Trading My Heart for Your Love

After two failed missions, Hendrick Campbell followed the system's advice and assumed a new identity as Cameron Campbell's twin brother. Thanks to his striking resemblance to Cameron, he managed to marry Lexie Shelton.For eight years, he stood faithfully by her side until her affection level finally reached 99%.He genuinely thought he had won.Then Cameron came back and needed heart surgery. Lexie wanted Hendrick's heart.She said without a care in the world, "I know you're a system host. You won't actually die before your mission is done. It's just a heart. Once this body gives out, you can just get a new identity and come back to me."At that moment, Hendrick understood everything.He finally knew why her affection level had always stuck at 99% and refused to budge.She was using it to hold him hostage.Whenever Hendrick refused, her affection level dropped by 1%.In the end, she even spelled it out for him. "What's the point of fighting this? Even if you say no, you're st

After gulping down two cold pills, Hendrick put on a mask and left the house.December in winter was truly brutal.When his cab arrived at the office building, his team members had already been waiting for him for quite some time. "Mr. Campbell, you're finally here! The design for this quarter's finale piece hasn't been finalized yet. We're waiting for your approval."Hendrick took the design sketches handed to him by his assistant, Jamie Barrett.As a former fine arts major, he had joined a clothing company as a designer after graduation. A few years later, he launched his own apparel brand.While it wasn't a massive corporate empire, it was built entirely on his sweat and tears, so he was exceptionally rigorous when it came to the quality of their design sketches.Yet among the submitted sketches that day, a few were downright atrocious.Hendrick frowned. "How did we manage to hire an intern with this level of work?"Jamie looked flustered and hesitated before murmuring, "Wel

As Cameron spoke, he erupted into a fit of violent coughing.Lexie stepped out of the examination room right as the scene unfolded.She rushed over in an instant, shielding Cameron behind her while snapping viciously at Hendrick, "What did you do to Cameron? He's sick! Why are you picking on him?"Watching her react with such an intense surge of emotion, Hendrick let out a self-deprecating laugh.So it turned out even the most rational person could lose control in a heartbeat.All because of a few coughs from Cameron.She hadn't even bothered to ask what actually happened before instinctively branding him as the perpetrator.This was his wife, the woman he used to cherish with every fiber of his being.A suffocating pain gripped his heart, making it hard to breathe.Cameron was still coughing weakly. "Don't be mad, Lexie. Hendrick didn't do anything. He just made a few comments after noticing the ring on my finger. Please don't blame him over this."Lexie's face darkened even

After that, Hendrick spoke very little.Every day, he spent his time either drafting designs or staring blankly out the window.With only ten days remaining, he simply counted down the days, feeling no remaining attachments to anything before him.Lexie dropped all her work to stay at the hospital and took Hendrick back and forth for various medical examinations.Hendrick endured blood draws, medication, and countless needles piercing his arms until his skin was covered in marks, yet he never once complained.That endless silence made her feel increasingly uneasy.As Hendrick passed Cameron's ward, Adrian's expression turned complex, and he demanded, "What on earth are you up to? Is it really necessary to undergo so many tests for a simple cold? Are you deliberately putting on a show for all of us, hoping to make us feel sorry for you?"Hendrick offered no explanation.His face had grown increasingly pale over the past few days, and his whole body had thinned down drastically.

Cameron continued, "No matter how hard you try, it's all pointless. Mom, Dad, and even Lexie will just hand anything I want right over to me. You've never been treated like that before, have you?"He chuckled softly, a chilling malice in his smile. "I wonder if you'll even be around to watch me take the runway after my surgery is done."His gaze made it clear he understood everything.He knew every single thing.Hendrick stared at him coldly and said, "Even if you step on that stage, your skill level will only make you a laughingstock."Cameron's expression instantly darkened.With no one else around, he dropped all pretense and let out a cold sneer. "Instead of worrying about me, you should probably worry about your best friend. I heard he's in quite a bit of trouble right now."Hendrick's face drained of color. "What do you mean?"Cameron put on an innocent act. "You didn't know? Your good buddy Devin actually had the nerve to talk trash to my face. I just mentioned to Dad th