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Chapter 1

Ethan Turner paused on the other end of the line. When he spoke again, the anger in his voice was unmistakable."How many times do I have to explain this to you? I already told you that getting the marriage certificate with Sara was just for show. It was nothing more than a formality to get her parents off her back. Do you really have to be this petty about it?"I already promised I'd marry you eventually, so what else do you want from me? There's a limit to how long you can keep throwing tantrums. Do you really think you can just toss around the word 'breakup' whenever you're upset?"Hannah Robbins said nothing. She simply tightened her grip on her phone, looked around the empty City Hall lobby, and gave a bitter smile.For the past ten years, marrying Ethan had been the ultimate pursuit of her life. She had spent years imagining the happy life they would have together after finally tying the knot.In fact, she had started preparing long ago. The wedding favors and invitations ha

Chapter 2

Hannah initially wanted to decline the call, but sheer habit made her swipe to answer.The moment the line connected, Ethan's arrogant voice came barking through the speaker. "Have you come to your senses yet? I'm giving you a chance to make up for your bad behavior."Sara spent all day traveling to get the marriage certificate and hours standing out in the cold. She needs to rest, so you're taking her place at the client dinner tonight. If you do a good job, I might even overlook that passive-aggressive attitude of yours earlier..."Listening to him order her around like a servant, Hannah let out a cold, bitter laugh. This guy seemed to have forgotten that she was the one who had stood outside City Hall from sunrise to sunset, shivering in the bitter cold while waiting for him.There had been a time when all it took was a sneeze from her in a drafty room for Ethan to look at her with deep concern, immediately taking off his coat and draping it over her shoulders.Back home, he wo

Chapter 3

The photo in the post showed Ethan and Sara sitting in a trendy new French bistro, surrounded by plates of escargot, foie gras and other fine dishes.The caption read: [Enchanted at first sight, still falling for you till this day.]Hannah stared at the photo of Ethan grinning as Sara fed him a bite of steak and couldn't help letting out a bitter, sarcastic laugh.Ethan had once claimed to hate European cuisine more than anything. The root of that hatred went back to his father, who had been seduced by a French woman and abandoned him and his mother when Ethan was only three years old.Because of that childhood trauma, Ethan had developed a deep aversion to anything European or foreign. He refused to get involved in international business and insisted on working exclusively with domestic clients.That rigid attitude had cost the Turner Group hundreds of millions of dollars in missed opportunities for overseas expansion.When Hannah took him on their first date, she had known noth

Chapter 4

Hannah was caught off guard. She hadn't expected Ethan to be home.Usually, whenever he went out with Sara, he used "entertaining clients" as an excuse, staying out all night and not showing his face until sometime the next afternoon.The pillow slammed into the bridge of her glasses, sending a sharp jolt of pain through her nose. Blood immediately began trickling down over her upper lip.Ethan paused, a flicker of guilt crossing his face. He reached for a box of tissues and started to get up, apparently intending to help clean her up.But halfway there, he stopped himself and sank back onto the couch, his expression hardening as he switched to an interrogating tone. "Why are you back so late? You're hours past your curfew. Where have you been?"Hannah ignored him entirely.She opened a drawer, took out a bottle of antiseptic and some cotton swabs, and quietly cleaned the blood from her face. Her complete indifference only made Ethan angrier."I asked you a question. Are you dea

Chapter 5

Ethan froze when his usual tactic had failed."Hey, I'm just putting on a show for Sara's family," he said sullenly. "Do you really have to take everything so seriously?""Whether it's an act or genuine feelings, you know better than anyone," Hannah countered.The moment Ethan started talking about taking wedding photos, his eyes lit up with unmistakable excitement. Only an idiot would have missed what that meant.Cornered by her response, Ethan finally lost his temper.In ten years, this was the first time he'd ever found himself completely unable to win an argument with her."You're being completely unreasonable!" he snapped.Hannah couldn't be bothered to waste another word on him. She turned toward the bedroom, but Ethan rushed ahead, snatched her pillow off the bed, and threw it into the hallway."You don't get to sleep in my bed anymore!" he shouted. "Go sleep in the study tonight and think about what you've done!"He slammed the bedroom door shut, pulled out the key, an

