She Chose Him Now She Wants Me Back novel Chapter 369

Chapter 369

Then Dominic chased after the person ahead.

It was already late October, edging toward November. The weather had turned cold, and most people were bundled into jackets. Yet a young man walked ahead bare–chested, an unmistakable anomaly in the crowd.

As Dominic watched him, the man’s profile stirred a faint sense of recognition. The feeling grew stronger with every step.

Dominic quickened his pace and called out when he drew closer, “Wait a second.”

The young man did not turn back. He continued forward in silence.

Dominic let out a quiet sigh and stepped closer, speaking near the young man’s ear, “Hey, I’m talking to you.”

The man finally turned, confusion flashing across his face. He met Dominic’s eyes and blurted out in shock, “You… You’re talking to me?”

Dominic answered briefly, then noticed several passersby casting uneasy glances in their direction. He lowered his voice. “This isn’t a place to talk. Come with me.”

He headed toward a narrow alley beside the road.

The young man’s expression lit up at once, and he hurried after him.

Inside the alley, Dominic studied him from head to toe before speaking. “We meet again.”

The young man stared at him in disbelief. “Have you seen me before?”

Dominic nodded. “The day you died, I saw you.”

He was the same young man from the construction site entrance, the one whose lower body had been crushed beneath a steel

coil.

Dominic had been among the bystanders that day. He had never expected to encounter the man’s soul now.

The memory surfaced for Ryan Hayes, and fear flickered through his eyes.

Dominic asked, “What are you planning to do?”

“I want to see my sister.” The young man hesitated, then pleaded, “Sir… could you help me? Help me get the money back.”

Dominic raised an eyebrow. “My last name is Fleming. You can call me Mr. Fleming. Start from the beginning.”

There was no urgency pressing them, so Ryan began to explain. “My name is Ryan Hayes. I’m 25 years old…”

His life had been shaped by misfortune. When he was 15, his parents left for work one morning and never returned. No one could reach them again.

Ryan reported their disappearance to the police, but no news ever came. Deep down, he understood the truth. They had likely died in an accident.

At 15, surviving on his own might have been possible. But he was not alone. He was the eldest, with a younger brother and an even younger sister.

Worse still, both suffered from serious illnesses. His brother, Max, was born with an intellectual disability and could not grasp even simple matters. His sister, Yara, was bright, but she had cerebral palsy. She could not control her body and would never be able to live independently.

The burden of the family fell entirely on Ryan’s shoulders. Life was harsh, yet as the eldest sibling, he accepted the responsibility without complaint. He even held onto a fragile dream of one day curing his sister.

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He left school early and went to work. Each day drained him, but with time he managed to earn more than fifteen hundred dollars a month.

For a while, everything seemed to move in the right direction. Then misfortune struck at their most vulnerable point. Two months earlier, an accident at the construction site shattered everything they had built.

Ryan did not fear death. What terrified him was the thought of what would happen to his siblings after he was gone.

That fear bound his soul and forced him back from the edge.

He had believed that his inheritance, along with more than 120,000 dollars in compensation, would at least secure their future. He never imagined that an uncle he barely spoke to would take it all. That side of the family drained his inheritance and compensation without the slightest remorse.

Ryan could only watch as his aunt used the money the very next day to buy her son a BMW.

The sight sparked a fury that nearly consumed him, yet he remained powerless. All he could do was watch his brother survive on leftovers, and his sister drag her disabled body to Skyline City to work.