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As the seaside wedding of Melody and me was underway, her childhood sweetheart Levi made a comment.
"I'd like to see the groom perform a falling-in-the-water show."
Without hesitation, she pushed me into the sea to amuse her childhood sweetheart.
I struggled painfully in the water, nearly drowning to death.
It was my mother, in the late stages of lung cancer, who recklessly jumped into the sea to rescue me.
But she inhaled too much seawater and became a vegetable as a result.
That night, I returned home to pack my clothes and found Melody in her wedding dress, tangled in passionate embrace with Levi on our new bed.
I stood in the doorway, soaking wet and utterly exhausted, dialing Melody's aunt's number.
"Auntie, can I still be your lover?"

The Clouds Part, Revealing the Moon

Vivienne sauntered in, wearing a red spaghetti strap dress, her black wavy hair cascading down, strutting gracefully in high heels.


The crowd's expressions shifted instantly upon seeing her.


"Ms. Frost, it's been a while. We heard you just closed another billion-dollar international deal."


"Ms. Frost, you're such young and promising!"


Faced with their fawning expressions, Vivienne remained stoic.


She approached me, her slender hand caressing my cheek.


Her striking features were overwhelming, and I instinctively wanted to pull away.


But she grabbed my tie, rising slightly on her toes, her crimson lips kissing my bruised cheek.


The woman's sweet perfume enveloped me. I looked down, confronted by a breathtaking expanse of ivory skin.


I quickly averted my gaze, only to catch Melody's incredulous stare.


Vivienne was Melody's aunt and her idol.


Now her idol was kissing me in front of everyone.


Chapter 5