Chapter 6

Not long after, Vivian updated her social media: [Every moment with you is precious.]

The picture showed Liam by her hospital bed, holding her hand.

She couldn't have been more obvious, but Liam still saw her as sweet and innocent.

At first, she'd just left little reminders of herself around him. But gradually, she found ways to pull him away every time Millie and I tried to see him. Right before Millie's birthday, she'd even threatened suicide to keep him from coming.

Liam had no idea that, the very day he rushed off to "save" her, Vivian posted, just for me to see: [The real third party is the one who isn't loved, right?]

I'd tried to warn him, hinting that she wasn't as innocent as he thought. But he only frowned and scolded me. "No one jokes about their life. How dark do you have to be to think that?"

What a cruel irony. He believed every word she said, yet when I told him Millie was dying, he brushed me off. He'd leave her waiting, saying, "I'll have plenty of time to visit