Chapter 1

The day my fiancé got engaged to the true heiress, I wanted to drive my car straight into the ceremony, to die with them.

But just as that insane thought consumed me, my phone started ringing relentlessly.

I answered. It was the hospital.

"Ms. Sera, you're pregnant..."

The car engine died, and I froze in place.

Half an hour later, cheerful music drifted from the chapel.

I started my car, turned around, and headed to the airport.

From then on, the fake heiress of the Sterling family, as everyone wished, disappeared from New York.

I went a thousand miles away to a small, quiet town, clinging to life, and gave birth to my blood-related daughter.

I never contacted any of them again.

Until four years later, when one by one, they reappeared before me.

Four years later, I saw Liam again at the kindergarten entrance.

I was picking up Lily when a mom next to me suddenly leaned in:

"Lily's mom, look at that guy across the street. He looks just like that singer... what's his name again...?"

I followed her gaze and saw him.

"Liam!"

The mom snapped her fingers,

"Right, Liam!"

I pulled my gaze away.

"Don't know him."

She looked a bit surprised.

"You don't listen to music? Liam! He's the hottest singer-songwriter these past few years! Won so many awards!

"Oh, and honestly, his face, it's a bit like yours, you're both so good-looking..."

I smiled and shook my head, continuing to walk forward, holding Lily's hand.

"Sera Sterling."

Suddenly, his voice came from behind me.

I ignored him, just kept walking.

"Sera Sterling!"

Lily looked up.

"Mommy, is that uncle calling you? Why does he call you Sera Sterling?"

I shook my head, smiling.

"He's mistaken."

But as we reached the parking lot, just as I was about to open the car door, someone suddenly grabbed my arm.

I turned around, and it was a breathless Liam.

"Sera, you... you're actually alive?!"

His words were as sharp and venomous as ever.

Perhaps he'd run too fast, his eyes were faintly red around the edges.