Chapter 1

One day, Ginnie Sullivan overheard Adam Grant, her husband, talking to his private doctor.

“Mr. Grant, ever since your wife’s arm was hurt, she could hardly hold a pen to draw. Miss Warma has replaced your wife. She has become a famous artist.

“Mrs. Grant’s arm tissues are almost completely dead. Are you sure you want to continue hiding this from her and refuse to treat her arm?”

Adam replied coldly. “This is the only thing I can do in order to secure Snow’s position as a genius artist. As for Ginnie, at worst, I’ll make it up to her for the rest of my life.”

Ginnie stumbled back in shock, unable to believe that the savior in her heart had deceived her for a total of three years.

Since his love had all been a lie, she would just leave.

“Mr. Grant, the tissues in your wife’s arm are about to die completely. Are you sure you still want to hide this from her and swap her medication out for vitamins?”

Behind the door was Adam Grant’s private doctor, and he was tentatively cautioning against this idea against the regal man standing in front of him. “Ever since you plotted to have Mrs. Grant’s arm injured, she could hardly pick up a pen and draw. Miss Warma has already replaced her as a famous artist, and you’re still unwilling to treat her arm?”

Adam drummed a finger against the table in irritation and growled, “This is the only thing I can do in order to secure Snow’s position as a genius artist. As for Ginnie, at worst, I’ll make it up to her for the rest of my life.”

He subconsciously looked outside with a melancholic expression. “After my mother passed away, Snow gave me a painting and stayed by my side through my darkest days. I’m willing to sacrifice my marriage and the rest of my life for her.”

Ginnie Sullivan, Adam’s wife, stood frozen by the door. After she heard these words, her mind went blank as her heart clenched up in pain.

She could not believe that she had been deceived by her most trusted person for three years.

Three years ago, her ex-fiance had cheated on her with her best friend, Snow Warma, on the day before their wedding, and Ginnie ended up becoming the joke of their circle.

While she despaired, Adam appeared in her life and proposed to her with a ring while telling her just how long he had been in love with her.

Ginnie had been moved by his sincerity and decided to marry him.

But soon after they got married, Adam’s business failed, and he owed a huge amount of debt to loan sharks.

To clear off his debts, Ginnie worked day and night, but she got her arm injured when a heavy object fell on her, and she could no longer pick up a pen to draw.

Through teary eyes, Adam swore to her that if he ever became successful, he would do whatever it took to treat her arm.

But Ginnie only just realized that all of it had been a lie.

The love and gentle kindness Adam showed her over the years was fake, and it was all so to get rid of her for Snow, since she was Snow’s greatest rival in her career!

Tears spilled uncontrollably from her eyes as Ginnie turned around in panic with the lunchbox in hand. She just wanted to leave this suffocating place.

Almost immediately, she ran into an employee, and the soup and documents spilled all over the floor.

“Are you blind?! Don’t you watch where you’re going?! I need Mr. Grant to sign these documents today!”

“I’m sorry,” Ginnie apologized and blinked back her tears as she helped pick the documents up.

Right then, someone reached out from behind her and took the documents.

When Ginnie turned around, she saw Adam staring at her with pity in his eyes.

The employee said respectfully, “M-Mr. Grant.”

Adam nodded and motioned for the employee to leave before he carefully helped Ginnie up. “Did you burn yourself? Your arm’s injured, so you don’t have to come and give me lunch anymore. The employees don’t know you either. What if they knock you over again?”

Ginnie nodded in silence.

Over the years, Adam had never told anyone that Ginnie was his wife on the premise that he wanted her to stay away from the business world so that she could recover in peace.

Ginnie had finally realized the real reason behind it.

He did this because he was worried that Snow would be mad and because he was worried that he would be unable to bring happiness to Snow openly in the future.

And she had foolishly fallen for his lies for three years.

Adam had an important meeting later and told the driver to send Ginnie home.

After she reached home, she was finally unable to keep her composure and slid down to the floor before she buried her head in her arms and sobbed.

