---- Chapter 1 The smell of disinfectant filled the hospital corridors. Hedgar Stane's parents wept in front of the burn unit's ICU. But I felt as if there was a filter over my ears. The noise around me was hard to make out. My mother took my hand. "Henry, go keep Hedgar's parents company. They need you." I snapped out of my reverie and shook my dizzy head. At that moment, the attending physician walked out and solemnly told Hedgar's parents to be prepared. ---- "The fire was too strong. The patient suffered third-degree burns on her face and neck. Even though we managed to save her, she will be permanently scarred. "The skin tissue on her face will shrivel and change to varying degrees. She won't be able to return to how she looked even with plastic surgery." In other words, the face Hedgar was so proud of was ruined. Irene, Hedgar's mother, fell limp on the floor, and instinctively touched my completely unharmed face. My face was smooth, and its lines obvious, just like how I had looked before. Thad returned to the past. In my previous life, Hedgar ran into a few hooligans on her way home in the middle of the ---- night. Aman passed by and helped her when she was isolated and helpless. His presence was like that of a savior to her. Soon, the two of them fell in love. But Hedgar's parents felt uneasy about their relationship because they did not know the man's origins. One day, while they were having a meal, Irene lectured Hedgar, "No upstanding member of society would linger around the entrance to a residential area in the middle of the night! He might have been in cahoots with those drunkards!" Hedgar scowled and retorted, "I told you, if he hadn't shown up when he did, who knows what would have happened to me!" "And that gives you a pass to date him? Hedgar, you' re too naive. Look at Henry. Would his parents let him date a-"