Chapter 1

I bit my lower lip as my vision blurred with tears.

There was just a door separating us, and Joe Anderson was still talking in his office.

He sounded a bit regretful.

“Even though I didn’t end up with Gabriella, I’m very happy to be able to fulfill her dreams, as long as she’s happy.”

His friend, Ted Johnson, could not help but click his tongue.

“Joe, I never knew that you’re such a hopeless romantic. If your wife knows about this, you’ll be put behind bars for a long time!”

Joe chuckled and said quite confidently, “She won’t. I treat her so well. Why would she be suspicious? Until this day, she still believes that I’m her savior.”

‘Savior?’

When I woke up from my coma after the car accident, my leg had already been amputated.

Joe was my doctor.

He told me that my life was in danger when I arrived at the hospital. If my leg was not amputated immediately, I would risk losing my life.

We were childhood best friends, so I did not suspect that he was harming me on purpose!

I laughed at myself as I felt my heart ache. I almost could not breathe from the pain this caused me.

These five years, I had been a fool in Joe’s eyes!

Ted wanted to say something, but Joe cut him off. “Enough. Let’s not talk about this anymore. It’s late. I should head home.”

When I heard him getting up, I immediately wheeled myself to the stairwell nearby.

It was not until I heard his retreating footsteps that I cried out loud.

It turned out that my leg was not really supposed to be amputated five years ago.

Joe had hurt me for Gabriella’s future.

He had turned me, the shining new star in the dance world, into a cripple.

Meanwhile, my fiance at that time, William Miller, whom I had loved for three years, abandoned me for Gabriella without hesitation.

With all the tragedies happening to me one after another, I thought of ending my life.

It was Joe who pulled me away from the windowsill of the tenth floor. He begged me not to do it with teary eyes.

He hugged me tightly, as if I was the most precious thing in the world. “I was the one who did your surgery. If you die, I don’t deserve to live either. If you jump, I’ll jump with you.”

He grabbed my hand tightly, and I could feel the warmth radiating from his palm.

I broke down crying. “But I’m crippled! I don’t have a future anymore!”

Joe pulled me into his arms. “You’re still alive. There are so many things that you can still do. Fiona, regardless of how tough the future may be, I’ll stay by your side.”