Chapter 2

By the time I finished surgery and came out, Sienna and Harvey were already gone.

Harvey posted an update on his social media. It was a photo of him sitting in Sienna's car, eating a hot dog with chip crumbs scattered everywhere.

The caption read, "The hallway was freezing, so we're waiting for you in the car."

I never thought Sienna could tolerate such a mess. She was so obsessed with cleanliness that she once couldn't even stand me eating a piece of bread in the car.

I laughed quietly and liked the post.

Then I called the wedding planner, Carrie Lynch, and said, "I'd like to cancel the wedding we've been planning."

Carrie sounded regretful. "You've spent almost two years planning this wedding. Why cancel it?"

I looked at the two people smiling affectionately in the photo and laughed bitterly.

"I don't want to get married anymore."

Along with the wedding, I let go of my obsession with marrying Sienna.

Instead of getting into Sienna's car, I hailed a cab nearby and went home.

When Sienna came home in the middle of the night, she sounded furious.

"We waited for you downstairs at the hospital for over two hours. You even liked Harvey's post. Were you trying to annoy us on purpose?" she asked.

I had been in pain all night, but I never saw that kind of concern in her eyes when she looked at me.

Harvey tried to smooth things over as usual.

"Come on, don't argue. Justin just had surgery, so he needs to rest," he said. "Ms. Jepsen, I happen to have a few documents that need your review. The clients are waiting for them."

Sienna's anger disappeared instantly.

Then the two of them walked into the guest room without a word and didn't come out all night.

…

When I came out of my room the next morning, Sienna was busy in the kitchen.

She didn't give me any explanation for what they did in that room last night.

What kind of work required them to spend the entire night alone together?

Sienna walked over carrying a box of warm pastries.

"I got up early and waited in line to buy these. Try them," she said. "See if they still taste the same."

They were from my favorite cafe.

However, as her work got busier, she stopped being willing to wait two hours in line with me. Yet she still brought them to Harvey's office every day.

After that, I suddenly stopped liking it.

"We talked about work until late last night," she said. "When we woke up, we realized we had fallen asleep on the bed."

As she spoke, she brought her arm close to my nose. "If you don't believe me, smell it."

The familiar pine scent that belonged only to Harvey rushed into my nose.

My stomach churned. I rushed to the bathroom and rubbed my skin raw where she had touched me.

Sienna stood at the bathroom door, looking confused.

The next moment, she suddenly laughed coldly.

"When your dad caught your mom cheating, he kept taking shower after shower like a maniac. Looks like you're just like him," she said. "At least Harvey is much more normal than you.

"Sometimes I really think there's something wrong with you."

I stopped scrubbing my hands.

The bathroom went completely silent. It was quiet enough that I could only hear the sound of running water.

Back then, Dad had witnessed Mom getting involved with her boss.

That same night, he ended his life in the bathtub.

As he lay there, surrounded by blood and barely hanging on, he said to me, "No woman can be trusted. Don't ever put your faith in them."

Even though I hated Mom just as much, I still shook my head. "Sienna has always treated me well. She's different."

But when I heard Sienna say those words, I suddenly realized she wasn't any different at all.

I took a deep breath and said seriously, "If Harvey's so normal, then marry him.

"Sienna, let's break up."