Chapter 2Love Lost in the Maze, Never Returning

“GRANDMA, THE SHIP YOU’VE BEEN PRAYING FOR HAS SAILED AGAIN!”

“Ten years ago, he chose love over his empire. Ten years later, he hears she’s unhappy, hires a top international lawyer to handle her divorce, and personally escorts her home. Adam Croft is still the same knight in shining armor, charging into battle for love.”

“I hear the current Mrs. Croft is the one who broke them up in the first place. Can the homewrecker just die already!”

“…”

Thousands of comments were still flooding in.

Everyone was celebrating their epic, class-defying love story, while I, the lawfully wedded wife, was being painted as the villain who stood in their way.

I gave a weak, tired laugh.

“Mr. Croft, don’t you have anything you’d like to explain?”

Adam was silent for a long time before finally speaking, his voice heavy.

“Serena was being abused by her husband. She called me for help. We knew each other once, so I helped her out. That’s all.”

He looked at me, his gaze hardening. “This is exactly why I didn’t tell you. I knew you’d overthink it.”

Such a perfect, unimpeachable reason.

My smile felt uglier than a grimace. A gaping wound had opened in my chest.

Just then, his phone rang. It was a ringtone I’d never heard before.

Adam answered it instantly.

A few seconds later, he grabbed his car keys from the desk and headed for the door, so rushed he didn’t even offer a single word of explanation.

It had always been like this.

Adam Croft never needed to explain his actions to Clara Moon.

Not even when he was running off to meet the ex-girlfriend he had dated for seven years.

A few hours later, Adam called me.

“Get the guest room ready. And make some ginger tea and a hot meal. I’m bringing Serena home.”

I held the phone, my hand trembling with disbelief.

“You’re bringing her to our house?”

A woman’s soft sobbing came through the line. “Adam, maybe we shouldn’t. I don’t want to upset your wife.”

Adam soothed her, and when he spoke to me again, his voice was laced with impatience.

“Her ex-husband just showed up and harassed her. It’s not safe for her to be alone. What’s the problem with her staying with us for a while?”

“Besides,” he added coldly, “you’ve always been good at taking care of people. Serena is emotionally fragile right now. Take a leave from work and look after her properly.”