Faced with a Deadly Gift, I Chose Divorce

Leaving the alcohol-filled air, my allergic symptoms quickly disappeared.

When Lara sent the limited edition branded gift box worth 20 thousand dollars, I was picking a tie for Steven in the mall.

I also had a bunch of new branded men's clothing in my hand.

They were all anniversary gifts for him.

But all the excited and anticipated feelings came to a halt when I saw that gift box.

Lara had a carefully done makeup on her face, with a hint of triumph in her eyes.

"Janice, this is the anniversary gift carefully selected by Mr. Lee for you!"

"Don't get me wrong, I just happened to have nothing to do today, so I brought it for him."

My gaze fell on the bag in her hand, and my heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

The personal secretary of the president.

But she can go shopping freely when other staffs were busy working on the project.

Lara never missed the usual early morning socializing, but on our wedding anniversary, she appeared here on behalf of Steven.

I had always known her special status for Steven, but I didn't want to investigate it further.

But this time, I knew I couldn't avoid it.

Not many people knew about my severe alcohol allergy.

Steven once said that he would keep it a secret for me.

He would protect me for a lifetime and gave me a healthy body.

At that time, it seemed that his eyes and heart belonged only to me.

When I met him, he was just the illegitimate child of the Lee family, who was bullied by everyone.

I took on multiple jobs to earn money for my seriously ill mother's surgery.

He worked hard from the bottom to get close to the Lee family.

We met in a bar, and that day, under the dim lights, the only acknowledged heir of the Lee family stepped on his head.

He poured the most expensive drink in the bar on Steven's head.

His expression was disdainful and contemptuous.

"Steven, what do you have to compete with me? I can crush you as easily as crushing an ant."

I came in with a tray and happened to see Steven's face.

In panic, I pushed away the person above his head and took him away from there.

To be honest, it was not the first time I had seen Steven being bullied.

It seemed that because of the special instructions from the heir, the people in the bar take extra care of Steven.

But that night, inexplicably, I saw his gaze was full of hatred, so I took action.

Steven was breathing heavily outside.

His ears were filled with alcohol, and it took me a long time to restore his hearing.

Our relationship underwent a tremendous change from that moment on.

When I cleaned his ears, the skin on my arms quickly turned red when the alcohol spread on it.

I didn't care and threw a pill into my mouth.

But he saw it.

Later, I told him that I had a severe allergy to alcohol, but I was in desperate need of money.

I joked with him with a light laugh.

"Now I know your secret, and you know mine. We both need to keep it a secret. If the boss finds out that I have a severe allergy, it could be fatal and I will be fired."

When I said that, Steven looked at me seriously.

Looking at the red rash on my hand, Steven spoke word by word.

"Well, I will keep your secret forever."

"I will protect you in the future..."

The sound of latter sentence was so faint that I almost thought I was hallucinating.

The next day, the heir of the Lee family died in a car accident caused by drunk driving, and the news quickly dominated the headlines.

The reputation of the Lee family plummeted.

In order to save the reputation of the Lee family, they took Steven back.

They recognized his identity of the only son of the Lee family.

That day, I received 99+ messages on my phone, and they were all from Steven.

He patiently shared everything he had never seen before, like a child.

I became his only confidant.

Steven got everything he wanted, but my life had to go on.

That night, I went to work at the bar as usual.

But as soon as I entered, the boss kicked me in the chest, and I fell heavily to the ground.