Chapter 5

That night, I still brought Liam home. We were silent the entire way.

After entering, I first asked the housekeeper to rest, then sat with Liam on opposite sofas. The man who once loved to stick close to me now clearly didn't want to be near me.

Why is that? Maybe because I'm just a substitute, a stand-in for Stella.

Perhaps because I had caught him red-handed, Liam didn't try to hide anything and directly proposed divorce.

"You don't need to worry about the company. I'll set up a fund and give you $20,000 every month."

But I just kept looking at him without saying a word.

Liam kept checking the time, not noticing my gaze. Right, he had promised Stella earlier that he would definitely go back to accompany her tonight.

He finally couldn't wait any longer: "Nora, just tell me what you want. I'll fulfill whatever I can. I just hope you can let me be with Stella. She's finally back after so long, I can't bear to lose her again."

I was stunned. What did he take me for? How could he treat me like this? In the end, I couldn't bring myself to say these words out loud.

Forcing myself to stay calm, I asked, "I just want to ask one thing. Did you only agree to marry me because I look like her?"

Liam glanced at me. "Yes."

"So when we first met, and you said you had liked me since university, that was a lie too?" I clenched my fists.

Liam neither confirmed nor denied it. "I did notice you in university."

So he had only noticed me. Of course, suddenly seeing someone who looked so much like the person you love, anyone would take a second look. So everything, all of it, was fake.

The happy life we had, it was all just him projecting his longing for Stella onto my face.

Humiliation, anger, at that moment, my heart was filled with a mix of emotions.