Chapter 1

Disappointment gripped me when the plane touched down, and I had yet to see Yulia Coleman, my fiancee.

But still, I went home excitedly at the thought that she might have a surprise for me.

However, I saw a row of male shoes on the shoe rack the moment I opened the door.

I even heard a baby crying from the bedroom.

Surprised, I got closer and heard Yulia’s gentle voice.

“The baby seems to like me. She cries when I don’t hold her. That simp is still working hard for us abroad. Don’t you find it ridiculous, dear?”

My hand shook as I opened the door. I saw Yulia leaning against Zayn Little’s shoulders. Zayn was her first love. She even held a baby in her arms. The sight struck me dumb on the spot.

“Yulia, where did this baby come from…”

When Yulia saw me barge into the bedroom, she kept a straight face and rebuked me.

“What are you doing back? Close the door now. I’m frail after giving birth. Are you trying to get me sick?”

I stood stunned on the spot. However, Yulia kept interrogating me impatiently instead of offering me an explanation.

“What’s wrong with you, Albert Jordan? Go abroad to work now! What are you doing here?”

Yulia deliberately raised her hand to show me the large and shiny diamond ring on her hand.

Zayn also wore a gleaming wedding ring on his ring finger.

When the realization dawned on me, I trembled furiously.

“Yulia, shouldn’t you tell me what’s going on with you and this man? And what about the baby?”

Yulia carried the baby and stood in front of Zayn.

“Stop yelling here. You’ll scare the kid. Go get a hotel room. I’ll talk to you when I’m free.”

Then, she dragged me and drove me out of the room. She slammed the door hard in front of me.

Anger burned in me. My bewilderment and fury made my ears buzz.

I could not figure out why Yulia had turned into a stranger over the past three years when I was working hard for the company abroad.

I had proposed to Yulia three years ago.

But she kicked the roses all over the floor. She even scolded me fiercely in front of everyone.

“We haven’t dated each other for long. How could you try to tie me down to you with a marriage? You know how much I love my freedom!”

She stamped and crushed the flowers on the floor. She also ruined the scene that I had set up for my proposal.

I did not fly into a rage because I loved her deeply. Instead, I was depressed for a while.

But Yulia did not care about me. On the contrary, she threw a plane ticket at me.

“It’s the most difficult time for the company now. Stop grieving. You’d better try your best to win over those foreign clients. When the company is successfully listed, you can come home. We’ll get married right away.”

Yulia promised me a wonderful reward just to reassure me and make me go abroad.

She even shared a song with me on the day I went abroad, which was rare. It was a song about a girl wanting to marry her boyfriend.

I thought it was a code word between us, as well as her promise to me.

I slept only three hours a day while abroad to achieve that goal.

Consequently, I lost a lot of weight and got a lot weaker. All I wanted was to help the company get listed sooner.

But in return, Yulia had built a warm family of three with another man. At the thought of Yulia’s dazzling diamond ring, pain overwhelmed me. I had difficulty breathing as I shed desperate tears. I knocked on the door in despair.

“Yulia, I’m very sick. Could you take me to the hospital…?”