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The past couple of days had been hectic for Zac after being handed responsibility for two more hospitals by his father. The increased workload left him little time, even for his secret dates with Helen. “Emma’s been throwing up. I thought something was wrong with her, so I came to check,” Justin explained. Zac, still absorbed in his reports, waved it off. “It’s just morning sickness. Every pregnant woman goes through it. It’s nothing serious. She won’t be throwing up for long anyway.” After all, she would be having the abortion soon, and the nausea would stop then. At 27, Zac had been single his whole life, reserving his heart solely for Helen. Other than worrying about Helen when she might be pregnant someday, no other woman meant much to him. Well, except for Emily. She was Helen’s best friend and had earned his respect over the years. Unlike Emma, who always came across as fake, Emily was genuine and straightforward. To Zac, the only reason Justin even paid attenti
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Emma reminisced, speaking softly. “The first time we met was on a tree-lined path at university. It was a day just as bright and beautiful as today. I had just finished class and was heading back to my dorm. Suddenly, you ran up to me, smiling, and asked if I remembered you— the person I saved that night at the corner of a bar in Merika State.”As she spoke, Emma suddenly laughed at the memory. “I told you it was just a casual act of kindness, nothing worth remembering, but you were so nervous you actually started sweating.” “Yeah,” Justin replied, recalling that day. He had been so excited to approach her, only to realize that what had stayed in his heart for years was something she had barely thought about. She continued, sharing more fragmented memories from their university days. Justin walked beside her in silence, listening. Her words brought back vivid images, replaying the past in his mind. Each moment deepened his guilt and self-reproach. As Emma spoke animatedly, sh
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Emily smiled warmly. Having someone who cared about her felt so comforting. In a soft voice, she replied, “Alright, I’m not upset. I’ll listen to you.” After ending the call, Emily quietly wandered through the garden in her neighborhood.As usual, two bodyguards followed closely behind. Annoyed, she turned to them and said, “Can’t you stop following me? No one’s going to kidnap me here in the neighborhood.” The two bodyguards exchanged glances. “Sorry, Miss Yates, it’s the boss’s orders. This is our job. We hope you understand.” She let out a heavy sigh before driving out of the neighborhood herself. Refusing to let the bodyguards drive, she took the wheel. By the time the car came to a stop, she found herself parked outside Lichfield Hospital. Emily stared at the hospital entrance, hesitating for a long time before finally stepping out and heading inside. One bodyguard stayed behind to park the car, while the other followed her at a distance. Eventually, Emily
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A glint of malice flashed in Emma’s eyes. She didn’t believe for a second that Emily would remain unaffected after everything she had said. After all, Emily had read her message and even come to the hospital. It clearly meant she cared, didn’t it? Emma’s sole purpose was to provoke her, and she was doing it deliberately. “They’re getting married, and Justin still can’t leave me alone. He even lied about going on a business trip. What’s the point of this? He already has Emma pregnant, yet he still won’t let me go. Is he not worried that his so-called “true love” might get jealous?” Emily thought.“Is that so? Well, congratulations on your upcoming wedding,” Emily said, her voice flat as she rose to leave, exhaustion written all over her.Emma’s eyes flickered with surprise. She wasn’t angry? She wasn’t going to lash out or fight back? “If she doesn’t react, how am I supposed to carry on with this performance?” Emma thought.A sharp pain radiated through Emma’s lower abdom
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Since Emily had sent Sean that polite rejection, he had stayed away, giving her space. But seeing her again, only to witness Justin hurting her once more, was too much. Unable to suppress his concern, Sean approached her. The afternoon sun was harsh, so he opened an umbrella and held it over her head. “Emily, leave him. I’ll help you,” he said softly. Shadows fell across her face as she looked up and saw Sean. She forced a faint smile and replied, “There’s no need.” She was going to leave Justin, but she didn’t need Sean’s help. She didn’t want to drag him into this any further. If she left, what would happen to Sean? Both the Smith family and the Yates family had influence in Lincourt City. If Justin decided to retaliate, Sean would be targeted, and his family would tighten their control over him again. She couldn’t let her troubles spill over onto him anymore. Declining his offer, she lowered her gaze and quietly walked back toward the hospital. Sean, seeing h
