The Maybach had barely pulled into the underground garage and come to a complete stop when a dark figure suddenly darted out from behind a pillar. "Olivia! Olivia, wait! Just hear me out!" Noah Carter was wearing a badly fitting suit he'd dug up from God knew where. Clutching a bouquet of roses, he dropped to his knees with a loud thud right in front of my car door, completely disregarding his dignity. His face was streaked with tears, and his eyes gleamed with a sick, unhinged fervor. "I know you're reborn too, right? We built Grandma Rose's together in our past life! I'm your Noah! You must be furious that I chose Vivian in this life. I was wrong! I know I was completely wrong!" He was trying to manipulate me with the history we'd shared in our past life. His voice echoed through

