Unseen Heartache

With his hand around her waist, Lily turned her head to gaze silently at the city's night view outside. The streets bustled with life; couples walked hand in hand, holding roses and laughing together.

That's what a real couple looks like.

It is unlike them, where two people are physically close, but their thoughts are worlds apart.

A mistress and a benefactor can never be considered a couple. They represent a financial entanglement with no heart or emotions, only a cold transactional relationship.

No couple's relationship would be so distorted.

"Why didn't you wear the necklace?" Ethan, holding her in the back seat of the car, reached out and touched her bare neck, his voice tinged with displeasure.

The necklace he had specially bought for her, she had never worn in front of him.

"I wore the ring," Lily raised her hand, allowing the teardrop-shaped ring on her ring finger to catch Ethan's eye.