Chapter 2

I had met Lily three years earlier.

As the heir to a powerful family, I had come to New York to oversee some of the family’s business.

That was when I saw Lily being sabotaged. She fell from a raised platform and hit her head.

I saved her, but afterward, she became a simple-minded girl who could do nothing but giggle.

She clung to me and insisted that I marry her.

I was sick of women who only wanted me for my name and money, so I turned around and married the girl everyone thought was an idiot.

After the wedding, I became a proper husband and took care of every part of her daily life.

She might have been simple-minded, but she obeyed me in everything.

My parents, however, were furious that I had picked up a mentally impaired girl and made her my wife.

They made a three-year agreement with me.

If I could survive outside the family’s protection and remain married to Lily for three years, they would approve of our marriage.

Now that the three years were finally over, Lily had regained consciousness and abandoned me for some powerful heir who had appeared out of nowhere.

I wanted to see the look on her face when she discovered that my identity was far more prestigious than that so-called “powerful heir” she kept talking about.

It took me less than a minute to find out where they were getting married.

I rushed over.

Lily had already changed into a spotless wedding dress and was standing on the raised platform with a smile on her face.

Brandon narrowed his eyes with delight as he held a ring in his hand.

He was just about to slide it onto her finger when I shouted, “Wait!”

Under the stunned gazes of everyone present, I walked onto the platform and stood in front of Lily.

I was about to speak when Brandon blocked my path.

“It’s you, that pathetic loser! I let you off earlier, and you still dared to come ruin my wedding? You must be tired of living!”

I shoved him aside and looked at Lily.

“Lily…”

Before I could finish, Lily stepped forward and slapped me across the face.

“You actually came to ruin my wedding with Brandon? Get out of here!”

I didn’t dodge.

I took the slap head-on, and it felt as if a knife had stabbed straight through my heart.

I inhaled deeply and asked her, “Lily, if you tell me you have a reason for doing this, I’ll take you away right now.”

I watched her eyes carefully.

As long as I saw even the slightest trace of panic, I would take her away immediately. No one in New York could stop me.

Unfortunately, there wasn’t even a flicker of hesitation.

“Go with you? Can you give me what I want?”

“Brandon is the only son of the Stone family. The entire Stone family will belong to him one day. They’re even about to become one of New York’s most prestigious families. What are you compared to him?”

“Adrian, if you have any sense, get out of here.”

I was completely disappointed in her.

On the way there, I had still wondered if Lily had some hidden reason for doing this.

That was why I had asked her directly.

But it turned out that everything had been wishful thinking on my part.

In her eyes, every moment we had shared over three years was worth less than the Stone family’s power.

She was no longer the little simpleton who had timidly tugged on my clothes and waited for me to feed her.