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.

from the back of her hand, her 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

advanced stages of her cancer, she had to endure daily torment. The 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

years she had devoted to being 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

think that Zach would perhaps feel the greatest relief upon her demise. With her gone, he would be liberated and no longer

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,

A few years ago, she had been pregnant, but an accident resulted in a stillborn child. Since then, her uterus

indeed needed an heir. That was why he wished to divorce her and seek a woman who could

be the one delivering the news personally. The call connected, but instead of Zach, it was Cecilia’s voice that reached her. In that instant, the sound of Cecilia’s

expense. The laughter echoed through the room,

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 women. Among them, Cecilia Samford was the one who had remained by his side

and methods were undeniable. The

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

was undeniably a

divorce agreement, received a substantial sum of money, and was permanently banished from Ventropolis. She could never return without Zach’s permission. Just one week later, she

BOOM!

illuminated the night sky outside, casting a

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