Chapter 4

The heart was successfully removed. Six hours later, it began beating again.

Except this time, it was inside Ethan's body.

As soon as Lily left the operating room, she went straight to Ethan's room.

Seeing him lying there sleeping peacefully, she finally let out a long sigh of relief.

After checking on Ethan, Lily returned to her office.

She sat down and took out her phone, but there were no messages.

In the past, I would have sent her hundreds of messages every day, sharing every little detail about what I ate, what I did, how work was going.

But Lily never replied to me.

She stared at her phone for a long time before finally opening her contacts and scrolling to my name. She hesitated before dialing.

But the mechanical ringtone just kept ringing and automatically hanging up. No one ever answered on the other end.

Finally, Lily lost patience.

She opened WeChat and tapped on our conversation, irritably sending two voice messages.

"Adam, you already agreed to the divorce, so whether you answer the phone or not won't change my mind."

"Don't think playing hard to get will make me change my mind about divorcing you!"

I watched her angry expression and smiled bitterly, murmuring, "Lily, if you hated me so much, why did you marry me in the first place?"

But it didn't matter anymore. The husband she despised had died in today's downpour.

Lily would never have to be bothered by me again.

For the first time, Lily's messages went unanswered. I had vanished without a trace.

But she didn't look for me, because she was convinced I was just sulking, that I was hiding because I didn't want to divorce her.

My body lay unclaimed in the hospital morgue.

The reason was simple - I was an orphan.

After leaving the orphanage, getting into a top design school was probably one of the most praiseworthy things in my life.

The other was marrying Lily.

In college, she wasn't just the medical school beauty queen but also the top student. She was the unattainable dream girl for many guys.

But back then, Lily only had eyes for Ethan. Even I, from a neighboring school, knew about their romantic love story.

The first time I saw her was at an inter-school mixer.

In the sea of people, Lily stood out in an expensive designer dress, confidently holding court. She was surrounded by admirers, but no one could outshine her brilliance.

Later, when I got drunk, it was Lily who came over with hangover medicine.

For the first time, my dull heart experienced the flutter of butterflies.

But I knew the vast difference in our backgrounds. Plus, she had a boyfriend, so I kept that fondness locked away in my heart.

It's laughable, really. Those who crawl out of the mud always foolishly yearn for things far beyond their reach.

I thought that would be my only interaction with Lily.

Until she broke up with Ethan. By chance, I was delivering some custom buttons to her friend. On that sunny day, she looked up at me carelessly and asked, "Will you marry me?"