Chapter 1

The day before our sixth wedding anniversary, I saw a notification pop up on Ethan’s phone. It was a delivery confirmation for a luxury diamond necklace.

I pretended I didn't see it. That night, I dressed up and met Ethan for our anniversary dinner.

But when the time came for gifts, he pulled out a small velvet box containing a pair of cheap, tiny cubic zirconia stud earrings.

I stared at the earrings in shock. Before I could even ask, he checked his watch, stood up, and said he had to catch a flight for an urgent business trip.

Later, sitting alone in our empty house, I opened Instagram. The first post on my feed was from my younger sister, Lily.

"The one who truly loves you always knows exactly what you want! ❤️"

"Celebrating our first international trip together! ✈️"

In the photo, she was wearing the exact luxury diamond necklace from the notification. And the man she was passionately kissing was my "traveling" husband.

I calmly turned off my phone.

Thinking back on everything I had sacrificed for him over the past six years, I suddenly felt incredibly pathetic.