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Chapter 1

The nurse stood frozen, her hand that was holding the scissors suspended awkwardly in the air.Through the pain, I reached over and cut the baby's umbilical cord myself in Shayne Lark's place. I looked at the tiny, unfamiliar face and felt utterly hollow inside.Six years of love and three years of marriage had meant nothing compared to a young woman he'd known for just six months.When they wheeled me out of the delivery room, my mother, Lucy Kidman, hurried over with a heartbroken expression over my suffering.After checking on me, she couldn't help voicing her frustration. "I thought Shayne was a reliable man. How could he walk out halfway through his own wife's delivery after taking a call? Whatever emergency he had, how could it be more important than staying by your side through childbirth?"I forced a bitter smile and said, "Mom, he's fallen for another woman. I'm divorcing him."The anger on Mom's face slowly faded.She stared at me for a long moment as tears welled up i

Chapter 2

My outburst aggravated the tear from childbirth, and a sharp pain shot through me. As I clutched the blanket, my forehead broke out in a cold sweat.Shayne licked his lips, his voice dry and strained. "There were special circumstances this time. Summer's parents think there's no point in a girl like her getting educated compared to their son. They were trying to force her to go back home and marry a 50-year-old widower."Naomi, I know you're a kind person. You wouldn't want to see a young woman with such a bright future have her life ruined, would you?"Shayne was using morality to put me in a tough spot. If I said no, he could easily accuse me of being a coldhearted monster.I had nearly died giving birth just yesterday. My amniotic fluid had caused an obstruction, making the delivery dangerously difficult. If the baby had been born even a minute later, the prolonged lack of oxygen could have left her with permanent brain damage.Shayne hadn't shown the slightest concern for me.

Chapter 3

When Shayne turned back to look at Mom and me, he had a deep scowl on his face.He scolded, "Lucy, you're old enough to know better. You should learn to distinguish right from wrong. Stop believing everything Naomi tells you! Women who have just given birth tend to be overly sensitive and suspicious. Maybe it was your baseless suspicions back then that led to your divorce from your husband."Mom trembled with rage.I looked at Shayne and felt utterly disappointed. When I'd told him about my father's secret older child, he held me in his arms and swore he would never betray me. He had technically kept that promise; I was the only woman in his life. Still, an emotional affair cut just as deep as physical cheating. Summer hid behind Shayne and sobbed quietly. "Let's go, Professor Lark. Dealing with uncultured and uncivilized people is terrifying. They remind me of my parents."Hearing that, Shayne warned me to "think things through carefully" before leaving.I ignored Summer's li

Chapter 4

Now that Shayne and I finally had a child, the future he'd once promised me would never come to pass.The front door unlocked. Summer walked in with her arms wrapped around Shayne. The smiles on their faces froze the moment they saw me."Why are you back?" Shayne asked.I held up my suitcase. "Can't I come back to my own home?"Shayne's expression immediately darkened. "Couldn't you at least have told me you were coming back? Why are you being so passive-aggressive?"His gaze fell on my suitcase. "And you didn't even bring the baby? Are you planning to move back in with your mother?"I retorted, "Didn't you already see the divorce papers? You're the one who cheated. The apartment and the child are both mine."Shayne didn't react, but Summer's expression soured dramatically as she stood beside him.She said, "How could you say that, Mrs. Lark? There's nothing going on between Professor Lark and me! Besides, I saw you the other day..."At that point, she abruptly covered her mou

Chapter 5

I stared at Shayne frostily, waiting for him to pick up the documents. Summer panicked first and reached out to snatch them."Don't touch them!" Shayne barked at her before picking up the documents himself.As he flipped through the pages, his expression gradually shifted from anger to shock, then finally to utter disbelief. His face went absolutely pale.In a trembling voice, he muttered, "You made all this up, didn't you? Technology is so advanced these days. It's possible to fake photos with some editing software."When he met my knowing, almost mocking gaze, he fell silent.He recalled that he immediately decided I was responsible when Summer claimed someone had sent her messages calling her a homewrecker. At that moment, why hadn't he considered that those messages might have been fake, then?Summer sensed that Shayne still seemed to have some trust in her. The color slowly returned to her otherwise pale face.She said, "Professor Lark, your wife has never liked me. These a

