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Chapter 1

Nina's POV:Almost without thinking, I pulled out my phone and texted Lucien Grant.Me: [Lucien, how's the debate going? I'm watching the livestream.]He didn't reply.That was normal. Lucien never checked his phone during a tournament.I tried to reassure myself. They just happened to have the same name. It was only a coincidence.Then the girl beside me, Vivian Lane, spoke again."Look, his tie's crooked. It's driving me crazy."She pulled out her phone, zoomed in on Lucien, snapped a close-up, and sent it."I'd better warn him before he ruins that heartthrob image."Her friend gave her a knowing smile. "And you still say he's not yours?"I stared at Lucien Grant's tie.The next second, in full view of the audience, he casually reached up and straightened it.It looked like nothing more than an absentminded adjustment.But I knew Lucien wasn't a perfectionist.If anything, he used to be careless about his appearance. When we first met, he'd even button his shirt wrong.I was the one

Chapter 2

Numb, I followed the crowd toward Exit B.From a distance, I saw Vivian throw herself into a man's arms.He ruffled her hair affectionately, pulled her into a tight embrace, and bent down to whisper something in her ear.That back. That white shirt I'd ironed myself.I knew them both so well it hurt.Seven years ago, Lucien and I had met at a debate club meeting in the library.Back then, he was an unknown rookie who got so nervous during debates that he stammered.I was the one who ran mock debate after mock debate with him, helped organize his research, and timed his speeches.Three years ago, he competed at nationals for the first time. The travel took a toll on him, and he performed badly.He lost badly.Afterward, he shut himself in his hotel room for a full day and night.I was the one on the other side of the door, telling him over and over, "It's okay. You lost a tournament, that's all. You didn't lose me."Whatever happens, we'll face it together."Last month, he'd been offere

Chapter 3

Lucien hung up first.He scoffed. "This again? You do this every time. What's the point?"The call ended. In the silence that followed, the steady beep of the heart monitor somehow made the room feel even more desolate.I set my phone down and gave the nurse an apologetic smile."Sorry you had to see that."My voice was hoarse. "My family doesn't live around here. I'll sign the forms myself."When I opened my eyes again, I was alone in the hospital room.There was no visible wound, yet a dull ache lingered deep in my heart.Several unread messages had piled up on my phone.Some were from my parents, others from a few close friends.I replied to each of them, letting them know I was okay. I only said I'd been working too hard and needed a few days to rest.But lying to my parents made me feel guilty.Mom sounded worried when I called her back. "Weren't you supposed to be celebrating your anniversary with Lucien today?"How did you end up in the hospital? Did he do something to you?"Fal

Chapter 4

"Break up?"Lucien looked at me as if I'd just said something ridiculous. He shook his head in disbelief."I just won the national championship. My future's finally looking up, and now you're talking about breaking up?"Nina, you're not a little girl anymore. Don't be so childish."His phone had been vibrating in his pocket the whole time.He pulled it out and looked down to reply.The room fell silent. I could see the fleeting tenderness and patience in his eyes as he typed.I repeated myself. "We're breaking up. We're not getting married."His face darkened. "Stop joking. This isn't funny."I pushed myself upright and handed him the bouquet from the bedside table."Take the flowers too."Mixed in with the roses were several white lisianthus blooms. I was allergic to them.Lucien stood there without moving, irritation written all over his face.I studied him carefully.How had the face I'd once known by heart become so unfamiliar?"Stop this," he said coldly.I gave a faint, humorless

Chapter 5

I cut him off. "Don't explain."Lucien, I don't want to hear the details of your emotional affair. I don't want to hear any of it. It makes me sick."All that talk about "intellectual chemistry" and some "soul connection" with Vivian...It was disgusting.Every detail twisted through my mind, poisoning the love and trust I'd once had for him.Worse, it kept reminding me what kind of man I'd given my heart to."I was a jerk," Lucien said."Nina, I really never meant for things to go any further between Vivian and me."His voice was painfully hoarse."I crossed a line. I know that. I was wrong."But we've been together for so long."Nina, think about us. Seven years. Can you really just walk away from me after all that?"I closed my eyes and swallowed against the metallic taste rising in my throat."Lucien, don't apologize. Don't make me feel like the victim here."An apology couldn't give me back what I'd lost.If anything, it only made me feel more like some loser who'd been replaced.

Chapter 6

Lucien closed his eyes.All he could see was Nina's pale face, and all he could hear were her cold final words."We're done.""Vivian." His voice came out so hoarse that even he barely recognized it."We need to keep our distance from now on. Whatever this was between us ends here.""What did you just say?" Vivian's voice rose sharply. "Lucien, what do you mean?""Exactly what I said." He tightened his grip on the crushed cigarette pack. "Don't contact me anymore.""Is this because of Nina?" Vivian sneered. "Did she come to you? What did she say?"Lucien, are you serious? She's boring. All she knows how to do is follow the same routine day after day."What can she give you? I inspire you. I make you unstoppable in debate. Can she do that?"Her voice grew more contemptuous with every word."And you've been with her for seven years. Aren't you tired of it?"Didn't you say being with me made you feel alive? That I was the one who really got your mind going?""Enough." Lucien cut her off,

Chapter 7

Third-person POV:Lucien went home.The moment he stepped through the door, a mug came flying at him.His father, Dylan Grant, stood in the living room, his face livid."You ungrateful fool! Nina's family called and said you two broke up. What exactly happened?"Lucien didn't dodge.Hot tea splashed over him, leaving an ugly stain on his white shirt.His mother, Grace Grant, pulled him down onto the couch."Did you two have a fight? Whatever happened, how did it get all the way to a breakup? Weren't you planning to get married?"Lucien lowered his eyes. "It was my fault.""Your fault how?" Dylan demanded. "If you screwed up, why aren't you begging her to forgive you?"When you were trying to make the university debate team, you said Nina supported you every step of the way. Now you've won the national championship, and you're going to dump her? What kind of man does that make you?""I did something I shouldn't have."The room went dead silent.Dylan shot to his feet and pointed at him.

Chapter 8

I thought everything would slowly settle down with time.But a week later, an unexpected post set the internet on fire.Vivian published a lengthy post on an online debate forum.The title was:[When a Muse Is Misunderstood: A Lament for Our Times]Written in the third person, it told the story of a "debate prodigy" and his "soulmate." The two were drawn to each other by an extraordinary intellectual connection, only to be forced apart by society's expectations and an ex who refused to let go.She painted Lucien as a tragic genius trapped in a stale, mediocre relationship and desperate to break free.As for herself, she was the one true muse who could ignite his mind.At the end of the post, Vivian wrote:[Some people are only meant to be stepping stones on a genius's climb to the top. Once he finds the wings that can truly carry him, the stepping stone has served its purpose.]Lucien had just won the national championship and was still riding a wave of attention.The post quickly spre

Chapter 9

It didn't take long for people to start digging through the evidence I'd posted.They soon noticed striking overlaps between my original drafts, the designs on some of the custom gifts I'd made for Lucien, and the supposedly "original" arguments he'd used in past tournaments.[So the Golden Three Minutes was his ex's idea, the Human Emotion Thesis came from her, and his whole "debate prodigy" image was built on stolen ideas?][She knew he had a girlfriend and got involved with him anyway, then played the victim and wrote a whole post shading the woman he'd been with for seven years? Vivian Lane is a pro at playing innocent.][What about all the people who attacked Nina before? Aren't you going to apologize?]Vivian deleted everything from her account, but screenshots had already spread across the internet.Her university announced that it would investigate her senior thesis for possible academic misconduct.Lucien's grad-school admission was put on hold, and his spot in the Internation

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