News that two of Hong Kong’s most powerful families were joining forces through marriage sent shockwaves around the world.
But on the night of our engagement, I caught my fiancé in the backstage area, kissing the poor student he had sponsored until their lips were bloody.
“Zhao Yi, it’s not what you think.”
Gu Yuxiu frantically buttoned his shirt, the tips of his ears burning red.
I watched the girl hurriedly try to cover things up and gave a cold laugh.
“What excuse are you going to make up now? Do you think I’m blind?”
I flung the engagement ring at his feet, my voice harsh.
“Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Every powerful family is watching tonight’s engagement banquet.”
“Either you go through with the ceremony as agreed, or… the Gu family goes bankrupt!”
He clenched his back teeth, then reluctantly picked up the ring and forced out a single word: “Fine.”
When the ceremony began, he walked onto the stage in a visibly rumpled suit.
Under everyone’s watchful eyes, he walked straight past me and handed the ring to the girl behind him, who was pretending to be flustered.
“Su Zhaoyi, A Ning has always been the one I love.”
“Even if you ruin the entire Gu family, I will never marry a gold-digger who clawed her way up through underhanded tricks!”
The moment he finished speaking, the whole room erupted.
The jeers and camera shutters rang out in waves, almost threatening to lift the roof.
And I became the biggest laughingstock in Hong Kong’s high society.
Watching him bend down to kiss his one true love, my heart died completely.
Since you were the one who betrayed me first, don’t blame me for showing no mercy!
