Chapter 2

I stayed in the hospital for a while, and Julian remained stone-faced during his visits.

One day, I went for a psychological therapy session.

My attending physician, Dr. Alex Thorne, spoke with me for a bit, then asked me to undergo a full battery of organic lesion tests and a new psychological evaluation.

He looked at my reports as if he'd witnessed a medical miracle.

"Your depression... it's completely cured. Both your psychological assessment and test results are perfectly healthy."

"Depression often begins when a patient becomes overly fixated on a single goal, leading to narrowed focus, accumulated frustrations, and eventually self-attack and self-loathing. I used to love Julian, and my eyes were only on him. When he didn't love me back, I felt worthless. Now that I’ve let go, my life force has naturally begun to flow again."

Dr. Thorne smiled and shook my hand. "Congratulations. I say that as a friend."

Dr. Thorne was the only one who truly cared about Maya.

He had witnessed how this poor woman had sunk deep into the mire of love.

All her efforts had been for naught.

The most sincere emotions, had brought nothing but pain.

"So, what are you going to do now? Divorce him?"

"No," I curled my lips into a smile. "He is a CEO, after all."

When he dies, the company will be mine.

Why would I divorce him?