My husband, the Captain, and his "White Moonlight" – his first love – were both trapped in the flood. After a moment of hesitation, he saved me first, his pregnant wife. By the time he went back for her, it was too late. He watched helplessly as she was swept away by the raging waters. He blamed me for the delay, for her death. He hated me for seven years. He never let our son call him "Dad." The day the Time Machine was released, he left everything behind, determined to go back to the past. "Sarah, if I wasn't worried about saving Ciara first and her getting criticized, why would I have saved you first?" After he left, my in-laws pushed all the blame onto me. "If Ethan had saved Ciara first back then, how good would that have been? At least they would be happy now." Even my son didn't want to acknowledge me as his mother anymore. "It's all because you killed Auntie Ciara that Dad hates me! Why didn't you die back then?" Facing everyone's insults, I resolutely returned to the past. This time, I will save myself. I won't owe Ethan Carter anything ever again. ...... Chapter 1 The dizziness from the time machine faded. The bone-chilling cold from being soaked in water for too long made me feel like I was dying. I struggled to open my eyes and saw Ethan standing on a small wooden boat, looking at me indifferently. Meeting my gaze, he didn't hesitate. He turned the boat around to save Ciara White, who was trapped on the roof. The immense force of the water flow nearly swept me away. I clung desperately to a piece of driftwood, swimming towards the edge with all my might. Just as I was about to reach a safe area, Ethan's wooden boat passed by me. Ciara on the boat stumbled and almost fell into the water. To save her, Ethan abandoned the oars. The wooden boat slammed directly into my body. A sharp pain in my abdomen almost made me let go. But Ethan acted as if he hadn't seen it at all. Anxiously, he brought the frightened Ciara to shore. When I finally swam ashore, lying on the ground coughing violently. Ethan, who had already escaped with Ciara, walked over to me and spoke coldly. "Sarah, couldn't you get out yourself? You stayed in the water just to force me to save you first, so I couldn't save Ciara, right?" The chill in Ethan's eyes made me shiver involuntarily. He didn't know yet. The current me had also come back via the time machine. "Planning to complain to Mom and Dad again? You can say whatever you want about me, but if you dare frame Ciara, even with Mom and Dad helping you, I absolutely won't let you off!" My hand pressed hard on my abdomen, which was in constant, severe pain. I looked up at Ethan. "Let's get a divorce." A flicker of astonishment passed across Ethan's face. He paused for a moment, then frowned impatiently. "I have a lot of things to do, I don't have time to fuss with you." "I'm not fussing, I'm serious." In my previous life, Ethan said before he left that the thing he regretted most, besides not saving Ciara first, was listening to his family's arrangement and marrying me. I didn't want to repeat the same mistakes. So I wanted to fulfill his wish. Let him make up for these two regrets. Ethan didn't believe my words. His eyes grew more impatient. "Mom and Dad aren't here right now, you don't need to act. You just want to use divorce as an excuse to make Mom and Dad dislike Ciara even more." "I advise you to put away those useless little schemes. Don't use a serious matter like divorce as a bargaining chip for your unreasonable behavior. I'll take you to the hospital first." Ethan gave me a warning look, signaling me not to continue making trouble. The pain in my lower abdomen was getting more and more intense. Looking at the hand he extended towards me, just as I was about to use it for support to stand up, I was knocked aside by Ciara. She cried and hugged Ethan's arm. "Ethan, Lucky choked on a lot of water trying to protect me, his condition is very bad now. Can you come with me to take him to the vet first?" Facing Ciara's pleading, Ethan agreed without hesitation. Only when he saw me did he remember that he had just said he would take me to the hospital. Seeing this, Ciara knelt directly in front of me and begged. "Sarah, you're not hurt anyway, just let Ethan take Lucky to the vet first, okay? I really can't lose him." Lucky was the dog Ethan and Ciara adopted together. "I'll find someone to ride a bike and take you to the hospital. After I take Ciara and Lucky to the vet, I'll come find you." I replied calmly, "Okay, you go." Ethan looked at me in surprise, but under Ciara's anxious urging, he didn't think much of it. He drove the Jeep and left with her and Lucky. After he left, I turned and looked at the back of my skirt. Sure enough, it was all bloodstains. When I finally walked to the hospital, the doctor told me I came too late. The child couldn't be saved in the end. Chapter 2 In my previous life, Ethan saved me first, so the child was fine. After our son was born, he never held him. Except for giving us living expenses, he didn't care about any of our son's affairs. Even the gifts our son gave him were casually thrown away by him. My son once cried and asked me why other children had gifts from their fathers on their birthdays, but Ethan had never even bought him a snack. I also couldn't figure it out all along. Until that time I accidentally walked in on him talking to our son: "Don't call me Dad, I will never acknowledge you as my son." Watching our son cry into a tearful mess, Ethan took out a lock of yellow fur he had treasured for many years. "It's because you were sick, everyone was busy taking you to the hospital, that Lucky ran away and got lost in the chaos. It was enough that I didn't protect Ciara well, I couldn't even protect Lucky." "If only I could have another chance, I must protect Ciara and Lucky well, even if the price is losing my child." My thoughts returned from the past. I wiped away my tears calmly. From the moment I came back, I had made up my mind to divorce Ethan. So I didn't plan to keep this