Chapter 1: Awakening

TW: Mention of suicide

God must have taken pity on a poor soul like me.

Last night, in the dark and gloomy room where I always stayed alone, I ended my own life. The me who was weak and can't express myself, the me who had no courage to do what I wanted, and the me who can easily be manipulated by the people who wanted to use me... yes, that's me, and I long to end this misery.

"On the eve of Sunday, the spouse of Niel Noah, the grandson of Noah Enterprise, perished. It was presumed that the omega has taken his own life-"

Bang!

A shattered remote control was scattered on the tiled floor. Along with it were the broken pieces of a vase, the overturned table, and a few drops of blood, "Who carelessly leaked the news?! Who is the stupid one to leak the news!"

The alpha's veins were protruding on his forehead, his eyes almost jumping out from its socket but the wound in his hand was treated as non-existent amid the chaos caused by the death of the omega.

“Calm down! This is not the time to blame anyone. We should stop the news first-“ It was the uncle, the youngest uncle that he had been considering as his closest in the clown family of Noah.

“Not blame anyone?! Uncle, that man died and everyone was feasting on it! Tell me how to calm down?!”

This was the last event that I saw before a white light blinded me, pulling me like a strong magnet into a dark path… does heaven look this dark? Or was God throwing me to hell for being a depressed animal who only knew how to take his own life to end his suffering?

Did my death cause everyone a burden? Even in my death… I am useless. 

Beep beep beep…

The sound of the alarm rang throughout the dark silent room. Davi slowly opened his eyes, his head throbbing with pain. A familiar ceiling, a familiar scent, and familiar surroundings welcome him in the bright sunny morning, "I'm alive?" he mumbled.

Unfortunately, no ray of sun dares to intrude on the tightly closed curtains.

Holding his head, he closed his misty eyes again, jolted from his bed, and paced around like he just found out a piece of confidential news, "why am I alive?" his voice was so low as if he was afraid that anyone could hear him in that empty room.

He tried to remember the night he cut himself in the wrist after taking a whole bottle of expired medicine.

He made sure not to survive, so how... "News, right the television!" he hurried to open the television and search for a news channel but none reported the big news, it could be that Noah cleaned up all the news related to his attempts. 

He opened the internet to search just in case but he found none. What confused him was - the date.

He clearly remembers the date of that night; it was his birthday. And it was a birthday gift he gave to himself - freedom. 

But now, the television, the internet, and even his phone were showing that it was a week after he married Niel. Was this a nightmare or was he experiencing a rebirth?!

Doesn't rebirth start from infancy?

Checking the wrist he once cut, Davi’s sweat started to form as there were no traces of a wound in that place.

Still confused about what was happening, Davi closed his eyes again after covering himself fully with a blanket. Maybe it was just flashes of his life before he totally leaves the world or maybe it was a punishment of regret for taking his life so lightly.

Davi closed himself in the room for another week. Confusion kills his thought process, none of what was happening seems real to him. To ensure that he was truly reborn, he stayed in his room for a week with food only delivered to the door.

This week was also used to ponder the things he had regretted in his past life.

He had suffered so much that the only thing he wanted was to escape life permanently. As he was pondering, a clear realization dawned on him - he was truly reborn!

Now, he wanted to make himself ready to face the husband who never had looked him eye to eye after the wedding. He remembers that, after the ceremony, Niel never had asked him to join him at the table, never asked him to move into the same room, and never in their one year of marriage did Niel show even a little bit of care far from the Niel who indulged him before the wedding happened.

He even brought his mistress into the house, flaunting him like he was a rare gem.

But it was understandable for he never married Davi with love as the foundation.

Closing himself in the room and only getting out when Niel left to work, this has been a routine he had long been accustomed to.

Taking the old wallet he had, he searched and searched for a calling card. His fingers nimbly flip through the stack of small papers, mumbling along as he reads the name, “Found it!”

Davi was the youngest son of his family, they were poor but Davi, as an omega, was delicately handsome. His masculinity was not an obstacle for any alpha to pursue him. But poor as they were, and with a gambler of a father, soon… he was sold to pay for a debt.

Maybe, he was still lucky because the man that his father had sold him to did not take advantage of him to become a human toilet. Or maybe, because he had a gloomy aura, the man sold him again to another unknown buyer.

This buyer was Liam Noah. The cousin of his husband, both vying to be Noah’s patriarch. However, everyone knew that Liam will be the one to achieve the position and not Niel. The reason why Davi got trapped in this war was due to his saving the old patriarch.

