365 Days Without Her

Synopsis

I was a well-known diviner in Yentaria. To save my kidnapped family, I cast aside all dignity and begged Alan, a business tycoon whose power reached everywhere. His gaze was cold as he tossed me a contract. "Be my mistress," he said. "And I'll get them back." For three months, Alan held me tightly night after night, relentless in the dark. But on the day I went into labor, I overheard the truth. My family had already been executed. I lunged at him in madness. He shoved me to the ground. "Twelve years ago," Alan said flatly, "your father misread a fate. My family trusted his prediction and relocated to avoid disaster, only to be buried in a landslide. I was the only one who survived. He gambled with human lives. Now it's your turn to pay." Shattered beyond repair, I gave birth to a stillborn child. Alan wasn't finished with me. He demanded that I become the wet nurse for his mistress's baby. When he scattered my family's ashes into the wind before my eyes, I finally broke. I leapt from the bridge. Only then did he lose his mind, rushing forward, his voice trembling as he begged me not to die.