All Chapters of He Became Eighteen, Left Me for Her, Then Begged Me Back: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

When the divorce papers landed on the table, I was reviewing documents for Adrian’s West District project.The floating comments immediately came alive.[Hahaha, here we go. The supporting female lead is about to cling to him for dear life. No way she’s willing to give up being Mrs. Pierce.][She’s spent all these years living as a rich man’s wife. You really think she’ll walk away with nothing?][Waiting for her to cry and beg Young Adrian not to divorce her.]I flipped to the last page.'I voluntarily waive all claims to marital property.'I pushed the agreement back across the table.“I’m not signing this.”Adrian’s expression darkened.I looked up at him.“You don’t get to end a marriage that belongs to the twenty-eight-year-old Adrian Pierce.”The comments froze for a second.[??? She’s not begging?][Wait. “Twenty-eight-year-old Adrian”? Does she know they switched souls?][Got it. She’s obviously stalling so she can move the assets first!]Adrian planted both han

The moment I stepped out of Pierce Corporation, a gust of wind slipped down my collar.My phone rang.“Ms. Shaw? The cardiac support device you ordered has arrived.”I froze for a moment.Adrian had pulled a lot of strings to get that device before the soul swap.It was still in clinical trials.He had gone through all that trouble because my grandmother had always had a weak heart.I rushed to the nursing facility and handed the device over to her doctor.When Grandma saw that I had come alone, she glanced toward the door twice.“Where’s Adrian? I haven’t seen him in two weeks. Did you two have a fight?”“No.”I tucked the blanket more securely around her.“He’s been busy lately. He’ll come see you in a few days.”Grandma sighed.“At my age, who knows how many ‘few days’ I have left?”Then, as always, she started fussing over Adrian.“Adrian always gets an upset stomach when he catches a chill. Make sure he keeps his stomach warm.“And don’t laugh at that old herbal r

Once the call connected, Adrian was unusually cooperative.He didn’t lose his temper or complain.He carefully answered every question Dr. Wilson asked.After hanging up, he said, “They’ll be here tomorrow night at eight.”The tightness in my chest finally eased.“Thank you.”Adrian suddenly looked a little uncomfortable and rubbed his nose.“If you really want to thank me, then divorce me and let Vivian and me be together.”I looked at him.“My answer hasn’t changed. When the real Adrian comes back, if he still wants a divorce, I’ll sign.”As I reached the door, I heard Vivian lower her voice behind me.“Why didn’t you make her agree to something first?“She was desperate. If you’d told her to sign the divorce papers before you called the doctors, she would’ve done it.”“Her grandmother’s life is at stake, and you wanted me to use that against her?”Adrian’s voice instantly turned cold.“Do you really think I’m that much of a bastard?”“That’s not what I meant. I just

I froze for a second.“Later, I got into an argument with her about it.”Adrian paused.“I told her if you didn’t want kids, then we wouldn’t have kids. What did that have to do with whether she gave you the bracelet?”He glanced at my wrist again.“I’m glad she finally came around.”The floating comments froze all at once.After a long silence, one finally drifted past.[Wait. He’s not taking it off?]Adrian had already released my hand.“Mom gave it to you. Keep wearing it.”I looked down at the bracelet.Suddenly, I felt exhausted.“Adrian, I want to stay with Grandma for a while.”He understood.“Okay.”“Go find out what happened.”“Okay.”He didn’t ask anything else.He placed my phone beside me, then bent down before leaving and pulled his jacket back over my shoulder where it had slipped.This time, I didn’t move away.But I didn’t instinctively reach for his hand the way I used to either.Adrian stood there for two seconds.Then he turned and left.I sat

And yet the very next day, he asked me out again.Adrian continued, “The third time, I wanted to see her.“The fourth time too.“And every time after that.”He looked at Vivian.“Don’t reduce six years of someone else’s life to the fact that she happens to look like you.”The floating comments seemed to crash completely.For a long time, nothing appeared.Then:[…][Wait. What exactly have we been shipping this whole time?][Hold on. So who was actually the substitute here?]I didn’t feel any sense of victory.I was just tired.“Adrian.”His eyes immediately turned to me.“Don’t argue in the hospital.”He paused.“Okay.”Vivian opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something else, but eighteen-year-old Adrian had already removed her hand from his arm.“I told you yesterday not to use someone’s life to force her into anything.”For the first time, the reckless defiance was gone from his young face.“You lied to me.”Vivian went pale.“Adrian, I did it all for—