Seven Years of Marriage, Seven Years of LiesChapter 1
On the day of my due date, I was driving alone to the hospital when I got into a serious car accident.
Meanwhile, my husband, an emergency room doctor, rushed off to save his first love, who had slit her wrists.
I didn't call him again.
I watched in horror as the car exploded into flames right before my eyes.
In my previous life, it was because I made that one phone call for help that he left Jodie Woods behind to save me.
I survived, and so did our baby, but Jodie bled out and died alone in her apartment. Her body wasn't discovered until three days later.
Zayne Snow told me he didn't blame me, saying everything was his choice.
He even insisted on giving me a proper wedding ceremony.
But the night before the wedding, he knocked me out and dragged me to Jodie's apartment.
There, in the very same bathtub where she had slit her wrists, he tortured me with a knife and even cut the baby out of me.
His eyes were bloodshot, madness gleaming in them as he stood over my mutilated body.
"It was just a car accident. You weren't going to die. But Jodie lost her life because of you. Today, you'll feel the pain she went through that day," he said.
When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the day of the car accident.
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There was a loud crash, and the car rolled over. I lay in a pool of blood, heavily pregnant.
The trolley had smashed into me with such force that thick white smoke began to rise.
I never expected to come back to this moment.
When I realized what was happening, I used every bit of strength I had to pull my body halfway out of the driver's seat.
But my lower body was pinned. I couldn't move.
Terrified that the car might explode, passersby kept their distance.
My cries for help were drowned out by the noise around me.
Realizing I couldn't rely on strangers, I shakily dialed 911.
The pain in my abdomen was unbearable now, cold sweat dripping down my forehead.
The woman on the other end of the line was one of Zayne's colleagues, someone I'd met a few times.
As soon as she recognized my voice, her tone turned cold.
She said, "Eliza, Dr. Snow's busy today. Before he left, he told us you might try calling the office if you couldn't reach him. I know what you're going to ask, but I can't tell you where he is. This line is for emergencies, so please don't waste resources. I'm hanging up now."
Before she could hang up, I panicked.