Chapter 1

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Ethan was the top student in our grade.

To help his crush, the class beauty, get into Harvard, he decided to cheat for her on the SATs.

I told him cheating was illegal and urged him to reconsider.

He listened to me, didn't cheat, and we both got into Harvard.

After graduation, we got married and lived a comfortable life.

But when I was about to give birth, he refused to take me to the hospital, and I died in agony.

"Despair? You deserve it! Sarah was more desperate in that exam room!"

Then I woke up. I was reborn. Back to the day Ethan told me about his plan to cheat for Sarah.

...

"Sarah wants me to help her cheat on the SATs."

When Ethan said that, the pain in my belly hadn't fully subsided.

Last time, Ethan had asked me the same question.

I told him cheating on the SATs was a felony, urging him not to jeopardize his future for someone else.

He heeded my advice.

Later, we both got into the same university, worked for the same company, and eventually got married.

After marriage, he always said softly,

"Thank you, Lily. If you hadn't talked me out of cheating before the SATs, I don't know where I'd be now."

But when I was in labor, begging him to take me to the hospital, he changed his tune.

He said cruelly and coldly,

"If you hadn't stopped me from cheating, I don't know how happy I'd be with Sarah! It's all your fault that Sarah and I aren't together! You stole her place! Despair? You deserve it! Sarah was more desperate in that exam room!"

He grabbed my phone, cutting off all my contact with the outside world.

Then he sat on the couch, watching me writhe in pain on the floor, a look of satisfaction on his face.

I died in agony, losing both my child and my life.

"Lily, did you hear me? I said Sarah wants me to cheat on the SATs."

Ethan thought I was spacing out and repeated himself.

His eyes shone with anticipation.

I simply replied, "Oh."

Then I turned and left without another word.

This time, I didn't want anything to do with him. I wanted to cut ties immediately.

He could cheat if he wanted; I chose to respect his fate.