Chapter 1
I’m the heroine of this story.
But I have a past with the villain. I even bore him a child.
When the hero appeared, a “System” wiped my memories and faked my death. It changed my face and tore me away from the villain’s side.
But not even two years later, at a gala, I ran into him again. The widowed villain, holding our son.
As I met his cold, distant gaze, my own eyes inexplicably welled up, burning with tears I couldn’t understand,
That’s when the comments appeared, scrolling across my vision like phantom text-,
【Wait… isn’t the villain supposed to be this dark, heartless monster?]
[Since when did he have a kid?】
【And he guards him like he’s the most precious thing in the world. Won’t even let anyone look.]
【Is that kid really his? Who’s the mother? Who would dare have a baby with him?]
【Hold on, why is our heroine staring so intensely at the villain?!]
1
Six months into my marriage with Logan, I still flinched at his touch.
On Saturday night, he cornered me at my bedroom door again.
“I’ve given you six months, Rachel. Are you still not willing to share a room with me?”
Logan was handsome, wealthy, and the man I’d supposedly known my whole life–my childhood sweetheart. Even now, his voice was exceptionally gentle as he pleaded with me.
But meeting his earnest gaze, I instinctively took a step back.
“I’m sorry-” In half a year of marriage, those were the words I’d said to him most.
At my words, Logan’s eyes fluttered shut for a moment.
“You know that’s not what I want to hear,” he murmured, his voice low. He looked at me again. “You have to at least give me a reason.”
I avoided his gaze, my eyes tracing the marble pattern on the floor. “I think… I just need more time.”
