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Knowing I’d soon be leaving this place, I couldn’t care less about Liam’s attitude toward me, and I stopped obsessing over whether he loved me.
I didn’t want to know the answer anymore.
He and Emma were probably together now–he hadn’t come home in four days.
Three more days until our fifth wedding anniversary on Christmas, which would also be the day I left this world.
I didn’t have much stuff, and I couldn’t take it with me anyway. I still hadn’t cleared up the online scandal as Liam demanded, instead leaving it for the system to handle.
When Liam left earlier, he took the necklace he’d given me for the first time. It was something I treasured deeply.
When he confessed his feelings, he took me to an amusement park. Under a sky full of fireworks, he pulled out that necklace.
Liam said, “Scarlett, I haven’t officially taken over the family business yet, so I can only use my allowance to buy you something that’s not too expensive. But I’ll get you better, more expensive gifts in the future. Will you be my girlfriend?
“I promise I’ll treat you well and love you even more than I do
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Back then, his eyes were sincere, full of love.
That necklace had once been my comfort during the pain of betrayal, the only hope that could save my miserable life.
But now, hatred spread like wildfire. All our beautiful memories had turned into thorns that wounded me.
When Liam took the necklace, I said nothing.
He said, “Emma likes this necklace. You know that. She doesn’t ask for much. Whatever I can give her, I will. You’ve worn this necklace for a long time, and you have better necklaces to wear.”
I nodded, and the hope in my eyes completely died.
Liam smiled and said, “You’re being so understanding today. I love it when you’re like this.”
All my years of devotion and companionship had earned me nothing more than being called “understanding.”
He claimed he didn’t like Emma, but his actions clearly told me he’d fallen for her long ago.
That necklace meant everything to me. Did he really not know
that?
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Just then, the system told me the online scandal had been cleared up.
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It also asked, “Do you really love Liam? When I first contacted you, you didn’t seem to want to leave this place.”
The system’s words made me smile bitterly.
I really didn’t want to leave back then. The feelings between Liam and me were real. The experiences we shared might not have been memorable enough to last forever, but every emotion and detail in those experiences was genuine.
I’d depended on him for so many years–my life was filled with his presence. In my original world, I had no one to rely on. So I clung to the warmth he gave me.
I used to deliberately ignore the problems, thinking that even if life was this miserable, I had to hold onto the little bit of happiness he’d given me in our youth. But things developed beyond my control.
I cared. I really, deeply cared.
If I had to live like this for the rest of my life, I would truly die.
When Liam called again, his voice was furious. “Scarlett, I never thought you could be this vicious. Just you wait! If anything happens to Emma, I’ll never forgive you.
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“You’re just as disgusting as your mother. What good could come from someone who crawled out of the slums? Especially someone who came from your mother’s womb.
“Bitch! I should have seen through your true nature long ago.
When you were with me, you acted so pure and innocent, but I never realized how petty you are.
“Your mother was a woman who sold her body for money- vicious and scheming–and you’re exactly like her.”
I froze, my whole body trembling uncontrollably.
All I could manage was a soft, “Liam.”
But Liam wouldn’t listen, only saying, “Scarlett, I’m telling you- you’ll bear the consequences of this alone.”
After Liam hung up, I sat there stunned for a long time before snapping back to reality.
His words were like sharp daggers, piercing deep into my heart. There wasn’t an ounce of affection in them–just pure insults directed at me.
I couldn’t understand why someone who once cherished me so deeply would now curse at me with such vicious words.
That unbearable pain crashed over me like waves, hitting me again and again.
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From the System, I learned that Liam and Emma had
encountered an accident while out together. Emma had been hit by a car. The driver was drunk and completely unaware of what had happened.
But Emma insisted that I had bribed the driver, trying to harm her and the child in her womb.
This accident had made Liam furious. Blinded by rage, he called to blame me without a second thought.
The crushing blow left me dizzy and disoriented. I had been unwilling to admit that Liam’s feelings for me had long since vanished through his repeated betrayals. So I could only try to maintain this crumbling marriage through such means.
I kept lowering my standards, silently accepting everything he
did.
I used to hate deception more than anything. But to hold onto this warmth I had longed for, I began deceiving myself and hurting myself.
But now, I didn’t want to continue like this anymore.
Liam had been staying out for the past couple of days and hadn’t come home. I spent time at home packing up many things.
All those photos that once captured our sweet moments were thrown into the trash.
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My clothes and luggage were all packed. Finally, I was the only one left in the villa.
Over the years, Liam had been transferring money into my bank account, but I rarely used it. Since I wouldn’t be in this world much longer, I wouldn’t need the money anyway.
I donated all the money to an orphanage under Liam’s name. I had done this before. I simply hoped the children could live a little better, and that it might help his career.
This would be the last thing I’d do for him.
On our fifth wedding anniversary, I calmly prepared a whole table of dishes for myself.
These were dishes I had specifically learned to make for Liam. I knew he sometimes had to attend cocktail parties, and I worried about his stomach, so I wanted to learn to make him some stomach–soothing food.
But now, I sat alone at the dining table, eating by myself.
Before I could even start eating the elaborate dishes on the table, the front door was kicked open. I saw Liam standing in the doorway with a dark expression.
Seeing the food on the table, he let out a cold laugh, then flipped the entire table over. All the plates crashed to the floor, glass
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Liam grabbed my throat tightly, making it impossible for me to breathe. Behind him, Emma watched me with a smug, provocative look.
He leaned in close, saying viciously, “Because of you, Emma and I lost our child. How can you be so evil?
“Scarlett, if it weren’t for me, how would you have your current life? How could you have escaped your humble origins?
“How did you become so vicious that you make me sick?”
His grip on my throat was suffocating. I opened my mouth but couldn’t say a word.
Emma smiled contemptuously and said, “Scarlett, no matter how much you hate me, you can ‘t take it out on a child. This was mine and Liam’s only child. Do you know how much I treasured him?
“I don’t want status or money–I just wanted to give birth to Liam’s child. That was my only wish.”
Emma spoke with such grievance, and I could feel Liam’s grip on my throat tightening.
Just as my face turned red and I was about to suffocate, he finally let go.
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I coughed violently, gasping for air.
It took me a long time to recover.
Liam said, “Scarlett, you hurt Emma. I want a divorce.”
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Those words felt like being pushed into hell. I had never imagined that Liam would be the first one in this marriage to want to give up.
I looked at Liam, my eyes filled with despair.
I said, “You’re right. I did everything. I am that evil. You’ve known me long enough. What’s wrong? Are you disappointed?
“When you first got together with me, why didn’t you notice?”
He had probably long forgotten the promises he once made to
- me.
Liam, consumed by rage, slapped me hard across the face.
I suddenly felt dazed.
Liam had once said, “Scarlett, no matter what you become in the future, I’ll love you. Don’t worry–I’ll take care of everything.”
But now, watching him defend someone else and call me evil, I suddenly laughed–a wild, crazy laugh.
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I said, “Liam, my biggest regret is falling in love with you, marrying you, and believing your words.”
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I picked up a glass shard from the floor and pressed it against my throat.
I said, “Since you love Emma so much, I wish you two eternal happiness.
“Liam, wasn’t the life where I trapped you boring?
“Now, you’re free.”
With that, I sliced through my artery with force, blood spraying all over Liam.
Emma screamed in terror.
In the final moment before consciousness faded, I seemed to see eighteen–year–old Liam running toward me with a smile.
He said, “Scarlett, let’s go home together.”
I thought, “Yes, I want to go home.”
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