After Halle Anderson cheated on me and came back to me, I gave her three chances to cut ties with her lover.

She grabbed the opportunity and spent those times with him. They had dinners together, did crafts, and she even spent whole nights with him.

After that, she threw everything that was related to her lover away and held my hand again.

“Believe me, I’ll never betray you again.”

One day, I got into a car accident with an energetic young man.

He angrily gave someone a call, and I heard my wife’s best friend’s voice coming through.

“Halle, I’m telling you to not go. You’ve used up all three chances. Grant will definitely divorce you if you do so.”

Immediately after, I heard Halle say fearlessly, “Grant’s an orphan. He’s been deprived of love his whole life, so he’s even more terrified of divorce than I am.

“Just keep this a secret. I know where to draw the line. This is going to be the last time.”

I lay in a pool of my blood and felt cold.

It turned out that this confident young man standing before me was the lover Halle was protecting.

Twenty minutes later, Halle, who had promised to come back to me for good, arrived at the hospital in a rush.

I heard Halle Anderson’s voice through the curtain. She sounded hurt as she chided him lovingly.

“Why didn’t you call me immediately? Is my number just a decoration in your phone?”

Finn Denver propped himself up with much difficulty, and he acted like he was being understanding.

“You said your husband has only given you three chances. I don’t dare to…”

“Three chances?” Halle sounded agitated. “If you need me, just call me. What am I going to do if something happens to you?”

From the next bed, I listened to them as tears blurred my vision.

When the car accident took place, my mind was still very sharp. She had been the first person I called.

However, even after calling her twenty-six times, she never once answered.

Finn only had to call once, and she had immediately answered.

It was because Halle knew that I had no other family members. Regardless of how long the wait was, I would wait for her to get back to me.

At the same time, the doctor came in to treat my injuries.

When the doctor pulled the curtains open, the anger Halle had toward the “culprit” immediately disappeared.

In stunned surprise, she immediately accused me.

“You secretly looked Finn up and ran him over on purpose?”

I never expected her to act that way. Her first instinct was not to see if I was injured. Instead, she was blaming me.

Ever since I first discovered that she had been cheating on me, she hid everything regarding Finn from me.

“He comes from a difficult background. He’ll be affected if you spread the news.”

However, she announced my orphaned identity to everyone.

It was just so she could tell everyone that I would never leave her.

I swallowed the lump in my throat and forced a smile.

“That’s the fourth time. You went back on your promise.”

When I had insisted to divorce her, she stood on the edge of our balcony.

“If you divorce me, I’ll jump from here! I can’t live without you. I’ve told you that I only love you!”

I immediately felt bad. Thus, I gave her three chances to cut ties with her lover.

She cleared all evidence of her affair, and I naively thought that I had won this battle and protected my marriage.

However, reality gave me a cruel wake-up call.

“Is there any difference between three or four times? He got into a car accident! Do you expect me to ignore him heartlessly?”

Halle lowered her voice, as if she were afraid Finn would hear her.

What else could I say?

Should I say that I also got into the same car accident? Should I mention that he only grazed his knees, while I had to get ten stitches on my shoulders?

Finn suddenly called out to her.

“How’s the mediation going? Do we have to compensate him?”

Halle immediately comforted him.

“He’s fine. You should rest.”

I laughed at her words.

The pain from my physical injuries could not compare to what I felt on the inside.

The only sympathy Halle had for me was to sign off all the medical bills on the desk while I was asleep.

However, if she truly cared about me, she would have read all the documents clearly.

She would then see that I had included a divorce agreement, and she had signed that too.

My wounds were inflamed that same night, and I got a really high fever.

I went to the doctor’s office alone to pay my bills.

The nurses were murmuring behind me.

“Mr. Denver only suffered some minor injuries, and his girlfriend has switched him to a VIP ward. Look at Mr. White, he’s still all alone despite his severe injuries.”

I grimaced and turned around.

However, Halle slapped me.

“Grant, you went overboard!

“Who allowed you to use my credit card to pay? Finn will find out who you are!

“I’ve told you very clearly that I will definitely cut him off. I just need time. Besides, I’ve done so much. Why are you so ungrateful?”

My fragile body swayed.

My eyes teared up from the slap.

When she saw that, Halle finally softened her tone. She stepped forward and hugged me. “I’m the only person who loves you so much in this world. You should know that.

“As long as you’re willing to wait, I’ll definitely fully return to you.”

I was an orphan who everyone had discarded. When Halle first proposed to me in public, I felt like the happiest man alive.

Nobody could believe it. They kept saying, “You are very lucky to have a wife like Halle!”

I was extremely in love.

