CHAPTER 699. IN MY NEXT LIFE. It Was HerThe sound made Peter lift his head immediately, hurriedly patting Kim’s hip to wake her up.“Do you hear that? Can you hear it?” he asked, his heart racing. Within seconds, he saw her react, having heard it too—the unmistakable sound of helicopter blades.Both of them jumped to their feet and dressed as quickly as possible. Peter wrestled with the door, climbing over the small mound of snow blocking it and stepping out to signal the aircraft.He was certain that the moment he failed to show up for the competitions, his family had begun searching for him. Still, he hadn’t expected them to find him so quickly, much less there. But the resources of the Kellers and his new political family were undeniable. Sure enough, there was one of his cousins, frantically waving from the helicopter to signal he’d been spotted.“Kim, come on! Grab whatever you need—we’re leaving!” he shouted. The young woman grabbed only a thick coat and her camera.She threw a
CHAPTER 700. IN MY NEXT LIFE. The Best in the WorldHe would have preferred someone punched him. He would have literally preferred to take a fist to the nose than to watch another man kiss that woman. It was obvious they were a couple—a legitimate one—but perhaps the worst part was seeing the wedding ring on the man’s finger.Why wasn’t she wearing one? Why on earth didn’t she have a single damn mark that showed she wasn’t free...? And just that thought made him understand. Of course. Because of the marks—she didn’t wear chains, earrings, or rings because they left marks.“Kim, look at me! Are you okay?” the man asked as she tried, futilely, to step back.“I’m fine. I’m fine. We just got stuck for a few days in a storm, but that’s all,” she replied, running her hand through her hair. Only then did her husband turn to look at Peter.“In a storm?! What are you talking about?! I came here looking for you—they couldn’t even tell me where you were! I’ve been calling your cell nonstop, Kim!
CHAPTER 701. IN MY NEXT LIFE. Being SelfishKim Russell sat in the passenger seat of her husband’s luxury car. She couldn’t say he was a bad man, though it was true that his temper sometimes got the better of him. But it would’ve been unfair to claim he didn’t care about her.The problem was that after six years and knowing all that lay ahead, the only thing Kim wanted was to be exactly what Peter had told her: selfish. She wanted to do only what made her happy.“Percy... I want a divorce.” Those were the only words that came out of her mouth, and the car braked so hard it nearly skidded off the road.Her husband’s expression was a mix of disbelief and shock as he turned to her, looking as if she’d suddenly sprouted a second head.“Kim, what are you saying? Have you lost your mind?” he demanded in a frustrated tone. “What do you mean, divorce?”She closed her eyes with a weary expression and shook her head softly.“It doesn’t make sense... You know it doesn’t make any sense to keep ou
CHAPTER 702. IN MY NEXT LIFE. Consequences“You’re crazy! Or rather: you’ve swallowed a truckload of crazy if you ever thought I would actually go after that woman to have her come take more pictures of me!” Peter exclaimed with such determination that his aunt Andrea, his honorary agent, stood there with her finger raised, a look of confusion on her face mixed with something resembling an epiphany.“Well... I never said ‘go after’,” she replied. “And I’m pretty sure I never said anything about the photographer coming to take more pictures. But now that you mention it...”“No, no, Aunt, no! I said no!” Peter grumbled, backing away when suddenly, a loud slam of the door blocked his escape from the office.“Sweetheart, she’s not asking you nicely, she’s telling you,” another female voice said, and it made Peter's stomach drop.“M-mom...!”“I’m not even going to ask why the hell you skipped a championship,” Noemí said, locking eyes with him. “And let’s just say I have enough faith in my
CHAPTER 703. IN MY NEXT LIFE. A Tour of Your Favorite ThingsIt was the most absurd thing in the world, and yet Peter couldn’t explain what he felt just by seeing her again, as if two years had passed, not just a few days, since the last time.He swallowed and frowned because he had certainly expected some photo session or something like that, but the definition of “your shadow” was something he already knew since his aunt had tried to impose it on him before.“No, no, no, no, no, no!” he declared, approaching them. “I’ll do a regular photo session, but I’m not going to have a bodyguard behind me all the time...”The next thing that was heard was a slap to the back of his neck, and Peter gritted his teeth, glancing sideways at his mother.“I think you learned how to greet people when you were about three years old. Any reason you’ve lost your memory?”Peter took a deep breath and reached out to shake Kim’s hand, but damn it, just grazing her hand made something inside him shoot back t
CHAPTER 704. IN MY NEXT LIFE. Define "This"There was something undeniable: being Peter Ferguson’s shadow had its fun and dangerous side. Most of the things he liked were fast, thrilling, and risky, but if Kim had dared to climb Skatgan Peak with him, then she had to dare to do everything else.The next morning, very early, she found him at one of the few racetracks in Zurich, with his helmet, leather jacket, and that damned motorcycle that looked like it was straight out of hell. However, the worst part was how sexy he looked on it.She’d only had to say “motorcycle day,” and a professional stylist had come up with at least four approved outfits for him to wear. Kim took advantage of every one of his movements while he simply enjoyed riding that bike on a specialized circuit.The camera didn’t stop, and the best smile she managed to capture was when he took off his helmet to ask her if her finger on the shutter button had stopped.“If you were masturbating, you’d have orgasms every t
CHAPTER 705. IN MY NEXT LIFE. Isn’t it Enough?Was she capable of saying it?Was she even capable of putting it into words?Her heart was beating harder than the engine between her legs, and it wasn’t exactly because of the adrenaline from the race, but because Peter’s arms around her made her remember the thousand and one moments they’d been pressed together in that cabin at Skatgan Peak.And as if that weren’t enough, he ended up wrapping his arms around her abdomen and pulling her even closer to his body.“Peter…”“I asked you a question. Actually, I just gave you an order. Define ‘this.’ Is ‘this’ getting on the damn motorcycle, or is ‘this’ being like this with me?”She couldn’t even deny it. That woman gave him a fever; she made his blood boil in a way he couldn’t understand. But whereas before he had the freedom of ignorance, now that he knew she was married, he couldn’t say the same. And still, he felt his whole body vibrating as he moved his lips closer to her ear.“I just wa
CHAPTER 706. IN MY NEXT LIFE. Prisoner“Let go of me, Percy. Stop, let go of me!” Kim tried to free herself because she knew that every second those fingers stayed pressed against her face, the mark on her skin would get even deeper and longer.“I can’t believe you did that, Kim!” her husband roared. “Are you really sleeping with someone?! Are you fucking cheating on me?”“Enough!” she shouted, and a second later Percy let go of her with a more violent gesture than he intended. He knew he wasn’t a man who let the worst side of himself take over, but he’d made all kinds of concessions with his wife recently, and he couldn’t understand why this was how Kim was paying him back.“I just want the divorce,” she whispered, rubbing her face.“Yeah!? And who’s going to take care of you then!? Have you even thought about that?”“I’ll take care of myself!” she exclaimed, tears filling her eyes. “I’ll take care of myself!”But to her surprise, the answer was simple and definitive.“No. You’re not