“Of course,” she said.
smiled. “Great. Go ahead and repeat it, then.”
Jesmira clearly hadn’t expected to be comered. Her expression faltered before she finally echoed my words, “If my curse on wou works, everything will come back to bite me.”
Hearing her repeat it word for word, I let out a quiet sigh of relief.
n my previous life, I hadn’t understood it, but after death, I realized the power of words might truly hold weight.
So I had to make Jesmira speak words that would turn against her. I wasn’t sure if it would work, but at least I had to try. When I got home, I rushed straight into my dad’s study, holding up a photo of a man. “Dad, cancel all cooperation with Mr. Zellner right now. No matter the cost.”
He glanced at the photo and looked stunned. “Jenna, how did you know I was working with Mr. Zellner? I haven’t told a soul about this
Forget how I know,” I said firmly. “Just listen to me. This is important.”
That man had been the beginning of our downfall in my past life.
He ran a shell company that lured my father into a fake partnership. Once exposed, he vanished, leaving my family with over en million dollars in penalties.
Seeing the hesitation in my father’s eyes, I pulled out the evidence I had collected. “Dad, I got all this from the Department of Commerce and the Tax Office. You don’t have to trust me, but at least trust the government, right?”
After reading it, my dad frowned, his expression growing serious. “What a con man. Alright, Jenna, I trust you.”
He immediately picked up the phone and called his secretary. “Run a full background check on Mr. Zellner’s company. I think we’ve been set up. Put the contract on hold for now.”
Watching my dad take swift action lifted a huge weight off my chest. I threw my arms around him and said earnestly, “Dad, please trust me. This could decide our entire family’s future.“l
The following night, my dad called with an update. His team had confirmed that the man was indeed a fraud.
He had canceled all negotiations with anyone connected to Zellner.}
After hanging up, I was flooded with emotion. In this lifetime, I had finally changed the course of that crucial moment.
Noticing my joy, my mom smiled and teased, “Why are you so happy? Did someone send you flowers?”
blinked, confused. “Flowers? What flowers?”
She chuckled. “I went to order some today and saw your boyfriend Tobias doing the same. Valentine’s Day is next week, so l figured he’s getting something special for you.“”
My mom looked so pleased, but my heart sank. Because in my past life… Tobias never gave me flowers on Valentine’s Day. And I couldn’t stop thinking about Jesmira’s curse. “Your boyfriend will cheat on you in seven days… with your best friend.” Still shaken, I immediately contacted my best friend, Xylia Skelton.
Finding out that she was still abroad and wouldn’t be back for another month helped me breathe a little easier.
The flowers weren’t for Xylia, she wouldn’t even be around to receive them. Even so, I spent the next six days on edge.
Then, early on the seventh morning, Tobias sent me a Happy Valentine’s Day message. He said my gift would be arriving soon and asked me to go pick it up.
But when the delivery boy handed it to me, a chill ran down my spine. I stared at the package, then looked at Tobias. “Why chocolate?” I asked.
He smiled. “Isn’t Valentine’s Day all about chocolate? What? Don’t you like it?”
