The popular movie star, Tyler Cane and I had been in a long-term relationship for five years. On the wedding day, he broke off the engagement with me in public while holding hands with another girl.

The guests at the scene were pointing and talking and I begged him to save my face.

But Tyler coldly pushed me away and sneered, “If you hadn't been so shameless as to cling to me, I would have married Marissa a long time ago and why would I have wasted all these years with you?”

I was pushed down by him in a mess, but fell steadily into a warm embrace.

It was my boss, Sean Jordan, who took great care of me. He knelt down on one knee and proposed to me, “Scarlett, give me a chance to love you.”

I agreed out of spite and Sean really gave me a grand wedding. He loved and cared for me after marriage and everyone praised me for having a blessing in disguise.

But three years later, after I bought my wedding anniversary gift and logged out of my tablet, I accidentally saw the chat history between him and his assistant.

“Mr. Jordan, since you loved Marissa so much and made her a famous actress, why didn't you just marry her instead of giving her away?”

“Marissa likes Tyler, so I married Scarlett to make her happy. As long as she can be happy, let alone become a movie queen, I will help her clear all stumbling blocks.”

I felt like I was falling into an icy cave.

Only then did I realize that all the love and affection they had shown in the three years of marriage was just an act.

Since he loved Marissa so deeply, I would step aside and help him.

***

My phone ran out of battery, so I remembered to use the tablet at home to choose gifts.

But I saw things I should not have seen.

Sean always spoke briefly and to the point when chatting and rarely sent long paragraphs, but every word in the chat record between him and his assistant was sincere.

[Since Marissa doesn't like me, I will choose to fulfill her wish. She likes acting, so I will help her open a path to the entertainment industry. She wants her husband to become a movie king, so I will do my best to support Tyler]

[She is the one and only love in my heart. Even if she enters the entertainment industry, I will protect her purity and let her be happy forever.]

Seeing those chats made my hands and feet cold, I also felt like I was falling into an icy cave.

But I still continued to slide down with trembling hands.

[As for Scarlett, it's enough to keep her by my side, so she won’t disturb Marissa and Tyler 's happiness. Since I can't marry Marissa anyway.]

[Well, it doesn't matter who you marry.]

I laughed out loud with teary eyes, it would be the same no matter who I married.

At the wedding three years ago, I was humiliated in public and Sean came down from the sky like a hero to propose to me and save me from embarrassment.

I agreed to his proposal out of spite. After marriage, I gradually fell in love with him and indulged in his tenderness.

I thought he loved me deeply.

But I could not believe it was all fake.

From the beginning to the end, he, like Tyler, only loved Marissa in his heart.

The sound of water in the bathroom stopped and I quickly exited the page and put the tablet back where it was.

Footsteps sounded behind me and the next second, Sean hugged me from behind with mist on his face.

“Scarlett, you smell so good,” he said, “I've been busy all day, let me hug you.”

I numbly felt the tenderness and dependence of the person behind me, felling a dull pain in my chest.

In the three years since we got married, everyone who knew me said that Sean and I were a perfect match.

He used to like smoking, but he quit smoking for me just because I frowned.

Then, my dream was to become an actor. So, Sean mobilized all the resources in his hands to support me. 

Even when obsessive fans launched personal attacks on me, he protected me behind him without hesitation.

“Please stay rational. I will always support my wife.”

Even though I had been acting for three years and was still in an unknown supporting role, Sean was very doting on me in front of the reporters.

“As long as my wife is happy, anything is fine.”

But I forgot that as long as Marissa appeared, his eyes would always stay on her.

That was never my illusion.

Noticing my silence, Sean stopped smiling and looked at me nervously.

“Scarlett, what's wrong with you? Why are your eyes red?”

I looked up and asked, “Did you lie to me?”

Sean was stunned, with a hint of panic in his eyes.

But he quickly put on a serious look, “Why are you asking this suddenly? I swore to you when we got married that I would never lie to you.”

Afraid that I did not believe him, he quickly added, “Otherwise, I will lose the person I love forever. Is this oath cruel enough? Scarlett, you can believe me now, right?”

I turned my face away and smiled, but there was a coldness in my eyes.

If you married someone you did not love, would not that mean you lose your love forever?

“Okay, I believe you.” I answered shortly in the end.

Sean breathed a sigh of relief. He was about to carry me to bed, but I stared at him calmly.

“Has the leading actress for the play ‘Flowing Years’ been decided?” I asked.

Sean was stunned.

“Scarlett, why are you asking this all of a sudden? Aren't you planning to not take this role?” Sean sat down, held my hand and asked me with a frown.

He knew very well that I had been practicing my acting skills for half a year in preparation for that play.

But the night before the heroine was confirmed.

Sean suddenly came back drunk. He pushed me down on the bed and kissed me madly.

When our love reached its peak, he held my fingers together and said, “Scarlett, let's have a child.”

I looked at him with a puzzled look.