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Helen trailed a few steps behind Zac, observing the situation from afar. While she didn’t know all the details, it was clear that Justin was bullying Emily again. No way—she couldn’t let her best friend be mistreated. “Justin! You already have Emma pregnant and ready to have your child. Why can’t you just leave Emily alone? What do you want, to have both women at the same time? Let me tell you, that’s not happening. My Emily won’t share a man with anyone else. You’re disgusting and rotten! If you had any conscience, you’d let her go right now…” Before she could finish, Zac noticed Justin’s expression darken with anger, and he quickly clamped a hand over Helen’s mouth, dragging her backward. If Justin lost his temper, Emily would be fine, but Helen might not be so lucky. Meanwhile, Sean had pieced together the situation. Justin had gotten another woman pregnant and still refused to let Emily go. “This bastard!” Sean muttered. Helen glared at Zac as he held his hand
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Emma’s fall had caused her miscarriage, and anyone would assume Emily had pushed her. But she hadn’t even raised a hand, let alone pushed her. Still, with Emma losing the baby after the fall, who wouldn’t think Emily was responsible? How could she prove she hadn’t touched Emma? “There must be security cameras,” Emily thought, quickly making her way toward the surveillance room. She had been there once before, so she knew the way well. Halfway there, a stranger bumped into her. “Sorry,” the man said. Emily nodded briefly, too focused on reaching the surveillance room to pay him much attention. After her previous visit with Zac escorting her, the staff in the surveillance room recognized her and allowed her to check the footage. But, as luck would have it, the camera was angled away from her. The footage showed her standing up and Emma falling to the ground, but it didn’t capture whether she had extended her hand or not. Disheartened, Emily left the surveill
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“No, of course I trust Emily.” Between Emily and Emma, Zac trusted Emily’s character far more. Still, if Emma had really fallen on purpose, her scheming ran deeper than he had thought. But it didn’t matter whether he believed Emily or not—what mattered was whether Justin did. “This Emma is so calculating,” Helen said indignantly. “This whole thing must’ve been planned. She sent you that message on purpose to lure you here, just so she could stage a fall and blame it on you.” For all her usual loudness, Helen had surprisingly hit the nail on the head. Sean, still confused, asked, “But why would she deliberately cause a miscarriage? Wouldn’t having the baby work in her favor?” Exactly. If she kept the baby, wouldn’t that give her the leverage to marry Justin? Unable to figure it out, three pairs of eyes turned to Zac in unison. “Why are they looking at me?” Zac thought, exasperated. “It’s not my child!” Feeling the pressure of their stares, Zac sighed in defe
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Haley shook her head quickly, flustered. “No… I mean—no.” Then she realized how that sounded and corrected herself. “Actually, yes. I’m just hot.”Helen blinked in confusion. “Hot? The classroom has air conditioning. Was the sunlight from the window hitting her seat?” Helen wondered.Without missing a beat, she rushed over and tugged the curtains tighter, making sure her bestie didn’t get “sunburned.” She still needed Haley to hold onto that top spot. Otherwise, she would lose her excuse at home for going out to “study” with Zac.The pressure and tension of senior year finally came to a close. On the day of the college entrance exam, when everyone stepped out of the test hall for the last time, their faces lit up with genuine smiles—relaxed, free, and full of relief.Haley tossed aside her textbooks. Her summer break was filled with makeup shopping trips with Helen or third-wheeling her and Zac on their study-dates-turned-real-dates.That routine came to an end the d
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Haley’s eyes shifted as she thought quickly. “But… I don’t really like guys who rank higher than me on exams.”She gave a light shrug and continued, “I mean, I think we should be focusing on school right now. Relationships can wait until after we get into college, right? What if we don’t even end up at the same school? Long-distance never works, and after a while, we’d probably drift apart. Don’t you think?”Was that a gentle rejection? It seemed like it. Haley wondered if she had been too blunt. Had she left him any dignity at all?They still had a whole year of high school left together. She didn’t want things to get awkward between them. A harsh rejection would only make everything more uncomfortable.Justin furrowed his brows, thinking for a long moment before giving a single reply. “Okay.”Then he slung his backpack over his shoulder and walked off.Haley stood there, completely confused.“Okay? What did he mean by that?“Did he understand what I was trying to say?
