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My wife's first love invited me to go hiking with him, but unexpectedly, a wildfire broke out, and he and I were trapped on a giant rock.

My wife immediately came to rescue us in a helicopter.

The fire was raging, the air was filled with thick smoke, and the helicopter pilot urged her to leave, asking her to decide who to take with her.

She said I was uninjured and in better physical condition, so she told me to stay behind.

I told her I had cancer and begged her to take me first.

But she kicked me away in disgust and said:

"You dare to tell such a lie? Waiting a little longer won't kill you!"

Later, as she wished, I died, but she hugged my corpse and was heartbroken.

As Olivia Grayson pulled Liam Blackwood up into the air, I ignored the burning pain all over my body and desperately tried to tear off my clothes to cover my mouth and nose.

Another cloud of thick smoke hit me, and the constant coughing nearly suffocated me.

After spitting out a large amount of blood, I finally couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed into the sea of flames.

This morning, my wife's first love invited me to go hiking with him, but we unexpectedly encountered a forest fire.

I originally had faith that Olivia would definitely come to save me.

Although she and I had been arguing a lot recently, she knew I had been diagnosed with cancer not long ago, so she couldn't possibly stand by and watch me die.

But I never imagined she would be so cold-blooded.

When a gust of wind from afar brought the fire and smoke, the pilot on the walkie-talkie urged her to leave like a madman.

Without hesitation, she grabbed Liam's hand.

"Ethan Winters, you just wait here for rescue. Someone will come very soon."

"What?" I thought I had misheard her and looked at her in disbelief.

I was her husband after all!

But her voice grew even colder.

"I said, you stay here and wait for the next rescue team! You're not injured, and your body is in good condition, so you can definitely hold on until the next rescue."

She looked at Liam, whose face was pale, with heartache:

"Liam is injured. He can't hold on, so I have to take him away first."

I clutched tightly at the hem of her clothes, begging desperately as my survival instinct drove me.

"Liv, I really have cancer. I can't hold on for long. Why don't you let Liam..."

"There's a limit to how much you can lie. This is the second time."

She interrupted me coldly.

"If I had known the fire would be this big, I wouldn't have come to find you at all. If it weren't for the fact that we've been husband and wife, I wouldn't care if you lived or died." Seeing that I refused to let go, she directly kicked my hand away.

As the fire approached, even though I was proud, I could only put aside my dignity. Even though my hands were covered in blood, I still kept begging her.

"Liv, we're husband and wife. You can't do this to me."

"I'm begging you, don't leave me alone."

She leaned down and stared at me with cold eyes.

"Ethan Winters, I know your physical condition. You're obviously in excellent health."

"Don't think I don't know? When you went surfing with my sister that year and encountered a maritime disaster, you pushed my sister off the surfboard and swam back by yourself. My sister still hasn't woken up even now. I know you can hold on until the next helicopter arrives."

Her accusation made my whole body tremble.

"That's not true. At that time..."

Before I could finish speaking, she forcefully kicked my hand away.

I couldn't hold on any longer and could only watch helplessly as she escaped the fire with Liam.

She didn't even look back at me once.

In her heart, my life was far less important than her first love, Liam Blackwood.

I had loved her for seven years and given her everything, but her heart remained as cold as ice.

In the last moment of my life, I watched their figures disappear into the firelight with despair, a bitter smile appearing at the corner of my mouth.

She probably didn't know that the injured person was actually me.

The helicopter Olivia mentioned didn't arrive until long after the fire had been extinguished.

By then, my corpse had already been burned beyond recognition.

The search and rescue team braved the high temperature to search for me all over the mountain.

My soul wandered in midair, watching Olivia's assistant Henry Zhang in extreme anxiety, at a loss for what to do.

"Ms. Grayson, we've searched the entire scene and haven't found Mr. Winters. Could he already be..."

Olivia's cold voice came from the other end of the phone.

"A hypocrite like Ethan Winters must have fled to save his own life. He's probably hiding in some corner licking his wounds."

Henry refused to give up and hesitantly asked if she wanted to come nearby to look for me.

After all, the fire had been so big that all the trees in this area had been burned down, so I had very likely already perished.

Olivia was a little impatient:

"How would I know where he's hiding? Am I a fairy or do I have X-ray vision to find him on such a big mountain?"

"Enough, stop nagging. If you don't want to look, then don't look."

Hearing this, I felt chilled to the bone.

After seven years of marriage, she couldn't even be bothered to put on an act.

Moreover, I had been obedient to her in every way for these seven years and had given her everything I had.

She was actually so ruthless and unfeeling, giving up on searching for me so casually.

Even if it were a stranger, they wouldn't be able to make such a cold-blooded decision, right?

In an instant, all my love for this woman turned to ashes.