Chapter 1

After my divorce from Eddie Hancock, everyone expected me to cling to him.

Back when Eddie was at the peak of his career, he publicly announced our marriage. Afterward, he shifted into serious acting roles. Every time he won an award, people would ask, "Why does she deserve him? She's so lucky."

I was the one who asked for the divorce.

I used to sit at home every day, flipping through the calendar, waiting for him to come back. Whenever I called, he'd brush me off with work excuses and hang up.

Until a few months ago, when I ran into Bella Mason, the actress from Eddie's new drama, in first class.

She greeted me warmly, smiling the whole time.

"You know what?" she whispered in my ear. "This flight was paid for with his card."

She did it on purpose.

That was when I finally realized that Bella had been wearing his clothes, using matching phone cases with him, and playing his wife on set the whole time.

Just as she wanted, I packed my things and moved out within half an hour of getting home.

I didn't want something another woman had already touched.

Eddie leaned against the doorway and watched me. His reaction was calm. He only asked one thing. "Do you need anything else?"

"Your phone."

He froze for a second, then handed it over.

During the years he loved me most, I stayed by his side as he climbed from nobody to an award-winning actor. Back then, I was always pinned at the top of his messages.

Now, my chat was muted.

He told me he truly loved Bella. He gave me all the money he'd earned over the years, and all he wanted was for me to let him go as soon as possible.

After signing the divorce NDA, I thought we'd never cross paths again.

But last month, someone contacted me about joining a reality show.

I stopped outside the lounge and overheard Eddie's manager, Tyler Grant, talking to him.

"The fans can't find out you cheated. Your drama's about to air. Even though you're divorced, you're still the nation's top actor. She's just some nobody people can laugh at.

"So just lie to her. Tell her it's a divorce reality show and act like there's still a chance to fix things. She'll do everything to please you.

"Then once the editing's done, the audience will think she's clingy and annoying, while you keep your devoted-man image. Everybody wins."

Eddie had his legs stretched across the coffee table. He was lazily gaming on his phone.

"Okay," he casually replied.

Tyler nudged him. "Trust me. The second you crook your finger, she'll come crawling back and thank you for it."

The divorce reality show would air during the promotion period for Eddie and Bella's new drama, all to hype up their onscreen chemistry.

The theme of the show was "changing lifestyles to uncover problems in marriage".

Bella would share a room with Eddie.

And I would share a room with Bella's husband, Logan Barnes.

He was a former superstar who became famous at 19 from a single drama and swept every major acting award. But one day, he suddenly retired at the height of his fame to get married.

Eddie's rise to fame came from his near 70% resemblance to Logan.

Rumor had it that Bella and Logan barely lived together after marriage.

She loved him but never had him.

…

At the hot spring resort, two rooms were separated by a wall. The entire show was livestreamed.

There was a studio panel inside, and comments from the live audience flooded in online.

"Eddie and Bella are actually on a divorce reality show together? Sharing a room, too? This is insane!"

"Their chemistry is unreal. They look so good together."

"I told you Eddie and his wife had no real feelings left. Nobody likes being stuck with dead weight forever."

"I've been waiting for them to divorce for ages!"

"Was he blind? He used to love her so much…"

"Bella's so polite. She doesn't even dare get too close to him."

"Eddie, stop holding back. We support you!"

The staff fastened affection meter watches onto Eddie's and Bella's wrists.