Chapter 1

Three years ago, I went to the old building site for Xavier. I pushed his brother out of the way and got trapped under the rubble myself.

My left leg was ruined, my lumbar spine injured, and my career destroyed.

But in these three years, all Xavier remembers is Mandy trembling whenever it rains. How she cried about nearly dying in that old building.

Meanwhile, dragging my injured leg, I became the "villain who torments people with the past."

She took my heating blanket, occupied my rehabilitation room, and even ruined the restoration plan I'd spent three years working on with a single glass of water.

I finally realized. There was no place for me in his heart anymore.

So I stopped waiting.

I put my wedding ring and house keys in an envelope. I slipped the family risk waiver among a pile of compensation documents and placed them in front of Xavier.

He signed.

Three days later, a car from the Rescue Research Bureau picked me up at 3 AM.

This time, I'm the one outside the rubble, watching him fail to catch up.