Chapter 1

As Lily Hart’s agent, I had watched her rise all the way from a nobody extra to a huge star.

But Lily still refused to give me an official title, and even planned to announce to the public that she was single.

Until I saw her in the dressing room kissing a man with intense passion.

She was curled up in the man’s arms, tossing the engagement ring I had given her into the burning fireplace.

[Noah, your plain band can’t hold me.]

Our seven years together couldn’t beat a diamond ring covered in stones.

Later, when I saw Lily again, she held up that same burnt hand and raised the plain band in front of me, begging me to forgive her.

And I just coldly threw the ring back into the fireplace. [Ms. Hart, that plain band is already expired.]

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By the time I reached the dressing room door, my stomach was already twisting with pain.

The two full bottles of red wine I had just drunk made my whole body feel like it was on fire.

In order to win Lily the supporting female lead in Director Lewis’s latest movie, I had to show up even though I had a cold and a fever.

But I was holding the contract for the supporting role in my hand, and I heard Lily’s soft gasps from inside the room.

[Bro, can you leave the female lead in that show to me?]

[You’re so passionate. Aren’t you afraid your agent boyfriend will get jealous?]

[Afraid of what? He’s not my boyfriend. He’s just my agent.]

Along with the rising and falling sounds from inside, my hand froze on the door handle.

I knew the man inside. He was Lily’s first love, Jason Reed.

Even though I had never met Jason Reed before, I knew very clearly what had happened between them.

Jason had once dumped Lily with his own hands.

And now, with just a hook of his finger, he had made Lily forgive him so easily.

As for the seven years Lily and I had spent fighting side by side, they meant nothing to her.

I had once found Lily’s diary while helping her pack her luggage.

It was filled with the crushes she had on people in her younger days.

And Jason Reed was the only main character in it.

As for our seven years, there had never been even a single word about them in her diary.

I rubbed the watch on my wrist. It was the only gift Lily had ever given me.

I had always treated it like a treasure and only wore it for important occasions.

But now, the time on the watch was obviously wrong.

A watch that didn’t keep time was no different from a piece of scrap metal.

And I knew very well that if a watch was wrong, then every second it showed was wrong too.

Inside the room, the gasps were getting more and more frantic, yet I didn’t even have the right to push the door open and walk in.

We had been together for seven years, but in all that time, she had never given me an official title.

Even though everyone around us knew we were a couple, she had never once taken the initiative to make it public.

When the breathing slowly faded, the door was suddenly opened.

I stood frozen in place as Jason Reed walked out from inside, his clothes disheveled.

[Well, well, didn’t expect a watchdog here.]

Jason’s words didn’t even register with me. All my attention was on his face, which looked strikingly similar to mine.

I looked at Jason’s face in disbelief, the shock in my heart almost drowning out the pain.

Jason didn’t seem surprised at all. He shot me a disdainful glance and turned to leave.

I turned to look at Lily, who was awkwardly straightening her clothes inside the room, and my voice was hoarse.

[He... why does he look so much like me?]

Actually, Lily didn’t need to say anything else. I already knew the answer.

That kind of substitute-turned-real thing that only existed in novels had actually happened to me.

I had always wondered why Lily, who had always been cold and reserved with everyone, had accepted my advances the very first time I showed her kindness.

Back then, our friends even joked that I had won the heart of the actress with my face alone.

But now I finally understood. It really was because of my face.

It was just that she had always been treating me as Jason Reed’s substitute.

I gave a bitter smile, then laughed out loud, tears already starting to well up in my eyes.

Lily only paused for a moment before standing up, smoothing out her wrinkled dress, and walking over to me.

[Don’t get the wrong idea. Jason and I were just talking business.]

I looked at her face, which was still flushed red, and said mockingly, [Talking business requires taking off all your clothes?]

I didn’t want to deal with her anymore, so I turned to leave.

But Lily stopped me at once. Her face was still red, but her eyes were a little unhappy.

[What do you mean? You’re doubting me? If that’s how it is, then let’s break up!]

Every time Lily and I had a conflict or an argument, she would use breaking up to threaten me.

And every time, after hearing her words, I would immediately cave and be the first to make peace.

But this time, I didn’t want to be the one to give in anymore.

I looked at her blankly, my heart slowly tightening. [Whatever.]