In her mind, all the memories of the past flashed. Suddenly, she remembered that Adam had a mysterious storage box. He had looked through it multiple times at night behind her back.

In order to verify her theory, Ginnie went to the study and found the box. After she opened it, her heart sank.

In it were Snow’s pictures and her drawings, and they spanned over ten years!

Behind every picture was Adam’s familiar handwriting, and they were filled with professions of his love toward Snow.

Even all of the places Ginnie went to with Adam were places he chose, because Snow had been to those places before.

Ginnie cradled her chest to endure the dull pain coming from her heart.

When her tears finally stopped, she slowly took out her phone and called an overseas number.

“Grandpa, I’ll go with you abroad in seven days. Have someone pick me up.”

Chapter 2

When she hung up, Ginnie felt the pain in her injured arm hurting even more.

She took the medicine Adam had prepared from the drawer and was about to take it when she stopped.

She almost forgot. The precious medicine Adam claimed that he had looked for everywhere was just vitamins.

On top of that, the treatment for her arm had been delayed for a total of three years because of Adam’s “love”.

Ginnie put on a jacket and left. She intended to go to a hospital to learn just how much damage had been done to her arm due to the delay.

When the nanny heard that she wanted to go to the hospital, she panicked and tried to stop Ginnie. When she failed, she swiftly called Adam.

“Yes, Mr. Grant. Mrs. Grant went to the hospital, and I couldn’t stop her.”

When the hospital staff saw Ginnie come in with a pained, pale face while cradling her arm, they quickly arranged for a consultation with an orthopedist for her, who checked her arm carefully as the frown on his face deepened.

“Have you never come for a follow-up after you got your arm injured?”

Ginnie gave a bitter smile and asked feebly, “Please tell me, how bad is my arm now?”

The orthopedist sighed. Just before he could speak, someone flung the door open.

Adam strode in. Behind him was Ginnie’s chief physician, who was busy wiping off cold sweat from his face.

“Ginnie, why didn’t you tell me? Why did you come to the hospital alone? Are you feeling unwell?”

Adam came forward and held Ginnie in his arms as he worriedly checked her from head to toe.

When the orthopedist saw the chief physician’s expression, he tactfully left.

Ginnie whispered, “My arm hurts. It hurts a lot.”

Adam’s expression sank, and he immediately demanded an answer from the chief physician, “Dr. Zimmer, both you and my private doctor have been in charge of my wife’s condition. It’s been three years, so why does her arm still hurt regularly? Have you really been giving her the best medicine there is?”

In his panic, Dr. Zimmer said, “Mr. Grant, you’re a major shareholder of the hospital. Even if we had the guts to do so, we would never give Mrs. Grant any random medicine!

“Mrs. Grant, why don’t I put some ice over your arm first and have a specialist give you a massage? I’m sure it’ll stop the pain.”

Ginnie knew that she would never be able to get any further answers from the doctors in the hospital.

She looked down and said faintly, “No need. Just give me some painkillers.”

Once she got the medicine, Adam fed her the pills. He only sighed in relief after he saw her pain-filled expression fade away.

As they were going back, Adam suddenly saw something and ordered the driver to stop before he got out.

After waiting for half an hour, Ginnie started getting impatient. Adam finally returned with a box of desserts for her.

“These are your favorite desserts. I bought them for you.”

A thin sheen of sweat covered Adam’s forehead. His usually smooth and clean suit also had some dirt on them because he had been queuing up for a long time.

If she saw this in the past, Ginnie would have felt touched. She would have immediately hugged him as she cooed and praised him for going through such trouble for her.

Yet, right then, Ginnie found herself unable to say anything that would even suggest that she felt touched.

She simply could not understand how Adam was able to make it seem like he was loyal to her when he loved Snow so deeply.

Adam quickly noticed Ginnie’s abnormal behavior. Her eyes were also a little swollen, showing that she had cried before this.

He hurriedly hugged Ginnie and asked softly, “What’s wrong? Are you still worried about your arm? Don’t worry. I’ll definitely get you treated.”

