Chapter 1

On February 14th, Valentine’s Day, Madelyn Jent, a 31-year-old woman, lost her battle to cancer.

Inside a room in SereneCare Hospital in Ventropolis, the air was filled with a strong scent of disinfectant.

[Zach, the doctor inserted a painful dialysis needle in me today.]

[I’m on the verge of death. Could you spare a moment to visit me?]

[Please, Zach…]

Madelyn weakly turned her head and glanced at the text messages on her phone. Despite sending multiple messages, they seemed to vanish into thin air. Zach Jardin hadn’t responded to any of them.

face was pale, and her body was emaciated, with sunken eyes. Cancer had ravaged her limbs, causing them to deteriorate. She was completely immobile, unable to perform even the simplest tasks. The nurse assigned to care for her hadn’t shown up for

only thing that kept her going was her love for Zach. However, as her overwhelming love for him faded, she was left with nothing but a skeletal figure, a mere shell of her

Zach’s faithful wife. She had invested her heart and soul in standing by his side, only to find herself in this wretched condition. One by one, those around her had abandoned her, leaving her alone, destitute,

Zach would perhaps feel the greatest relief upon her demise. With her gone, he would be liberated and no longer subjected to the sight of her loathsome face. He could finally satisfy his longing to bring Cecilia Samford home

waiting for his return. It was well past two o’clock in the morning, and the carefully prepared meal on the table had grown cold. Instead of Zach, it was his assistant who arrived,

but an accident resulted in a stillborn child. Since then, her uterus had been damaged, rendering

his early thirties, indeed needed an heir. That was why he wished to divorce her and seek a woman who could bear

be the one delivering the news personally. The call connected, but instead of Zach, it was Cecilia’s voice

up the phone, Madelyn found herself laughing at her own expense. The laughter echoed through the room, mingling with tears that welled up in

five years for him to ascend to the position of CEO in a prominent conglomerate in Ventropolis. Zach became a commanding figure in the business world, exerting influence through both legal and illegal

after graduating from college. Her talent and methods were undeniable. The bond between Zach

beginning, Zach and Cecilia might have been together much earlier, instead of carrying on as clandestine

marriage was

and was permanently banished from Ventropolis. She could never return without Zach’s permission. Just one week later, she received the devastating

BOOM!

fireworks illuminated the night sky

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