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My little brother was in the end stages of kidney failure and urgently needed a transplant.
I spent all the inheritance our parents left us to finally find a donor kidney.
But my fiancé stole it to save his "pure love" instead.
In my moment of despair, my childhood sweetheart Damien returned from overseas. He was a match and volunteered to donate his kidney to my brother.
Sadly, the surgery was unsuccessful. My brother's life ended at just eighteen years old.
To repay Damien for his kindness, I broke off my engagement and married him instead, vowing to take care of him for life.
But seven years later, I accidentally overheard a conversation between my ex-fiancé and Damien.
"Damien, you have to give me this project, or else... Tell me, how do you think Scarlett would react if she found out the man she's been devotedly caring for all these years as her savior actually caused her brother's death? Would she kill you, or herself?"

Love Fades, But Feelings Linger

"I'm sorry, Scarlett. I did it all. I broke the promise we made as children. I've wronged you. I'm a beast, I deserve to die... I didn't admit it because I was too afraid of losing you. Without you, what's the difference between that and death?"


I stood up, looking down at him coldly, and said each word with icy precision:


Damien stumbled out of the company's main entrance like a soulless marionette.


My last words kept echoing in his mind.


Perhaps only death could atone for his sins.


Damien looked up at the CEO's office. From afar, he thought he could see my cold eyes.


Not the innocent, shining eyes from twenty years ago, nor the grateful eyes from seven years ago,


And certainly not the eyes full of love that gazed at him in the dead of night.


A resigned smile spread across Damien's face as tears silently fell from his eyes to the ground.


Chapter 10