The Price of Loving a Heartless Man
To help my fiance pay off his gambling debts, my father and I worked day and night hauling freight.
One night, while driving through the dark, my father got into a car accident.
When I rushed to the hospital with the compensation money, all that remained was the final voice message on his phone.
"This should be enough to clear Derrick's debts. He really wants to live a good life with you, but it's just that his ex-girlfriend keeps pestering him. Once you pay his debt, take him far away from those people."
Holding my father's memorial portrait, I planned to place the five hundred thousand he had earned in front of Derrick.
But when I arrived at a private club lounge, I overheard his friends laughing.
"Did she actually believe you were drowning in debt? She brought over that much money in one go. What are you going to do next?"
Derrick's ex-girlfriend, Jessica Nesley, laughed and chimed in, "Derrick, don't you think the fake debt collectors I hired were pretty convincing? What's next? Are you going to test whether she really wants a future with you?"
Derrick flicked ash from his cigarette and replied, "Yeah. The final test is to see whether she's the kind of woman who only cares about money. If she finds out I'm the president of Waterson Group, doesn't resent me for setting up her father, and still agrees to marry me, then I'll believe she truly loves me."
Hearing those words, I stared at my father's photo while my whole body trembled.
'Father, this was the honest man we both trusted. Derrick, this wedding is over.'