Five years into the marriage, Dahlia Watson’s depression worsened over time, and she made several unsuccessful suicide attempts.

To help her regain happiness, her husband, Caspian Holmes, purchased an island for her.

On the first day she arrived on the island, she forgot to bring her medicine, leaving her with no choice but to seek help from the island’s doctor, only to discover that she never had depression at all.

Wanting to discover the truth, she quietly returned to Utah alone, only to run into Caspian and the adopted girl, Camilla Silva, as they came out of the gynecology clinic.

“Uncle, then what about Sister Dahlia? For me, you secretly gave her medicine for five years, making her mistakenly believe she suffered from depression.”

Caspian appeared careless, his voice emotionless. “At that time, she used her family to force me into marriage, making you leave the country in sadness and separate from me for five years. That was the punishment she deserved.”

“Besides, I never treated her badly. Ours was only a marriage for business, and both sides got what they wanted. I gave her a mansion, an island, and the title of Mrs. Holmes. Over the years, the Holmes family handed many projects to the Watson family, and they made plenty of money from me.”

So this marriage between wealthy families had been nothing but a massive lie.

Caspian, I no longer wanted you, and I also wanted you to completely lose your good name.

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Five years after their marriage, Caspian was extremely devoted to Dahlia and loved her like a treasure.

Still, Dahlia’s depression became worse and worse, and she tried to take her own life several times without success.

Caspian looked everywhere for famous doctors, but her condition showed no signs of getting better.

After another unsuccessful suicide attempt, Caspian, the heir of the Holmes family in Utah, was too occupied with work to stay with her often, so he purchased an island for her, allowing her to visit anytime to relax, distract herself, and improve her mood.

This time, after Dahlia arrived on the island by the Holmes family’s helicopter, she realized she had forgotten to bring her depression medicine.

With no other choice, she went to the island hospital and asked a doctor to prescribe the medication.

Inside the consultation room, the doctor held the report, a strange look appearing in his eyes as he looked at her. “Miss Watson, the report shows that you are not suffering from depression.”

Dahlia paused in shock. “What?! That can’t be possible!”

The doctor placed the report in front of her, his expression turning serious. “There are indeed abnormal results in your report. Combined with your blood test results, I can confirm that you do not have depression. Instead, someone has been poisoning you on purpose.”

With a buzzing sound, Dahlia’s mind turned completely blank.

Not long after the marriage, she became depressed and unhappy every day. Caspian personally brought her to the hospital for a series of tests, which eventually diagnosed her with severe depression.

From the day she was diagnosed, Caspian spent time reading countless materials about depression.

He arranged every part of her daily routine himself. Even the medicine she took each day was personally prepared by Caspian and fed to her mouth.

Dahlia did not know how she managed to leave the consultation room.

Her entire body shook as she wanted to call Caspian and demand an explanation.

The phone rang ninety-nine times, yet Caspian never picked up.

She quickly made up her mind, avoided the nanny’s eyes, returned to Utah, and went straight to the Holmes family’s private hospital.

During the past few years, she needed to visit this private hospital every two weeks for another checkup.

All her medical files were kept in the private hospital. She needed to find out the truth about this matter.

As soon as Dahlia reached the hospital and prepared to take the elevator to the psychiatry department, her attention was caught by a familiar person nearby.

Caspian had a tall body and an elegant appearance, making him stand out easily in the crowd.

A young woman walked out of the gynecology consultation room and immediately rushed into his arms.

Caspian lifted his hand and gently touched the top of her head. The two looked very close.

The young woman’s voice sounded gentle and sweet. “Uncle, the doctor says you were too wild, so I got injured.”

Hearing the word “uncle,” Dahlia understood who the woman was.

Camilla, the daughter of Caspian’s old friend, was adopted and raised by him.

Before Dahlia married Caspian, Camilla had already moved overseas. The two had never seen each other before.

Caspian quietly laughed. “Then you need to recover soon. Dahlia stays on the island these days, so we have plenty of time together. I can’t promise I won’t want to touch you.”

Camilla hid her face against his chest and lightly hit him a few times. “Uncle, how can you be this mean!”

“But Uncle, then what about Sister Dahlia? Because of me, you secretly gave her medicine for five years, making her believe she had depression.”

