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Chapter 1
Cersei Blanchel married her best friend’s brother Louis Moore.
Three years of marriage, Louis was mature and elegant.
Yet he remained distant and disinterested in her, never once sexing with her.
While chatting over drinks, Cersei vented her frustrations to her best friend Rachel Moore about their marriage.
The very next day, she witnessed the something unbelievable.
Louis pinned Rachel against the wall, kissing her with passion. His voice was completely losing
control.
“You know I’ve always loved you. I married Cersei like you asked, but you still push me to fuck her? Are you trying to drive me insane?”
Rachel’s eyes glistened with tears.
“Louis, I love you too. But the Moore family has strict traditions. Even though I’m just adopted, they would never allow us to be together. Now that you married Cersei. Please, just try to love her.”
“I’ll never love anyone but you.” His voice dropped to a tortured whisper. “Marrying Cersei was the biggest sacrifice I could make. I don’t love her, so I can never sex with her.”
Each word hit Cersei. So this was why Louis never touched her after marriage.
All because her husband was in love with her best friend.
And her marriage? Just a façade to appease his family!
That night, Cersei’s heart ached so badly with her tears almost running dry.
She remembered the first time she saw Louis–how breathtakingly handsome he’d seemed.
She had fallen for her best friend’s brother instantly and spent seven years pursuing him
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Seven years of offering her whole heart and complete devotion.
But all of that love had turned to ashes in an instant.
Cersei walked through the cold New York streets. By dawn, she’d contacted her lawyer to draft
divorce papers.
As she signed her name, she heard a noise at the front door. Louis had returned.
Before she could hand him the divorce papers, he grabbed her wrist. His usually cool expression replaced with panic and desperation.
“Cersei, Rachel collapsed last night and was rushed to the hospital.” His voice shook. “They found she has bone marrow cancer. She needs an immediate transplant. You’re a match. Please… can you save
her?”
Cersei didn’t sleep the whole night, unable to process his words.
He misinterpreted her silence as refusal. Those typically detached eyes now filled with begging.
“If my marrow had matched, I’ll do it myself. You’ve been best friends for years, and now you’re her sister–in–law. I know you won’t leave her in the lurch. Whatever you ask, I’ll agree to it”
Cersei lowered her exhausted eyes, her voice bitter.
“Anything? Even… having sex with me?”
“Yes,” he answered without hesitation.
His immediate acceptance made her recall the past three years. He’d always rejected and avoided her attempts at sex.
He clearly loved her more than he should.
He didn’t love her and desperately didn’t want to touch her. But to save Rachel, he would agree even to have sex with her.
Before she could respond, the hospital called again–Rachel’s condition was critical.
In that moment, his eyes reddened and his voice trembled. “Cersei… please. I’m begging you.”
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The pain in her chest was overwhelming. Wet in the end, she got into his car
After the surgery, she stayed in the hospital for three days out never visited her once.
During her numerous follow up appointment, Cersey would pass by Rachel’s room and see Louis at
Rachel’s bedside.
He would hold her hand while she slept. He’d feed her medicine and making sure it was sweetened with candy to ease her discomfort Concerned about her health, he carried her everywhere like a
princess…
Every gesture, every moment was full of love that he couldn’t hide.
And Cersei saw it all.
She didn’t disturb them, simply healing her wounds in silence before handling her discharge paperwork.
On her way out of the hospital, she heard Rachel’s voice as she passed her room last time.
“Louis, you should really check on Cersei. You haven’t been around for days. She’s probably upset, and she’s going to take it out on you.”
Louis remained motionless as he tucked the blanket around Rachel, his tone flat. “She won’t. She loves me too much to make a fuss.”
Cersei smiled faintly with exhaustion in her eyes. She indeed wouldn’t make a fuss anymore.
Not because she loved him too much, but because she no longer did.
She steadied herself and headed home, only to find the divorce papers that had been left at the entrance a few days ago.
She was reviewing them. Just then she heard the front door open.
Louis looked surprised to see her. “You’re out of the hospital? Why didn’t you call me? I w picked you up.”
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He hadn’t even visited her in the hospital, and now he expected to be informed of her discharge?
“I know you’re busy,” she replied coolly. “No need to trouble yourself over trivial matters.”
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For a moment, the room was silent.
Louis said nothing, his expression darkening as he loosened his tie.
He reached for her waist and leaned down to kiss her, but Cersei stepped back.
Seeing her startled retreat, he frowned and actually looked at her properly for once.
“C’mon, don’t you remember? You asked for sex.”
Cersei clenched her fists as she forced a smile. “Just kidding. No need to take it seriously. Can I ask for something else instead?”
Louis visibly relaxed. “Of course.”
Cersei noticed everything but chose not to comment. She pulled out the divorce papers and turned to the final page.
“Just sign here. This is what I’ve wanted most right now.”
Louis was taken aback. He had never seen her so eager to express a need. A flicker of surprise
flashed in his eyes.
“The thing you want most? Which property caught your eye to make you this excited?”
He reached out for the papers, about to open them.
But his phone rang at that exact moment.
“Louis, how’s that soup coming along? I’m starving!” Rachel’s voice was sweet and playful.
Only then did Cersei realize why Louis had come home–just to make soup for Rachel.
“I’m coming, just a minute.”
Without further delay, Louis scrawled his signature on the papers and headed straight to the ken without even glancing.
He spent an hour cooking, then rushed out the door with a bowl of soup in hand..
Throughout it all, he never spoke another word to Cersei.
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Watching his figure disappear down the street, Cersei quietly answered his earlier question.
“I didn’t want a house, Louis. I wanted freedom. Happy divorce.”
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