Erase Me in the Next Life — Novel

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Vivian Mercer has spent five years in a marriage that feels more like a mirage, her husband Ethan Reed's affections fading into the shadows of his new star employee, Julia Snow. When the CEO’s husband loses a dare at a New Year’s Eve party, it sets off a chain reaction that exposes the cracks in Vivian’s life, leaving her grappling with feelings of betrayal and despair. As Ethan embraces Julia, the woman he hired with questionable loyalty, Vivian is left to wonder: how much longer can she endure this charade?

In the cutthroat world of corporate ambition, loyalty becomes a weapon, and every small act of kindness feels like a betrayal. With her own hard-earned promotion under threat, Vivian is torn between the woman who has taken her place and the man who has forgotten her. As whispers of favoritism and resentment grow louder around her, Vivian must decide: will she continue to play the dutiful wife, or will she finally take control of her own destiny?

As she stares down the path to freedom, Vivian realizes that sometimes erasing the past means confronting the truth. Can she reclaim her life before it's too late, or will she forever be overshadowed by Julia's rising star?

Erase Me in the Next LifeChapter 1

At the company’s New Year’s Eve party, the CEO’s husband lost a big dare and had to choose an employee to drink a wedding toast with as a bonus.

As he walked toward me with a blush on his face, my colleagues began to cheer.

“They’re already an old married couple, and they’re still showing off their affection.”

The next second, my husband stepped past me and hugged Julia Snow, who was standing beside me. All my colleagues froze.

None of them expected my husband to drink a wedding toast with a female subordinate right in front of me.

But I wasn’t upset at all. I was the first to clap and break the silence.

“Have a few more drinks, and I’ll get you some more. Drink all night if you like. You don’t need to come home.”

I muttered the last words, “don’t need to come home,” in a low voice.

Then I set down the two bottles of wine and pushed the door open to leave, amid everyone’s shock. My husband quickly chased me out and grabbed my arm. “Don’t overthink it, Vivian Mercer.”

“Julia’s brother has leukemia and urgently needs the bonus for treatment. I had to choose her.”

“But don’t worry, I’ll keep my distance from her from now on.”