His Second Chance, My New Beginning

Evelyn

"How.....what do you mean? Is this some kind of joke? We've been married for years!" I screamed out, without thinking too much about my words.

The corners of Salvatore's lips lifted in a charming smile, and for a split second, I forgot about my woes as I felt a force pulling me towards him.

That smile always seemed to be reserved only for Lara.

What was happening? Did the accident mess with Salvatore's head?

"I also want to be married to you for a long time, Evelyn, however, we really just got married!"

He rested his head on the headboard, a grin on his face as his eyes roamed my body.

Unable to hold his gaze, I turned my face away, my eyes falling on a flower vase.

I remembered that vase, Lara had given it to Salvatore as a gift, and he cherished it.

However, one day, after a one sided fight with Salvatore, I broke it in a moment of anger.

Because of that vase, he refused to come to the house for two months.

How could that vase...

My eyes landed on my phone that was on the bedside table and I snatched it, looking at it like it was a wonder.

This phone....I had lost it a long time ago. How come it was here?!

"What date is it today?" I asked, my hands shaking as I held onto the phone.

"Are you okay?" Salvatore's gaze was filled with worry.

Getting up from the bed, he slowly approached me.

Spreading out his hands, he tried to grab my shoulder, however I pushed him away roughly, stumbling back in the presence.

"Answer my question! What day is it today?!" I demanded to know, wanting to know the answer, but then too scared to face what I suspected .

Salvatore glanced out the window, and when he turned to face me, there was an incredulous look on his face.

"It's a new day, which means it's a day after we got married, 16th December, 2015," Salvatore eyed me suspiciously as he said this, as if he was scared that I would do something to myself.

With my fingers shaking, I turned on my phone.

He was right. It was the 16th of December, 2015. A day after I married him.

Had I gone back....ten years in the past?

"Argh!" Unable to handle the surprise, I screamed out in shock.

My eyes widened at the realisation.

I was....reborn?

How could something so fascinating happen to me?

"Evelyn, I am calling the doctor. You don't seem to be well...."

Hearing Salvatore's voice, I was reminded that even in this life, I was still tied to him.

I couldn't have been reborn to just a day before the damn marriage?!

"No, let's get you to the hospital and have Frank take a good look at you...."

Saying this, Salvatore attempted to take my hand.

However, I panicked and did the best thing I could think of in that moment.

Rushing into the bathroom, I made sure to shut the door tightly behind me.

......

My mind was spinning in circles, I leaned against the wall, trying to sort through my thoughts.

I was somehow reborn to ten years ago, obviously, when I had just gotten married to Salvatore.

I was still a twenty-two year old woman, with hopes and dreams before they were all crashed.

My heart palpitated at the realisation that I had been given a second chance.

In my past life, I had way too many regrets, as loving Salvatore had cost me everything.

Determination soared in my chest, as I planned to do everything that I was unable to do back then.

A smile lit up on my face, at twenty-two years old, I had just left college, with dreams of starting a fashion line with my best friend.

However, Salvatore's family had insisted that the wife of Salvatore could never show her face in public, and so I was forced to abandon the dream I had since childhood, hurting my one and only friend in the process.

I clenched my fists tightly, this time, I would never let anyone dictate my life!

"Evelyn, what are you doing in there? Do you still want to call Frank or do you want to go to the hospital directly?"

Hearing Salvatore's voice, I was reminded of one very important thing I needed to get done before anything else.

Divorce Salvatore Harrington!

......

A long time passed before I finally got the courage to walk out of the bathroom.

Since I had been given a second chance, I was determined to make good use of it and live well.

First, I needed to take back everything that was taken from me.

My freedom, as well, as my ...inheritance!

Convinced that Salvatore would have gone to work by now, I headed downstairs to have breakfast.

As I walked through the house, I couldn't help but feel my chest tightening.

This place had been my cage for ten years, and now, I was going to be free at last.

My hopes of having a peaceful breakfast were dashed when I saw Salvatore sitting at the dining table, a hot cup of coffee in front of him as he gnawed on a piece of toast.

"Why aren't you at work yet?!" I exclaimed, without thinking much.

Salvatore would never be in this house at this time of the day.

Before seven, he was always out of the house, probably in an attempt to avoid me.

Salvatore looked up, flashing a smile at me.

My heart skipped a beat when I saw it.

He had smiled more at me this morning than he ever did throughout our ten year marriage!

Placing the toast down, he stood up and started to approach me.

"My wife isn't fine, you don't suppose I'd just leave you and go off to work?" He asked, grinning softly at me.

My heart skipped a beat when I heard this, Salvatore cared about me?.

He stood right in front of me, picking up a strand of my hair and tucking it behind my ears.

"Since we just got married, there are many things we don't know about each other. If there's anything you want, tell.... "

"Anything I want?" A snort escaped my lips .

"Salvatore, I want a divorce!" I demanded.