Chapter 2

I encountered Damien at the most desperate point in my life.

Meeting him was like a drowning person grasping a lifeline.

That day, I was being chased and violently attacked by my fiancé, who seemed to be having a manic episode.

In my panic, I stumbled into an unfamiliar garden where I ran into Damien.

He saved me and brought me back to his home.

The warm lights of his house and a hot bowl of noodles completely soothed my fears.

So, I told him about my ordeal.

I had once experienced sweet love.

I had a well-off and accomplished fiancé.

But, at some point, my fiancé changed.

He became easily irritated and angry.

Later, he started to hit me.

"It's all because of you, everything is because of you."

He would scream madly while beating me.

I didn't know what I had done to make him like this.

No matter how much I asked, he never gave me a reason.

He would have these episodes every few days, leaving me battered and bruised.

Even when I called the police, they brushed it off as a domestic matter.

Moreover, his family had power and connections, so even if he was arrested, he'd be out quickly.

After each beating, he would kneel and beg for forgiveness.

But afterwards, he would go back to his old ways.I have numerous times tried to get him to see a therapist, but he strongly resisted.

Watching him descend into madness day by day, I couldn't take it anymore and chose to escape.

However, he found me every single time.

Each time he found me, it resulted in an even more frenzied beating and abuse.

Later, he became increasingly unhinged, even imprisoning me and forbidding any contact with the outside world.

I broke down, and there were several times I even contemplated death.

I begged him to let me go, and he said, "You can never leave me. I've become like this because of you, we can only be locked together for life."

Hudson said I could never escape him in this lifetime.

I had no parents, no family, I was all alone with nowhere to turn for help.

After that encounter, I stayed at Damien's place.

Every day I helped him with household chores and other trivial matters.

Damien said I was too talented to just stay at home all day.

He said I should be shining in my professional field.

But if I went out to work, Hudson would quickly find me.

I dared not imagine the consequences of that.

So, Damien suggested I get plastic surgery.

I was moved by his bold idea.

Because I refused to live under Hudson's shadow like this.As long as I became someone else, Hudson wouldn't be able to find me.

I could live a normal life.

After thinking for a few days, I agreed with Damien's idea.

After recovering from the first plastic surgery, the way Damien looked at me changed.

I remember when the last bandage was removed from my face, Damien held me tight.

He excitedly said the surgery was a great success.

Looking at the greatly altered face in the mirror, I secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

I thought, I can finally escape from Hudson.

I was so happy that I overlooked his bloodshot eyes and the tears in them.

Later, he told me it was the most successful surgery he had ever performed, absolutely perfect.

Now, I realize that the "perfection" he spoke of included the dark "long-cherished wish" deep in his heart.

A few days after the first surgery, Damien confessed his feelings to me.

He said I was an angel sent by heaven to save him.

Because of me, he found the courage and confidence to live on.

Because of my history with Hudson, I wasn't ready to enter into another relationship immediately.

So I didn't agree right away.

But he wasn't in a rush.

He gradually won me over with his actions and sincerity.He was a man who paid great attention to details and ritual.

His looks were quite good, and he was both gentlemanly and romantic.

Later, I began to fall for him.

Damien said his angel should be the most perfect woman in the world, and he wanted me to be the most beautiful bride in the world.

So he arranged several cosmetic surgeries for me, one after another.

For the first few times, I agreed to his requests very easily.

Because I still harbored fear towards Hudson.

Only by becoming someone else could I feel at ease.

And only Damien's scalpel could accomplish that.