Chapter 4

Until something happened that seemed small to him.

It was the first time I felt that Holt and I couldn't go on anymore.

It started with a popular wilderness reality show that invited both Lila and me. The whole process had been fairly harmonious.

Lila played the role of a lively, cheerful celebrity, while I dutifully excelled in the games.

That day, Holt rarely came to visit the set. The directors around him all courteously exchanged pleasantries with him.

That's when the accident happened. The bamboo bridge by the lake was old and in disrepair. When both Lila and I stepped onto it, it suddenly collapsed.

Both of us fell into the lake.

The surroundings erupted in chaos. The crew members all started to go into the water to save us.

But what no one expected was that Sterling Corporation's CEO, Holt, would be the first to jump into the lake.

I couldn't swim. When I saw Holt come in, I thought he was coming to save me. After all, I was his wife, no matter what.

But when I saw him grab Lila and start swimming toward the shore, my heart suddenly felt at peace.

I had only one thought: So after three years together, he doesn't love me at all!

Holt seemed not to notice that I had also fallen into the water. He picked up Lila and got into his Maybach. That urgency, that heartache—as I sank to the bottom of the lake, all I saw was the car driving away.

By the time the crew pulled me out, I had passed out.

It was just that coincidental. Everyone thought someone would save me, but Holt's intervention made everyone forget about me. When the assistant director shouted to save me, everyone finally remembered I existed.

I was rushed to the hospital. The reality show was suspended.

When I woke up, only my agent Lynn was by my side.

She was terrified, her eyes red as she looked at me.

I moved my body. It seemed like nothing serious.

"Lynn, it's not like I died."

"Don't say that! You scared me to death, Tessa. How could you be so unlucky? It's all Mr. Sterling's fault for making such a big show of saving Lila that everyone forgot about you. Don't you feel hurt?"

"I don't."

My heart was very calm. I had foolishly thought Holt and I were husband and wife, that married couples were one. Reality had given me a harsh blow.

I thought, Holt and I—this is where our fate ends.

That afternoon when I was discharged, I saw Holt supporting Lila, with my parents following behind them.

They were smiling, like a happy family. Lila leaned weakly on Holt, and my parents gently draped a coat over her.

They seemed to have completely forgotten about me.

I stared at their backs in a daze, then took out my phone and found the number of the lawyer Lynn had recommended to me. I asked him to draft a divorce agreement for me.