Chapter 1

1.

The ER call came in at midnight.

A couple had been caught hooking up in a car and were suffocating.

I rushed to the scene.

But when I arrived, I found my husband of ten years.

Even though he was unconscious, he was still holding his little intern tightly.

On his finger, he was still wearing our wedding ring.

Later, I decided to divorce him and start a new life.

He became the laughingstock of our entire social circle.

"Sienna has already married a young, handsome guy. Some people still think they are the ultimate muse!"

The moment the car door was forced open, the man and woman were exposed to everyone.

I was there as the doctor on duty.

When I saw that familiar face, it felt like I had been hit by a bolt of lightning.

I knew that face better than anyone.

This morning, he had wrapped his arms around my neck and straightened my collar.

His soft voice was still echoing in my ears.

"Sienna, come home early tonight. I'll wait for us to celebrate our tenth wedding anniversary together."

Yes.

Today was the tenth anniversary of my marriage to the boy who fell in love with me at first sight.

I had been so happy, thinking I would go home after this call to kiss him.

I wanted to tell him I wanted to spend many more decades with him.

But now, everything in front of me was like a sharp knife stabbing into my heart.

Blood was everywhere.

It couldn't be him.

My body trembled uncontrollably as I tried to deny the truth.

This was a mistake. This man just looked like my Dexter.

But a second later, the car moved.

The man, still unconscious, held the young girl.

I saw the wedding ring on his finger. It was the final blow.

A colleague pushed me. "Chief Rhodes! Why are you just standing there? Save them!"

I stumbled, my mind going completely blank.

Yes, I should save them.

But my eyes were blurred with hot tears.

Someone pushed me forward, and I lost my balance.

A single tear fell onto the face that now felt like a stranger's.

I was urged to separate them with shaking hands.

I mechanically tried to give Dexter emergency aid.

But as I pulled him away, he reached out again in his semi-conscious state.

He grabbed the woman tightly.

"Skylar… Skylar… hold me, I'm so cold…"

"Skylar… I want you!"

"I love you…"

It felt like a bucket of ice water had been poured over my head.

I closed my eyes in despair. My chest felt like it was burning.

I stood up abruptly and turned away, my face pale.

My colleague finally noticed something was wrong.

"Chief, you look terrible. Are you feeling okay?"

I forced myself to nod, holding back my emotions.

"Go back and rest. These two cheaters are fine now. The guy is even confessing his love!"

The words felt like needles in my ears.

My throat tightened, but I couldn't say a word.

Like a soldier running from a lost battle, I fled the scene.

I don't even know how I got back to the hospital.

The office was empty at midnight.

I leaned against the wall as tears streamed down my face.

Dexter's "I love you" felt like an arrow through my skull.

Ten years ago, his promises were so vivid.

The way he looked at me back then was so determined.

"Sienna, until I met you, my life was a blank page."

"You gave me sunshine and taught me how to love."

"I will spend my whole life with you. There will never be anyone else in my heart."

"Sienna, I love you."

I love you.

Those three words used to be so precious to me.