Chapter 1

At seven years old, I got lost in the city.

That was when I met Vivian, who was starving on the streets.

I lied to my mom, telling her I wanted a sister.

Because of that lie, my mother adopted her.

Eighteen years later, Vivian graduated from an Ivy League school, became the darling of high society, and had countless suitors.

But she never dated. She always told everyone that love was a distraction for the weak.

Until I accompanied her on a business trip, and our plane hit once-in-a-century severe turbulence.

Thinking my life was ending, my hands shook as I dialed my fiancé, Julian Vance.

I wanted to tell him that if I survived this, I wanted to marry him as soon as possible.

I called him one hundred and thirty-two times. Not a single call went through.

Just as I was about to record my final voicemail in despair, Vivian started sobbing hysterically from the row in front of me.

"Julian, I regret it... I regret rejecting your confession back then just because I didn't want to hurt Clara!"

Julian's voice came through her phone.

It was filled with a panicked, desperate worry I had never heard before.

"Don't be scared, baby. The moment you land, we're going public. Nobody is going to stop me from marrying you."

At that moment, my blood ran cold.

The two people I loved most in the world had been screwing around behind my back all along.