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Ethan returned back to the room with the food and drinks right as ra was cing the tes and napkins on the table. The smell of the burgers instantly perked her up.

i“/iiI /iiswear /iithis /iidiner /iihas /isome of ithe /iibest /iiburgers /iiI’ve /iiever /iitasted/ii!/ii” /i

ra let out a light giggle causing Ethan to blush slightly.

‘iHow /iiis /iiit /iishe’s /iiso /iidamn /iiadorable/i. iI’ll lose /iimy /iiconcentration /iipletely /iiat /iithis /iipoint/ii./i‘

Ethan grumbled to himself as he sat the food on the table. Still, even he had to admit the burgers smelled delicious.

After making their tes, ra sat back in her seat and smiled at Ethan. fnd47c Th? link to the orig?n of this information r?sts ?n FindN0vel/fnd47c

“iSo/ii, /iiyou /iireally /iinever /iihad /iia /iiregr /iiburger /iiand /iifries/ii?/ii” /i

Ethan let out ia /ifaint smile.

“Afraid inot/i.i” /i

“iReally/ii! /iiNot /iieven /iion /iia /iiFriday /iinight while /iihanging /iiwith your /iifriends/ii?/i”

Ethan thought impassively, in truth, he’d been so immersed in work and research that he never actually had a ‘Friday night hang out‘. Owen was his only true friend apart from his siblings.

“I’m afraid I ihaven’t /ihad too imany /ii‘/iiFriday /ihangout inights/i‘i. /i

ra brows furrowed, for a moment she felt a ping of sadness. Hearing those words made her think about her previous life. How she hadn’t had many friends and how her life had been filled with so much sadness. Back then, all she did was work, she seldom had time for hanging out as well. If it wasn’t for Gloria and Casey, she’s not sure what her life this second time around would have been like.

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An empathic smile came across her lips as she reached her hands over and grabbed

Ethan’s.

i“/iiWell/ii, /iiwe’ll /iijust /iihave /ito ichange /iithat/i. iLife /iiis /itoo shorti; /iyou ishould /iienjoy /iiit /iito /iiyour /iihearts /i

icontent/ii. /i

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Hearing ‘life is too short‘ instantly sadden Ethan. It made him think about Maria and how short her life would be if he couldn’t find a cure. Wanting to change the subject,

Ethan picked up his burger.

“iWell/ii, /iilet’s /iisee /iiwhat /iithe /iifuss /iihas /iibeen /iiabout/ii./ii” /i

Ethan took a big bit out of his burger. As he chewed, ra couldn’t help butugh at his facial expression. Following suit, ra bit into her own burger, rolling her eyes she let

out a satisfied moan as she chewed her food.

After dinner, Ethan and ra both sat with satisfied looks on their faces. tes cleared;

Ethan had truly enjoyed his first burger.

i“/iiI /iican’t /iibelieve /iiI’ve /iibeen /iimissing /iiout /iion /iithis/ii!/ii” /i

ra let out a light giggle, it was interesting seeing the Chairman be so casual.

i“/iiStick /iiwith /iime /iikid/ii, /iiI’ll /iihave /iiyou /iieating /iiall /iikinds /iiof /iiterrible /iibut /iidelicious /ifoodi./ii” /i

ra and Ethanughed in unison as they began to clean up their mess and get back to

their research. Ethan studied ra’s research journal on her cancer treatments once more before closing the book. A serious look on his face, Ethan decided now was the

time to tell her the truth.

i“/iira/ii, /iiI /iithink /iinow /iis ithe /iitime /ifor ime /ito itell /iiyou everything /iand iwhy /iiI /iam so iinterested /iiin /iiyour /iiresearch/ii./ii” /i

ra adjusted her sses as she sat in silence waiting for Ethan to continue. His expression had be rmingly serious. Gone was the casual tone he’s just dawned.

“iYou /iiknow /ihow imy /iifather /iiis /iicorrect/ii” /i

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ra nodded her head. In her previous and her current life, she knew who Joseph Taylor of NovaTech was.

i“/iiI /iido/ii. /iiThe /ichairman of iNovaTech/ii./ii” /i

Ethan nodded as to verify she was correct.

“iThat’s /iicorrect/ii. /iiI’m /iithe /iisecond /iioldest /iof ifour /iichildren/i. iMy /iimother /iiand /iifather /iihad /iitwo /iisons /iand itwo /iidaughters/ii. /iiMy /iioldest /iibrother /iiCorey /iiis /iicurrently /iithe /iiCEO /iof iNovaTech/ii, /iithen /iithere’s /i

mei, /iimy /iiyounger /iisister Elizabeth/ii, /iiand /iimy /iiyoungest /iisister /iiMaria/ii./ii” /i

ra continued to listen, slightly confused. Why was he telling her his family tree?

