When Hua Jing was still in her youth, she had fallen in love with a man, Alexander Sterling. He had captured her heart and right at the bottom, she had written all sorts of sweet nothings hoping that one day he would dig deep and find them but then one day all of her dreams of being with him were shattered after he announced that he was going to marry her elder sister, Carmen Richards. She gave up on this love and when she turned twenty, right after the wedding, she asked her parents to send her abroad to further her studies but this was only a pretext. The only truth was that she wanted to take care of her broken heart. After three years, she received a call from her sister in which Carmen Richards told her that she was dying of cancer and the only wish she had on her deathbed was for Cindy Richards to get married to her husband Alexander Sterling. Cindy Richards refuses but she does not know there are more reasons to this... Read to find out more...
### Chapter: A Cold Fury
Cindy's world seemed to collapse inward as Sam's words hung in the air, echoing in her mind like a haunting melody she couldn't escape. "Yes, Cindy, he's gone. You're free now. Free to be with me." For a moment, she wondered if she had misheard him. Her vision blurred, the room spinning slightly as the weight of the news pressed down on her chest. Her heartbeat quickened, her breath shallow, as she struggled to wrap her mind around Sam's declaration.
"Dead?" Her voice was eerily calm, the single word slipping from her lips like a whisper lost in the wind. She stared at Sam, eyes unblinking, trying to decipher any hint of falsehood in his expression. "What do you mean, dead?"