Back in Time to Fall for Him novel Chapter 1

"You'd hurt yourself for Johnny? Do you really want to marry him that badly?"

As Madison Quinn drifted in and out of consciousness, she heard Sam Goodwin's voice and stiffened up.

Was she hallucinating? But she could have sworn she was already dead.

She looked up despite herself. The instant she saw Sam's bloodshot eyes, a jolt shot through her and set every nerve alight. Her skull throbbed as if it might burst.

"Sam..." Madison whispered, her lips quivering as the corners of her eyes went red.

She had never imagined she would see Sam again after she died. She reached for him on instinct, but he caught her wrist.

A sudden sting made her frown. She looked down, and what she saw made her widen her eyes. There was a deep gash on her wrist, and when she looked closer, glass slivers were lodged in the wound.

"Answer me! Are you dead set on marrying him?"

Sam's voice was tight with fury, thundering across the room.

The familiarity made Madison's head ring. She looked around and saw a dozen men in shirts and ties watching her in silence. She felt her stomach drop hard.

Why did this feel so familiar?

It felt like the day she graduated from college three years earlier, when Johnny York had proposed and Sam told him to back off.

That night, Madison stormed into the banquet hall. In front of a dozen company higher-ups, she threatened to kill herself unless Sam approved her marriage to Johnny.

When Sam said no, she smashed a bottle against the table, then cut her wrist with the jagged edge. In the end, Sam gave in and allowed her to marry Johnny.

After that, Madison didn't see Sam again until the day she died.

Had time been rewound, sending her back three years?

When Madison didn't answer, Sam let go of her wrist with a bitter, mocking look.

"I'll agree," he said in a cold, raspy voice.

He turned away and refused to look at her again.

"Y-you agreed?"

Madison came to herself and caught his hand. "No, you can't."

Sam paused and turned back to her, something unreadable flickering in his dark eyes.

Madison had been willing to hurt herself just to marry Johnny, so why was she reacting like this now that Sam had agreed?

Her eyes were red-rimmed, and her grip on Sam's hand trembled. "I don't want to marry Johnny anymore. Sam, I was wrong. I'll follow your lead. Will you take me home, please?"

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