PART 2: THE HUSBAND HE NEVER EXPECTED ME TO CHOOSE
Adrian stared at the red marriage certificate in my hand as though it were something impossible. For several seconds, nobody spoke. Then he reached for it. I…
PART 2: FIVE YEARS LATER, I WAS NO LONGER THE WOMAN HE LEFT BEHIND
“Start over?” I repeated my mother’s words quietly. She nodded. “You’re still young, Tieu Van. You can’t spend your whole life alone because of what happened five…
PART 2: THE WEDDING THAT BECAME HIS PUBLIC DOWNFALL
Beside Giang Van stood Mr. Tran. The moment I saw them, the last trace of nervousness disappeared. Everything was ready. Co Thua Tieu followed my gaze and…
PART 2: THE FREEDOM HE WANTED BECAME THE ONE THING HE COULDN’T BEAR
At six in the morning, Ethan Pei stood inside my empty bedroom with my note clenched in his hand. “You now have the freedom you wanted.” Below…
PART 2: WHEN HE LEARNED THE TRUTH, I HAD ALREADY BECOME CLARA BENNETT AGAIN
Three months later, Gabriel Cross received the divorce papers at eight in the morning. By then, I was already gone. Not just from the hospital. From the…
PART 2: THE DAY I STOPPED BEING MRS. QUY
Three days after Quy Lam Uyen walked out of my hospital room, he never came back. Not once. I heard from a nurse that To Ngoc Kien…
PART 2: WHEN HE CAME LOOKING FOR US, I WAS NO LONGER HIS WIFE
Adrián stood motionless in the nursery. The room was empty. No crib. No bottles. No tiny clothes hanging inside the wardrobe. Even the little moon-shaped night-light beside…
PART 2: BY THE TIME HE FOUND US, I WAS ELENA HART AGAIN
Adrian read the note three times. Then a fourth. His fingers tightened around the three birth certificates. Hart. All three babies carried my surname. Not his. For…
PART 2: WHEN HE FINALLY CAME HOME, I WAS ALREADY GONE
By the time my final patient left, it was nearly seven in the evening. I removed my white coat and folded it carefully. Tomorrow morning, I would…
PART 2: THE WOMAN BEHIND THE FIFTY BILLION
I sat alone in the dark living room, waiting. At 11:17 p.m., headlights swept across the windows. Seconds later, the front door flew open. Jiang Chen rushed…