Chapter 2

Three days after being discharged, I immediately contacted my classmate Gideon Carter, a highly skilled private lawyer who had handled many difficult cases.

"You're in the late stage of liver cancer? No way?"

Gideon was shocked to hear about my cancer diagnosis, but after seeing my diagnosis report, he sighed deeply, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect..."

I shook my head with a smile, "I called you today to draft a will. I want to transfer all my money to my sister."

After reviewing the documents I provided, Gideon shook his head, "That might be difficult. Fiona is your legal wife, and by law, she has rights to half of your assets."

I pushed a thick stack of envelopes toward Gideon, "Don't tell me about the process; I just want results. Also, here's a lead: Fiona's having an affair, and it's with our college classmate, Ezra Bennett."

"Ezra Bennett??"

Gideon was shocked, his mouth agape, "That guy seemed honest... who would've thought?"

"That's why I'm asking an old classmate to help me find evidence of Fiona's affair."

"Alright..."

After leaving the law firm, I returned home and was surprised to find Fiona there!

"You, why are you home?"

I was surprised.

Maybe because I didn't insist on exposing the tattoo under Fiona's collarbone, the butterfly effect led to her not cutting me off or leaving in this life.

Fiona was excited, "Honey, I asked a doctor friend. They said, while domestically they can only prolong life, there have been successful treatments abroad!"

I was taken aback, "Terminal liver cancer can be treated?"

"Yes, yes, yes! Of course, it can! But the surgery is very expensive..."

"How much?" I suddenly became interested.

Not because I naively believed the terminal illness could be cured, but because I wanted to know her real intentions.

Fiona told me, "The surgery costs about $50,000."

$50,000, which is roughly over 350,000 dollars.

Fiona really had a good plan! 350,000 is almost the total of all my assets!

She wanted to trick all my money out and then live a happy life with Ezra Bennett!

"Forget it. Losing everything for a treatment that might not work isn't worth it."

Bang!

Fiona slammed the chopsticks on the table, anxiously saying, "How can you say that? If there's a chance to be cured, even if it means losing everything, I'll do it!"

Ha!

If I hadn't lived through two lifetimes, I might have believed your nonsense!

"Alright then, you make the arrangements, I want to rest for a while."

Fiona suddenly realized, "Wait, honey, you're so sick, why aren't you in the hospital and back home?"

Her expression turned sour, as if she thought of something, and quickly came over to pull me, "No, you must go back to the hospital with me now! You need to be hospitalized!"

I thought, go to the hospital so you and Ezra can have your secret meetings?

But... it wouldn't be impossible.

"I'm just grabbing something, then I'll head back. The doctor prescribed medicine, and I'm not bedridden yet."

Just as I was about to leave, I heard the sound of the door code being entered, and then Ezra Bennett burst in.

"Sweetheart! I'm here! I missed you so much!"