Chapter 1

"You contributed greatly to the company's success this year, Harry. Come up on stage with me. Let's take a photo together."

My wife, Rosalie Smith, gestured for Harry West to join her.

Harry hurried over to Rosalie's side. He held her hand as they went up on stage together. They delivered their speeches before handing out their gifts and blessings to the rest of the employees.

The good rapport that they shared made them look like a couple who were passionately in love with one another. They were stuck together like glue.

The employees who received the gifts from them teased them. "Should we expect good news from the two of you soon, Mr. West and Ms. Smith? I'm looking forward to attending your wedding."

"You're awesome, Mr. West and Ms. Smith! I'll definitely work hard and live up to your expectations in the coming year!"

The crowd began to chant, "Get married! Get married!"

That was the scene I stumbled upon when I arrived late to the awards ceremony. A sour sensation spread through my chest. I gripped the medicine box tightly, causing it to dig painfully into my palm.

Rosalie and I had built this company from the ground up. I was in charge of technology and distribution while she handled internal operations.

The company achieved considerable success with us at the helm. Unfortunately, we couldn't announce our relationship since the company had a strict rule that employees weren't allowed to date each other. As a result, nobody knew that I was Rosalie's husband.

I had been looking forward to the awards ceremony and had prepared for it beforehand.

However, right before the ceremony began, Rosalie noticed that she had forgotten to bring her asthma medicine with her.

Worried that she would suddenly have an attack, I rushed home to get her medicine, only to see Harry standing in my rightful spot when I returned.

I finally understood what was going on.

Forgetting her medicine was just an excuse for Rosalie to get me out of the picture. Harry was the one she wanted to celebrate her moment of glory with.

Furthermore, the awards ceremony had originally been scheduled to begin at 9:00 am. However, to make sure I wouldn't get in her way, Rosalie had started it early.

Harry arched his brow when he noticed my crestfallen expression. "Hey, Cam! Why did you get here so late? The awards ceremony is almost over! We couldn't find you anywhere, so I went up on stage with Rosalie. I hope you don't mind!"

He fixed a troubled look on his face, pretending to be at a loss for what to do as he stood rooted to the spot.

Harry was Rosalie's first love during her university days. The two of them eventually broke up for various reasons, but I knew that Harry would always be a special existence in Rosalie's heart.

That was also the reason why Harry always looked down on me. He often provoked and opposed me.

However, from Rosalie's perspective, I was just being jealous and petty.

Rosalie immediately stepped forward to save Harry from his so-called predicament.