Chapter 1

I've been married to Lucas for three years, only to suddenly discover he has had a girlfriend for eight years.

When I proposed divorce, he cried and told me he had a mission to complete.

"Emma, we can't divorce. I'll die!"

"If we're not married for at least four years, I'll die!"

What mission? This is absurd!

I sneered at him and filed for divorce anyway.

Later, I really saw his obituary on social media.

Today is our wedding anniversary. Lucas and I had agreed to have dinner at this restaurant.

The waiter enthusiastically ushered me to the private room.

Just as I was about to push the door open, I heard his sneering voice, "If it weren't for completing the mission, would I have married her?"

"A woman who's been used by other men, would you want her if I gave her to you?"

I don't know who he was talking to on the phone.

The speaker was on, and a teasing voice came from the other end, "I've been envying your wife's figure and looks. If you don't want her anymore, why not let us brothers have some fun?"

He slowly blew out a smoke ring, and even more offensive words came out of his mouth, "She's no better than any prostitute out there."

"Once you've tasted her, you'll realize she's nothing special."

He spoke carelessly, as if I were an object that could be discarded at will.

The waiter had tactfully left long ago.

I stood at the door, listening to his tone that didn't sound like a joke, my eyes rimmed with red.

I let go of the hand that was about to push the door, not even having the courage to confront him.

In the end, I went home in a daze.

Lucas had pursued me for three years.

When he learned that William Shen was going to break up with me and get engaged to the real heiress Cindy Lin, he disregarded his boss's scolding and resolutely broke his appointment with a client to hold an umbrella for me in the pouring rain.

"If he doesn't want you, I do!"

"Emma, look back. I've always been here."

I was stunned by his sudden appearance, and the tears I had been holding back could no longer be controlled, falling along with the heavy rain.

In the following days, he took care of me wholeheartedly, helping me get over the breakup.

He would drive me around, and appear by my side immediately whenever I felt sad.

To confess to me, he rented the largest electronic screen in the city center.

Declaring his love for me to the whole world.

He said, "Emma Lin is the best Emma Lin in the world. I, Lucas Lu, will have no one but you!"

That day, in front of our friends, he said he would give me the happiest life.

So, we got together under the witness of our friends.

During our relationship, he kept his promise to me.

His kindness to me made all our friends envious.

In the fourth year of our relationship, he and his friends carefully planned a proposal for me.

When he asked if I was willing to face the future together with him, my eyes welled up with tears. Without saying anything, I extended my hand.

He was overjoyed, and I cried tears of happiness.

We stood in the middle of the crowd, accepting everyone's blessings.

After marriage, his care for me became even more meticulous, from daily meals to hospital stays when I was sick.

Even outsiders couldn't find any fault.

Let alone me.

The moment I opened the front door, looking at the empty room, the sadness in my heart intensified.

I dragged myself to the sofa, and my phone screen lit up at the right moment.

"Baby, have you arrived?"

"I ordered your favorite lobster."

I nestled tiredly on the sofa, recalling what Lucas had said in the restaurant.

A woman who's been used... no better than a prostitute...

Every word stabbed my heart, almost drawing blood.

Even though I heard it with my own ears, I couldn't believe these words really came from his mouth.

The person who was so good to me that he would give his life for me.

I'd rather believe these were drunken ramblings.

But they say drunk words are sober thoughts, and he was clearly so sober...

My eyes unconsciously reddened again and again, tears falling like broken strings, seeping into the sofa and disappearing.

I took a deep breath, wiped away my tears, no longer wanting to let this matter occupy my mind.

I forced an ugly smile and replied to his message, "Baby, I think my period came. My stomach hurts so much. I'm already home now."

"I'm sorry, I should have told you earlier."

He quickly replied, "You don't need to apologize. My baby's health is the most important."

"Wait for me at home, I'll be there soon. I'll make you some ginger tea when I get back."

He was always so understanding.

It only takes 20 minutes from the restaurant to home, but it was more than an hour later when he got home.

He hurriedly pushed the door open, carrying my favorite seafood porridge.

"Babe, I got held up a bit on the way, so I'm a little late."

"But I packed some seafood porridge for you."

He proudly placed the porridge in front of me and opened it, then handed me a tulip.

I looked at the porridge and flower in front of me and smiled weakly.

But my mind was in turmoil.

He patted my head and turned to the kitchen, "You eat the porridge first, the ginger tea will be ready soon."

The moment he went in, his phone screen lit up.

A notification from a food delivery app.

It was a cake, delivered to an unfamiliar address, with a bouquet of flowers.

The note said "Love you forever."

My mind exploded in that instant.

I asked hoarsely, tentatively, "Lucas, did you buy cake and flowers for someone else?"

He reflexively denied, "No, of course not."

The screen darkened, and my heart sank a few degrees.

So all this wasn't my misunderstanding?

"I bought it for you, silly. I thought you couldn't eat cake during your period, so I had the order sent to someone else."

He came out with the ginger tea, a gentle smile on his face, "If I really had it delivered here, could you resist eating it?"

I stared at his face, trying to find any flaws.

But there were none. He disguised it well.