Chapter 10

After Julian left, the System sighed in my mind.

"Alas, he missed his last chance."

I was surprised that the System would feel regret.

"Host, you're a kind-hearted girl. I secretly fought for an opportunity for you to live well in this world."

"If he had chosen you today, the surgery's success would have become reality."

I chuckled, "System, did you forget? Even if he stayed today, I wouldn't live."

"Because Scarlett Reid already ran me over and killed me."

The System was silent for a moment. "Yes, I know."

"Host, do you want to know why Scarlett Reid was speeding that day?"

"Because she was rushing to the airport to pick up Julian Hayes."

That was right. That day was when Julian returned from his business trip.

She was rushing to pick him up.

Because Julian needed to rush to divorce me.

The causal link was eerily clear.

I sighed softly.

"Even if I hadn't been in a car accident, and the surgery was successful, I still wouldn't want him."

"You don't love him anymore?"

The System had witnessed our decade together.

"No."

"Why?" the System pressed.

"Aren't you the System? How could you not know?"

"Ahem, the System isn't all-knowing, there might be occasional oversights."

I smiled, "Scarlett Reid doesn't have a dog."

Julian himself had told me that long ago.

His mentor's wife and his junior were both allergic to animal fur.

"How could someone allergic to animal fur keep a dog?"

The System was stunned for a long while.

"So that night, they couldn't have been bathing a dog?"

That line on the phone, "Clothes are off, hurry up," was enough to explain everything.

He had strayed, both physically and emotionally.

And yet, he had calmly and confidently lied to me.

"System, he's tainted. I can't want him anymore."

The System, unusually, swore.

"Damn it! What a scumbag. Let him drown in guilt!"