Chapter 2

After hanging up, I packed up all my belongings at home. I noticed that the house was very empty now.

I remembered that Shawn's company would be listed soon. He was busy every day and had not lived at home for a long time.

As Shawn's secretary, Britney ate every meal with him and even lived with him.

I was a little upset about it, but Shawn always said grimly, "Sonia, Britney is a great help to me at work. Could you stop being so petty?"

Therefore, I hid all my thoughts. Even when I saw them being affectionate as if no one else was around, and even if everyone in the office thought Britney was the best woman for Shawn, I put up with it because I could not bear to leave him.

He was a ray of light in my dark life.

My mom died of an illness the year Shawn and I got together. It was not long before my dad married his first love and my family life started to deteriorate.

My dad only liked the children he had with his first love, and he always hated me because he saw me as proof that he had once betrayed his first love. I was miserable back then.

Just when I was on the verge of breaking down and considering suicide, Shawn appeared. He held my hand and told me, "Sonia Zachman, be with me. I'll give you a home."

I got into a relationship with him.

In the second year of our relationship, I was meant to study abroad. However, my name did not appear on the application list for some reason. Shawn was even more anxious than I was, asking around if there was any way to fix it.

There was a professor at school who liked me and was willing to help, but I politely declined his offer. Shawn looked at us reluctantly, and the professor told me I would regret it.

However, I had no regrets when I saw how happy Shawn looked that I would be staying.

All I ever wanted was a love that only belonged to me. However, Shawn’s heart eventually let in another woman.

Perhaps it was when I had acute appendicitis and was lying alone in a hospital bed as Shawn watched the moon with Britney.

Perhaps it was on my mother's death anniversary, when Shawn left me alone to watch a movie with Britney, or when I had a miscarriage, and Shawn said, "If the baby's gone, there’s nothing we can do about it. Be more careful next time."

After saying that, he took Britney skiing just because she had a nightmare.

At that moment, I decided to give Shawn one last chance. I would dump him if he ever left me alone again.