Chapter 4

At the dinner table, Mom beamed.

"Oh my! This is our little Tiana's first time cooking. Remember when she was little? She said she'd only cook for her future husband."

Dad laughed too. "Our Tiana always had strong opinions. She said whoever ate her cooking would be hers."

Tiana looked like she wanted to crawl under the table with embarrassment.

Ethan's eyes warmed with affection.

The change was obvious not just to me, but to everyone. Rumors spread quickly.

"I thought Ethan really loved Serena. Turns out he got hooked by someone else so easily."

"Looks like we're getting a new Mrs. Ethan."

But no matter what people said, I remained unmoved.

Seeing this, people started new rumors:

"Serena's such a doormat. Ethan and her sister are practically making out in front of her."

"Well, Ethan is a billionaire. If I were her, I wouldn't want to break up either."

One week before the wedding, I finally closed a difficult client I'd been working on for three months. Holding the cross-border strategic cooperation agreement worth billions, I walked into Ethan's top-floor office.

But before Ethan could pick up his pen to sign, Tiana rushed in like a startled deer.

She clutched his sleeve, voice tearful.

"I just saw that man... he looked so fierce, his eyes were so scary..."

Ethan immediately put down the pen to comfort her gently.

Tiana pressed against him, sneaking a glance at me while saying softly: "Working with someone that vicious will only cause trouble. He'll definitely take advantage of us later."

I thought Ethan would at least show a moment of rationality.

After all, this wasn't just a billion-dollar deal—it was key to the company's overseas expansion.

But he actually tore up the contract and said three words: "Deal's off."

I thought I'd misheard. "What did you say?"

"I said, cooperation cancelled. We're not signing."

Ethan looked down at the world arrogantly.

"Tiana doesn't like it. I trust her instincts."

I laughed in anger. I didn't care about his romance, but this concerned the company's core interests.

"Ethan, wake up! This isn't playing house—this is the company's strategic layout! Do you know how much damage offending this client will cause?"

Ethan shot to his feet, pressure dropping around him.

He looked at me furiously: "Serena, what gives you the right to yell at me? Do you act like a woman at all? You're nothing like Tiana—she's gentle and sweet."

"I'm telling you—one week from now at the wedding, Tiana will be the bride. You're out!"

Tiana looked up from his embrace sharply.

"Ethan, do you really mean it?"

Ethan looked down, voice tender and intimate: "Yes, really."

"I mistakenly loved Serena. She's cold and calculating. But then you appeared, like a little deer running into my life, and I finally realized—"

"The one I love is you."

I stood there, watching this perfect couple before me.

I didn't cry, didn't make a scene, didn't question them.

I just slowly, slowly smiled.