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.

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

torment. The only thing that kept her going was her love for Zach. However, as her overwhelming love for him faded,

the eight years she had devoted to being Zach’s faithful wife. She had invested her heart and soul in standing by his side,

greatest relief upon her demise. With her gone, he would be liberated and no longer subjected to

couch, anxiously 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, bearing a divorce agreement. The assistant delivered the news hesitantly, saying, “Madam, Mr. Jardin had no choice. The Jardin Corporation is a vast enterprise that requires an

pregnant, but an accident resulted in a stillborn child. Since then,

was why

assistant and trembled as she dialed Zach’s number. She wanted Zach to be the one delivering the news personally. The call connected, but instead of Zach, it was Cecilia’s

own expense. The laughter echoed through the room, mingling with

commanding figure in the business world, exerting influence through both legal and illegal means. With his undeniable charisma, he always attracted a flock of beautiful and captivating

background and became Zach’s assistant right after graduating from college. Her talent and methods

in the beginning, Zach and Cecilia might have been together

loveless marriage was undeniably a

and was permanently banished from Ventropolis. She could never return

BOOM!

fireworks illuminated the night sky outside, casting a magical

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