Chapter 4

Before the door closed, the last thing I heard was Vivian's playful mockery.

"Looks like I didn't love you in vain. You're really loyal—willing to abandon your wife for me."

"But if you just want to pretend you don't care so you can go chase after her, we won't look down on you."

Adrian's firm reply rang out:

"Without me, no one will want her."

They bet five hundred thousand dollars that within three days, I'd come crawling back to apologize.

In that moment, the last ember of hope in my heart was completely extinguished.

I pulled out my phone…