Chapter 1

Chapter 1

"Congratulations, Director Harrison!"

"Has Director Harrison remarried? Congratulations indeed!"

"Well, it’s been five years already... But she looks a bit like..."

"Tsk! If you don’t know how to speak, don’t say anything!"

I maintained a distant yet polite smile, linking arms with Dylan Harrison. In our third year of marriage, he’d brought me to the company’s year-end party. After a moment of awkwardness, his subordinates made trivial jokes. Some women shot me disdainful, sarcastic glances, but I ignored them.

My eyes and heart were fixed solely on him. Did this mean he’d finally forgotten Luna Parker?

"Stop teasing—this is my wife, Sophia Bennett," he said. His deep, resonant voice reverberated through my chest and soul. At twenty-six, he’d graduated from Cambridge Business School, returned home to found a software company, and only grown more charismatic over time—now exuding even greater maturity and poise.

"Hello, everyone," I said demurely, sitting beside him, savoring his thoughtfulness: he fetched dishes for me, peeled shrimp, and ladled soup. Gazing at the cilantro and tender green scallions floating in the soup, along with the black tiger shrimp I was allergic to, I blinked hard.

"I need to go to the restroom," I whispered to him.

Dylan nodded obligingly. "Shall I go with you?"

I shook my head and stood up.

The restroom stalls were thin-walled, and I heard two women chatting outside.

"Hey, have you met Director Harrison’s ex-wife?"

"Yeah, what was her name... Zhuang? Anyway, she looks identical to Sophia! If no one said his ex-wife passed away, I’d swear it’s the same person."

"Shh, don’t talk nonsense! Did you see Director Harrison’s face earlier when someone mentioned ‘five years’ and ‘three years’? He looked ready to devour someone."

"Fine, fine—who’d be stupid enough to keep talking about it?"

Leaning against the stall door, my mind flooded with memories of the first time I’d met Dylan Harrison.