Outsiders all knew that Mr. Mercer, for the sake of his first love, had remained "childless" throughout seven years of marriage.
But only Lyra Whitfield knew that the daughter she had secretly given birth to was already five years old.
Sweet and soft, the little girl was raised elsewhere, and the Mercer family hadn't the faintest clue.
"Mommy, do I not have a daddy?"
Lyra Whitfield: "Just think of it that way."
After all, they had signed a divorce agreement on their wedding day — once seven years were up, the divorce would take effect automatically.
She had no intention of letting her husband know the child existed.
She would simply wait out the seven years, then part ways cleanly, never to meet again.
Besides, he spent every day by his first love's side — when would he ever spare a thought for her?
Yet when seven years finally passed and she vanished without a trace, he fell into a panic, turning the entire city upside down!
All he wanted was for her to come back to him…