Chapter 6

They were all love letters Hannah had written to Ethan.The letters took her back five years. A particularly severe strain of seasonal flu had swept through the city, and Ethan had caught it. His fever had spiked to an alarming 106 degrees, and he was rushed to the ER for emergency treatment.When hours passed without his fever coming down, Ethan, delirious with the heat, became convinced he was dying. He clung tightly to Hannah's hand, tears slipping from the corners of his eyes as he mumbled that he hadn't listened to enough of her love letters.He begged her to keep reading them aloud, telling her that if he died, she could burn the letters at his grave so he wouldn't have to be alone.To keep him conscious long enough for the medical team to treat him, Hannah fought back her tears and agreed. She grabbed a notebook and a pen, writing down every small, precious memory from their years together and reading each letter aloud as she wrote.By the time Ethan's fever finally broke,

Chapter 7

Inside the safe, tiny objects had been carefully packed into individual vacuum-sealed bags, filling every inch of space.Toys. Bookmarks. Even a lollipop.Confused, Hannah turned the sealed bags over and discovered a sticky note attached to the back of each one, documenting where the item had come from.[May 7, 2016. Sara gave me something for the first time in class today. It was a strawberry-flavored lollipop. I'm so happy. Today's mood is strawberry-flavored, too.][June 7, 2016. Today is my birthday. Sara braided a ring for me out of grass and told me she'd marry me one day. I swear I'm going to make it big enough to buy her the most expensive ring in the world.][January 1, 2017. It's the new year. Sara gave me chocolates! I want to eat them so badly, but they're a token of her love, so I have to save them forever.]...After reading only a handful of them, Hannah lost all desire to keep going.No wonder that whenever Ethan sneaked into the study late at night, she would h

Chapter 8

"Hilarious! CEO's girlfriend or not, she still got kicked to the curb.""Someone tried to play hard-to-get, and it blew up in her face, didn't it?"...One coworker even grabbed a cup of hot water and pretended to stumble, deliberately aiming it at Hannah to make her the laughingstock of the office.But instead of enduring the humiliation as she once would have, Hannah calmly stepped aside, snatched another employee's cup from a nearby desk, and tossed the water straight over the coworker's head."I'm leaving because another firm poached me with a massive pay raise," Hannah said evenly. "Unlike the rest of you, I actually have the option to walk away."Leaving her coworkers staring after her with pale, furious faces, she turned on her heel and walked out without looking back.The moment she was clear of the building, she texted Ernest and Megan to let them know her resignation was official, then booked an evening flight.A few moments later, Megan replied, insisting on taking h

Chapter 9

Ethan stared at the resignation approval on the phone screen, stunned."Resigned?" he muttered. "When did I ever approve your resignation?""Hannah, no matter how upset you are, there's no need to joke about quitting, let alone fake an HR approval just to spite Ethan," Sara chimed in, seizing the opportunity to fan the flames. "He works so hard managing the company. What if you stress him out and make him sick?"Ethan looked at Hannah with cold disappointment."Hannah, you're a grown woman. Why can't you be even half as sensible and mature as Sara?" he said icily. "You forged an HR approval just to spite me? Too bad. I'm not falling for this hard-to-get routine anymore. My patience has limits. Enough with the tantrums."He paused before delivering his final ultimatum. "I'm giving you one last chance. Get back to work right now before I change my mind. Otherwise, you can kiss all your commissions and bonuses for the year goodbye."Meeting his sharp, threatening stare, Hannah knew

Chapter 10

Hearing the HR manager's explanation, Ethan stood frozen, dumbfounded."When did this happen?""About half an hour ago. When Ms. Robbins submitted her resignation, you approved it within seconds. I assumed the two of you had already discussed it and reached an agreement."...Only then did Ethan realize with a jolt what had happened.Half an hour ago, he had been busy taking photos and trying on wedding suits with Sara, absentmindedly tapping through the notifications on his phone without even looking at them.He had never imagined that one of those notifications had been Hannah's resignation request. The realization drained the color from his face, but his embarrassment quickly turned into anger."Why didn't you tell me something this important?" he spluttered.The HR manager sounded helpless. "Mr. Turner, weren't those your explicit instructions? You told us that from now on, we only needed to bring matters concerning Ms. Russell to your attention."You specifically said we

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