After Our Divorce, My Twenty-Year Secret Shattered Her World

Claire abandons her feverish husband Ethan to rush to the bedside of Julian, her first love, who claims he is dying. She begs Ethan for a fake divorce so she can grant Julian's final wish and marry him, swearing they will remarry as soon as Julian passes. Ethan agrees, though he has already learned from a hospital friend that Julian's scans are clean and he was never sick.

What Claire does not know is that Ethan's mentor has long urged him to join a classified Antarctic deep-research expedition. The moment the divorce is finalized, he signs the contract, knowing he will not return for twenty years. Claire hands him the deed to a luxury villa and promises to come back to him in one month, but Ethan has already seen her lies before.

Returning home to pack, he finds Claire in a wedding gown beside Julian, their new marriage certificate in hand, and his treasured Rising Star in Science trophy thrown into the trash. Holding the trophy, he rides through the rain to the villa, where Claire's call is already waiting.