Prime Priority
My childhood sweetheart, Samuel Burton, once promises that he will marry me the moment we graduate from college.
But on our wedding day, he shows up late. When we finally find him, he's tangled in bed with my stepsister, Vivian Holcomb, in a hotel room.
In front of everyone, Ethan Fuller, the heir to the wealthiest family, steps forward and boldly declares that I am the one he has secretly loved for years.
Five years into our marriage, he remembers every little thing I say, and I truly believe I am the person he cares about most.
Until one day, when I'm doing housework and accidentally find a confidential folder hidden deep in his desk drawer.
The very first page is Vivian's resume.
On it is his own handwriting. He has written, "Priority. Above everything else."
Behind it is a hospital operations report I have never seen before.
The date matches the night of my car accident.
I was rushed to a hospital owned by Fuller Group, yet no surgeon ever came. By the time I woke up, the baby I'm carrying was gone because I had lost too much blood.
I cried in Ethan's arms until my voice broke, but I never told him the full truth. I didn't want him to worry even more.
But now I finally know. Vivian was also injured that night, and the order Ethan sent to the hospital was— "Pull every specialist available. Treat Vivian first."
My tears soak into the page, blurring the ink. "If I'm not your top priority, I'll disappear from your life then."