After rebirth, I no longer entangled with my girlfriend of seven years Chapter 1

After rebirth, I no longer entangled with my girlfriend of seven years Chapter 1

After rebirth, I no longer entangled 

with my girlfriend of seven years 

Chapter

So, I was secretly dating my sister’s best 

friend for seven years

Crazy, right

But then, one night, after a few too many, she 

kinda jokingly says to me, Hey, Luke, I’m 

gonna find you a better woman. Can you 

juststop being so hung up on me, okay?” 

I kept my face cool

I just calmly said, Sure.” 

See, last time around, I didn’t take her up on 

I insisted on marrying her

Big mistake

After the wedding, she basically ignored me

iced me out

And then, when I got into that car wreck and 

was bleeding out, she was off in the Arctic 

with her high school sweetheart, chasing the 

Northern Lights

That’s when I realized, real feelings can 

change in a heartbeat

You can’t force someone to love you

When I said sure,Winnie just froze

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I guess she wasn’t expecting me to agree so 

quick

We were in this booth at O’Malley’s

The lights were low and kinda hazy

Her face was flushed, but her eyes were clear 

as day

You couldn’t tell she’d had anything to drink

I sat up straight, giving her a little smile

Winnie suddenly got all serious, ditching the 

chill vibe, Luke, did you even hear what I just 

said?” 

I nodded. Loud and clear.” 

Used to be, if she said something like that, I’d 

get all worked up, cut her off, and tell her not 

to talk that way

But now, I just shrugged it off

Like it was nothing

Luke, you…. 

She didn’t finish her sentence. My sister

Tess, came back from grabbing some air

She saw Winnie and grinned. Guess who

just saw outside?” 

Before Winnie could say anything, Tess went 

on, Your old flame, Ethan! He looked 

wasted. Some loaded chicks were trying to 

drag him into a private room” 

Winnie practically jumped out of her seat and 

bolted for the door

A few seconds later, we heard a bunch of 

yelling and something smash

I just stayed put, munching on some orange 

slices from the fruit platter

Winnie always loved fruit, but hated peeling it

I’d always peel it for her, super carefully, and 

put it right in front of her

Then she’d take a couple bites

Tess would always tease me, You’re way too 

good to her, what about your sister? You 

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must be in love with her!” 

I almost spilled the beans a few times, told 

her Winnie and I were a thing

But she’d always throw her arm around me 

and say, Maybe Luke thinks I’m more like

real sister than you are! Little brother’s gotta 

look out for his big sis, you got a problem 

with that?” 

Eventually, I got the picture

She didn’t want anyone knowing about us

So I kept my mouth shut

After seven years, nobody even suspected

thing

Tess was standing in the doorway, trying to 

figure out when to jump in and help

She glanced back at me, still stuffing my face with fruit, and joked, Hey, Winnie’s getting 

into it with someone. Aren’t you gonna go 

play the hero?” 

I swallowed the last bite of orange and shook 

my head. Nah. I’m not gonna get involved in 

a catfight.” 

Tess raised an eyebrow, but didn’t say 

anything. She went out to help

I sat there for a long time, until it finally got 

quiet outside. That’s when I got up

As soon as I stepped out of the booth, I saw 

Winnie holding onto this guy’s arm

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It was Ethan, her first love, the one she could 

never quite shake

He was drunk, leaning all over her

She wasn’t pushing him away. She was 

holding him tight

Her eyes were a little angry, but alsoshe 

looked worried

Tess saw the scene and nudged me. Think 

they might get back together?” 

She wasn’t yelling, but Winnie definitely 

heard

Winnie looked up, saw me standing there, and 

got a little flustered

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She explained, I’m not trying to get back 

with him. He’s just drunk. I’m just helping him 

out

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I just smiled and shook my head. Sure

Winnie. I get it. He looks pretty out of it. You 

should probably get him home.” 

Winnie frowned a little, like she didn’t like the 

way I said her name, but she didn’t argue

As she led Ethan away, she told Tess, You 

guys should head home too. Don’t stay out 

too late.” 

Watching them go, I felt a sharp pain in my 

chest

It was so messed up, so ridiculous

Last time, I got everything I thought I wanted

and ended up miserable

On my birthday, all I wanted was for her to 

spend the night with me

She said, I’m swamped at work. Can you 

justnot bother me right now?” 

Then I saw pictures of her and Ethan skiing in 

the mountains

When I got a stomach ulcer, I begged her to 

come to the hospital with me

She snapped, I’m not a doctor! Go to the ER 

if you’re in pain. What do you want me to do 

about it?” 

Next thing I knew, she was taking Ethan to 

the same hospital for a little sniffle

Later, I planned a big surprise for our 

anniversary, but got into a car wreck on the 

way home

The doctors called her, needed her to sign off 

on emergency surgery

She said, Is he dead? If he’s not dead, leave 

me alone.” 

Right after that, Ethan yelled from the 

background, Winnie, check this out, the 

Northern Lights are beautiful, so glad we 

came!” 

And then she hung up

I was bleeding all over the place, fading fast

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I remembered the crushing pain, the feeling 

like I couldn’t breathe

I clutched my chest and gave a weak smile

Winnie, if you think my love is such a burden

I’m done loving you

That night, Tess and I didn’t stick around. We 

went home early

I woke up the next morning, still kinda groggy

and checked my phone

Ethan had sent me a message

It was a picture of Winnie asleep in his bed

He wrote, Winnie stayed over last night.” 

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I didn’t even flinch. I just replied with, Cool.” 

I really couldn’t care less

He didn’t give up. A few minutes later, he 

sent another picture

This time it was breakfast

He said, Winnie made me breakfast! Check 

out the heartshaped eggs!” 

Winnie had never once set foot in the kitchen 

when we were together

She always said she was a princess and 

didn’t want to change her lifestyle

I even took cooking classes to take care of 

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her

She always had a hot meal waiting for her

Finding out she’d cook for Ethan made me 

realize what a joke I was

I saw the message, didn’t reply, and went 

downstairs to make breakfast

Five minutes later, Winnie texted

She acted like nothing happened. She just 

asked, That lotus root thing you made last 

time was pretty good. Can you make some 

more today? I’ll be at the office.” 

Oh and don’t forget to leave out the 

cilantro.” 

After rebirth, I no longer entangled with my girlfriend of seven years

After rebirth, I no longer entangled with my girlfriend of seven years

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