Chapter 6

The elevator doors closed, much like the relationship between Shayne and me. We'd long since gone our separate ways.When I returned to Mom's place, she was rocking the baby to sleep.The moment she saw me, she hurried over and took my suitcase. "Did you settle everything with him?"I nodded and gently pinched my daughter's little cheek. "Mom, I'm going to have to trouble you with taking care of her from now on."Mom scolded playfully, "Don't be silly. We're family. Of course it's no trouble!"With that, she headed into the kitchen. She returned with a bowl of warm chicken soup and handed it to me."You're the one I'm worried about. You've lost so much weight since giving birth. You need to eat more and build your strength back up."My eyes stung, and I nearly burst into tears. I could only manage a quiet nod.Meanwhile, Shayne and Summer were having a heated argument. Shayne shook off her hand violently. The force sent her stumbling backward into the door.Hearing the commoti

Chapter 7

"Over the phone, the man said, "How could I not know her? My ex-wife left me and took our child with her because of that woman. She told me her family was forcing her into an arranged marriage, so I ended up giving her nearly three million dollars altogether."Eventually, my ex-wife found out. It caused a massive fallout, and my family fell apart. Don't tell me you've been scammed by her too?"Every word hit Shayne like a sledgehammer, crushing his heart.He hung up and called the second and third men. Their answers were practically identical. They all went through the same tricks, the same excuses, and the same devastating endings—broken marriages and shattered families.Looking at the woman he'd once pitied and wanted to protect, Shayne felt his stomach churn.He'd abandoned me, his wife, at the most critical moment for a deceitful, manipulative woman like her. Worse still, he'd pushed me into an even deeper abyss of pain with his own hands."Get out." He spat the words through

Chapter 8

Shayne explained, "I genuinely thought she came from a poor family and that her parents were pressuring her into giving up her education. I only felt sorry for her."This was the fourth time Shayne had knelt before me.This time, I felt nothing. There wasn't any heartache or sympathy. All I felt was an overwhelming sense of exhaustion.I gently pulled my hand away. "Shayne, there are plenty of people in this world who have it worse than her. Even if everything Summer told you had been true, she could have applied for financial aid or gotten a part-time job."You're her professor, but what you did for her went far beyond the boundaries of that relationship. Get up. You shouldn't kneel so readily and easily."I turned and walked back into the bedroom, closing the door behind me and shutting out his sobs and desperate pleas.In the days that followed, Shayne seemed to lose his mind. Every day, he waited outside Mom's apartment building from morning until night.I never wasted the b

Chapter 9

Shayne's social media accounts were mass-reported and eventually suspended. Even articles that had once praised him were dug up and used as evidence of his hypocrisy.In the end, Shayne had no choice but to accept an interview with the media. He didn't deny his emotional infidelity. He also publicly exposed everything Summer had done.He said, "All my life, I've prided myself on being an honorable and upright man. But in the end, I failed to rise above the temptation to cheat. I thought I was simply being extra considerate toward a student. But the truth was, my heart had wandered between two women. I betrayed my wife, so I no longer deserve to stand in front of a classroom and teach."After the interview, Shayne resigned from the university.As for Summer, she'd gained quite a following by playing the victim online. But the moment the truth came out, her account was immediately banned."Even when I watched her livestreams before, I thought she was putting on an act. Turns out my

Chapter 10

Shayne gave a bitter smile. "I understand. You don't have to say anything else."He picked up the pen, but his hand trembled uncontrollably.He'd trembled the same way back when we'd gotten married. The man who could confidently lecture in front of tens of thousands of people had been so nervous at our wedding. With hundreds of guests watching, his voice had shaken as he spoke.He'd said, "Naomi, I'm finally marrying you."The love we'd once shared had been real, but so was the resentment I felt now.In the end, when all was said and done, love was a matter of conscience.Finally, Shayne signed his name.He pushed the agreement back toward me and asked hoarsely, "After the divorce, will I still be allowed to see our daughter?"I looked at him and nodded. "Yes, but you can't take her to see anyone who has no business being in her life."He looked relieved, but endless sorrow shrouded his entire being. "Okay. Thank you."After the mandatory 30-day waiting period had passed, we

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