“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.

“I don't mind. I'm very happy that you can think of me when you need me.”

I closed my eyes. I no longer cared where they were going or what they were going to do.

I never had known that Sean was so infatuated, so it was better to not see it with my own eyes. 

I had completely given up.

The time Sean came back, it was already the next morning. He saw that I had only made breakfast for one person and smiled guiltily.

“Scarlett, I'm sorry. I finished my work at the company in the early morning last night. I did not want to wake you up when I came back, so I stayed at the company for the night.”

My face remained calm as I muttered, “It's okay.”

Suddenly a push notification popped up on the phone.

I accidentally clicked on it and it turned out to be photos taken by paparazzi last night.

[Surprise! The president of Bright Entertainment went into Marissa’s private villa last night and did not come out until dawn.]

When I saw it, Sean was also staring at his phone and frowning.

“Tell them to delete it immediately,” He whispered to his assistant and sure enough, five minutes later, all the marketing accounts were deleted and the push message seemed to have never appeared.

I smiled bitterly and stood up. Sean looked at me warily.

“Scarlett, where are you going?”

I almost forgot that that day was the day for the audition for the female lead in ‘The Lost Time.’

Since Marissa had already been chosen, the so-called audition was just a formality.

He was probably afraid that I would suddenly change my mind and compete with Marissa for the role.

I said calmly, “I've been bored at home for too long, I'm going out to buy a cake.”

Sean smiled and wanted to follow, “I'll take you there.”

“No.”​ I looked up at him and said, “There's an audition today, aren't you going to take a look?”

As expected, I guessed Sean's thoughts correctly, so he did not need to make any excuses anymore and even his steps became lighter when he left.

I withdrew my gaze, printed out my resume and changed into something more formal.

Then, I took a taxi to another crew.

“Your name is Scarlett?” The staff member looked up at me in confusion and said, “If I remember correctly, your husband runs an entertainment company and has a lot of resources.”

He looked at me with his arms crossed, his tone somewhat sarcastic. “I heard that your husband's new play is auditioning today. Wouldn't it be easy for you to get the leading female role? Why did you come to our small crew to audition for a supporting role?”

I could not help but smile bitterly.

I used to think so too.

I had seen many posts more than once and many netizens said, “Scarlett is such a good actor and has good looks, how can she not be popular?”

“That's right, Marissa's acting is so embarrassing, how can she become a movie queen like this?”

But after more than ten minutes, those comments questioning Marissa quickly disappeared.

Even those who praised my acting skills were overwhelmed by countless internet trolls and zombie posts praising Marissa’s beauty.

Even if I was dumb, I still could see that.

In the past two years, Sean had devoted all his resources to cultivating Tyler and Marissa as a couple.

I originally thought it was because of their old friendship as college classmates.

But then that I knew Sean's thoughts, what else was there that I did not understand?

His heart was landing only on Marissa and his world was only rotating toward Marissa. That was why, everything he did was to pave the way for Marissa.

“Those are all news hype. I don't know Sean and he is not my husband,” I said calmly.

I had already signed the divorce agreement, so it was not a lie.

“And I want to bring this character to life with my acting skills.”

The staff looked at me for a long time and finally put a cross on my name.