All Chapters of Seek My Happiness Far Away: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

At ten o’clock that night, Tyler handed me a paper box and said, “Here, the necklace I promised you.”I opened it to find a lusterless necklace made of tiny diamond chips. The label showing a price tag of two hundred and ninety-nine dollars hadn’t even been removed.Summer leaned over and covered her mouth as she chuckled. “Lea, that necklace is perfect for you. It’s so simple and practical, unlike mine, which is way too heavy and makes my neck ache.”I calmly closed the paper box. “Yeah, that’s fine. It really would be a waste to give something so nice to me.” Tyler’s brow furrowed, and he looked at me skeptically. “Why are you speaking in riddles today?”Clearly displeased, Tyler continued in his usual condescending tone, “Summer has been frail since she was a kid. What’s wrong with me looking after her a little more? Do you have to be jealous of her over a necklace?”I didn’t even have the energy to argue back, so I just looked at him coldly. Why was it that whether I made a

Hearing the word “surprise,” Tyler froze. “What surprise?”For a moment, he looked dazed. Perhaps he was recalling seven years ago, when I used two months’ worth of earnings from my part-time job to buy him a pair of limited-edition sneakers.Back then, he held me tightly, his eyes red, as he said, “Lea, you’re the best surprise of my life.”A trace of uneasiness flashed in his eyes, and his tone softened. “Lea, after the wedding is over, I’ll take you on a beach vacation. Just think of it as my way of making it up to you.”I looked at him without taking the bait. Instead, I calmly tested him one last time. “Tyler, if I ask to cancel the wedding right now, would you agree to it? What if we just elope while we travel? Would you be willing to do that?”His friends exchanged glances before their eyes landed on Tyler. His expression turned grim, and the warmth in his eyes disappeared in an instant.“Lea, invitations have already been sent out, and all our relatives and friends have

During the day, I accompanied the project team across construction sites big and small throughout Suisse, absorbing the most cutting-edge architectural concepts and techniques. At night, I locked myself in my apartment, pulling all-nighters drafting blueprints and fine-tuning design proposals.My colleagues called me crazy and urged me not to push myself so hard. However, only I knew that I wasn’t just pushing myself—I was saving myself.I had to work intensely to numb my mind. I needed to fill the massive, gaping void left behind by the loss of my baby and seven years of devotion.I didn’t dare to stop. I was terrified that the moment I slowed down, those painful memories would rush in and swallow me whole.Three years flew by amidst countless blueprints and projects. I eventually worked my way up from a junior assistant on the project team to the head designer at our Suisse headquarters. The “Lucerne Light and Shadow” project, which I spearheaded, went on to win that year’s prest

There was no suspense about the bidding outcome for the project—I won. The design proposal from our Suisse headquarters secured the old town renewal project in Sycamore Valley by a landslide.The moment the news broke, the entire real estate and architectural design industry across the city was shocked. My name had made a powerful return to everyone’s lives after three long years. Along with it, old scandals from three years ago that had been deliberately swept under the rug were brought back into the light—Tyler’s absurd wedding, Summer’s fraud, and the Reed Group’s bankruptcy… In no time, all kinds of revelations and speculations, both true and false, stirred up a massive storm online.In the eyes of the public, I became the ‘avenging heroine’ who had endured in silence for years before making a magnificent comeback to crush the trashy ex and the deceitful woman. Tyler, on the other hand, became a total outcast despised by everyone and shamed as the ‘cheating scumbag of the centu

After the project in Sycamore Valley came to a perfect close, I didn’t stay in the country.I turned down all the job offers from top real estate firms and politely declined my alma mater’s invitation to stay on as a lecturer. Instead, I returned to Suisse. Once I wrapped up the handover process at the headquarters, I submitted my resignation.Half a month later, with all my savings and the cat that had kept me company for three years, I moved to Niceland. It was a dream of mine I had had for a very, very long time.Back when Tyler and I were still head over heels in love, I once pointed at a breathtaking photo of the Northern Lights in a travel magazine and said to him with bright eyes, “Tyler, once we save up enough money, let’s move to Niceland, okay?”How had he responded then? He had frowned, snatched the magazine out of my hands, and tossed it aside with obvious contempt in his voice.“Why go to a place like that in the middle of nowhere? It’s cold, isolated, and boring.”N