Chapter 1
“Ms. Mullen, your request for a staged death has been fully arranged. Here’s the agreement, please sign here.”
Karissa looked at the agreement that was pushed in front of her.
“Client: Karissa Mullen.
Method of death: a fail from the mountaintop, devoured by wild beasts, leaving no remains.
Time of death: one week later.”
A week later was the fifth anniversary of her marriage to Stanley Vargas.
It was also the day she had planned to fake her death and leave him.
They started from this date, so it would end on this date.
After signing the agreement, she happened to see Stanley’s interview on the news.
The host asked, “Mr. Vargas, being so young and accomplished, what is the secret to your success?”
Stanley lifted his left hand and pointed to the wedding ring on his finger. “The secret is, I have a good wife.”
The host was taken aback for a moment and said, “Oh? I thought you would share your analysis and plans for the industry’s prospects.”
“That doesn’t matter. All the wealth I have is not worth a single strand of my wife’s hair.”
“Your wife is really to be envied…”
In the scene, Stanley glanced at his watch and then smiled at the camera. “Sorry for the interruption of the interview. Time is running out, and I would like to borrow your live camera to say a few words to my wife.”
“Alright, Mr. Vargas, you say.”
Stanley’s voice softened a bit, “Karissa, I just had someone buy you hot chocolate, it’s almost there. Drink it and have a good sleep. When I come back from work, I’ll give you a belly rub.”
Several girls were gathered around, watching the live stream on the big screen.
Hearing this, they all made envious sounds.
“Who on earth is Mrs. Vargas, to make a man like Mr. Vargas so devoted?”
“So sweet and so spoiled! I’m so jealous.”
There were all voices of envy around Karissa’s ears.
Only Karissa herself, mockingly tugged the corner of her lips.
Everyone thought she was lucky to marry Stanley, such a once–in–a–century gem of a man.
She used to think so before.
But nobody knew that Stanley had another woman outside,
They were married for five years, and Stanley–supported that woman for four and a half years.
Every time he said he was going on a business trip, he actually went to another woman’s bed, indulging in debauchery and passionate entanglement.
Karissa still remembers the first time she saw those videos, her heart felt like it was being pierced by ten thousand needles, pulled out, and then pierced again.
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At the end, it was riddled with holes, broken and in ruins.
She also remembers that when she was a child, she was bullied at school, it was Stanley stood in front of her and taught those bullies a
lesson.
He said to her, “Don’t be afraid. I will protect you from now.”
One time, they were driving when they encountered an out–of–control truck coming towards them.
Stanley’s initial reaction was to rush forward and protect her, and as a result, he himself ended up lying in the hospital for nearly half a year, almost in a vegetative state.
The first thing he did after waking up was to ask the nurse, “Is Karissa okay?”
He breathed a sigh of relief only after receiving the nurse’s confirmation. “It’s good that Karissa is fine. It doesn’t matter how I am.”
It was also from that time that Karissa completely fell in love with the man who was willing to protect her with his life.
She didn’t understand why Stanley could love her on one hand and freely sleep with another woman on the other.
So it’s true–a man can separate love from lust, can’t he?
Karissa touched the wedding ring on her finger and then took it off.
She happened to come across a disabled beggar on the roadside, and in front of him, there were only a few coins in his broken bowl.
Karissa walked over and dropped the ring into the bowl.
“Take this ring and sell it, the money will be enough to buy a house and start a small business.”
The beggar was extremely grateful.
Actually, Karissa was being a bit more tactful.
This ring was personally customized by Stanley with a foreign designer, and the diamonds on it alone are worth millions.
But now, she didn’t want it anymore.
If the wedding ring symbolizes love and loyalty, then her wedding ring, at this moment, was worth nothing.
The phone rang, it was Stanley.
“Karissa, where are you? Someone delivered hot chocolate home and said you weren’t there.”
His tone was very urgent, as if he was genuinely worried about her.
Karissa simply said, “I just go out for a walk.”
“Where are you? I’ll come and pick you up now.”
“No need, I’ll go back now.”
“No, you are on your period today. I’m worried.”
Stanley arrived quickly, taking less than five minutes.
He hurriedly got out of the car, took off his coat and draped it over her shoulders, and held her in his arms. “Why are you dressed so lightly? You can’t catch a cold during your period.”
Karissa lifted her head in his arms and saw several red marks around his Adam’s apple.
Fresh.
Still bearing the teeth marks.
He still had the scent of a woman’s perfume on him.
