"H-Happy... anniversary," my voice broke when I saw Ethan enter the gate.

His eyes were wide apart at first. But in just a blink, he turned them into emotionless.

"What the fuck are you doing?" His dark voice roared around the area.

He wanders his eyes, and he observes the foods and decorations that I have prepared for him. See that, Ethan? I prepared them for you. I made them for you.

"Happy Anniversary, E-Ethan..." I tried to gulp all my sobs away.

His eyes widened a fraction. He clenched his jaw and glared at me darkly.

"Are you done with your dramas?!" He harshly said.

I feel like throwing up because of what he said. Dramas?! He thinks I'm just... on my drama?! It hurt me to the core. And I feel like I'm being stabbed in the heart, continuously and harshly.

I was about to open my mouth to answer, but I halted when Ethan's car door opened. My eyes focused on the car, and another pain stabbed my heart when I saw who it was.

It was fucking Elyse.

It was Ethan's ex-girlfriend.

It was his fucking ex-girlfriend.

"What the hell are you doing in here, you bitch?!" I screamed, ready to attack her.

But before I could even attack her, Ethan pushed me to the ground. I can't believe it! I looked at him in disbelief.

"How could you do this?!" I cried out of pain.

"Get out here, Penny! Leave my house! Now!" He sharply shouted.

I was crying my heart out while trying to compose myself. Watching my husband take care of another woman hurt me the most. But still, I want to fight for my husband. I want to fight for my marriage. So even if it was against my principle, I slowly knelt down the cold grass that shocked him.

"What the hell, Penny?!" He was about to kneel down with me, but Elyse held his arm. He stopped and looked at Elyse.

She shook her head. "Please, don't leave my side," she whispered.

Ethan closed his eyes deeply. When it opened, they were sharply looking at me, who was still crying like a mess.

I composed all my remaining strength, and I looked at my husband with his mistress."E-Ethan, if you were just tempted by that woman... please tell me! I can forgive you, Ethan! Please! Just tell me that it was a mistake." I pleaded, but he only shook his head.

"It wasn't a mistake, Penny. I chose this."

I shook my head. "It's okay! I can a-accept it! Just don't leave me. Ethan, you l-love me, right? I know it! I felt it!"

"I love her..."

"Then did you ever love me throughout our marriage?" My voice is like a glass that's been shattering a million times. It sounded like a fading whisper... like our marriage.

The truth is, our marriage wasn't formed because of love. It was formed because I made a move. I did everything I needed to do just so Ethan could break up with Elyse. And I succeeded. I planned it all. Seducing Ethan at her lowest and submitting my own body just to fulfill the place of Elyse. And because Ethan needed to be married before he gets the whole empire, he married the most convenient girl he knew... and that was me.

He sighed deeply. He then snaked his arms around Elyse's waist, and he bent down to give Elyse a deep kiss. I felt like dying as I watched my husband kiss another girl. I wanted to kill them! I wanted to attack her! I wanted to hurt them both!

But I have no strength to do it anymore.

I'm powerless.

They kissed for almost a minute, exchanging saliva with each other through their tongues. When they stopped, Ethan went to his car to get something.

Elyse smirked. "You won't win, Penny. Just give up. Ethan doesn't love you. He never did and never will."

The only thing I could do was glare at Elyse. If looks can kill, she could be dead by now.

She wanders her eyes around the mansion. "This mansion will soon be mine." She bends down, and she firmly holds my jaw. "And Ethan and I will fuck each other in this mansion all night long. We won't stop until we're sated with each other. I won't stop sucking his dick... because I own it. I have all the right for it. And you? You'll be back on dirt, to which you truly belong."

All the fire went up to my head. I spit on her face, which made her scream.

"Fuck you!" She screamed at me.

I tried to smirk. "You deserve it, w-whore!"

"What the fuck, Penny?!" Ethan's voice thundered.

He went immediately to Elyse and took care of her.

"Sign this now!" He gave me a paper. "I want us to divorce so that I can marry the woman I love, and that's Elyse."

It felt like a slap on my face. I startled and shook my head... but what's the point of fighting for?

No matter how hard I want to fight for our marriage, if Ethan wanted to leave already... What's the essence of fighting for? Even though it hurts me so much that I feel like dying, I slowly signed the divorce paper.

He gave me an hour to prepare everything I needed before finally leaving his mansion. I did what he told me.

As I was walking out of the mansion, I saw them both kissing in the living room.

I don't want to prolong my agony anymore... So, even though I'm not yet prepared, I left the mansion. I ran away faster. I heard Ethan calling my name, but I never looked back. I wanted to die already... because I know that my heart is already dead.

While running through the roads, I was so busy crying that I didn't see a car coming in my direction. It was too late when I saw it. Before I could even run away, the car had already hit me, causing another painful experience.