Chapter 2

That evening, Ethan came to pick me up for a celebration party.

A party celebrating Sienna stealing my Stanford acceptance.

Just as I was about to open the passenger door, the car window rolled down first.

Revealing Sienna's carefully made-up face.

She smiled sweetly.

"Luna, Ethan says the passenger seat is only for the most important person. You don't mind, do you?"

I had gone with Ethan to pick out this car together.

As a gift for both of us going to Cambridge.

When we first bought it, he decorated all the interior to match my preferences.

He put a label on the passenger seat that said "Wife's Seat Only," vowing he'd never let any other woman sit in the position that belonged exclusively to me.

Now, the plush toy charm I loved had been removed and thrown at Sienna's feet, its white fur bearing a clear footprint.

Sitting on the seat labeled "Wife's Seat Only" was the person Ethan called his most important.

And Ethan acted like nothing was wrong, smiling as he pinched Sienna's cheek. "Stop slandering my girlfriend. My Luna wouldn't mind such a small thing."

I said nothing as he pushed me into the back seat.

Throughout the ride, the two of them flirted shamelessly as if no one else existed.

Sienna practically had half her body draped over Ethan.

Seeing my pale face, she turned around with a giggle. "Luna, Ethan told me everything. Since you know now, I don't have to work so hard to hide it from you anymore."

She deliberately loosened her collar, revealing the dense marks on her collarbone.

The look she gave me was full of undisguised provocation and triumph.

"You don't know how wild Ethan is in bed. He made me cry until my voice went hoarse and still didn't stop. Is he that rough with you too?"

I looked at her, my eyelid twitching uncontrollably.

It was like I was meeting this woman who used to follow me around for the first time.

When we first met, she was timid. Because of me, she would work up the courage to warn Ethan not to bully me, and especially not to wrong me.

But in just three years, she'd become the person who bullied me most, who wronged me most.

She could even treat her shamelessness as casual conversation like it was nothing.

A flash of discomfort crossed Ethan's face. He scolded her quietly. "Sienna, stop it."

Sienna rolled her eyes. "What's wrong with talking about it? Luna's not an outsider."

She smiled as if it was perfectly natural. "I've already planned it out. After you two get married, I get you on weekdays, and you're hers on weekends. How's that?"

When you're speechless to the extreme, you actually want to laugh.

Perhaps I'd already witnessed her shamelessness enough.

At this moment, I didn't even feel the slightest twinge of pain.

My head felt wooden, my heart hollow and cold as if it had been carved out.

It wasn't until the car stopped and Ethan took my ice-cold hand that I realized my whole body had been tense to the breaking point.

He rubbed my fingertips with heartache written all over his face. "Luna, don't listen to Sienna's nonsense. The person I love most will always be you."

I pulled my hand away and laughed mockingly.

When we entered the private room, several of Ethan's friends were already there.

Watching how familiar they all were with each other, I suddenly realized that everyone knew Ethan and Sienna had been entangled for a long time.

Only I had been like a fool, lost in their calls of "Luna."

After several rounds of drinks, Sienna collapsed into Ethan's arms, crying that she'd finally made something of herself.

I couldn't stand listening anymore. I got up to leave, but she turned red-eyed. "Luna, why won't you congratulate me? I worked so hard to get into Cambridge. Why do you still look down on me?"

Got in?

Even if I gave up my acceptance, Sienna's grades weren't good enough for the spot to go to her.

The words " special connections" might as well have been written on her face, yet she had the nerve to say she got in.

I was angry enough to laugh, but before I could say anything, Ethan's cold voice rang out.

"Luna, today is Sienna's big day. Don't ruin the mood."