t a sneer

tone, did I m

e a sigh of relief, he went

e to my ear. His strikingly good-looking face was mere inches from m

my firs

d, loathed, yet been unable to part with

e laughed

o enter into a sham marriage with an outsider like you. But y

beautiful eyes began

"No, it can't be that serious, right? It's modern tim

do you

d me herself that integrity is the most

mped onto the sofa, giving

.

he study when the door sudde

oked

taring at me intently for a lon

nd leaned back, ove

e go a

wine bottle, and with each

y didn't you kick me out of the bed? Why didn't you stop me? Even if

my attempts to calm him, and spun my cha

t stab me? I'd rath

or words, feeling

right! It was my lust! I couldn't control myself

been ma

around like a wandering spirit. He had been in a state

with a wine bottle in hand, going ove

lete blank, feign indifferen

peated withou

m. After waiting a while, he'd sit by the door, drunkenly

.

he aske

gaunt face, etched wi

, I retorted, "What about you? Why do you take even her

s? They are not casual words. E

ge of letting ou

ise to spend every winte

is pupils contracting sha

uld figure out what to do, Jackson's eyes

I wait for her every winter

ure suddenly

early toppling me

myself, Jackson buried his f

skin, and I turned my head uncomf

uld tell him wh

handsome man wasting away... Well, it was not something some

t, the best-laid pl

adn't stepped out of the house for ages, had

headlines were already filled wi

d first love, I was lef

.

ly met the person p

, with a similar fa

t, looking aloof, like

playing with a wine gl

of the despair he

aring at them and cam

you really think Jackson is the faithful type? Once he's ha

ong to just one woman. Even you, his rightful wife, couldn't

hey were comforting

yful smile as he listened to the imposter speak, the high-society women a

, yet inexplicab

"Miss... First Love? Would y

the first

d his eyes avoided mine. Was he guilty of

e you Mrs. Green? I'm Kate. I lived in Sanderville as a ch

st name's Green. Yours is Quinn. Clearly, you're th

led, "Mrs. Green, you are very interesting.

your entanglemen

sed to go out of town to relax, but he heard your name over the airport broadc

The imposter glanced at Jackson, her face still coo

avoiding hers for a moment befo

r of reuni

d overseas early on, went bankrupt last year, and she had

kru