All Chapters of End of the Line: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

I was unconscious all night, and when I woke up, my stomach was still in pain.I grabbed a handful of painkillers from the nightstand and swallowed more than a dozen pills. My phone was full of messages from Zach."I called you so many times, and you didn't pick up. I figured you were sleeping. It's fine, you can come over after you wake up. I'll go greet the guests in the ballroom first."That was when I remembered that today was our engagement party. Friends and relatives from both sides would be there.I decided I would go and explain everything, then call off the wedding.The engagement was lavishly set up. Videos of our love story were looping on giant screens across the city's high-rise buildings.Even the taxi driver sighed when I got into the car."I wonder what kind of woman could be so lucky to have someone so loyal."I stayed quiet. When I arrived, I could already hear the emcee's voice echoing from the ballroom. I hadn't even made it inside yet… Why had the engage

I could clearly see the panic in Zach's eyes.He wanted to explain, but Jessica stepped in front of him with a frown. "Your mother was dying of cancer, anyway. Donating her corneas at the end of her life is something to be proud of!"I didn't care what happened to me, but she was insulting my mother… That was something I couldn't tolerate.Rage flared up inside me. I marched up to Jessica and slapped her hard across the face. I didn't hold back—she stared at me in shock, a red handprint forming on her cheek."Show some respect for my mother," I said coldly. My stomach started to hurt again from the anger, but I forced myself to ignore the metallic taste in my throat.Zach, afraid I'd hit Jessica again, suddenly grabbed my wrist. His grip was hard enough to hurt me. "Annie… Annie, I know you're angry right now. But Jess is an artist. That accident overseas nearly ruined her life. Your mother was a perfect match, and she was already at stage four cancer. Her chances of survivi

Maybe Zach was afraid to hear about my death from someone else, so he cut himself off from the world. He took out his SIM card and stayed at home for days, his mind in a deep haze.He ate instant noodles when he was hungry, drank cold water when he was thirsty, and slept with my clothes in his arms. The wedding band on his finger still gleamed in silver.I almost believed it… Maybe, just maybe, I was truly the love of his life.But reality wasn't like that. I was simply someone he could throw away whenever he felt like it.Jessica's visit finally broke the silence. When Zach saw her, he was stunned for a second. She squeezed through the door and threw her arms around him, looking up with a bright smile. "Annie's finally dead! There is justice in this world, after all! Now there's no one between us, Zach. You don't need to marry her and spend your whole life making up for your mistakes or worry about facing her again. We can finally love each other freely!"She was beaming, her

Zach donated all his assets to welfare homes, astonishing the entire city. Everyone said Zach had gone insane.Some guessed it was because his beloved Jessica had suddenly gone completely blind for some unknown reason. Since modern medicine couldn't help her, Zach was trying to do good deeds in hopes of some divine intervention. Others said it was because his girlfriend of seven years, Annie, had died. But as soon as that theory was mentioned, it got ruthlessly mocked online."Annie Carter? Zach only stayed with her to stop her from getting revenge on Jessica. Him helping Annie win the lawsuit was just something he staged for Jessica's sake. Even their recent engagement was supposed to be between him and Annie. The moment Jessica complained, she became the bride instead. Isn't it obvious who Zach really cared about?""They were together for seven years, though. There had to be some love between them, right?""That's not love. That's putting up with someone for seven years for the