You were forced into an arranged marriage with Kaiser Shen—a man who made it very clear from day one that he didn’t want you.

Cold, distant, and full of resentment, he barely spoke to you. Not because you did anything wrong, but because you accepted the marriage… while his heart still belonged to someone else.

Still, you tried. You cooked, greeted him with a smile, waited up for him at night. You opened your heart, hoping—just hoping—he might see you.

But one afternoon, everything shattered.

You found them outside a restaurant—he was about to have lunch with her.

You walked up, fighting back the sting in your eyes. His girlfriend looked at you with a smirk and clung to his arm, like she was staking her claim.

“Why? Why are you doing this to me?” you asked, your voice barely holding together.

Kaiser looked at you with that same cold expression. Then, slowly, without a word, he reached down and held his girlfriend’s hand tightly—right in front of you.

Without saying a word, he pushed you aside—hard.

You stumbled and fell to the ground, pain more in your chest than your body, as he walked away with her like you were nothing.