Win My Husband Over to Find My Child

Chapter 1: Doom Came Crashing on Them

Chapter 1: Doom Came Crashing on Them

"AMBULANCE! Call the emergency lines!"

"Help! People trapped in there!"

"N-No! I saw a mother and a child walking there earlier! Are they the victims?!"

Faint cries and shouts made their way under the wreckage. Fighting against the searing pain, Leslie forced her eyes open. Trapped under the collapsed billboard, the dimness limited her eyesight.

"Urgh... C-cough! Cough!"

Leslie let out an aching cough. The piercing ache traveled all over her body. She was lying face down among the debris, her whole body was covered in dust.

"Poppy... Calliope..."

Leslie's hoarse voice was barely a whisper. Her erratically beating heart almost jumped out of her throat. Her precious daughter's name kept coming out of her lips.

"Calliope... Mama's here... where... Cough! Cough!"

More dry coughs escaped Leslie's mouth. Using what was left of her energy, she tried pushing the debris off her body. She was forced to crawl, her palms sustained cuts from the scraps.

"Calliope... where are you? P-Poppy!"

Leslie reached a quite ample spot where she could at least kneel. Pushing her upper body up, her mind and heart were still focused on finding Calliope.

Desperation and fear washed over her the longer she was separated from her daughter.

Today was supposed to be a joyful day for them.

Then, why...

Why did it end up like this?

Slipping in and out of her consciousness, Leslie inadvertently recalled the few hours before the chaos fell on her and her little one.

Leslie received her salary today. She treated Calliope to a meal at her daughter's favorite restaurant. The cheap yet delicious food was enough to make Calliope happy.

"Mama~ Poppy wants matching dresses with Mama."

Calliope was overjoyed when Leslie promised to buy her a new dress. She should have gotten it last month but, a few episodes of bringing a sick Calliope to the hospital depleted her small savings.

But...

Once again Leslie failed to keep her promise.

While passing a massive billboard by the pedestrian walkway, Calliope playfully let go of Leslie's hands.

The little one's infectious laughter echoed in the air as she tried to run ahead of her mother. Her chubby hands were hugging her favorite fox toy.

"Mama~ Come and catch Poppy and Mimo~"

"Poppy! That's dangerous!"

Right when Leslie quickened her pace, something unbelievable happened.

A truck lost control and rammed into the billboard. The huge impact caused the devastating end for the billboard as it crumbled before falling on the walkway.

"ARGH! Calliope!"

"M-MAMA!"

In the blink of an eye, their joyful day turned nightmarish. The mother and daughter were imprisoned under the wreckage.

|Aren't you looking for Calliope?|

"...?!"

The slightly familiar child-like voice shocked Leslie. She abruptly looked up to where the echo came, only to be caught off guard once again.

A red fox toy was floating above her. The stuffed crochet toy's appearance was so familiar to Leslie.

"Aren't you... Mimo? You... you can talk?!"

Mimo nodded slightly. It jumped toward Leslie. She flinched, surprised by the movement of the fox toy. Mimo remained floating in the air yet, it assumed a sitting position.

|Have you forgotten what happened just now? Leslie, you said you want to find Poppy again.|

Leslie's eyes enlarged.

"M-Mimo! That was your voice?" shouted Leslie, her eyes staring widely at the fox toy.

|Yes. That's my voice.|

Horrified, Leslie was robbed of her words. The shock made it hard for her to register her current situation in her mind.

But...

"P-Poppy! Where is she? Where's my daughter? Why can't I see her now?"

Leslie's worry for Calliope took over the initial surprise. She frantically looked around her but, there was no sight of her daughter anywhere. There was only Mimo in her eyes.

|Poppy is safe. I promise you. But, we couldn't get to her now. We need to find her in the new world first.|

Frowning, Mimo's words unintentionally managed to cease Leslie from panicking nonstop.

"...find her in which world?"

Saying nothing in response, Mimo flicked its red tail. A book suddenly appeared in front of Leslie, catching her off guard.

"Wait, Mimo..." Leslie's voice suddenly lowered, laced with disbelief, "This book... don't tell me..."

Mimo retained its calmness as it replied, |Leslie, you need to transmigrate into this book world. Calliope is in there, somewhere.|

"..."

Leslie was speechless. Her movement was quite stiff as she took the book from floating in the air.

'The Grumpy CEO Chases After His Glamorous Wife'

Wasn't this the book she was reading? Did this mean she would transmigrate into any of the characters?

But, who?

"Mimo, do you mean..." Leslie was distraught. She couldn't believe this was happening to her, "I'll take someone else's body? How could I do that?"

"You can possess my body."

Leslie froze when out of nowhere, a young woman materialized in front of her. The latter seemed to be around her age, a beautiful yet frail-looking.

"...who are you?"

The unknown woman smiled but, it didn't reach her doe eyes.

"Hello, my name is Charlene Li. How about you take over my body?"@@@@