Chapter 1

I’ve been married twice. Before marrying Ethan Grant, I explained to him:

“The first marriage was to help my childhood friend Xavier Cole fight for his inheritance.”

“The second marriage was to help my good friend Mason Steele avoid an arranged marriage.”

“If you mind—”

He grabbed my hand, his eyes red-rimmed as he interrupted: “I don‘t mind. But from now on, you can only have eyes for me!”

After we married, he was tender and considerate toward me.

I thought I’d finally married the right person.

But the day I returned from a business trip, I heard him talking familiarly with my two ex-husbands in the living room:

“She‘s an old pro at divorcing—she’s done it twice already.”

“Just give her the divorce papers on April Fool’s Day!”

“Then come back later and tell her it was just an April Fool’s joke—problem solved.”

“Vivian‘s wedding is next week. We made a promise back in senior year—for her bachelorette party, all of us have to be single!”

I stood outside the door, my hands trembling.

When Ethan brought me the divorce agreement, I signed it without hesitation.

Later, when Ethan wanted to remarry me, I was already six months pregnant:

“You thought the divorce was just an April Fool’s joke? I was serious!”