One day, Finn threw a tantrum, and she used a video of me being bullied to make him happy. Because of that, I was ostracized by all other rich young men in the same circle.

Just because of Finn’s call, she left me alone in the wilderness. I had to walk home alone, and I almost got eaten by a wild animal.

The situation worsened. She allowed Finn to call me in the middle of the night and hear them being intimate. I almost became depressed.

On top of it all, she blamed me for being selfish and timid.

My face was drenched in cold sweat. I was in extreme pain.

Halle pressed her car key into my palm.

“You won’t be able to rest well here. You should discharge yourself immediately.”

I was extremely feverish, and I started to see spots in my vision.

However, I still nodded.

Halle’s expression became complicated.

At the same time, I received a call from the orphanage director, Mrs. Reid.

After I found out that she was suffering from a heart attack, I stumbled upstairs.

I saw her purplish face as she struggled to breathe.

The emergency department doctor explained, “Just now, a young man came over and argued with her. He even struck her and said some nasty words!”

I almost saw red.

To an orphan like me, Mrs. Reid was like a mother to me.

I stumbled as I turned around. Finn was hiding behind Halle with teary eyes.

“Just now, this old hag called me a gigolo! I was just explaining myself when she suddenly lay on the floor and blamed it on me…”

I was extremely furious. “Nonsense!”

Finn glanced at me and purposely exposed a few fake pinch marks on his body. He sounded really upset.

There were bruises all over Mrs. Reid’s exposed skin.

When I saw Finn’s taunting gaze, I could not help but punch him.

However, someone slapped me even more forcefully the next second.

I tasted blood in my mouth.

Halle’s hand trembled, and a hint of guilt flashed in her eyes.

“Why did you hit Finn? She also verbally assaulted Finn. Is this how she raised you?”

I wiped my tears away in disbelief. I never expected such words from her.

Everyone believed orphans were wild children without parental guidance.

In the past, Halle had shut them up and prevented ridicule from hurting me.

When Halle saw my tears, she felt a little sorry. However, Finn tugged on her sleeve.

“Halle, if you never got here on time, they would’ve definitely hurt me…”

As if she was recalling Finn’s injuries, Halle’s eyes were filled with disdain.

“Apologize to Finn at the charity dinner tomorrow! Don’t you think I’m dumb. If you don’t set the record straight, Mrs. Reid will definitely come up with rumors about Finn!”

I shook my head helplessly, “If I don’t…”

“If you don’t apologize, I’ll cancel the donation to the orphanage. I’ll also terminate your card that you’ve been using to pay Mrs. Reid’s medical bills.

“Think it through. With your own ability, how long do you think you’ll need to find the right heart for her? Hmm?”

I looked at Mrs. Reid, who had grown skinnier, and finally gave in.

At the charity dinner the next day, Halle passed me an apology script.

Finn walked over and grabbed my arm forcefully with a fake smile plastered on his face.

“Grant, you should be sincere in apologizing.”

The next second, he kicked me in my shin with his leather shoe. I fell onto the floor pathetically.

I read from the script monotonously like a puppet.

“Mrs. Reid had attacked Finn first. On behalf of her, I hereby apologize to Finn, and we’ll bear the medical bills…”

The crowd was gossiping.

“What an uneducated swine. How could they simply hit someone? I don’t even know what Ms. Anderson sees in him.”

“Well, that director brought him up. He may not be her biological son, but they’re equally vulgar.”

“I think Mr. Denver seems more educated and polite. I bet he’ll replace Grant as Ms. Anderson’s husband.”

…

Those judging gazes were burning a hole in me.

Finn triumphantly looked down at me.

I forced myself to stand. My high fever caused me to stumble. Halle subconsciously took a step forward.

“Are you unwell? You look pale.”

I flung her hand away. She cleared her throat. “Don’t take it the wrong way. I’m just afraid you’ll contaminate this dinner.”

Finn pretended to help me up, but he whispered in my ear.

“Grant, be strong. I heard the donor has suddenly changed his mind, and he doesn’t want to donate the heart to Mrs. Reid anymore. I think you’ll have to wait for another ten years.

“Oh right, I don’t think she’d last that long.”

He taunted me directly, and I could not help but choke him.

“How dare you joke about her life?”

The next second, Halle pushed me away forcefully.

“Grant, are you crazy?

“I asked you to apologize so that you would learn from your mistakes. It’s not for you to harm Finn even further!’

I fell down the stairs, and pain shot through every single one of my bones.

Finn did not wipe the smug expression on his face. Whenever Halle was not watching, he continued mocking me.

I pushed Halle away and wanted to lurch at Finn, but a call from the hospital stopped me.

“Mr. White, Mrs. Reid has disappeared!”