Chapter 4

"Chloe, it looks like Ethan is actually serious this time."

"Is your wedding really cancelled?"

Chloe shrugged, her voice filled with absolute confidence. "He's just throwing a tantrum right now. Once he cools down, he'll regret speaking to me like that. Cancel the wedding? Never. He loves me too much to ever walk away."

She then glared at Tyler. "Don't play those jokes again. I mean it."

Tyler saw she was genuinely annoyed and quickly nodded like a good boy.

Standing just outside the door, I heard every single word.

It was so ironic. Tyler had once been trapped in a burning car crash, and I was the one who risked my life to pull him out.

I never expected him to be such a heartless beast. He killed his savior’s mother for a laugh and slept with his savior’s fiancée. How evil did someone have to be to do that?

If I hadn't saved him back then, none of this would have happened. But there are no "what ifs" in life. Only consequences.

I left the bar and immediately went to retrieve the security footage from the wedding venue.

But the footage of that day was gone. Chloe had already destroyed it.

No wonder Tyler was so cocky.

I walked down the dark, empty street. It was past midnight. A bitter pain swallowed me whole.

Right then, my phone rang. It was Chloe’s mother.

"I heard you told Chloe the wedding is off. Is that true?"

The Davis family had always looked down on me. Even though I worked tirelessly to help Chloe build the Davis Tech Group from a second-rate startup into one of the top tech companies in the city, they still treated me like trash. They thought Chloe deserved a billionaire, not me.

When I didn't answer immediately, Mrs. Davis grew irritated. "Are you mute?"

"Mrs. Davis, watch your tone," I said coldly. "And yes, we are over. Isn't this exactly what you wanted?"

"Hmph! Since you’re the one who called it off, don't you dare regret it. Don't go crawling back to her. My daughter deserves a much richer man."

I hung up. There was nothing more to say.

When I finally got back to my apartment, it was 3:00 AM. To my surprise, Chloe was waiting inside.

The moment she saw me, she stood up.

"Where have you been? Why are you back so late? I already chewed Tyler out for you. It was an accident. To make it up to you, and because of all the hard work you’ve done for the company, I’ve decided to announce your promotion to Vice President tomorrow morning."

I looked at her, my expression dead and cold. She had no idea I had already agreed to the breakup with her mother.

"Chloe, get out of my house. I need peace."

My coldness caught her off guard.

I am a man with boundaries. I could never accept her cheating, and I could definitely never forgive her for helping the man who caused my mother’s death.

"I didn't just come to see you," she said, her eyes turning red. She walked over to my mother’s memorial photo, placed a bouquet of flowers down, and bowed deeply.

"I'm sorry, Sarah. Our stupid joke went too far. I really didn't mean for this to happen."

She began to sob, making it hard for me to kick her out right then.

Before she left, she looked at me with tearful eyes. "Ethan, that night... I was just so consumed by guilt. I drank too much and mistook Tyler for you."