Emily Carter and Ethan Shaw had been in love for three years and married for three more, inseparable as glue and lacquer.
Until one day, a strange text message informed her that Ethan Shaw was cheating.
At first, she thought it was someone's cruel prank—until she witnessed him entangled in another woman's arms, kissing her with desperate fervor.
In that moment, all the happiness and cherished memories of their years together collapsed inside her, plunging into an abyss.
Later, guided by the same anonymous messages, she gathered concrete evidence of Ethan's infidelity—proof of his lavish gifts to his mistress, from designer bags to jewelry, even a villa. She then hired Liam Parker, the top divorce attorney in the city, to handle the lawsuit.
When the truth came to light, Ethan Shaw, red-eyed and desperate, begged her, "Emily, I was wrong. I love you so much—please, give me another chance."
But Emily's heart was already saturated with disappointment. "Your love is tainted," she said coldly. "I don't want it."
In the elite circles of the capital's high society, everyone knew Liam Parker—the untouchable, ice-cold legal titan, a man revered yet never dared to be approached.
Emily had thought the same.
Yet it was this very man who turned to her and murmured, "I can lend you a shoulder to heal. Will you consider it?"
