
Kevin patted my back soothingly. I cried for a long time before lifting my head from his embrace.
“Do you believe me?”
Rebirth is such an absurd thing to talk about, I wasn’t sure if Kevin would look at me strangely.
Kevin sighed and wiped the sweat from my forehead.
“The branch in Sun City has sent transfer orders several times. I’ve been refusing because I was worried about you traveling while pregnant.”
“Since that’s the case, let’s move!”
The next day, Amber came knocking on our door early in the morning.
I opened the door groggily to see Amber reaching out her hand to me.
“Give me your car keys. My brother says he wants to go on a road trip.”
“Oh, and the gas tank is full, right?”
I was still a bit dazed from just waking up. Seeing no response from me, Amber walked right in and sat on our couch, shoes and all.
“What are you waiting for? Hurry up and give them to me.”
I suddenly remembered that in my previous life, Amber had borrowed my car too.
Her brother had just graduated from college and was clamoring to go on a road trip to Xinjiang with his classmates,
Because I was pregnant and didn’t have much chance to drive, I simply lent it to her.
But I never expected Amber to be so presumptuous.
Not only did she make me fill up the gas tank, but she also repeatedly asked me to transfer money to her brother for gas during the trip, threatening to abandon the car on the road and make her brother take the high–speed rail back if I didn’t.
The car was a wedding gift from my family, so I couldn’t possibly let her abandon it on the road. I had no choice but to give in and send money for gas.
When her brother returned, the car was filthy and the seats were badly damaged.
When I sent it to the repair shop, Amber disappeared.
The next time we met, she didn’t mention compensation at all.
I calmly replied: “Didn’t Eric just buy a new car?”
“Don’t you have your own car?”
“I need my car too. If I lend it to him, what am I supposed to drive?”
I almost laughed at her words.
Amber really knew how to be generous with other people’s possessions.
“I can’t lend you the car. I’m planning to sell it at the used car dealership tomorrow.”
This was true. After discussing moving with Kevin, I had decided to sell the car.
Amber was stunned, her tone agitated:
“Why are you selling the car?”
She looked as if I was selling her car.
“The economy’s been tough this year, and our income has dropped. I want to help lighten Kevin’s burden a bit.”
“How about this then: wait until my brother gets back from his road trip before you sell it? It won’t make much difference to wait a bit longer.”
She spoke reasonably, but I hadn’t forgotten.
The sorry state of the car after lending it to her in my previous life meant I would have to sell it at a huge discount even if I could sell it.
An idea came to me:
“How about this: if your brother really needs a car urgently, I can sell it to him at a discount. What do you think?”
“I bought this car for 188,000, and it only has about 10,000 miles on it. I’ll give you a friendly price of 160,000.”
Amber fell silent, muttering:
“Forget it, forget it. Can’t count on you for anything.”
Then she turned and left our house.
I watched her retreating back, feeling a sense of satisfaction welling up inside me.
It turns out that refusing unreasonable requests from others feels so good!