Finding the calling card, he dialed the number. He was anxious while waiting for the other line to pick up. Biting his nails and shaking his legs, he mumbled, “Pick up… pick up… pick up.”

The first thing on his list to enjoy this second life was to divorce the husband who never loved him. The alpha who felt disgusted to even spare a glance at him! The alpha whom everyone wanted to seize.

After consulting with his old colleague, he found out that it was too expensive to get a divorce! "You mean, I have to spend ten million just for a divorce?!" It was a mistake not to take the allowance that the old patriarch had given him before.

May it be because of courtesy or reason he can’t comprehend at all; he should have accepted it rather than having a card he could not use to pay for a divorce fee! This card, who knows who it will connect to?

His family had no intention of giving him money but instead expected him to provide a steady flow of cash for their drowning family.

His father learned about him marrying into a rich family and indulged himself in more gambling making his son pay for everything.

He was treated as a cash cow of the whole family. So, it was a waste to ask them for money for divorce as well. They only have debts to give him!

"However, you can avoid spending a huge amount if your husband makes a call for a divorce. You can even get alimony." Whoever initiates a divorce, and whoever needs it the most will naturally be willing to spend money. So, he just has to convince his unfamiliar husband to divorce him.

After a week of locking himself in the room, Davi went out early in the morning to join everyone for breakfast. In the mansion, there lived the cousin, his husband, him, and occasionally… the mistress.

That day was the day he decided to permanently kill the old Davi Abram. 

When he came down, all the servant’s eyes were fixed on him, constantly rubbing their eyes to make sure they were not seeing an illusion. The madam came down... no, their madam was sitting at the table, facing the two scions while sipping his coffee like he was used to doing it!

Niel never glanced at him. Asshole!

"Deciding to come out of your cage." Liam was sitting at the end of the long table while Davi was one chair away from him. The stable, cold, and domineering voice of the alpha reverberated in the silent dining area giving the listener a slight chill. 

Liam’s movement was steady, calm, and precise. It was the first time after the wedding that he heard this voice again. Anyone who hears Liam’s voice will immediately fall in love with the alpha. 

But… not him.

Falling blindly in love with Niel and giving all his innocent heart to him was enough and never to be repeated. Noah's clan was a curse he needed to stay away from.

Not answering, he took a piece of sausage and bit it in half, "Arghh, too sweet."

"Don't like sweet things?" Liam's eyes were following the movement of his hands without any expressions on his face.

It was a known thing inside the mansion that after the wedding, the couple did not have much interaction and this goes with Liam as well. This conversation surpasses all the conversations they have had for the one year they have been living together before his rebirth.

The couple even sleep in different rooms, eat separately, and can only bump into each other on a few lucky days. So, normally, each other’s likes and dislikes were not known to them.

Not minding Liam, Davi talks straight to the husband who never spoke since he sat at the table, "Don't you feel tired of our setup? I'm willing to give you a divorce so you can marry your slut." His mouth speaks without break, and his face shows a sincere smile. 

If one counts it, they were only married for two weeks and now he was talking about divorce. But it was not new, others divorced after an hour of getting married. 

Listening in the corner, Liam knew he was the one who wanted to get a divorce desperately. When he bought Davi from the loan shark before he never thought that the omega would fall in love with his good-for-nothing cousin. 

Niel’s eyes glared at Davi for a second before responding, "No."

"What do you mean no? It's a great deal. I'll tell the people that I was in the wrong, I won't blame you. I promise!" 

Honestly, Davi had a hidden agenda. He was testing the waters. If Niel agrees to divorce then he will treat the revenge plan as non-existent but if not…

“First, Mitchel is not a slut, you are. Second,” Niel sat up and leaned his body closer to the omega with his raised brows then added, “If I get the patriarch position, I’ll naturally discard a disgusting thing like you.”

Glancing at Liam, Niel left the two alone at the table.

"..."

Liam wiped his mouth and sat up to walk out of the house, when he reached Davi’s side he spoke in a serious tone, "Wrong move.”

Sighing, Davi slumped on the chair, pouting his lips as he jabbed on the half-bitten sausage on the plate, "Okay! Let the games begin! Patriarch? Pweh!"

Happily, he ate more food than usual and even ended up requesting a crab porridge.

The author has something to say: 

Liam: The enemy of my enemy is my husband!