Chapter 3

I waited restlessly in the coffee shop for a long time.

Until a low-key luxury car pulled up in front.

The car door opened, and a stunning couple emerged.

Three years hadn't changed Damien's striking looks.

The youthful innocence in his eyes had faded, replaced by the calm composure that came with power and wealth.

He leaned casually against the car door. Chloe must have said something, because he smiled and ruffled her hair.

Even from a distance, his eyes flickered in my direction.

It was only for a second, a brief, dismissive glance, before his gaze went utterly blank again, like a still pond.

Chloe sat across from me while I was still lost in thought.

She smiled apologetically at me: "My boyfriend had an appointment, so he could only drop me off. I'm here to handle this for him."

I nodded genuinely: "I can see you two have a great relationship."

Chloe's smile deepened: "My boyfriend runs a tech company; his pure profit alone is over a hundred million a year. We don't really need the money from this house; we just don't want to keep it anymore."

Her tone carried a hint of subtle superiority.

I nodded, and, following protocol, asked to see the house.

Chloe hesitated, a flicker of awkwardness in her eyes: "The house key isn't with me. If you want to see it, my boyfriend will have to take you personally."

I was slightly surprised, confused: "He didn't give you the key before you came?"

Logically, buying and selling a house always involves a viewing.

Damien couldn't possibly not know that.

Chloe sighed with a苦笑 (bitter smile): "I asked for the key, but he wouldn't give it to me, and he's never taken me there either."

She lowered her voice: "To be honest with you, this is where he lived with his ex-wife when he started out, and honestly, it just gives me the creeps, so I really want to sell it fast."

I said "Oh."

"In that case, I don't need to see the house. Let's just sign the contract."

Chloe was overjoyed.

Afraid I might change my mind, she immediately pulled out the sales agreement.

However, she didn't have the property deed, so the transfer couldn't happen immediately.

We still had to wait for Damien.

Sitting idly, bored.

Looking at this other System Host, just like me.

I curiously probed: "How did you two get together?"

Actually, I wanted to know how she managed to win Damien over.

The System had told me.

After I left that world, Damien briefly spiraled into a secondary dark phase.

He slit his wrists, attempted suicide, and his darkness level became so extreme it threatened the very stability of this world.

Chloe came into his life at that time.

She not only reduced his darkness level but completely replaced me in his heart.

Damien wasn't an easy person to win over.

She must have gone through a lot.

Yet Chloe said with a beaming smile: "He had just been abandoned by his ex-wife then and was completely disheartened. I kept comforting him, and we confirmed our relationship not long after."

It was that simple?

I could barely believe it.

Again, a flood of mocking comments appeared before me:

"Hahaha, the ex-wife must be so triggered, right? Damien just has no resistance to our girl!"

"Don't forget the ex-wife spent ten whole years trying to win him over, throwing herself at him countless times before he finally, reluctantly, got with her."

"Chloe just talked to him a bit, and all the ex-wife's years of effort went to waste. That's the power of true love!"

...

I silently read the sarcastic remarks.

They were right.

My process of winning Damien over had indeed been incredibly difficult.

So difficult that I never wanted to go through it again.