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The second I arrived in a new country, I stumbled on a viral post that had everyone online raging. It read, "Just How Messy Are Long-Distance Relationships?" The top comment was outrageously arrogant. [Long-distance relationships? It's just a cover for a man to cheat.] [His fiancée is flying in, all excited for Valentine's Day, but she definitely doesn't know he's sleeping with me at the moment.] She even posted a photo of the guy sleeping soundly beside her. [He lied to that idiot that he had to stay in the lab for some experiment, but he's actually here with me.] [Naughty women always gain more love.] My hand froze. A message from Zane Mercer popped up at the top of my screen. Zane: [I'm so sorry, honey. My advisor, Dr. Felix Curtis, dumped a new task on me. I have to stay up all night in the laboratory to experiment, so I can't pick you up.] Trembling, I tapped on the photo in the post, zooming in on his sleeping face. I kept enlarging it, desperate for any doubt. I recognized the familiar watch instantly. I gave it to him as an engagement gift.