She died and traveled back in time.

She only stopped walking back and forth when a phone call interrupted her. She took the phone from the top of her bedside drawer. Then, swiped her finger on the screen to accept the call.

"Mom, what brings you to call me late at night?" says Serina, disregarding her dilemma about her sudden marriage certificate.

"Seri, darling. Do you have classes to lecture tomorrow?" her mom asked on the other line.

"Yes, mom. Why'd you ask?"

"I just want to ask if you could attend Savinah's meeting tomorrow because I can't make it. I have a lot of parcels to deliver, and my boss fired three of my co-riders, so I had to excel in my work."

She sighed and closed her eyes in despair; Her mother need not work if only her salary could pay off their debt, her grandma's hospital bill, and her youngest sister's education fees.

"Why don't you ask Saniah ? I bet she's always free since working to contribute to our family has never crossed her mind."

She was upset and jealous with her elder sister because she got to live comfortably with Xavier,  who was Serina's long time crush.

"Come on, don't be too hard on your sister. She needed to visit the hospital for her pregnancy check-up. She can't come to attend your baby sister's meeting."

"Fine, what time is it? Let me see if it won't affect my schedule."

Before their conversation ended, Serina had no choice but to attend the school meeting of the youngest in their family. Then, after placing her phone in the drawer, she sat on the edge of her bed and stared at the crumpled paper.

"This isn't real," says Serina to herself as she lay on the bed, holding the crumpled paper, and thought that the crumpled paper on her hand would disappear once she woke up the day after tonight. 

Then on the next day, she stretched out her hand as part of her morning routine. She jumped off the bed and accidentally stepped on something, a crumpled sheet, to be exact. Then, a memory of seeing her name in the signed marriage contract had poured into her mind. 

She picked it up and uncrumpled it while murmuring, "It's not like I actually believe in this ridiculous piece of paper, but it wouldn't kill me to validate it on the civil registry."

She wore a casual teacher's uniform of LV university. She dropped by a civil registry before going to their old house in District 1 of Queshon City, to get her little sister. She's living alone for three years in District 3 of Queshon City to save fare and time. Fortunately, being a teacher in LV is a privilege because the university granted a studio-type boarding house for those who want it.

Serina shook her head as she laid her eyes on the LGU's employee. "You mean this thing is real? You aren't paid to throw jokes, so tell me the truth now. Ma'am, I ain't paying for taxes to receive this lame service," she added to clarify things.

"This is the third time I am telling you that your marriage with Mr. Vincaster Liverteo is registered, and it was officiated by our city Mayor, ma'am."

She wanted to stay and argue a little longer, but her time was limited. She had no choice but to disregard her problem for a brief moment, to focus on her sister and the meeting.

She attended a PTA meeting for her elementary sister, but her mind was clouded and itching to know who the hell was Vincaster Levirteo and where the effin hell she had heard of that name?

She was spacing out and failed to notice that the meeting was over. She had not understood what the meeting was all about because her mind kept on wandering. Fortunately, her sister is a studious student, thus she kept important minutes of the meeting.

"Sissy? The meeting is over. Are we going home now?" says Savinah. 

"Huh?" Seri replied absent-mindedly.

"Sissy, are you alright? Does your work exhaust you that much?"

She faked a laugh as she stood up and held her sister's wrist. "Of course not. I'm doing fine in LV, it's just that I was thinking of the lecture for my class this afternoon." 

"Sorry for taking much of your time. If only this meeting didn't require parents or adults, you wouldn't be forced to attend."

"Honey, it's alright. It's my job as your sister. By the way, I will hail a taxi for you since I need to be in my class two hours from now. You need to go straight home, okay? I might visit tonight after my shift since tomorrow is the start of semester break."

Serina is a teacher for senior high school, thus Saturday classes are part of her schedule. Savinah, on the other hand, was a grade four student from Toroan Public Elementary school.

After her class, she immediately left to research whoever the guy she got married to on that day. She was busy browsing the G*ogle while waiting outside for the cab to arrive. 

Serina thought it was misinformation as she looked at several pictures because the guy in the photograph does not resemble the guy she met at the bar on that day, which might be the person she mistakenly married under the influence of alcohol.

She was determined to confirm and confront the guy, so she headed to the address of his company, 'Liverteo-Vasquez foundation'. A circle of local and international private Universities from kindergarten - degree courses. It was widely known as a school for medicine before it expanded.

"Excuse me, may I talk to Mr. Vincaster?" she politely asked the employee at the information desk.

"Do you have an appointment, ma'am?"

'Appointment my ass! I need to talk with that bastard right now, and I can't wait any longer, the hell with that appointment what-about!' If she was not protecting her teaching license, she had long gone caused a commotion.

She was about to speak when the guy she saw in the picture entered, then walked past her. She panicked that the chance to talk with him would turn into ash, and without even thinking, she yelled, "Stop! You! with a funny-looking devil eyebrow, I need to talk to you in private." 

She could not think of anything to address him, and the first thing she noticed was the shape of his eyebrow which has an extension of inverted 'V' on each side, and it looks like a devil horn, but it does not deplete his 

dashing good looks.

Everyone was petrified when they heard her blasphemous mouth. Everyone murmured among themselves and called her crazy for digging her own grave.

