Chapter 1
On my wedding day, my fiancé ditched me for my half–sister.
Just like that, I became the city’s biggest joke..
When I hit rock bottom, my childhood friend Idam Crawford dropped to one knee with a diamond ring and poured his heart out to me.
I thought I’d finally caught a break.
Fast forward three years. We’re driving to my prenatal appointment when a car slams into us. And guess what? Liam’s first instinct wasn’t to shield me–his pregnant wife–but Zoey, who was riding with us.
The crash was brutal. I lost the baby and learned I could never have children again.
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While I was falling apart, I overheard Liam talking to his doctor buddy in the hallway.
“Liam, you married Riley because of Zoey, sacrificing your own marriage.”
“And now, for Zoey’s sake, you personally arranged to take one of Riley’s kidneys to transplant into Zoey, sacrificing your own flesh and blood.”
“Is all this really worth it?”
“Have you considered how cruel and unfair this is to Riley?”
After a brief silence, Liam’s restrained and suppressed voice came through:
“Zoey’s greatest wish is to marry Hunter and have a healthy body.”
“As long as she’s happy, everything I’ve done is worth it.”
“I never intended to have children with Riley. Losing the baby might actually be for the best.”
‘As for Riley…”
“If my kidney had been compatible with Zoey’s, I wouldn’t have gone through all this trouble to marry her and stage this accident. I guess I’ll spend the rest of my life making it up to her.”
My body froze, as if struck by lightning.
Liam’s words hit me like a bucket of ice water, chilling me to the bone in an instant.
So all this time, the happiness I thought I had for three years was nothing but a cruel joke.
iam said he never intended to have children with me, but when he first learned I was pregnant, his face had lit up with the joy of becoming a father, tears of excitement welling in his eyes.
Throughout my pregnancy, Liam had been incredibly attentive, taking care of everything personally.
We’d spent countless nights cuddled together, dreaming about our future life as a family of three.
When we lost the baby, Liam had seemed so heartbroken.
He’d appeared full of guilt and remorse about instinctively protecting Zoey instead of me.
His explanation was that Zoey had been closest to him at that moment.
Because everything happened so suddenly, he claimed he didn’t have time to think.
But I had clearly been the one closest to him when it happened.
During my hospital stay, except for my emergency surgery, Liam Crawford never left my side, personally taking care of my every need.
50 despite my lingering doubts, seeing Liam’s increasingly exhausted face, I chose to believe him.
After the accident, I noticed my body wasn’t the same. I constantly felt weak and drained.
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Even simple tasks like climbing stairs or picking something up would leave me completely exhausted.
I always thought it was because of my injuries and the miscarriage that my body just hadn’t fully recovered.
Now I know the truth it was because I was missing one of my kidneys.
How pathetic that I was so touched by all the expensive supplements Liam bought me and his attentive care.
Throughout our three year marriage. Liam’s gentleness and thoughtfulness made me fall deeper and deeper for him.
Little did I know it was all an elaborate scheme he had carefully planned–all for the sake of his true love.
During my hospital stay, Liam never left my side except during my emergency surgery, taking care of everything himself.
So despite my doubts, seeing how exhausted Liam looked, I chose to believe him.
After the accident, my body felt different. I was constantly weak and drained.
Even climbing stairs or picking things up would leave me completely wiped out.
I thought it was just from my injuries and the miscarriage–that I just needed more time to recover.
Now I know the truth–I was missing a kidney.
And I’d been so touched by all the supplements Liam bought me and how he looked after me.
Over our three–year marriage, Liam’s kindness made me fall harder for him each day.
But it was all just a carefully planned scam–all for the sake of his true love.
He managed to keep me away from Hunter permanently so I wouldn’t mess up Zoey’s happiness, while secretly taking my kidney.
I have to hand it to Liam–the man’s a mastermind.
I don’t even remember being matched as a donor with Zoey. When did that happen?
My heart feels like it’s been ripped open, a raw, bleeding wound.
The pain is unbearable.
rears finally spill down my cheeks, dropping to the floor beneath me.
I stumble out of the hospital, barely keeping my balance.
gnoring the stares from strangers passing by, I wander the streets like a ghost
Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.