Twilight Stand-In: Love Is a Life Sentence

I was Shen Sinian’s stand-in wife for three years, loving him as if he were my religion.

The day his beloved returned, he made me kneel in the pouring rain and apologize to her pet dog.

I miscarried, while he was helping her choose wedding rings.

Later, there was a terrible fire, and everyone said I had died.

Five years later, I returned with my genius son, under the name “Echo,” an internationally renowned perfumer, and calmly faced him across the negotiating table.

Red-eyed, he knelt before me, his voice hoarse. “Please… look at me.”

I took my son’s hand and turned slightly, smiling tenderly at the man beside me.

“Mr. Shen, you’re blocking my fiancé’s way.”