Chapter 1


    Chapter 1 He Is Back


    I did not know that someone as happy-go-lucky and yful as Julius Keaton would be upset when he


    discovered, on our wedding night, no less, that I was not a virgin.


    To be honest, I was struck by a moment of guilt then. Had I known that this would be a big deal to him, I


    would have gotten a discreet procedure at the hospital. It might have preserved the harmony of our


    marriage.


    That night, Julius seemed moody as he asked me about “the guy.” He tried to mask his emotions but


    failed miserably. Who would me him? After all, I was not who he perceived to be. Looking at the


    devastation written on his face, I could not bring myself to utter the name buried deep in my heart.


    Thus, I apologized meekly instead.


    Maybe it was this incident that had caused irrevocable cracks in our arranged marriage. Yet, little did I


    know that a more dangerous crisis would befall our already rocky marriage.


    I was aic writer. In cruder terms, I had been frencing in the industry for many years. Though I


    had never gotten a significant breakthrough, I earned enough to pay the bills.


    Material ? N?velDrama.Org.


    However, a call from my editor, Shannon Harper, changed my life forever.


    She told me that my first work, I Only Want to Be With You, had caught the eye of Gxy


    Entertainment’s CEO. They were interested in buying the rights to myic to make a movie.


    Then, she requested me to drop everything immediately and dragged myself to the VIP room on the


    fifth floor of the Feuilles Restaurant for a discussion.


    Needless to say, any writer who received praise for their work would naturally be ecstatic… Except I


    wasn’t.


    Not only was I not the least bit ecstatic, but I was also perplexed at their interest. Why does it have to


    be that particr work?


    Hesitantly, I plodded toward the designated room, trying toe up with ways to reject the offer that


    would not end with Shannon strangling me. After years of working together, she was more like a friend


    to me than my editor.


    I allowed myself to ponder the issue a moment longer before I pushed open the door.


    The first thing that entered my sight was a set of massive floor-to-ceiling windows. Sitting before the


    windows was a man in a wheelchair. With his back to me, he seemed to be looking at the scenery


    beyond the window in intense concentration. However, he was so focused that he did not notice my


    arrival.


    I could not exin why, but his silhouette seemed oddly familiar to me. In fact, it was a bit too familiar.


    That’s weird… Have I met him before?


    Cautiously, I approached him from behind and stopped when I was a respectable distance away.


    “Hello. Are you the one interested in obtaining the rights to myic?”


    He froze at the sound of my voice. Gradually, he turned around to face me.


    The careful smile on my face froze when I saw who he was. I could feel the blood rushing to my brain


    through my veins, giving me a numbing sensation.


    And why wouldn’t I, when my whole world was about to be turned upside down?


    “What’s with your expression? Have you forgotten an old friend? Let me introduce myself again, then.


    Hi, I’m Dominic Hartnell, and I’m back.”


    Dominic Hartnell. The name that lurked in the depths of my heart, and the very same one that I could


    not tell Julius on our wedding night.


    It was impossible to imagine that he would reappear before me like this after five years.


    I stared at him, frozen like a statue, seeming to have lost all ability of speech. My gaze then traveled on


    its own ord to his lower body. It took a Herculean effort, but I managed to eke out, “Your l-legs…”


    An indifferent smile appeared on his face as he patted his legs. “It’s fine. Nothing more than sitting in a


    wheelchair.”


    His nonchnce was a jarring contrast to his unambitious demeanor five years back.


    Still, I could not control the sadness that seeped into my being. I approached him before asking


    tearfully, “What happened?”


    He stared back at me in a daze. Before I could react, his arms had reached out to pull me into a hug.


    His rich and maic baritone reached my ears, drawing me into a trance.


    “T-this… You don’t need to know about this. All you need to know is that your life is about to change


    now that I’m back.”


    I realized with a jolt that I was here because of Gxy Entertainment’s interest in acquiring the rights to


    my work. If that’s the case… Is he back to seek revenge on me?