Chapter 1

As I was talking business with a client in a hotel, I saw Henry Wilson, the man I had supported for eight years, kissing a beautiful woman intimately in front of the elevator.

Henry came home and became furious when I confronted him about it.

"Evelyn, I have wasted eight years on you, and you are ordinary and stupid. How can you compete with a woman like Janet?"

I immediately slapped Henry. "It's none of your business. Get out!"

Unexpectedly, I had worked diligently for eight years for Henry to study and draw, but he just thought I was ordinary and stupid in the end.

I laughed out of anger.

I wanted to see if Henry would still be so elegant if I stopped providing for him.

"Evelyn, how dare you follow me?"

My client was also in the hotel, so I didn't catch Henry red-handed.

However, when we got home, he instantly roared like a cat whose tail had been stepped on in the face of my questioning.

I sat down on the sofa, feeling physically and mentally exhausted.

I had provided for Henry for eight years, and it never occurred to me that he would cheat on me.

He loved reading, painting, and all things elegant, except work.

In order to fulfill his elegant life, I worked desperately for eight years to go from a part-time job to starting my own business, and I got plenty of assets now.

Henry was an emotional person, so I had to fulfill both his materialistic desires and emotional value for him for eight years.

Even though I was so busy, I didn't forget to spend any of the holiday anniversaries with him.

I cared for and soothed him as carefully as if I were raising a child, not even bothering to say anything out loud to him.

Like every mother who wouldn't believe her child could hate themselves, I never believed Henry would cheat on me.

I had now witnessed his cheating, so how could I not be upset?

Not only that, but when I asked him about it, he neither felt guilty nor comforted or begged me. On the contrary, he was directly annoyed.

I sighed deeply, still gently explaining, "I didn't follow you, and I just went over there to meet a client and happened to see you."

Henry sneered, clearly not believing me.

"What a coincidence. You were meeting a client at the hotel, so it was a male client, wasn't it?"

I felt shocked. "You're blaming me instead."

He turned around and snorted, "I'm not as boring as you are."

I was stunned and didn't feel right explaining this to him, so I asked the question that concerned me the most.

"When did you start dating?"

Henry turned around, a hint of an unnatural expression on his face.

"It has nothing to do with you. Anyway, I don't love you anymore, so what's the point of asking this?"

I was going to tell Henry that I deliberately returned to take a look after sending off the client, and I happened to see the girl getting into another man's car.

However, seeing Henry's attitude, there was no way he would believe me even if I said so.

I sighed.

The man I had raised for eight years was finally taken by another woman.

Henry didn't know why I sighed. He thought I was reluctant to let go, so he hesitated for a moment and said, "Evelyn, you probably haven't been in that situation. My face blushes and my heart races when I see that girl. I'm happy doing anything with her and feel like I want to be with her for the rest of my life."

I smiled helplessly.

Why didn't I meet one? How could I have kept him for eight years without a second thought if this weren't how I felt when I met him?

But he didn't feel that way about me.

Henry didn't seem to care if I answered or not, as he was lost in his own world and continued to say what he wanted to say.

"You don't know that as soon as I see her, I feel endless inspiration, strength and courage. Even if one mountain stood in front of me, I could move it.

"You are so different. You can only see money in your eyes, while she can see the mountains and the sea, the stars and the universe, and the birds and the flowers.

"She is bright and kind, while you are ordinary and stupid. How can I say it? It's like she's a rose and you're just a wildflower in the mountains."

I looked at him in surprise.

I remembered clearly when we fell in love, he said I was a tulip, innocent and kind.

However, after eight years, the white tulip would turn into a nameless wildflower.

I suddenly realized what was going on.

I spoiled Henry so much that I left him with no self-awareness.

That was why he had the audacity to make cheating sound so justified.

I interrupted him to continue talking to himself, "Stop. It's just a breakup, and I've agreed to it. You can leave now."

A hint of surprise momentarily appeared on Henry's face. "I didn't say we were breaking up. Evelyn, can't you just be more generous?"

I thought I was going to drop my jaw in shock.

What did it mean that we wouldn't break up? Did he want to keep enjoying my love?

How could he even think that?

"How would you like me to be generous?"

Seeing that I hesitated, Henry sat down next to me, completely ignoring my furrowed brow.

"Don't worry, I won't leave you. Even though you're nothing compared to Janet, I won't forget how good you've been to me.

"As long as you don't mess around, I'll take five days out of my month to come back and stay with you, but you can't ask me about things like going out with Janet. And you can't be stingy when I spend your money."

I laughed.

Because I was angry.

Did he think I was stupid?

Even though I used to be foolish, at least I thought my future husband would be faithful to me.

For now...

I slapped him across the face, spitting at him in the process.

"Are you daydreaming? Get out!"