Chapter 2

I knew exactly where that bracelet went.

A photo of its owner, wearing it, was sitting quietly in my phone.

The sender had no name attached, but I knew exactly who she was.

Fiona White, the rising starlet, my husband’s on-screen partner.

They’d played a couple in a TV series that became a massive hit, shooting them to stardom.

Now, they were reuniting on screen for a movie.

She had added me on SnapChat a year ago and, ever since, would send me messages from time to time.

Showing me just how good my husband was to her.

When she struggled with a scene, he’d break it down line by line, rehearsing with her late into the night.

He’d shield her from aggressive toasts and the pressures of industry gatherings, making sure she didn’t touch a drop of alcohol.

He’d connect her with renowned directors, helping her climb from a complete nobody to the rising starlet she was today.

She didn’t miss a single sweet detail between them, sending me every last bit of it.

Until yesterday.

Yesterday was my and Julian’s tenth wedding anniversary. It was also Fiona’s birthday.

Julian didn’t come home. He went to celebrate with her.

That evening, I received another message from her.

A photo.

A slender wrist adorned with an antique-looking bracelet, distinctive and unforgettable.

The very bracelet Julian had promised me.

【Sister, don’t you think this bracelet is beautiful?】

【Julian got it for me.】

【I just mentioned it casually, and he gave it to me without hesitation.】

【Honestly, I can’t handle him. He’s going to spoil me rotten.】

I didn’t reply.

I never replied to her messages, but she still persisted, happily sending them for an entire year.

Perhaps she was certain I’d read them.

And I always did.

I watched my husband grow closer to another woman, doting on her, pouring all his energy into her.

I used to dismiss Fiona’s messages.

Did she even know what Julian and I had been through?

We’d been married for ten years; our lives were intertwined, our existence woven into each other’s.

He’d rescued me from a bleak childhood, and he’d promised to love me forever.

I thought Julian and I would endure, steadfast, against anything.

After all, in this vast world, we only had each other.

I never imagined that after just ten years, his heart would begin to wander.

He started noticing the scenery along the path, attempting to walk with someone else.