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Chapter 1

The bustle in the private room came to a grinding halt. All eyes fell on the phone Natalie Adams was holding. As if only just realizing what had happened, she fumbled with the screen, missing the button several times with her trembling fingers.On the other end of the line, the child continued to urge, "Daddy, when are you going to pick up Mommy? My teacher said that the whole family should eat together."The color drained from Natalie's face. Finally, she managed to end the call.I looked at her, my voice so calm it hardly sounded like my own. "When did you and Simon get married?"Natalie's tears started rolling down her cheeks. She bit her lip. It took her a while to choke out the words, "Seven years ago."It felt like my ears were ringing.Seven years ago, Simon Horne proposed to me on my birthday. He'd knelt on one knee beside the lake at our old campus. Holding the ring box in his palm, he'd been so nervous he could barely get the words out.He said, "Tara, once I complete
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Chapter 2

Andy, the child in the car, rolled the window down and asked softly, "Daddy, who is that lady?"Simon instinctively blocked the window while muttering to him, "This is between us adults. Children shouldn't be nosy."But I'd already seen enough.Simon hadn't been too busy to get married. He'd simply given someone else the place of his wife. He was already the father to someone else's child.He instructed his driver to take Andy home first while he continued to stand outside the restaurant.Natalie walked up to me, her eyes terribly red. She tried several times to take my hand, but I kept pulling away.Her voice trembled as she said, "Tara, I'm sorry. I really didn't mean to keep this from you."A dull ache spread through my chest as I stared at her. "It's been seven years, Natalie. You went wedding gown shopping with me before. You helped me pick my wedding invitations. You listened to me wonder when Simon would finally marry me."My voice grew hoarser with every word. "How coul
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Chapter 3

The next day, I went to Natalie and Simon's home.They hadn't invited me over, of course. I'd found the apartment through a photo Natalie had posted on her social media.The doorbell rang for a long time before Natalie finally opened the door. The moment she saw me, her eyes turned red."Tara…"I looked past her into the apartment.Three types of shoes filled the shoe cabinet—a man's, a woman's, and a child's. On top of the cabinet was a bunch of children's art supplies.A family portrait drawn by a child was stuck on the fridge. It showed a father and mother holding hands with a little boy, with a huge sun drawn above their heads.The photo wall was filled with pictures of the three of them together. The one in the center had been taken on the day Andy was born. Simon held the newborn in his arms while Natalie leaned against the hospital bed. Her face was pale, but she wore a blissful smile.The date was written beneath the photo. It'd been taken September 12, six years ago.
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Chapter 4

Natalie's face instantly turned pale.She checked Andy's room, the balcony, and the bathroom in a rush, her voice growing more piercing with each cry."Andy!"Simon panicked, too.He called the property management office while rushing into the stairwell.I stood by the door, my heart pounding. Andy had been in his room just moments ago. How could he have suddenly disappeared?Forgetting the humiliation I'd just endured, I joined them in the search.After checking the elevator lobby and the stairwell, I went down to the apartment complex's gardens and even the underground parking lot, calling Andy's name over and over until my voice grew hoarse.The backs of my feet started bleeding again. Each step felt more painful than the one before, but I didn't stop.Natalie was so frantic she could barely stay on her feet. I reached out to steady her, but she recoiled as if she'd been burned, immediately pulling her hand away.That single gesture cut deep.An hour later, the property m
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Chapter 5

When Simon and Natalie arrived at the convenience store by the back gate of the apartment complex, Andy was sitting beside the cashier, crying.He was holding a strawberry lollipop, his eyes red. The moment he saw Natalie rush in, he jumped off the stool and threw himself into her arms.The cashier explained that Andy had come in alone. He'd risen onto his tiptoes to place the lollipop on the counter and asked how much it cost."He said his mommy was crying, and he wanted to get her something sweet to eat so that she'd feel better."After hearing that, Natalie practically deflated. Clutching Andy, she sank to the floor and sobbed, her shoulders trembling uncontrollably."I'm here, Andy. Mommy's here. You don't have to be scared anymore."Andy clutched her blouse with his tiny hands and asked between sobs, "Mommy, is that lady a bad person?"Natalie's sobs abruptly stopped. The bright lights of the convenience store fell across her face. Her lips moved several times, but she coul
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Chapter 6

