Chapter 2

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I didn’t know how I was going to tell my brother that I wanted a divorce from Luke.

If I told him now, "Your brother-in-law isn’t a good man at all. He has a child with someone else, and the kid is already five."

"And he won’t even let me have children. He wants me to help raise his illegitimate son."

I was afraid my brother’s body wouldn’t be able to take it.

Too many things happened tonight, and even I felt dazed.

Then a familiar voice came from behind me. "Rosie, are you okay?"

I turned around and saw that Luke had actually hurried over, breathing hard.

He was even carrying a thick coat.

"You left so fast. I was worried, so I called your brother."

"He told me you came to the hospital. I’m glad you’re okay."

As he spoke, he tried to drape the coat over my shoulders.

"What happened tonight was my fault. Go in and see your brother. Don’t let him worry, okay?"

Luke’s eyes were deep and dark, as if he were really thinking about me.

I turned my head away and refused to look at his eyes.

For seven years, every time Luke and I fought, he would look at me with that kind of tender gaze.

I really believed his heart belonged only to me, and I would calm down very quickly.

Even now, he still wanted to use that trick.

It didn’t work anymore.

The next second, Luke forcefully took my hand and dragged me into the room.

My brother looked at our tightly joined hands and finally relaxed.

"Sis, I thought you two were fighting."

"As long as everything’s fine now."

I shook off Luke’s hand, thinking how shameless a person could be.

But he didn’t seem to notice at all.

He casually sat by my brother’s hospital bed. "I’ll peel an apple for you."

I couldn’t take it anymore and drove him out. "Luke, are you doing this on purpose?"

"As long as you don’t deal with your thing with Lily, don’t come in front of me and disgust me."

I lowered my voice as much as I could. "I’ll take care of the divorce papers too."

He just looked at me quietly.

"Even if I can find a matching donor, I still can’t be here?"

In an instant, I froze.

Luke continued, "Rosie, you know I’ve been looking for a marrow match for your brother for a whole year. I finally got a spot, and they agreed they could come to Harbor City for the surgery in seven days."

"I’ve already given them a hefty reward. If I refuse now, everything we’ve done will be wasted."

Putting everything else aside, Luke really had put a lot of effort into my brother’s illness.

He was also the one who kept using every connection he had to look for a marrow donor.

Even I, his real sister, couldn’t compare.

I hesitated.

Luke smiled and bent down to kiss me. "Rosie, I knew you’d soften."

"I’ll handle the marrow arrangement. You just promise me you’ll help raise that kid, okay?"

This time, I didn’t push him away.

But the pain and bitterness in my heart were still there.

"Go back first. I want to stay with my brother alone."

After a long pause, Luke let out a soft breath and finally let go of me. Desire had already colored his eyes.

"Rosie, today is our wedding night. You’re coming with me."

After I repeatedly refused him, he finally gave up.

Unwillingly, he left the hospital.

I straightened my clothes and went back into the room. "Brother, there’s hope for your illness."

"In seven days, someone will come to donate bone marrow for you."

Even my brother, who had been forcing himself to stay strong so I wouldn’t worry, finally dropped all his pretense after hearing that.

"Sis, I can live..."

"I can protect you for the rest of my life now."

I wiped the tears from his cheeks, and the emptiness in my heart was slowly filled in.

As long as my brother could live, even if it really meant spending the rest of my life in a fake marriage with Luke.

I would still be willing.