Chapter 3

The magical love story between Skyler and her ended in just five years.

Five years ago on the day before their wedding dinner, Skyler’s parents passed away in a terrible car accident and the culprit of the accident was alleged to be Estelle’s father.

Not long after the accident, Estelle’s mother and uncle acquired the Flynn family’s businesses. Just like that, H city’s two infamous families were forced to merge brutally and cruelly. Estelle’s uncle became the person who held the power by inheriting both the Flynn’s and Sander’s family inheritance.

The ending was unexpected. Though, by the looks of the incident, it was as if it was a big ploy and conspiracy the Sanders family had against the Flynn family. The incident ended with the Sander family’s victory.

Everything took place in a flash and when Estelle was just able to comprehend the situation, Skyler made up his mind to break up with her. He smashed all of the glass bottles filled with the paper stars in front of her. Scattered all over the floor were the paper stars, and Skyler stomped on them mercilessly, squashing and tearing the paper stars in pieces.

With his fingers pointed at her and his eyes burning with rage, he seethed angrily, “Estelle Sanders, get out of here! I don’t want to ever see you again!”

At that time, Skyler was only twenty-three when he lost his parents, his company. He lost everything and Estelle who was twenty, found out that she was pregnant with his baby.

She was worried that Skyler would not accept the child as he resented her. Hence, she traveled overseas to give birth. She was hoping to clear the air up with Skyler once he calmed down. She was kept in the dark about everything that happened and she did not know why things turned out this way.

However, tragic things kept occurring. She got into an accident when giving birth and the baby was diagnosed with a chronic illness and had to stay in the ICU. Estelle was panic-stricken hence she scurried back to the country in hopes to get help from Skyler. Instead, she saw another girl snuggled up in his arms.

That girl was Camilla Gionni.

They said that it was Camilla who was by his side during his darkest and lowest moments in life and that he saw Camilla as a beam of sunlight in his life. He treated her with great care. They also said that with Camilla’s support and encouragement, he made a comeback and within two years he had expanded his business to a level that was comparable to Sander’s family. Plus, they said that Camilla and Skyler were making preparations for their wedding…

Except that Skyler and Estelle already received their marriage certificate but they never got to hold their wedding ceremony. Hence, Skyler was legally married and Estelle was still his legal wife. Thus, Camilla was not able to rightfully marry Skyler.

The past four years of being his wife, she bit down the bullet and overcame the times when Skyler forced her to sign the divorce papers.

She used to think that because Skyler and she were indeed in love, she could have wait until the day the truth was unveiled for Skyler to come back to her. She did wait for him for a good four years. However, not only did Skyler not go back to her, she was diagnosed with lung cancer instead.

She felt a sharp pain in her chest while reminiscing. The emotions must have affected her, till she started coughing tremendously again.

The smell of blood was stronger this time and she spat out droplets of blood, staining the white bedsheets.

“What happened to you?” Skyler asked when he saw her shivering.

Her heart softened and tears were falling from her eyes. “Skyler, there...there’s something that I need to tell you. Honestly, my body’s unwell and I’m diagnosed with…”

Without waiting for her to finish her sentence, Skyler smirked coldly and said, “Don’t go telling me that you’re dying from sickness. I’ll only celebrate. If you die, we don’t even have to go through a divorce. Camilla and I could get married whenever we want to.”

“...” Estelle bit down her tongue. The words that she meant to tell him were now stuck in her throat, suffocating her heart.

“Is there anything else that you want to say?” He asked

What else was there left to say?

“Nothing else.” She shook her head.

Skyler seemed to have noticed something on the bedsheet.

She hurriedly covered up the bright red stain with her body and pretended that nothing happened.

Skyler walked over and moved her crudely to one side. He saw the red color stain on the bedsheet and asked, “What is this? Is this...blood?”

Biting down on her lips, Estelle held her fist tightly to bear the sharp pain.

Skyler glanced at her in disdain. Pointing at the traces of blood, he asked, “Why? Did you undergo hymenoplasty just for tonight?”