Chapter 1

At our wedding, my fiancé, Ethan Sterling, announced he was going to present me with a grand surprise.

The next second, the giant projector screen behind the altar started playing a video of me dancing provocatively. The caption read: “Thirty-year-old desperate cougar. $100 a night. First come, first served.”

The venue erupted into whispers and gasps.

Before I could even process it, Ethan slapped me across the face. "Are you really that desperate for men, Chloe?"

I let out a cold, bitter laugh. So this was his so-called "surprise"?

Faced with my freezing glare, Ethan suddenly froze, looking slightly guilty.

Then, the AV technician at the back of the room, who was wearing a baseball cap, chuckled softly. "Surprised?"

The woman took off her cap, revealing the very face Ethan had been obsessing over for years.

It was Mia Hayes, his precious college mentee.

She strolled up to the stage with a coquettish smile and wrapped her arms around Ethan’s waist. "This is my surprise for you, Ethan. Do you like it?"

Then, she turned to me with an innocent, wide-eyed look. "Chloe, it’s just a joke. You’re not mad, are you?"