“iWe’re /iiall /iipretty /iiclose/ii, /iithough /iiif /iiyou /iimet /iimy /iisiblings /iiand /iimy /iiparents /iiyou’d /iiwonder /iiwhere /iiI /iigot /iimy /iidistant /iipersona /iifrom/i. iGrowing /iiup/ii, /iiI /iiguess /iiyou /iicould /iisay /iiwe /iihad /iieverything /iithe universe /iihad to /iioffer/i. iMy /iiparents /iimade /iisure /iiwe never wanted /iifor /iianything/ii, /iiand /iifor /iia /iilong /iitime/ii, /iiI /iididn’t/ii./ii” /i

She wasn’t sure, but it looked as if Ethan’s eyes became slightly glossy.

i“/iiIt /iiwasn’t /iiuntil /iithat /iione /iifateful /iiday, /iithat /iione /iiday /iithat literally /iichanged /iithe /iicourse /iiof /iime /iias /iiwell /ias imy /iientire /iifamily’s /iilives /iithat /iiI /iibegan /iito /iidesperately /iicrave /iifor /iisomething /iiI /iiknew /iI imay /i

never iget/ii./ii” /i

Ethan paused after thatst sentence causing ra to question what the thing he

wanted most was.

“iWhat /idid you idesperately /iicrave/ii?/ii” /i

Silence.

i“/iA icure/ii./ii” /i

i????? /i

Puzzled, ra stared at Ethan. Was he sick?

i“/iiI’m /iiconfused/ii. /iiAre /iiyou /is-”

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“iMy /iibaby /iisister /iihas /iileukemia/i.i” /i

The words cut through ra like a sharp knife.

Leukemia.

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So that was why in this life and the previous. This was why he desperately wanted to

work with her. Thinking back to her previous life, ra felt a huge sting of guilt. Ethan

Taylor met with her a few years after she started working at JGP. At the time, she was on

her way to perfecting her current cancer treatment. When Ethan approached her, he practically begged her to work with him.

i“/iiMs. /iiGranger/ii, /iiI /iiknow /iiyou /iihave /iiduty /iito /iiyour /iifather /iiand /iihusband /iibut /iiI’m /iibegging /iiyou/ii, /iie /iito /iiSpringsten /iiwith /iime/i. iTogether/ii, /iiI /iiknow /iiwe /iican /iisave /iilives/ii! /iiChange /iithe /iiworld/ii!/ii” /i

Out of loyalty to her father and Jason however, ra declined.

i“/iiI’m /isorry iChairman /iiTaylor /iibut /iiI /iican’t /iileave /iimy /iifather’s /iipany/i. iMy /iientire /iilife /iiis /iiat /iiJGP/ii, /iiI /iican’t /iimove /iihalf /iiacross /iithe /iiworld/i. iIt /iiwouldn’t /iibe /iifair/ii./ii” /i

Slightly bitter by her response, Ethan fired back.

“iTell /iime /iisomething /iira/ii, /iiare /iiyou /iitruly /iihappy /iihere/ii? /iiI /iiknow /iiabout /iiyour /iihusband /iand ifather/ii…/iiall /iithey /iicare /iiabout /iiis /iimoney/ii! /iiThey /iidon’t /iicare /iiabout /iiyour /iiwork /iand iall /iiyou /iicould /iido/ii!/i”

Ethan’s words burned like mes. Deep down, she knew he was right, but what could she

do?

“I’m sorry iChairman-/ii” /i

“And what if a life was on ithe /iiline/ii!! /iiWould /iiyou /ie then?”

ra never got a chance to answer his question, shortly after, Jason came and forced her into the car to go home. She never saw Chairman Taylor again, she would then die two yearster.

Tears began to weld up in ra’s eyes. That was the ilife /iEthan was referring too. His baby sister Maria.

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Ethan looked at ra with an empathetic re. It wasn’t his intention to make her cry, though he wasn’t surprised. ra was of pure heart. Handing her his handkerchief,

Ethan continued on.

“iSo/ii, /iiyou /iisee /iiMs. /iiRouleau/ii, /iiThat’s /iiwhy /iiI /iidesperately /iineed /iiyour /iihelp/ii. /iiPlease/ii, /iihelp /iime /iisave /iimy /i

isister/ii./ii” /i

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ra wiped her eyes and turned to Ethan; she could see the burning desire in his eyes as

they pleaded with her. ra never truly understood why she had been reborn. At first,

she took it as a fortune from God, finally showing her some grace for the crappy life

she’d lived. But now, now she was certain. She had been reborn to also save this girl’s life. To correct a mistake, she wasn’t even aware she’d made.

With determination in her eyes as her mind was made up. ra spoke with a stern tone.

“What do you need me to do.”

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