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Chapter 1

Eden's POV:Laughter filled the private room.Scarlett Delacroix said she was going to touch up her makeup. When she pushed the door open, she ran right into me. She reached up and yanked the earring from my ear with a frown. "Who do you think you are, wearing the same set as me?"Only then did I realize that the two top-grade blue diamonds in my earrings were nothing more than scraps left over from her necklace.I clutched my ear as blood streamed down, too stunned to move for a long while.Alistair Graves stepped out at the commotion, and the color drained from his face. "Eden? What are you doing here?"Scarlett acted as though she had only just realized who I was. She covered her mouth and giggled. "Oh my, so you're Mrs. Graves. Pardon me."You really should keep a tighter leash on your husband, though. He follows me around every single day, and I never have time to get on set. It's so annoying."Alistair offered no explanation. He simply stared at me, as if waiting for me t

Chapter 2

Scarlett's expression shifted again and again before she gritted her teeth. "You think someone like you can threaten me?"She glanced around the room as if she had finally found her nerve, and she straightened her back."With all these people watching, I don't believe you'd actually dare lay a finger on me! Go ahead, come at me if you've got the guts!"I let out a cold laugh, tightened my grip on the knife, and lunged straight at her.Scarlett shrieked and scrambled backward. All her arrogance vanished in an instant, and she cried out in a panic, "Alistair! Help! She's lost her mind!"I watched her flail and found it almost funny. She was not so much like me, after all. When I had thrown myself from that attic window right in front of Alistair, I had not so much as blinked."Why are you running? Didn't you tell me to come at you?"I raised the knife again and aimed it straight at Scarlett's chest. At the last possible second, a hand shot out and grabbed the blade. It was Alistai

Chapter 3

Going purely from memory, I drove back to the Whitlaw family's estate.When everything had been liquidated in the bankruptcy, Alistair bought the house. He had told me it was where he first met me and that it meant the world to him.Now the iron gate was rusted, and withered vines covered the courtyard walls. The rose garden I had once loved most was so overgrown that the weeds stood taller than the flowers.He had not kept up the place at all. It seemed it did not mean the world to him after all.Perhaps, to him, this house was just like me. Once he had gone to all that trouble to get it, he stopped caring.My phone rang. It was Alistair.His tone was fairly gentle. "Where'd you go? Are you still mad?"I pushed aside the dead branches in my way. "Why do you care?"The line went quiet for a moment."Eden Whitlaw, have I been spoiling you too much?"I said nothing.His patience quickly ran out. "I'm waiting for you at the harbor. You have one hour. If you don't show up, you'l

Chapter 4

On the way to the hospital, I came across another one of Scarlett's posts.[All I want is a normal relationship. Why is that so hard?]Right after that, a swarm of gossip accounts jumped in to stir things up. They claimed that Alistair and Scarlett were in a stable relationship and that I was a delusional mistress who had been clinging to him for years.The comments instantly filled with insults.The moment I stepped out of the car, a crowd of reporters closed in on me."Ms. Whitlaw, you knew Mr. Graves had a girlfriend. Why do you keep chasing him?""We heard you threatened Scarlett Delacroix with a knife last night. Is that true?""Do you plan to keep harassing Mr. Graves?"Their cameras and microphones were practically shoved in my face.I raised a hand and pushed them away. "If Scarlett likes picking through trash, let her. Don't drag me through the mud. Now move."The words had barely left my mouth when someone in the crowd shrieked."You're the other woman, and you're

Chapter 5

True to his word, Alistair had his lawyers rush the paperwork through. Once I had the divorce decree in my hands, I stared at it for a long time. Then I let out a long breath.It was finally over. Alistair and I had nothing to do with each other anymore.Alistair's expression only grew darker. "Now that we're divorced, don't ever use my money again."I opened my wallet and pulled out every card he had given me. I snapped each of them in half and tossed them into the trash. "Is that good enough?"The corner of his mouth twitched. "Look at you, suddenly growing a backbone. Too bad everything you're wearing was bought with my money."I glanced down at my coat, then took it off and threw it at him.The mockery had not even left his face before I raised my hands and started unbuttoning my blouse."Eden Whitlaw!" He lunged forward, pinned my hands down, and pulled my collar closed. "Have you lost your mind?"I looked up and smiled at him. "I've always been this crazy. You're only fig

