Chapter 9

I was silent for a moment, then shook my head. "I don't know what ring I have that would be to your liking."

Chloe Hayes knew I was playing dumb and scoffed, "Don't act foolish, my dear sister. I could guess your ancient password with my eyes closed. I saw it last time I went to your place. It's the ring Liam darling gave you, right?"

"I want that one!"

I knew she was talking about that gold ring.

Liam had bought that ring for me in college, saving every penny. It was only a little over two grams.

It wasn't worth much, but it had been my only keepsake all these years.

"Your engagement ceremony, using my ring for him to propose with—doesn't that make you sick?"

Chloe Hayes curled her lips into a triumphant smile. "It doesn't make *me* sick. Someone else will be sickened. Anyway, Liam darling said whatever I want, you have to provide. Besides, he's marrying me now, why would you keep that ring? To pine over your sister's husband?"

I could only compromise.

She was right. Since I had decided to leave, I should sever ties completely with the past.

"Fine. You can use that ring for the fiancée."

As the engagement date drew closer, I accelerated the process of arranging my final affairs.

I placed some of my favorite books and a camera inside my cremation urn. I had already arranged with the cemetery staff to bury these items.

Finally, I made one last trip to the hospital to pick up my medication, mostly painkillers, to ensure they wouldn't interfere with my work.

For me, the late-stage cancer cells would spread increasingly fast, so other medications were largely irrelevant.

Dr. Miller handed me the medicine. He was my primary physician and knew my condition best. "If you continued treatment, there might still be hope. Going abroad is effectively giving up on life."

I knew his kind intentions. "Thank you."

Watching me leave, seeing my thin figure, Dr. Miller admired my courage.

Even with life ticking down, I didn't immerse myself in sorrow and despair, choosing instead to live life more fully within my limited time.

On the day of the engagement ceremony, I was busy for half the day. When the ceremony officially began, I was already at the airport.

The grand ceremony was being live-streamed online.

At the airport, I watched Liam, holding the jewelry box containing the wedding ring, his loving eyes gazing at Chloe Hayes. "Will you marry me?"

Before Chloe Hayes's answer came, I looked at Liam on the screen and whispered softly:

"I do…"

After a moment of surrender, I immediately regained my composure and quickly turned off my phone.

The airport announcement boomed that my flight was about to depart. I dragged my luggage towards the boarding gate.

This time, I would bid farewell to all past happiness and sorrow, heading towards an inevitable end.

At the engagement site, Liam casually produced the ring.

For him, this engagement was merely a means of revenge against me.