Chapter 2

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Actually, I had a chance to succeed a long time ago.

But I threw that chance away myself.

On the night we got married, the System set off virtual fireworks in my head.

Its mechanical voice was strangely cheerful.

【Congratulations! Mission successful! You can leave this world now and claim your massive cash reward.】

The reward was a hundred million dollars in my real world.

But as I looked at the sleeping Jude beside me, I hesitated.

Even in his sleep, he had a happy smile on his face.

He must have been dreaming about me because he rolled over and hugged me tight.

“Blair... Blair...” he whispered my name over and over.

At the wedding, he said meeting me was the luckiest thing that ever happened to him.

He said he wanted to grow old with me.

The System kept nagging me.

【Host, please confirm. Depart from this world immediately.】

I eventually shook my head.

【I want to stay.】

The System went silent for a moment.

【Host, do you know what this means?】

【The future is uncertain. A man who loves you now might not love you later.】

【If he stops loving you, the System will re-evaluate. You will lose your reward and be erased.】

【Are you really giving up a hundred million for a man?】

At that time, my heart was full of the man I loved.

I believed he would love me forever, just as I loved him.

So, I foolishly chose to stay.

We did have a very happy marriage for a while.

I thought I was the luckiest woman on earth.

Until... Jude suddenly woke up.

He realized he was the superstar protagonist of a novel.

His childhood sweetheart didn't leave because she stopped loving him, but because of a misunderstanding.

His first love didn't reject him because she was cold, but because she felt insecure.

He suddenly felt like I, the wife he settled for, was an obstacle to his glory.

Everything started spiraling out of control.

Until today, when the System finally declared my failure.