The plane landed just as the sky started to brighten. I sat by the window, watching as the sunlight slowly illuminated an unfamiliar city.The flight attendant announced that passengers could disembark, but I remained seated for a long time. It wasn't until most of the people around me had left that I slowly got to my feet.My feet had been in so much pain that they'd gone numb.The backs of my feet had already been rubbed raw last night, but I stuck a pair of socks over them anyway. Every time I moved now, it felt as though the skin were being torn open all over again.I dragged my suitcase out of the airport. Only when the cold wind hit my face did I realize I'd been crying the entire way.I'd come to the city of Goldshore, and it hadn't been on a whim. The year I graduated from college, I'd received a job offer from a company in Goldshore.Simon had just started his own business then. He was so busy he barely had time to eat. Holding me in his arms, he'd said, "Tara, please do
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Chapter 7

By the time Simon found the bridal studio, it had been three days since I'd left. The sales assistant still remembered me.She told him that when I'd tried on wedding gowns that day, I'd tripped on some steps and badly sprained my ankle."We wanted to take her to the hospital, but she said it wasn't necessary. She said her fiancé would pick her up."The shop assistant looked at Simon, her tone hesitant. "She sat by the entrance, waiting for a long time. It was already dark outside when she finally carried the garment bag out herself and left."Zhou Xuchuan froze on the spot, his face looked ghastly. He remembered the call I'd made to him that day. I'd been in so much pain that I was even gasping as I spoke.But at the time, he was accompanying Andy to a parent-child activity at school. The teacher had asked the fathers to hold their children while they played a game, and Natalie sat beside them, smiling.When he'd seen my incoming call, he stepped outside the classroom to answer
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Chapter 8

Two weeks later, Natalie posted a long message in our class group chat.She admitted that she'd secretly been married to Simon for seven years, and that most of his supposed business trips abroad had actually been a cover for the time he spent with her and their child.She also shared that I'd tried my best to look for Andy when he'd gone missing that day, but she and Simon had both accused me of taking him.After she sent the message, it took a while for someone to reply. Eventually, one of my classmates who used to envy my relationship with Simon asked, "Where's Tara? How is she doing?"Natalie didn't respond. She didn't have the answers either.Simon was in our old bedroom when he saw the message. He'd packed the things I'd left behind into cardboard boxes—our matching coffee mugs, the scarf's gift box, the wedding invitations I'd picked out, and the wedding itinerary I'd written out.He saw pages and pages of my notes, all done in my handwriting. I'd planned everything down t
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Chapter 9

I found a new job in Goldshore. It didn't pay very well, but at least I no longer had to arrange my life around anyone else's schedule.Every morning, I took the bus that went by the sea. The sea breeze streamed in through the window cracks, carrying a faint salty scent that helped clear my head at last.During the first month, I often woke up in the middle of the night. In my dreams, I saw that private room and heard that phone call all over again. I heard Andy asking if I'd come to take his daddy away from him. I experienced that slap from Natalie once more.When I woke, the room would be dark, with only the faint glow of a streetlight outside the window.In the past, whenever I used to have a nightmare, Simon would pull me into his arms and say, "Don't be scared. I'm here."Then I learned that he also repeated the same words to his wife and son.Slowly, I learned to live on my own again.I went to the hospital for my follow-up appointments alone, I ate my meals alone, and I t
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Chapter 10

Simon stayed in Goldshore for three days. He didn't try to approach me again. He simply stood outside my office building every day, watching me as I came to work in the morning and left in the evening.On the evening of the third day, Natalie showed up as well. She hadn't brought Andy with her.She stood alone across the street, holding a paper bag.When she saw me, her eyes quickly reddened. "Tara!"I stopped in my tracks. Simon stood nearby, but he didn't approach us.Natalie held out the paper bag to me. It was filled with some of her old belongings—photos we'd taken together in college, the hair clip I'd bought her after she got those stitches in her forehead, and the friendship bracelet I'd given her."I shouldn't be keeping these things," she said, her voice choked.I didn't take the bag, and she eventually lowered her outstretched arm."When Andy went missing, I shouldn't have suspected you. I never should've slapped you." Tears poured down her cheeks. "I know an apology
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