Chapter 1

While working my fifth job to help my boyfriend pay off his debts, I saw my supposedly bankrupt boyfriend sitting elegantly in a sports car, dressed in an expensive suit.

Beside him was a young woman with a bright smile on her face.

"Ethan, you're such a good actor. Three years, and Susan never suspected a thing. With acting skills like that, it's a shame you didn't go into film."

Ethan said casually: "I thought she'd give up and run within six months. Never expected she'd actually stick it out for three years, sell her house, and work five jobs to help me pay off debts. Honestly didn't see that coming."

"Well, we made a bet back then—betting on whether she'd take the money and run when she found out you were bankrupt, whether this gold-digger would leave you. Looks like you won."

Ethan smiled without responding, his eyes showing not a trace of emotion, only the smugness of winning a wager.

He never once considered how much a woman must love someone to sell her own house and work five jobs a day, exhausting herself day and night, just to help him pay off debts that didn't even exist.