Chapter 6

Third-Person POV:After Eden left, Alistair kept waiting for her to call. At first, he was certain she would not last a single night.He had spent five years spoiling her. Everything she ate and everything she used had been the very best, and she could not even fall asleep during a thunderstorm unless he was there to soothe her.Now she had no money and no one to look after her. How long could she possibly hold out?Yet three days passed, and his phone stayed silent.Alistair tossed his phone onto the desk, his expression dark. She really was going to fight him on this.When his assistant, Trevor Haig, came in with some files, Alistair flipped through a couple of pages and asked, "Any news on Eden?"Trevor paused for a beat before answering. "Mrs. Gra— I mean, Ms. Whitlaw has been admitted to the hospital."Alistair's hand stopped on the page. "The hospital?""Yes, sir. She might not be feeling well. We haven't found out the details yet."Alistair frowned.On the day of the

Chapter 7

When Alistair arrived at the hospital, the doctors were still trying to save Eden. He stared at the closed doors, his ears ringing.It took several deep breaths before he could steady himself enough to give Trevor an order. "Call in the specialists. Every single one you can find. Go!"The hospital director rushed over, his forehead slick with sweat. "Mr. Graves, we've already called in a team of consultants, and we're doing everything we can—""What the hell happened?"Alistair grabbed him by the collar. "She was perfectly fine when she walked into your hospital. How did she end up like this?"The director went pale. "Ms. Whitlaw was injured a few days ago, and she hadn't fully recovered.""Injured how?""Right outside the hospital entrance, she was surrounded by reporters and some fans. They said she had come between Ms. Delacroix and her boyfriend, and they threw things at her."Alistair froze.When the director felt Alistair's grip loosen, he hurried to explain further. "Sh

Chapter 8

Alistair slowly pulled his hand back, and his voice went cold. "You think your baby matters?"Scarlett froze. "Al, what are you saying?"He grabbed her by the chin and forced her to look up at him. "I'm asking who the hell you think you are."Tears of pain spilled down Scarlett's face. "You're hurting me.""I give you a little attention, and you actually start thinking you're Mrs. Graves?"Alistair stared at her, his eyes like ice. "At best, you're a plaything to me. Who gave you the nerve to touch my wife?"Scarlett trembled from head to toe. He had never looked at her like that before.She had thought that having his baby would give her leverage. Even if everything came to light, she had believed he would let it slide for the baby's sake.Yet he did not so much as glance at her stomach."My wife is fighting for her life right now, and our baby is gone."His grip on her chin tightened. "Then you, the one responsible for this, can join our baby in the grave.""No!"Scarlett

Chapter 9

Eden's POV:When I woke up, it was already dark outside the window. My lower abdomen throbbed with waves of pain, and my throat was parched.As I moved my hand, I realized someone was holding my fingers.It was Alistair. He sat beside the hospital bed in a wrinkled shirt, a layer of dark stubble along his jaw.As soon as I opened my eyes, he leaned in. "You're awake. Does anything hurt?"I pulled my hand away. "Why are you here?"The concern on his face faltered, and he said gruffly, "If I weren't here, you'd be dead."I looked at him, and the corner of my mouth twitched. "If I died, that'd be none of your business.""Eden Whitlaw!"His face darkened at once. "How is that none of my business? You're my wife!""We're divorced," I said flatly. "I'm not your wife, so stop calling me that."That shut Alistair up for a moment.It took him a long while to force out a reply. "What about the baby, then? Even if we're divorced, the baby has something to do with me, doesn't it?"I f

Chapter 10

Five years earlier, Alistair had pursued me.He sent me flowers and jewelry, and he drove me to and from work. He even skipped important meetings just to have a meal with me.By then, I was already engaged.I returned everything he gave me untouched and told him plainly, "Alistair, I have a fiancé. Nothing is ever going to happen between us."He was silent for a long time before he finally smiled. "That's fine. We can just be friends."I believed him.My parents had passed away not long before, and I had taken over the company without knowing much about running it. He helped me a few times and cleared up quite a few problems for me. I was grateful, and little by little, I let my guard down.Later, when he proposed a partnership, I did not suspect a thing. I even thought of him as a friend I could rely on.I never could have imagined that every contract he handed me had a trap hidden inside it.By the time I found out, it was too late.Our cash flow collapsed, our partners pul

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