Vincaster finds himself amused by Serina. He turned around and grabbed her wrist to drag her to the elevator. They were alone in that elevator, and he could clearly hear their own breathing. 

"Excuse me, Mr. Liverteo, but can you get your hands off my wrist?"

He didn't glance at her, instead, held her tighter as he dragged her into his office. He locked the door and closed the window.

"I did not expect you to come here sooner, wife." Vincaster sat on the edge of his table.

Serina looked at him with disbelief. She took the marriage certificate out of her bag then tore it in front of Vincaster. "I am not into playing silly games, Mr. Liverteo. That freaking marriage is void, and I am filling a case for it."

"Are you sure you can afford the best attorney to help you with that? If I ruin your profession or kick you out from LV, where are you going to get the money?" He placed his hand on his waist as he stood up to sit on his swivel chair.

Suddenly, she could not control her anger towards him. Her hands moved on their accord to grab his tie but failed to pull it to strangle him because his hands were first to grab her waist. He pulled her closer before Serina could retort, and a sheepish devil smile revealed themselves as he struck a deal with her.

"Instead of wasting time trying to prove that our marriage is void, how about striking a deal with me?" 

Serina soon realized that this guy might look cold outside, but he is a disgusting psycho inside. 

"Be my wife until my grandfather died, and that is approximately one year from today's date. In return, I will pay your grandmother's hospital bill and loans. If I'm satisfied with your act, I might give your youngest sister a scholarship in LV until she finishes her degree," he added.

She stood up and distanced herself from whom she thought a psycho. At the back of her mind, there's a voice from her head saying, 'He was threatening me a while ago, then all of a sudden he wants to make bargains?'

She's torn between declining and accepting his offer. It is quite a tempting offer. "Deal, but I need assurance and a blueprint of our contract."

"Sure thing. Come see me tomorrow and prepare your proposed provision about our deal."

After sealing a deal by shaking their hands, she left the office. On her way back to her boarding house, Serina had thought that she had sold her freedom to earn easy money, but no one would make her family free from financial problems aside from that psychotic boss of LV.

"It's not like I will remain married to him for the rest of my life. He is doing it for his dying grandfather, and I'm doing it to save my family, it's a win-win situation," she mumbled while looking in the mirror after washing her face with soap and gentle water. "It's not like I'm going to fall for that Psychotic Vincaster Liverteo," she added.

And, that is what she thought for the first half of the year living with him on one roof, but love moves in mysterious ways. Despite his ever-changing mood and sweet-bitter treatment towards her, she still falls in love with him, the walking red flag as to what she names him. 

Another half of the year came when the chairman passed away. She was on a one-week retreat activity that day when the news knocked on her phone. She asked Daniel to escort her back to where Vincaster was. When they arrived at Queshon City, she tried reaching him through a phone call, but no one answered.

Another unfortunate event happened; the car suddenly failed to function. She instructed Daniel to get it fixed, saying she could handle herself finding her husband. 

She was in a taxi when she received a message from an unknown number, saying her husband was in a hotel. Although, she wasn't sure whether it was a prank or not, checking the place would not kill her. So, she went to find the hotel and room number. She found the door unlocked, her automatic response was to open the door, which she shouldn’t have done...

She found Vincaster lying beside a woman, which drove her to boil and explode like an erupting volcano. She rushed towards them and slapped Vincaster by surprise. Although, she knew it was not her place to get mad because they were only husband and wife for a show, which ended yesterday when his grandfather died. 

It was Serina's secret romantic feelings towards Vincaster that pushed her to lose sight of her place in his life. She was broken, disappointed, and confused. To avoid confrontation with him, she immediately runs outside the building. 

Meanwhile, Vincaster, who woke up by his wife's blazing palm, had worn a confused look. He was too dumbfounded and speechless to speak with Serina. He only got his senses back when his wife walked out of the room. He tried to call her several times, but she was already far away. He ran after her and watched her remove their wedding ring from her finger. He sighed when she stopped running but accidentally, someone hit her arm causing the ring to roll on the ground. He tried to push her away from the approaching truck, but he was too late.

Vincaster was not aware of what was going on with Serina's mind. Why did she desperately chase after the ring? 

"Call 911! My wife got into a car accident!" 

It was the last thing Serina had heard, then she faintly smiled because she thought it was her imagination. A tear fell from her eyes as she wished to turn back time.

'If I were given a chance to live again or If I could turn back time, I will never let myself fall for Vincaster Liverteo.' It was her earnest wish before her heartbeat started beating slower. 

Serina realized that her one-sided love towards her husband killed her...

A tear fell from her eyes when she accepted that she would leave her family without telling them the truth behind her marriage.

'I want to go back to the time when I wasn't in love with him...'

Suddenly a warm hand slapped her cheek... and when she opened her eyes, a dangerous existence was sitting on the edge of the bed. 

"Why did you follow me even afterlife? Can't you just piss off? I died because of you." She thought that it was her last minute before she would enter the gates to the realm of heaven. 

"Are you high on drugs? What the hell are you talking about?" says Vincaster.

Her eyes widened when she heard his voice and soon realized that she was in the bedroom with the man who caused her agony. She stood up and checked herself in the body-sized mirror without paying attention to the guy who left their room.

"Why am I alive...?" 

Serina pinched her arm, and the pain inflicted had proved that it wasn't a dream or her being delirious.

"What kind of sorcery is this?"