Chapter 3

"Sorry I'm late." Sienna Dawn pushed open the door.

This time both men didn't just turn their heads—they stood up.

"Sienna, what are you doing here?"

Ethan walked to Sienna's side, brazenly wrapping his arm around her waist.

From the corner of my eye, I saw Adrian's fist clench tightly.

"I was a bit worried about you..."

"And this is such a major life event. I thought I should be here with you."

Halfway through her words, Sienna turned to look at me.

I smiled faintly and lowered my head, fiddling with the ring on my finger, pretending not to notice.

"Who's the mistress putting on such a touching performance for?"

"After Ethan Morris dies, who knows who'll be lying next to him!"

At these words, Ethan's expression darkened instantly, his smile vanishing completely.

"Lily, watch your mouth."

"I know you can't bear to divorce me—that's why this lawsuit has dragged on for two years."

"What, having second thoughts now?"

I snorted coldly and glanced at Sienna, who wore an aggrieved expression.

"Not this time."

"Ethan Morris, you always used to pester me asking about my first love, didn't you?"

"Well, he's right in front of you now."

I looked toward Adrian, who sat one seat away from me.

"You're Lily's first love?"

"That first love she dated for four years—the one who made such a scene when you broke up?"

Ethan spoke rapidly, staring at Adrian with a look that had become very subtle.

His words even carried a hint of resentment.

Adrian stiffened his spine, looking at me somewhat confused.

I spread my hands and smiled. "We've been married five years, and you've always been a thorn in his side. But I kept my mouth shut—he investigated for five years and found nothing."

Adrian raised his eyes slightly, his gaze flicking toward Sienna.

Finally, he nodded. "A pleasure to meet you, Mr. Morris."

Ethan's face turned extremely ugly, his eyes darting back and forth between me and Adrian.

"Stop looking. We're just ordinary friends now."

"Sign the papers. Don't keep your true love stuck as a mistress who can't see the light of day."

I leaned forward to take the documents from Adrian's hands. The thick stack of papers—I signed through them all in one go.

The lawsuit with Ethan had lasted two years. We'd gone through mediation procedures three to five times.

Each time, at the last moment, I'd backed out.

Not because I loved Ethan so much—I just refused to lose to a woman like Sienna Dawn.

The first time I met Sienna was in Ethan's office.

She'd just graduated and was job hunting.

A clean, efficient high ponytail, plaid shirt, canvas shoes—her whole being radiated youthful energy.

The first time I saw her, I thought of Adrian.

Adrian as a college freshman had looked just as plain and simple, seemingly completely out of place in a city like Seattle.

But I'd fallen hopelessly for Adrian anyway, chasing him crazily for three months.

Finally, with a dark expression, he'd agreed: "Lily, you're like a sticky plaster I can't shake off. So annoying."

"Lily, let's date for one year. After one year, we break up."

Later, we dated for four years.

I was the one who initiated the breakup, on the eve of our graduation ceremony, the day before his birthday.

Adrian knelt in the rain begging me all night long. I hid in my dorm building and never went down.

Back then, everyone on campus said I was heartless, said Adrian had been toyed with by a rich girl and then kicked aside.

After we broke up, I never saw Adrian again.