Liam sat alone in the dimly lit corner of the crowded bar. He lifted the heavy glass to his lips and let the burning alcohol scorch his throat. He slammed the empty glass onto the sticky wooden table with excessive force."Give me another bottle. The strongest thing you have right now," Liam demanded. His voice was thick, raspy, and completely devoid of warmth.The bartender walked over and frowned deeply. "Sir, I think you are done for the night. You can barely keep your eyes open," the bartender said. He crossed his muscular arms defensively across his chest."I did not ask for your medical opinion. I am the doctor here. Just pour the alcohol and shut your mouth," Liam snapped. His eyes narrowed with pure, unadulterated hostility.The bartender sighed heavily. He placed a full bottle of dark liquor on the table and walked away without another word.Liam stared at the brown liquid swirling in the glass. The brutal truth he uncovered that afternoon played on a continuous loop in his b

Liam stared at the yellow taxi as it sped away, his heart pounding violently in his chest. His instincts screamed at him to run into the street and hail a cab to chase after the mysterious short-haired woman. If she was the one he had slept with…​He raised his right arm high, signalling any oncoming vehicle.Just as he was looking around for a taxi, he saw a group of onlookers gathering a few feet away on the sidewalk. An elderly man in an expensive-looking suit had just collapsed on the hard ground, his skin turning an unnatural pale shade. A young woman in high-end designer clothes was crouched beside him, her face filled with absolute terror as she shook the old man's limp shoulders.​Liam looked back at the busy road. The yellow taxi carrying the mysterious woman was already merging into the traffic, rapidly disappearing from his sight. But as he looked at the unconscious elder on the pavement, his moral duty as a doctor pulled at his conscience.​Medical skills were the foundatio

"I never hesitated once before devoting all my time towards our family, taking care of them from dawn till dusk. And yet, you're fighting me so hard just for a billion dollars?" Liam's tone was quiet, but the bitterness bled through every word.Chloe let out a short breath, almost a laugh, but not quite. "You think those chores are worth a billion dollars? Liam, I loved you. I still love you. But this—this is not love. This is something else. You are asking for money. You are saying I owe you for everything you did around the house. That is not how a marriage works.""I turned down the exclusive offer to become the Medical Sage's personal disciple so I could stay home and cook your meals every single night," Liam said, his voice low and steady. "Do you know where his actual disciple is today? That man is a celebrity physician who only treats billionaires. He charges a million dollars for a single consultation. If I had not sacrificed my career to be your husband, I could have earned t

“Grace, please try to understand. I'm not against Chloe, in fact, I'm also doing this for her own good.” Liam spoke, his voice rising with frustration. “I just can't understand, why can't she just come clean? If she really loves another man, she can just admit it and be with the person she really wants. Why do you want her to keep lying, and forcing me to raise a child that is not mine? What's the point of continuing this fake marriage?”Grace’s eyes flickered with a brief moment of doubt. She looked away for a second before answering.“I don't know what you are talking about. I truly don't know about any of this.”Then, deciding something, she picked up her phone from the table. “Chloe, come home right now,” Grace said into the phone, keeping her voice firm and urgent. “Your husband is here, and we need to talk about something important.”After ending the call, Grace dialed another number. This time, it was for her husband.“Come back to the house immediately. Something serious has

Richard immediately stepped in to defend his daughter, glaring at Liam like he was slandering his little girl on purpose.“Of course it is all false!” Richard insisted loudly. “My daughter would never do such a shameful thing, this man is making up lies to destroy our family name! There is no way any of this is true!”Everyone in the room turned their eyes toward Liam. Accusations poured out from all sides.“See! Even my parents know I can't ever cheat on you, how the hell can't you see the truth, despite being married to me? Or it is because you forged those documents yourself, is that why you are insisting on it?”Chloe shouted. “Tell me the truth, Liam?”Richard agreed, “Exactly! He must have paid someone to fake the results in order to extort money from our family! How hard is that these days?”Even Grace looked at him with suspicion now.“Did you really forge the papers, Liam?” She asked in a disappointed tone, only for Richard to scoff loudly. “Do you even need to ask him? Of c