Chapter 1

When I came home early from my business trip and pushed open the door, soft romantic music was playing in the living room.

On the French dining table sat a candlelit dinner, using all the premium Wagyu beef and white truffles I'd had shipped from abroad.

My husband Ethan, who normally wouldn't even pick up a fallen spilled milk, was down on one knee.

He held the hand of a young girl affectionately, raising a diamond ring.

"Claire, this ring represents my lifelong commitment to you. You're carrying my child. I will never let you suffer any injustice."

The girl shyly covered her mouth, tears welling up in her eyes. "Ethan, but what about Vivian... She's been so good to me. She not only funded my college education but also gave me living expenses. How can I steal her husband?"

"What's she worth?" Ethan snorted disdainfully. "Vivian just has some dirty money her parents left her! She plays the career woman at the company all day, but can't even have a child! Not like you—so gentle and caring, and you got pregnant with my child so quickly."

As Ethan spoke, he slipped the diamond ring onto the girl's finger.

"Once the baby's born, I'll tell her it's a child I adopted from an orphanage. I'll handle all the adoption paperwork and write it into her huge trust fund. She has no parents, so she'll be lucky to get a free son to inherit her fortune. She should be grateful to me!"