Chapter 4 Several nurses nervously glanced at each other and were about to step forward when James’s cold voice rang out: “Anyone who dares help her is opposing the…

Chapter 3 Seeing Alice get hit, James grabbed my injured arm and yanked with such force it felt like he wanted to lift my entire body. “The woman I’ve protected…

  Chapter 2 1 looked up to see a tall figure striding quickly down the corridor. Tailored suit, sharp eyes it was James. I thought, regardless of how things developed….

 1 I accidentally injured my arm while conducting a classified experiment and had to rush to the emergency room. But just as I arrived, a woman cut in line right…

  Chapter 10  “Today is our fourth wedding anniversary. These are your favorite windmill jasmines-please take them.”  I let out a laugh of sheer exasperation.  “My wedding anniversary is in…

  Chapter 9  Instinctively, I covered my head and screamed.  Michael Bennett’s gentle smile and our daughter’s babbling flashed through my mind.  What a humiliating way this would be-to die…

Chapter 8  Linda told me later she had called an ambulance for Daniel Hughes, saying he had broken down crying so hard that he could barely breathe-looked like he was…

  Chapter 7  His eyes stayed locked on the three of us, pupils trembling violently, hands clenching and unclenching until his knuckles turned white.  Michael Bennett stepped forward calmly, his…

Chapter 6  A marriage without children-wasn’t becoming strangers the best ending?  I couldn’t be bothered to waste words with him, so I moved to leave.  But Daniel Hughes blocked my…

Chapter 5  In that moment, I felt as though I possessed the most precious happiness in the entire world.  Regret?  I only regretted not being decisive enough back then-if I…