child either. After I wrote the divorce report in the hospital ward and put it away, Ethan happened to return. He was carrying a bag of very trendy toys in his hand. "I saw these new arrivals at the state-run store when I came over. I bought some to keep for the future child in case they run out of stock." Ethan took out the toys inside and displayed them in front of me with a smile on his face. There was a faint anticipation for the child in his eyes. "Is Lucky's condition better?" Ethan's smile froze, and he nodded somewhat awkwardly. "The vet saw him, there's no problem. Don't tell Mom and Dad about today's matter, I'm worried they'll misunderstand Ciara again. As long as you help conceal it, I will agree to whatever you ask." So he bought these not for the child, but to stop me from troubling Ciara. Imported toys like these were expensive. Ethan was really generous for Ciara's sake. "You'll agree to anything?" I turned my head away, deliberately not letting him see the tears in my eyes. After Ethan nodded, I took out the typed divorce report, blocking the content above and leaving a space for signing. "Then sign this." "What is this?" "A three-chapter agreement, guaranteeing you will never fall in love with anyone else." In Ethan's eyes, I had always been a childish person. I often did things like this in the past. So he didn't suspect anything and signed his name directly on it. The moment I saw his name land on the paper, I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart. Ethan had once redeemed me. Now I return his freedom to him. Let him re-choose what he truly wants. My mother and Ethan's parents were very good friends, so we knew each other since childhood. At first, my life was as peaceful and beautiful as Ethan's. Until my mother suddenly died of illness, and my father remarried. I fell from heaven into hell. Under my stepmother's instigation, my father refused to give me any living expenses, not even buying me daily necessities. The classmates in my class mocked me for wearing large, tattered old men's clothes. When I was ashamed, it was Ethan who stood up to block the red ink splashed onto me and taught those who mocked me a lesson. Even, he said his clothes were also hand-me-downs from relatives. This was not a shameful thing. That day, my shattered self-esteem was picked up by him like that. Our relationship also became closer. Later, my stepmother gave birth to a son for my father. Because they didn't want to support two children, they pushed me into the lake. Just as I was about to drown, it was Ethan who saved me again. After my father and stepmother were arrested, Ethan actively took me to his home and asked his parents to pay for my tuition, so I wouldn't be homeless... Chapter 3 Ethan pulled me out of the abyss time and time again. Making me mistakenly think our relationship was different from others. Unfortunately, it wasn't like that. I understood it too late. Fortunately, there is still a chance to re-choose now. "Mom and Dad said they prepared food you love and asked us to go back for dinner. They haven't seen you for a long time either." But just as we reached the door of the house, a friend of Ciara's ran over hurriedly and said something to him. "Ciara was scared bad by what happened today, she doesn't even dare to use water, she can't cook. I'll go over and help her make some dinner." After Ethan left, I ate dinner with Ethan's parents and was about to go home. Ethan's mother, who returned from outside, suddenly looked dark. "Did Ethan go to find Ciara White again!" Seeing no surprise on my face, Ethan's mother put the beans in her hand on the table. "Didn't you say Ethan didn't come back because he had something to do at his unit? When I went to Auntie Six's house to get beans just now, I heard Ciara White showing off in the yard about Ethan cooking for her!" "I really don't know what's so good about this Ciara White that makes Ethan so devoted to her. If I wasn't worried that Ethan would act impulsively and make a mistake after knowing, I really want to tell him about the fact that Ciara White has been married!" Listening to these words, my eyes remained calm. Because I had long been informed by Ethan's parents that Ciara had been married. She hid this matter very well. If not for a chance opportunity, Ethan's parents wouldn't have known either. Because Ciara's husband treated her badly, she ran to the county town. Ethan's parents kept it from Ethan because they were afraid he would go to settle accounts with Ciara's husband after knowing and get fired from his unit. I only knew about this after marrying Ethan. So in my previous life, I never thought about divorcing Ethan. But this time, I chose to let go. What Ethan does is his own choice. I don't want to get involved in this complicated relationship anymore. "Sarah, I know you've been wronged. We insisted on you marrying Ethan back then because his feelings for you were indeed different from others, but... sigh!" I looked at Ethan's mother calmly and said with a faint smile. "He helped me probably because he was kind-hearted, not because he liked me. We misunderstood his thoughts in the past and forcibly interfered with his life. Since everyone is unhappy with him being with me, it's better to separate early." "Separate!" Ethan's parents shouted in shock. "That's right. Ethan has already signed the divorce report I typed out. As long as it's submitted and approved by the leaders, Ethan and I will be officially divorced." "However, please keep this matter from Ethan first. I don't want him to make a choice against his heart again because of responsibility." Thinking of those seven years of "mutual respect" with Ethan, my heart couldn't help but surge with complex pain. At night, I was just about to sleep when the room door was kicked open vigorously. I raised my head and met Ethan's eyes filled with anger. "Sarah, you really went to complain to Mom and Dad. Will you not stop until you force Ciara to leave here!"
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