Chapter 1

"Benjamin!" Samuel Miller dove into the icy lake without hesitation. By the time he pulled his son, Benjamin Miller, into his arms, the boy was already alarmingly cold to the touch.

With Benjamin cradled against him, Samuel crawled up the side of the lake. He didn't even feel it when he bumped his knee and tore a bloody gash across the skin.

He dared not stop as he carried out one chest compression after another on Benjamin, pushing the water out of the boy's lungs. But it was no use; Benjamin would stop breathing soon.

Samuel scooped Benjamin into his arms and bolted out of the villa. He'd just reached the front door when the Garber family's butler, Charlotte Weissman, stopped him.

"Mr. Miller, your failure to keep an eye on him has allowed him to leave the bungalow unsupervised, and he ended up startling Ms. Garber's husband.

"Because of this, Ms. Garber has asked that you take Mr. Benjamin back to the bungalow and put him in a time-out until further instruction from her—"

"I'm Hannah's legally wed husband! I'm the one who married into the Garber family!" Samuel was hysterical now. His eyes were bloodshot as he roared, "Tyler Langley is the only one who's done her a favor, not her husband!

"I'm warning you, let us out now! Hannah won't spare you if anything happens to my son!"

Charlotte merely smirked. "Allow me to tell you the truth, Mr. Miller. Ms. Garber has filed for a divorce on the grounds of separation after you and Mr. Benjamin have been living in the bungalow for the last few years.

"Ms. Garber has also married Mr. Langley in a lavish wedding in Isdore, vowing to be together for life."

She added after a pause, "Besides, Mr. Langley and Ms. Garber already have a child. He's only a year younger than Mr. Benjamin."

An intense roaring filled Samuel's head. His arms trembled as he cradled Benjamin close.

It was impossible. Hannah loved him too much to trick him like this. He refused to believe Charlotte's story.

However, he couldn't help recalling the scene from their wedding five years ago. At the time, an unhinged man had barged through the doors and slapped Samuel across the face, accusing him of being a homewrecker.

It was only when they were at the police station that they found out the man's name was Tyler Langley.

Tyler's girlfriend had signed up to be an organ donor before she passed. When she died in a car accident, her corneas ended up going to Hannah, who'd lost her sight in a car accident as well.

On the day of Samuel and Hannah's wedding, Tyler barged in after he saw Hannah's eyes and mistook her for his girlfriend.

To repay Tyler for his dead girlfriend's favor, Hannah had kept him by her side and treated him like a younger brother.

For the most part, he behaved normally. However, he'd lose his mind whenever Samuel got close to Hannah. He'd storm up to Samuel and cuss or throw fists at him.

Samuel had put up with Tyler's erratic behavior at first, but over time, he grew tired of having to sneak around with Hannah. He asked that Hannah put Tyler up elsewhere, but every time she did, he'd come running back.

Once, Tyler had been on his way back when he met with a car accident and nearly lost his life. Hannah had begged Samuel to let her keep Tyler by her side, insisting that she must look after him to repay his favor.

Since then, Samuel and Tyler were never in the same room.

That was until Hannah was close to her delivery. Samuel had been visiting her when Tyler caught him and went berserk. He brawled with Samuel, only to kick Hannah in the stomach when she tried to pull them apart.

She ended up going into labor sooner than expected.

When Benjamin was born, Hannah told Samuel that he and the baby should move into the Garbers' bungalow for their safety. Just like that, both father and son were put up in the bungalow and stayed there for four years.

Hannah would visit them at first, but as time went on, her visiting hours grew shorter. At some point, she stopped showing up altogether.

It had been so long since Benjamin last saw Hannah that he sneaked out to see her during the family banquet. Samuel hadn't thought it would end in a tragedy.

He was even more heartbroken to be the last to learn that Hannah had filed for a divorce, remarried, and had a child with another man.

"Samuel, what are you doing here?" Hannah's voice rang out behind Samuel.

When he saw her, he slapped her hard across the face. "Why did you lie to me?"

All the blood drained from Hannah's face. "Did… you find out?"

Before Samuel could speak, a sob cut through the air. "Honey, Tristan foamed at the mouth and passed out!"