Semua Bab She Married My Stolen Credit: Bab 1 - Bab 9

The phantom choke of Piper Carlson ripping out my ventilator tube still crushed my throat when I jolted awake.Blinding white filled my vision. The sharp stink of disinfectant hit next."Marco, pretending to pass out again? After all these years, can't you come up with something new?"Her icy voice cut right through me.I slowly turned my head.Piper stood beside my hospital bed in a sharp suit.But the way she looked at me?Like I was trash.Elliot Lacy—the man who got me killed in my last life—stood beside her with a smug grin, his arm hooked through hers.Then it hit me.This was the day I was diagnosed with kidney failure.The same day Elliot "accidentally" let Piper find out he only had one kidney.After that, the woman who once loved me with everything she had became convinced Elliot was the one who saved her.And me?I became the liar who stole his credit.But this time, I got another shot.I was back where it all started.Hatred slammed into me like a wave."P

Piper grabbed me by the throat and slammed me into the cold wall.My vision went black.I couldn't breathe.But her words hit even harder."Talk! What did you send Grandpa? What lie were you gonna feed him this time?"She screamed in my face, veins standing out on her forehead."Marco! I told you to behave. Why do you keep pushing me?"My face burned from the lack of air. Tears and blood streaked down my cheeks as I forced out a few broken words."I... didn't... I didn't..."She hurled my phone to the floor.The screen shattered, then lit up with an unsent draft.[Recipient: Walter Carlson]I'd only typed it.I never sent it.So how did she know?The second Piper saw the message, her face twisted."Elliot was right. You were gonna use Grandpa to threaten me and steal his credit!""Marco, this has gone too far!" Elliot rushed over, looking all innocent. "Grandpa Carlson's health is already fragile. What if you upset him and something happens?"Every word pushed Piper f

The moment I hit the floor stretched on forever.I could feel my skull crack open.Blood poured out.My heartbeat faded.So did my life.Somewhere in the haze, I heard Piper racing my hospital bed down the hall, screaming for the doctors like she'd gone completely feral.But I was dying.Dying in the arms of the woman whose love had always been twisted.Right before everything went dark, Piper dropped to her knees beside my bed."Marco! Stay with me! You're not allowed to die!"Her eyes were blood-red.All she could do was beg."Don't close your eyes. Just hold on a little longer. A donor kidney is on the way. I'll save you. I'll spend every last dollar my family has if I have to. I'll make you healthy again. Please... just hang on."This is what I owe you..."The woman who'd always looked down on everyone was now begging me to live like a stray dog.But I knew the truth.I wasn't gonna last much longer.With only one kidney, my body was already shutting down.And I'd

Those words snapped Piper out of it.A wild look lit up her eyes.She tore free from the bodyguards and threw herself toward me, trying to pull my body into her arms."Did you hear that, Marco? We found a kidney! You're gonna be okay! Let's do the surgery. Once it's over, you'll be fine!"She tried to lift me off the bed, completely out of control, nearly ripping out the wires still attached to my body.Then—Smack!The slap cracked through the room."Piper! Use your damn brain for once!"Walter had put everything he had into that slap."He's dead! Look at him!""You killed him! You and that monster drove him to his death!""Don't stand there pretending you ever cared.""It's too late."Walter slammed his cane against the floor, grief pouring out with every word.The slap had knocked Piper's head to the side. A bright handprint spread across her cheek.She held her face, staring blankly at Walter before looking back at my lifeless body.The madness in her eyes slowly f

Walter looked at Elliot, sprawled on the floor and gasping for air, that same twisted smile still on his face.Disgust flashed in Walter's eyes."Lock this bastard up. Watch him closely. Don't let him die."Walter would make Elliot pay himself.But he couldn't let Piper become a killer.She was the last Carlson heir.The guards immediately dragged Elliot away.The basement echoed with Piper's ragged breathing and broken sobs.She collapsed to the floor, curling into herself like a wounded animal.Clutching her chest, she cried so hard she could barely breathe.She kept gagging, but nothing came up.That bowl of soup replayed in her mind, over and over, each memory more horrifying than the last.My soul drifted beside her.We stood face-to-face.She couldn't see me.She couldn't hear me."Piper, I hate you. It's been two lifetimes. Stop haunting me."Three days later, Walter buried me beside our child.The funeral was simple.A heavy rain kept almost everyone away.O