Chapter 1

That night, Justin Lane pinned me against the floor-to-ceiling window, his movements charged with an almost uncontrollable intensity.

His phone rang. He answered it in German.

"Yes. My marriage to Stella was only a sham. Yesterday, I officially registered my marriage to Chloe."

Every drop of blood in my body seemed to freeze.

He thought I couldn't understand German. He even smiled at me, pressed a kiss to the side of my neck, and never paused what he was doing.

How ridiculous.

Ten years of love, and it turned out our marriage had only ever been a façade.

After hanging up, he claimed there was an urgent matter at the office and left.

A few minutes later, I saw Chloe's Instagram post:

【He told me that whenever I need him, he'll always be there.】

The photo showed a man's hand wearing a watch.

The Patek Philippe on his wrist was the one I had given him. Just two hours earlier, that very hand had been roaming over my body.

What he didn't know was that I'd spent six months teaching myself German just so I could read his medical records.

What he also didn't know was that I'd already signed the stock transfer agreement and booked a flight to San Francisco.

Fifteen days.

That was the final deadline I was giving this relationship.