Revenge Heiress: Bow To My Reborn

"Lyla! Lyla! Why are you such a pain even in this miserable state? It must be so nice knowing that the world revolves around you! It would've been better if you died rather than make our lives just as miserable as yours!"

[So Carla is my savior, how ironic. What is she going on about and how does my condition affect anyone in the Whitemore family?]

I could hear her rapid movements and how she paced around with heavy breathing. As much as I appreciate not having to relive my worst memories, I find her presence just as irksome. To add fuel to fire, she was here to slander me!

"Carla, relax. Sir Regulus would never agree to such demands, I won't let him"

[That's Louis's voice, my supposed fiancé. What the hell is going on out there? Why are they here?!]

"I'm scared Louis, I don't want to marry that old hag of a man but I know Sir Regulus. Now that Lyla this b*tch is in a comatose state, they would revert to the original arrangement and have me marry Mr. Mallow. What do I do, Louis? It's all this b*tch's fault! She planned it all. Argh!"

"Calm down Carla, I said I won't let that happen. I'll make sure of it"

[Of course, here goes the trophy cheat of a fiancé, professing his unwavering loyalty to his beloved while his fiancée lies in a coma looking like a corpse. Well, now that I signed the marriage certificate, I'm not in any position to judge Louis. So Carla was meant to be Mr. Mallow's bride but somehow I was the one who got hitched. This is news to me but I can't say I'm surprised! Beatrice was definitely in on the switch. Bravo!]

"Do you promise not to leave me, Louis?"

[Why did they have to come to my ward to do this?!]

"Of course Carla, I'll never leave you. My love for you is genuine"

[It feels like I'm watching a soap opera with my eyes closed!]

"In that case, prove to me right here and now that you want me"

Carla's voice changed from distress to full-blown seduction. Her tone turned sultry and it almost made my frozen skin crawl from getting the heebie-jeebies!

"Sure darling, but let's leave here and find someplace else, it's creepy having Lyla lying there"

[Hah! You pieces of shit! You're the ones who came here! Now I'm suddenly the uninvited guest. Unbelievable! If I'm not even allowed to be in my comatose state? Then where do I belong?]

"I can't leave because of the rumors circulating, everyone has their eyes on this b*tch so Father asked me to pay her a visit for at least thirty minutes. This is so annoying! It's been one month since she ruined our plans and everything's been so infuriating!"

[It has only been one month since the accident. It felt like ages since I've been trapped in my head. Also, about the rumors she mentioned, what could they be? I think I'm gonna die of curiosity before something else kills me! I'm dying to know what's going on!]

"In that case, don't mind if I overstep"

"Oh… you're so naughty Louis. hahaha"

The facade of nonchalantness I was trying to pull crumbled. Although I wasn't in love with Louis, I admit I was attracted to him and I didn't mind scorn the idea of a future with him. But it wasn't enough that my dreams were shattered, no, they just had to commit such acts beside my degrading body.

This feeling of helplessness was worse than death. Will I be asking for too much to be put out of my misery?

I heard the door open and the sound from their sinful act ceased.

"What are you guys doing? What if a reporter had caught you?!"

"I'm sorry… brother"

[That's Frederick's voice, always so stern and reprimanding. What business does he have coming here?]

A series of footsteps followed suit and I'd like to believe that Carla and Louis exited the ward. The door shut close but the footsteps continued and it got closer and closer.

"I can't believe Father made us pay this wrench a visit. I'm a busy man I have things to do! What do I care if she drove herself to her death!"

[Harry is here too? And his tongue is as nasty as ever]

"Shut it, Harry" Frederick commanded.

[Is he standing up for me?]

I felt a glimmer of hope bobble within me but my expectations were crushed before they even began as I heard Frederick say.

"Hello, Mr Parker. How are you?"

[The only reason he shut Harry up was to receive a call. What was I thinking? That he'd suddenly stand up for me when he didn't all these years? How foolish]

Wait a minute, if Frederick and Harry are here and I know that the triple threat isn't completely without -

"Your crush is on the news, Harry"

[Basil!]

"You shut it, Basil! The only person gaining from all of these is Frederick! I mean what are the odds that news suddenly broke out and now everyone knows that Lyla looks exactly like Sebastian Cornelius's dead girlfriend? The world knew how crazily in love he was with her, even though he hid her away like a priceless piece, now the news is out and the whole internet is going crazy over this discovery. And who is gaining from all this media attention? You guessed right! It's you, Frederick, so why do I have to pay a sick girl a visit for the eyes of the paparazzi? This is solely your responsibility!"

[Oh my goodness! What in the world did I just hear? Me… Lyla, I look like Sebastian's dead ex-girlfriend? The same Sebastian who is the heir to the number one most prominent family in the whole continent?! The Whitemore family is ranking third but the gap between the Cornelius family is extremely huge! I'm completely starstruck by this news, so this is what Carla was going on about…]

Their conversation seemed to be getting heated, Harry was really livid about having to pay 'a sick girl' a visit and so the throw of word ls began.

"Well then, If you don't want to stay use the door and face Father's wrath"

Frederick's words left the room quiet but not for long because Harry picked up where he left off.

"You shouldn't just stand there Frederick. You should thank Lyla. It seems she has been a bigger help to you as a vegetable than an actual human. You owe it to her, including the public sentiment you're getting from being here right now. Everything"

"Enough!" Frederick roared and the ward rested in silence. Next, the door opened again and I couldn't hear what the person at the door said over the distance but I heard retreating steps and the door closed shut.

[I'm back to being alone. Somehow this eerie silence is far better than their company. At least in my space I'm not being belittled and mocked, neither am I being traded and used… it's just quiet here]

I found myself taking a walk down memory lane as I often do and lose track of time in the real world but the door suddenly opened and my consciousness snapped out of my memory.

[Someone came to visit]

The sound of crickets told me it was late in the evening or maybe even nighttime but I listened for footsteps and couldn't hear anything.

[Did the person leave?]

I came to the conclusion that the person left after a short while but something unimaginable happened next. A hand touched my face, gently rubbing my cheeks with the back of the fingers and the minute the hand withdrew the beeping machine which had kept my heart at bay went haywire.

[What's happening?… I can barely breathe…]

For the first time in a month, I felt my body but it wasn't a case of a miracle, what I felt was my body jerking violently. My air tubes had been disconnected and I was losing the little thread of life I had.

Cold air seeped into my nostrils and my lungs rapidly froze over. Still, my eyes remained shut and I had no connection to the outside world except for the beeping machine.

[So this is how I die]

[I wonder… If I was given another chance, would I have done things differently? I must be delusional to even have this thought]

[What could I possibly have changed? It was a done deal from the start, it was already set in stone from the beginning that I was going to die by their hands, I just thought at the very least, I would know whose exact hands took my life. Was it Carla? No, I'm more valuable to her alive than dead, then was it Frederick, Harry, or even Basil? Or maybe it was Regulus, he must've been angered by the news circulating about me. Is that it?]

I felt my consciousness drown into oblivion and my already dark vision lost the ability to hold on to any semblance of life. I died.

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*Cough! Cough!*

[How am I alive?… Was I by an absurd chance Reborn?]