Chapter 1The Excel Sheet Bride

I was willing to do anything for my fiancé, simply because he had that face.

Finally, our wedding was approaching.

One day, I was on his computer looking for the wedding planning document. Instead, I stumbled upon a spreadsheet detailing information about all his ex-girlfriends.

In the row dedicated to me, it read: [Obedient, suitable for marriage.]

And in the row for his first love, it read: [You are a bird, destined to fly proudly into the distance.]

Ethan had once said he wouldn't marry his first love because, in his mind, a wife should manage the household and serve the family.

He couldn't bear to let her do that.

Knowing this, I felt as calm as a deep, still lake.

The next day, I went back to the TV station alone.

Ethan didn't know that I also had a document. It was an application for reassignment to Africa as a war correspondent.

Because the love of my life was there, in that faraway land.

I was going to find him.

* * *

I handed the transfer application to the station director.

"I want to be stationed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) permanently."

"What? You want to go back to being a war correspondent?!"

"Jo..." The director was speechless for a moment. "Everyone saw how suitable you were for the job three years ago, but you're about to get married! You're technically on pre-wedding leave right now! Will your husband agree to you going to such a dangerous place?"

I paused for a second.

"I'm not getting married."

"What??"

Under the director's shocked gaze, I said firmly, "Yeah, the wedding is off."

Yesterday, Ethan went to buy wedding favors and asked me to send him the shopping list from his computer.

I opened the file named [Marriage Plan].

But inside, I found a record of his dating history. Six girls, each with detailed notes on their height, appearance, and more.

My entry was on the first page.

[Name: Josephine 'Jo' Miller. Family Background: Orphan, simple social circle. Personality: Good wife and mother type, obedient, lacks ambition. Notes: Good at housework, capable of breeding offspring.]

At the end, he had highlighted a few words in yellow.

[Suitable for marriage.]

My heart plummeted.

After a few seconds, I scrolled down.

The other girls had similar evaluations.

[Extravagant, not considered.] [Lazy lifestyle, not considered.] [Has a younger brother, not considered.]

But the last entry in the table was empty except for a name and a photo.

Only the notes section had a line:

[You are a bird, destined to fly proudly into the distance.]

Her name was Vivian.