Yet seemingly out of the blue, Ginnie asked, “Adam, do you love me?”

Adam had been patting Ginnie’s back, and his hand froze. He looked away but still said, “Silly girl, you’re my wife. Of course I love you.”

“Can I stop receiving conservative treatment for my arm, then? I want surgery.”

Adam’s heart sank, and a hint of regret subconsciously appeared in his eyes.

Even so, he still gritted his teeth and softly advised Ginnie against it. “The risk for surgery is too great. We’ve been going through conservative treatment for three years, and things have been good. Can’t you choose not to take any risks?

“Be good now. I promise you that I will stay by your side through the entire treatment. Even if your arm never recovers, I can serve as your hands.”

As Ginnie listened to his misleading words, her heart sank because of how heavy it had become, and she shut her eyes in disappointment.

Chapter 3

After returning home, Adam started helping Ginnie change her shoes and clothes, just like always.

When they ate, he was worried that cutting the steak would be too hard for her, so he cut it for her and fed her.

As they ate, Adam’s phone rang.

Ginnie spotted the caller ID. There was no name, only a heart.

She scowled.

The sight of the caller ID made Adam immediately put down his fork and knife and stand up. He gently kissed Ginnie on the forehead.

“I have an important meeting at the company tonight. I’ll be back soon.”

Ginnie asked, “Why do you have a meeting so late at night? Are you sure you’re not mistaken?”

He simply took out a bracelet from his pocket and put it around Ginnie’s wrist before flicking her nose. “We’ve been busy lately, so this is unavoidable. Take this bracelet as an apology from me.”

With that said, he grabbed his car keys and left in a hurry.

Soon after Adam left, Ginnie received a message from Snow.

It contained a series of words and a few photos.

[Come to Grant Corporation’s new product launch tomorrow. I have a surprise for you.]

The message was deleted in less than two minutes.

It was followed by another message. [Sorry, wrong person.]

Ginnie knew that Snow had done so on purpose. She saved the photos before the message was deleted.

Zooming in allowed her to see Snow having a candlelight dinner with another man, and Ginnie could tell immediately that the man was Adam, even though he only had an arm revealed.

He had removed his wedding ring, but there was a barely perceptible, faint mark on his ring finger. He was helping Snow put on a beautiful bracelet.

Ginnie had heard of the bracelet before. It was a limited-edition diamond bracelet that had once cost an exorbitant amount of money. Adam had flown abroad and bought it from an auction some time ago.

The bracelet Adam gave her was just a complimentary item from the auction house.

The next day, Adam left early for Grand Corporation’s new product launch.

Apparently, the company was going to announce that they were working with a mysterious artist and launching the new product they had been working on together, so this launch had garnered a lot of attention.

Soon after Adam left, Ginnie hailed a cab and went to the launch.

She sat in a corner and saw a familiar face.

That was Adam’s true love and Ginnie’s former best friend—Snow Warma.

Both Ginnie and Snow were the only two students of a famous artist, Howard Thompson.

Since Ginnie was a prodigy, she learned much faster than Snow, and her skills were also superior.

Due to her excellent skills and looks, she dated Howard’s grandson, William Thompson, and was engaged to him.

Snow did not show any signs of jealousy despite Ginnie being better than she was in every aspect. Instead, she got closer to her, and they talked about everything and anything.

But a day before her wedding, Snow stole William from Ginnie, and she finally saw Snow’s true colors.

Ginnie did not want to dwell too much on what had happened later.

But after the lie Adam crafted to save her, she thought that Adam was her savior, only to learn that it was just another trap.

Meanwhile, Adam was holding Snow’s hand and announcing to all the media that Snow was the mysterious artist who had been working closely with Grant Corporation.

His eyes sparkled, and the love in his eyes when he stared at Snow was clear as day.

One of the reporters put his microphone in front of Adam. “Mr. Grant, I heard that you’ve known Miss Warma for years. Since you’ve never announced being married before, are you waiting for a chance to marry Miss Warma in the future?”

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