No Longer His Stand-In Wife

She had once been the punchline at his wedding—the stand-in bride who fell at the foot of the stairs, while he didn’t even turn back, sweeping his true love into his arms and walking away. Three months later, in a hospital corridor, she stood in the cold wind clutching an ultrasound report. Triplets, and all he said was offhandedly: "Keep one. The rest—don't let them get in the way." She didn’t cry. She didn’t scream. That night, she fed her wedding ring into a paper shredder, signed the divorce papers, drained eight digits from his bank account, took the downtown mansion, the Ferrari keys from the garage, and even the ancestral jade given to her by his mother. A year later, his second wedding was packed with guests. The host called for the groom three times, but he never appeared. Just as impatience filled the room, the grand doors crashed open. She stepped in along the red carpet, dressed in a black gown like midnight, her umbrella tapping the ground—a sound like a funeral knell. Behind her, four men resembling bodyguards stood in formation. In the center, one held a document—the official marriage certificate revealing her secret wedding to the head of a multinational conglomerate. Spouse name: Lily. The crowd erupted in shock. She locked eyes with the man who once trampled her dignity, a faint smirk on her lips: "You said I was only fit to bear one child?" "Now, I don’t need you for children at all." "As for this wedding..." She raised her hand and tore the invitation in half. Paper fragments fluttered down like snow. "I just came to see how pathetic you’ve become." Lily Wright, 10 years younger than Lucas Walker, discovers that he sees her as a substitute for his true love, Grace Lee. Devastated, she divorces and vanishes. Lucas realizes too late that she's the one he loves, but she refuses another chance. Finding her with a new boyfriend breaks him.