Sean said with guilt, “I went for a physical examination today and the doctor said I have asthenospermia. It's best to have a baby this year, otherwise it will be difficult to get pregnant in a few years.”

His kisses fell heavily on my neck before he continued, almost coquettishly whispering and pleading, “Scarlett, I know this is unfair to you and you need to sacrifice your work and career, but I promise that after the baby is born, I will let the company get you a few big dramas and make you the heroine, okay?”

I wanted to refuse, but looking at his moist, pleading eyes, I heard my own voice gently ring out, “Okay.”

As a result, Sean tormented me the whole night.

After we were done, he held me in his arms and said, “Then we won't go to the crew starting tomorrow. Let's stay at home and prepare for pregnancy.”

All my words got stuck in my throat.

But little did they know that he did not have asthenospermia at all and did not want a child.

Just because, the night he got drunk, Marissa came to see him.

While he was sleeping, I ran to the underground garage and checked the dashcam.

“Sean, I know you are the best. This play is very important to me. Please give me the female lead,” Marissa begged in a coquettish manner.

Sean was silent for a while before answering, “But I have already promised this play to Scarlett. You know, she…."

The next second his words were interrupted, replaced by rapid breathing.

Maybe it was Marissa who kissed him.

“Sean, I know you like me and I just want to be in that play, even if it means just sleeping with you for one night. 

“Just find a reason to explain to Scarlett. Anyway, she is just a minor supporting role, so it doesn't matter whether she acts or not.”

Then there was the sound of a zipper.

Sean could not believe it and directly said, “Marissa, you don't have to be like this.”

He pushed the person away, zipped up his pants again and said in a hoarse voice, “I can give you anything you want, even my life.”

“Marissa, don't worry. If you want that play, it's yours. I will persuade Scarlett to give it up.

“We've arrived at your home, go back.”

After reading it, I understood everything about asthenospermia.

I had already asked my private doctor about the results of that physical examination and Sean was in good health.

As for children, Sean had never liked children, let alone having one.

I just did not expect that he could do that for Marissa.

I had worked so hard for that play after all.

Thinking of that, I suddenly smiled and said, “It's nothing. Go to bed early.”

I turned off the lights on my own initiative and turned my back to him.

Sean tucked in the quilt for me and was about to lie down beside me when his mobile phone suddenly rang.

“I told you not to disturb me after work, why is Assistant…?"

As he looked down at his phone, his soliloquy came to an abrupt halt.

His expression suddenly changed.

As he turned around, I took a glance and saw the note was Marissa.

In the three years since they got married, Sean's rule was to turn off his mobile phone when he entered the house.

The media hyped up that incident, saying how much Mr. Jordan of Bright Entertainment loved his wife and only spent his time after work with her.

But they were not right.

Once I met Marissa, all exceptions were made.

Sean came back after answering the phone, picked up his coat with an anxious look on his face and was about to leave.

“Scarlett, there's something going on at the company and I have to go check it out first. "

I stared at him calmly and asked, “Didn't you promise to stay at home after work?”

Sean was stunned for a moment, a hint of impatience flashed across his face. “This is a special situation, I will explain it to you when I come back,” he answered, then directly went to slam shut the door.

The last thing I saw was the veins bulging on the back of Sean’s hands due to anxiety.

I sneered, put on my clothes and followed Sean. While he went to the underground garage, I took a taxi and waited at the door.

When Sean's car drove out, I said to the driver, “Follow the car in front.”

I saw with my own eyes that Sean stopped at the villa complex where Marissa lived and came out five minutes later with the haggard-looking Marissa in his arms.

There was an unprecedented panic on his face. “Marissa, hold on a little longer. I'll take you to the hospital."

Marissa hooked her arm around his neck and nodded.

Sean ran through three red lights along the way. When he arrived at the hospital, he quickly registered for emergency treatment. 

The nurse looked up and said, “Ask your wife to sit over here.”

Sean was stunned for a moment, but did not deny it.

It turned out that Marissa had appendicitis. During the whole process of examination, Sean stayed quietly by her side and the patient in the next bed gave her admiring looks.

“Your husband is handsome and gentle. He stays with you until the middle of the night. You are so lucky.”

Sean smiled and subconsciously looked at Marissa lovingly.

Marissa shook her head and patted his shoulder, “He is not my husband, but my good brother. I am grateful to him for what happened today.”

Sean's face was filled with loneliness, but he accepted it all.

As she was discharged from the hospital, Sean still held her carefully in his arms.

“Is Tyler... not caring for you?”

Marissa looked at him with a smile before answering, “How could that be? Tyler has loved me for so many years and now that he has finally married me, I must cherish him well.

“He just spent a fortune to buy me the naming rights for a star a few days ago. He wanted to stay home with me today, but the crew couldn't get him away. 

“Unexpectedly, I got appendicitis. I couldn't bear to disturb him from filming, so I called you. Sean, you don't mind, do you?"

I thought Sean would be disappointed to be treated as a spare tire.

Unexpectedly, there was a hint of a smile on his face and his tone was extremely pious.