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Emma and her little clique of schoolyard mean girls had Justin completely surrounded.“I’ll ask you one more time,” she said, smug and unbothered. “Will you be my boyfriend or not?”“No,” Justin replied coldly, his face unreadable.“Hey!” one of Emma’s loyal followers stepped forward, cracking her knuckles and getting way too close. “Do you even know who our Emma is? She’s the heiress of the Xander Corporation. She’s giving you a chance, and you should be grateful. You better say yes.”“What, you want us to beat you up before you agree?” another girl sneered.Justin didn’t flinch. His icy stare locked onto the girl who spoke, completely unbothered by the threat.Emma waved a hand to hold her crew back, pretending to be generous. Then she turned to Justin again, cocky and bold.“I like you way too much to have anyone rough you up,” she said sweetly. “But I heard you’re trying to get into Altiplano University in the capital. Here’s the deal—if you go out with me, I’ll have my dad
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As soon as Justin sat down and pulled out the textbook for the next class, a hand suddenly reached out from beside him.“Hey, I’m Zac White,” Zac said.Justin glanced up with a cold look, then went right back to pulling out his notebook and pen—completely ignoring the extended hand.Zac awkwardly pulled his hand back, speechless.“Man… this guy’s seriously cold. What a show-off,” he thought to himself.The class flew by. When the bell rang, signaling the end of the period, Haley and Helen linked arms and headed off toward the bathroom. Zac immediately trailed after them.“Where are you two going? Take me with you.”“You planning on going into the girls’ bathroom, you perv?” Helen smacked his hand away, not wanting their classmates—or worse, their teacher—to get any ideas about the two of them dating.Zac scratched his nose. “Fine, I won’t go in the girls’ room… but I can go to the guys’ one, can’t I?”“Hmph!” Helen huffed, scrunching her nose playfully.Zac clutched his chest
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At a top-ranked high school in Lincourt City, the bell rang.Students still lingering in the hallways or restrooms were urged to hurry back to class.Outside, the summer heat simmered, accompanied by the steady buzz of cicadas. Inside, the air-conditioned classrooms offered a much more comfortable escape.In Class 2–1 of the junior year, students hurried back to their seats. Just as the final chime faded, the homeroom teacher walked in, holding a stack of freshly graded exam papers.“For this round of mock exams,” she announced, loud and clear, “the top score in the entire grade once again goes to our very own Haley!”A wave of murmurs and applause followed. “Let’s all work hard and try to catch up to her next time!”She began handing out the papers in order, from the highest score to the lowest.After Haley got her paper, the next few went to her seatmate, Helen, and the student sitting behind them—Zac.“Work hard and catch up?” Helen muttered as she slid back into her seat, s
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But what did it matter, even if she still loved him? The pain he caused her in the past was still there, lingering beneath the surface.They had loved, they had hurt, they had been entangled for years. But not every love story had to end with forgiveness and reconciliation.Haley couldn’t pretend the past hadn’t happened. She couldn’t smile and pick up where they left off, as if nothing had ever gone wrong.She would always remember that street in Merika State, when Justin turned away, picked Emma up in his arms, and left her standing there alone.Even if he had mistaken someone else for her, the pain he caused and the love he failed to give were real.And that wasn’t something she could ever forget.She could make peace with the past, but she could never erase it.Her heart ached, but she didn’t say anything. Instead, she turned and walked away.*Years later, Haley passed away peacefully in her bedroom at the estate.That same day, Justin had gone out to the grocer
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It was just a shame that life rarely worked out the way people wanted it to.*Ten years passed in the blink of an eye.Chase and Alex had grown taller and older. Haley’s once-small jewelry brand had not only found its place in the industry—it had grown into a globally recognized luxury label, known for bespoke, high-end pieces.As for Justin, he split his time between Haven State and Merika State. Whenever he wasn’t busy, he would shamelessly camp out at the estate, claiming he was just there to “see the kids.”Eventually, no one even bothered to call him out on it anymore.One day, Haley had a business meeting with a potential partner—a widowed single father. Somehow, Justin caught wind of a rumor that the man had feelings for Haley and was actively pursuing her. Word had it that she was interested too, and they were currently having dinner together at a restaurant.The second Justin heard that, he canceled a company meeting, boarded his private jet, and flew straight to Mer
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As soon as Haley stepped into the room, Justin followed right behind her.It was the first time he had ever set foot in Haley’s room—the space where she lived in Merika State.“Get out!” she snapped.“Haley, I just wanted to see you. Please don’t make me leave, okay?”His eyes scanned the room. The walls, the shelves—everything was filled with Haley’s photos. There was even a custom-built glass display case, clearly made with love, housing her pictures from childhood to adulthood. It was something Evelyn had put together just for her, and it overflowed with affection.There were portraits of her alone, family pictures, and right at the top—photos of Chase and Alex.Justin looked at each one carefully, as if he were trying to piece together a life he hadn’t been part of, but desperately wished he had been.Then his gaze landed on a particular photo: Haley in her teens, wearing a soft pink-and-white hoodie with little bunny ears on the hood. Her pale skin, big round eyes, and brig
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“Haley…” Justin’s voice was weak. There was so much he wanted to say, but he didn’t even know where to start.“I heard you’re sick?” Haley said.“I… I’m fine. I’m not really sick, I just—”“Take care of yourself. Heart problems aren’t like other illnesses. Just look forward. Let go of the past. Meet someone new. Live your life.”Justin fell silent. His head dropped, and the phone pressed against his ear was clenched so tightly in his hand that his knuckles turned white. He wrestled with the words for a long moment before finally managing to force out.“Okay.”But he knew. He wouldn’t meet someone new. Without Haley, what kind of life could he possibly call “living”?The call ended. Life went back to its quiet rhythm. Justin no longer clung to Haley or tried to find her. After one more day in the hospital, he threw himself back into work and took over the reins of RC Corporation.They had truly managed to part on peaceful terms.After returning to Merika State, Haley d
