Chapter 1

Everyone knew Evelyn Hayes chose me out of spite, a desperate reaction to her first love.

For five years, she was the picture of perfection in public–a celebrated, top-tier cardiac surgeon at a renowned medical center.

But behind closed doors, only cold indifference remained between us.

The topic of divorce has been brought up countless times.

Then her ex, Liam Miller, returned from overseas for treatment, suffering from a severe illness. Evelyn dropped everything to be by his side, even warning me:

"Liam's condition is delicate. If you dare upset him, we're completely done."

The hundredth time she brought up divorce, I finally agreed.

On my way to the courthouse, I was in a car crash.

She never arrived.

Instead, she got the news Liam had found a matching heart donor.

She rushed back to the hospital, scrubbed in, and performed the transplant herself, placing that heart right into Liam's chest.

Only afterward did the divorce agreement cross her mind.

By then, my phone was unreachable.