Caspian looked unconcerned, and his voice sounded calm. “Back then, she used her family to pressure me into marrying her. Because of that, you sadly left for another country and stayed away from me for five whole years. These were the punishments I gave her.”

“Also, I didn’t treat her badly. Our marriage was only for benefit, and both of us got what we wanted. I gave her a villa, an island, and the title of Mrs. Holmes. During these years, the Holmes family also gave the Watson family many projects, and the Watson family made a lot of money from me.”

Dahlia stood nearby, feeling as if her whole body had turned cold.

Seven years earlier, Caspian was the one who fell for the Watson family at first sight and wanted to marry her.

She was the oldest daughter of the Watson family. Since she was young, her family spoiled her greatly. She was proud, stubborn, and disliked arranged marriages.

She caused trouble everywhere and always went against Caspian, only wanting to make him leave her alone.

Whenever Caspian invited her out, she ignored him and instead went to bars to order male models.

When Caspian held very important overseas meetings, she purposely went to his company to create problems so the meeting could not continue.

During Caspian’s birthday party, she attended but openly embarrassed him in front of everyone, making the whole situation awkward.

No matter how difficult and spoiled she acted, Caspian always tolerated her.

One time, after the Watson family got into trouble and Dahlia was being chased, Caspian put his own life at risk to protect her.

“Dahlia, it’s good enough that you’re safe.”

She believed she had found the man she always wanted, slowly relaxed, and married him.

In the end, though, everything was just a trick.

Dahlia turned away and immediately did three things…

The first thing she did was immediately tell the lawyer to prepare the divorce papers and file the divorce request.

The second thing she did was call the old Watson family house. “Hello, it’s me. Tell my Dad I agreed to the matter he talked about before. I’ll go back to the Watson family and become the next heir of the Watson family. But first, arrange a private assistant for me.”

The third thing she did was tell her private assistant once again to get many pinhole cameras for her.

When Dahlia came back home carrying many pinhole cameras, Caspian still had not returned.

She quickly placed cameras in every hidden corner of the villa, then linked them to her phone so she could watch the surveillance videos live on her phone.

She had barely finished everything when the villa door opened.

The moment Caspian came into the entrance area and spotted Dahlia on the sofa, he paused briefly. “Wife, why are you back?”

His voice remained like it had been during the past five years, bringing a little comfort.

Dahlia forced herself to hide the disgust, then turned to him with a smile. “Hmm. I couldn’t remain alone on the island. I missed you too much, so I came home. Husband, the person behind you is…”

Camilla walked forward and greeted her politely. “Sister Dahlia, it’s nice to meet you for the first time. I am Camilla Silva.”

Dahlia looked up and saw Camilla’s entire face, but she suddenly froze as thunder had struck her.

So alike, much too alike, they resembled each other too much.

At that moment, Dahlia realized Caspian had treated her as Camilla Silva’s substitute.

That hard time he spent chasing her before, the way he spoiled her that everyone in the city knew about, wasn’t love at all. It was only because Caspian liked her face, which looked eighty percent like Camilla’s.

“Wife, Camilla was adopted by me, so she’s like my little niece. She just came back from overseas and will stay here for a few days.”

Caspian walked over and kissed Dahlia on the forehead. The feelings in his eyes looked real. “I’ve been busy with work and don’t have much time to stay with you. Since Camilla is here, she can keep you company, and it may also help with your illness.”

The light perfume smell from a young woman still stayed on his clothes, making Dahlia feel sick.

She quietly turned her face away and pushed Caspian aside. “I’m tired, so I’ll head back to the room and rest first.”

After Dahlia went back to the room and cleaned herself up, she lay on the bed. Not long later, Caspian opened the door and walked in.

He lit the incense near the bed, quickly took off his clothes, wrapped his arms around her from behind, lowered his head, and pressed many kisses against her collarbone.

Dahlia’s whole body turned stiff.

Why? Didn’t he love her anymore?

And Camilla was staying in this house, so why did he still want her?

The hugs and softness that once made her rely on him now only made her feel trapped and uncomfortable.

She pushed him. “I’m really tired today.”

Caspian’s voice sounded rough. “It won’t take long. Bear with it a little longer, okay?”

Before she could answer, his hand slipped into her nightdress and slowly moved lower.

Right then, someone knocked on the door.

Camilla’s voice came from outside. “Uncle, are you sleeping yet?”

Caspian stopped.

