Chapter 3

Gwen did not even react. Instead, she said to me, “Zac, stop throwing a tantrum.

“Your parents are both dead. Aside from me, you don’t have any family left.

“Besides, your company went bankrupt a long time ago. You’re extremely poor with a lot of debt.

“Your hand’s permanently injured. You can’t do anything.

“Don’t you realize? If you leave me, you’re nothing.

“So, don’t get worked up just because I’m patient toward you, alright?”

I felt her words piercing through my heart. My heart ached.

Both of my parents were dead.

Twenty years ago, my parents had tried to save Gwen, who was drowning.

Gwen survived, but they did not.

Their company went bankrupt, and it racked up a huge debt.

Seven years ago, after Gwen fell into a coma, I took over the debt.

To repay her debt and to keep her alive, my company, which I had spent many years building, went bankrupt.

My hand was also permanently injured.

Seven years ago, I ignored everyone’s warning and ran into the fire to save Gwen.

I had been too anxious and had not seen the falling beam before me. My hand was permanently injured.

She was the reason for every tragedy in my life!

But she was conveniently using my parents’ death and my sincere love against me.

She saw that I hung my head in silence and thought that I was convinced. I saw her smiling.

“Alright. Since you finally see sense, go and apologize to Vincent’s younger brother, Liam.

“I’ll send you an address. Head there now to make dinner. There’s an important gathering at home tonight. I have something very important to announce.

“Oh, by the way, don’t put any onions, ginger, or garlic. Vincent doesn’t like them.”

I grimaced as they looked at me. Then, I said slowly, “I’m sorry.”

I had been blinded all these years, and I had fallen in love with the wrong person.

This was the last thing I would do for Gwen.

It was also the very last promise that I had promised to fulfil for her.

I stood up and left.

My phone buzzed in my pocket. The person I had contacted texted me.

[Have you really thought this through? Do you want to work with me?]

[That’s great! I’ve kept that spot empty for you all along. I’ll wait for you to come!]

I replied and left. I did not notice Gwen staring at me.

She was feeling guilty.

Vincent wrapped his arm around her and said lovingly, “Let’s go. We promised Sandy that we’d take her to the theme park. Didn’t she want to go there ages ago?”

“Yay! Mommy and Daddy have rented the whole theme park for me! I’m so happy!”

I could hear Sandy’s cheers. I grimaced. I felt sad and bitter.

It was the biggest theme park in this country. To rent it out, it would have cost millions of dollars.

During the toughest time, I had woken up early every day to collect empty bottles near that theme park. I could only sell those empty bottles for a few cents each.

It turned out that I was the only one who was actually poor. I was the only one who thought that I was protecting my loved one.

When I walked into the mansion, I saw a dozen helpers there. Each one had a different role.

There was a huge wedding photo in the middle of the living room. Gwen looked very happy in that photo.

In every corner of that mansion, there were photos of Gwen and Vincent. They looked like they were deeply in love.

I remembered Gwen mentioning that she did not like to take photos. Our only photo together was photoshopped.

When we registered for marriage, she slapped me when I told her that I wanted a photo together.