But only a second later, his eyes became clear again, and he quickly stood up to open the door.

“Sorry for bothering you this late. There’s a bug in my room. Uncle, can you come help me check?”

Camilla’s eyes became a little red. “You know I’m always scared of bugs.”

Caspian nodded, then turned to Dahlia. “Wife, go to sleep first. I’ll be back later.”

After saying that, he turned and left, closing the door behind him.

The room became quiet again.

Dahlia had just let out a small breath of relief when she suddenly felt her body turning weak and dizzy again. Her eyelids became so heavy that she couldn’t keep them open.

Ever since she found out the truth, she hadn’t taken any medicine the whole day, so why was this happening?

She slowly looked around the room and noticed the incense still burning beside the bed.

There was something wrong with the incense!

Ever since she was “diagnosed” with depression, sleeping problems had always stayed with her.

During the last three years, her sleeping problems became worse and worse. Dahlia couldn’t sleep through the whole night.

Until Caspian heard about a perfume expert who could specially make incense based on her body condition.

But that perfume expert was hard to find, and even getting one incense was very difficult.

In the end, Caspian pushed his work aside, knelt while climbing a hundred stone stairs, then stayed kneeling outside the master’s door for three days and three nights before getting the incense.

Every night before bed, Caspian personally lit the incense for her. Until now, she needed to smell the incense every day before she could sleep.

Dahlia strongly bit her lip until it bled.

A burning pain came from her lips, and the taste of blood spread through her mouth, pulling her senses back.

She reached out and put out the incense, then unsteadily walked to open the bedroom window.

Cool air entered. She leaned against the window and breathed for a long time before recovering, her thoughts becoming clear again.

She took a picture of the incense and sent it to her assistant, asking the person to help check what ingredients were inside.

Dahlia quietly opened the bedroom door and walked outside.

Inside the guest room, two people were tightly holding each other.

It was Caspian and Camilla.

Camilla lightly panted and said, “Uncle, p-please be lighter… if Sister Dahlia hears us, it’ll become troublesome.”

Caspian didn’t stop moving. Instead, he became rougher, his voice low and hoarse with lust, “Don’t worry. She definitely can’t hear anything. I already lit the incense for her, so she’s sleeping deeply now.”

Those words clearly entered Dahlia’s ears.

In that second, her breathing froze. Her suspicion had become real.

Camilla’s voice broke softly, “B-but why… here? Uncle, wouldn’t it be better to go to my room? This place feels kind of cold and empty, and I don’t even like this decoration style…”

“Because…” Caspian’s voice stayed low, “My first time with her happened in this room. I want you to fully replace those memories. Camilla, my whole life belongs only to you.”

Dahlia stood outside the door, her chest hurting so badly she almost couldn’t remain standing.

She remembered their first night.

Back then, they had only just gotten engaged, and the villa was still under renovation. But this guest room had already been finished.

Caspian happily pulled her around to see their future home.

Under the sky full of stars, he gently held her face and kissed her.

That kiss lasted a long time and felt very loving, making her wrongly believe he truly loved her.

Later, inside this room, he softly persuaded her until she fully gave herself to him.

That night, he held himself back and stayed patient, then kept promising again and again that he’d treat her well forever.

At that moment, her phone vibrated, and a message from the assistant appeared.

[Miss, the institute will need five days before the official test report comes out.]

Five days, exactly the same amount of time left before she received the divorce certificate.

She pulled back all her thoughts, opened the security video on her phone, and saved everything that just happened inside the guest room.

Caspian, since you chose to become a cruel man, you must accept the matching consequences!

The next morning, when Dahlia opened the bedroom door, she smelled the scent of food.

Caspian wore an apron and stayed busy inside the kitchen.

After Caspian noticed Dahlia had woken up, a smile showed in his eyes. “Awake now? Breakfast’s nearly finished. Go sit over there first.”

Camilla had already been sitting there. Seeing Dahlia come closer, she even stood up to greet her.

Clearly, this belonged to Dahlia’s home, but Camilla didn’t try to avoid suspicion at all.

She had on a loose nightdress. Just from moving slightly, large red marks on her chest became visible.

Camilla intentionally faced her back toward Caspian and bent near Dahlia, afraid Dahlia might not notice those signs. “Dahlia, did you sleep well last night? Did you hear any weird noises? Uncle, he…”