Sara had wanted to ignore her phone that had been beeping with many notification —as they ate breakfast, but she could no longer do so.

She reached for her phone and saw most of the notifications were from her Instagram account. 

Muchen said nothing and continued to eat his Rice Noddles. But his eyes were still fixed on her. 

He knew it was only a matter of time before she saw the news and he did not want to stop her.

As Sara scrolled through, she saw many tags and congratulatory messages sent to her.

She hadn't been online ever since so she had no idea their wedding had caused such a frenzy amongst the citizens of Country B and beyond. 

'I knew something was up when I heard she was the MC during Madam Li's birthday party.'

A lady commented. 

She read many more comments and a smile appeared on her face. 

"News travel fast" She raised her head to look at Muchen and he smiled back at her. 

"Indeed." Was the only word he said before he focused on his food again.

When Sara checked her browser, she saw different news headlines. But as she was about scrolling down, a call came in. 

The call was from Jin Cherry, Jin Cearo's sister. 

"h.e.l.lo" Sara took the call immediately. 

"I waited to call you by this time. Didn't want to interrupt some.... Ehm ehm.. You know what I mean?" Cherry joked. 

Sara thought it was strange that she still had the time to joke when her family was under the drain. 

It was known to everyone now that the Jins were involved in shady businesses and not only was Medusa arrested, her husband was also arrested and their business sank. 

Whenever she thought about it, she felt bad for Cherry and somewhat guilty. 

"How are you?" Sara asked seriously.

There was a little pause before Cherry answered. 

"Fine...I guess." She sighed before asking. "You must have heard the news about my family right?" 

Not just heard, she had been at the forefront of her family's destruction. But there was no way she could say that right?

"I heard."

"Sorry I couldn't attend your wedding. Had to leave the city to cool off somewhere else. My younger brother is here. Wants to say 'h.e.l.lo'." 

Sara did not object and so Cherry quuckly pa.s.sed the phone to him. 

She heard shuffling sounds like Cearo was moving away from his sister and then heard Cherry's voice in the background shouting at him to bring back her phone. 

Her voice gradually faded and once he got to a quiet spot, he cleared his throat and began to speak. 

"h.e.l.lo Sara." 

"Hi. Been quite a long time." She greeted back. 

After an awkward silence, he spoke again. "I really want to apologize for all I did. Please help me tell CEO Li that I am really sorry. Not to be a coward, but I was compelled to do all I did."

Sara looked at Muchen and saw him eating quietly. 

"I'll tell him about it."

"And....please help me tell Heya that I am truly Sorry. And that I really liked her." 

Sara sighed when the call ended and began to narrate everything to Muchen.

"Too bad. Heya's probably moved on." He shook his head pitifully. 

"What if she still want him?" Sara asked curiously. 

"I don't know. But it'd be best if she doesn't." 

He shrugged his shoulders and began to carry their empty plates to the kitchen. 

"I'll do the dishes" Sara ran to catch up with him but he shook his head. 

"You should go through the latest news. There's something else you have to see." 

He kissed her forehead and walked past her to the kitchen. 

Sara began to scroll through the latest news to check what he was referring to. And it wasn't long before she saw it. 

Her eyes bulged out when she saw two trending headlines.. 

'Liu Weiyoung unconscious after attempting suicude'

'Liu Weiyoung no longer pregnant?' 

"What the h.e.l.l!?" She screamed in shock and watched as comments kept pouring in. She was quite surprised to see that a lot of people were actually happy about the news, because she wasn't!

  'Oh.. So because Sara got married to CEO Li Muchen your dirty heart cannot take it? Just die you filthy b*tch'

 That particular comment had a lot of likes and comments under. 

There were also other comments talking about Jinyong's arrest and how everything was working perfectly for Sara w.a.n.g. 

 'Karma is really a b*tch' 

Another person dropped the comment.

"Is...is this real?" She asked Muchen immediately she saw him come out of the kitchen. 

He nodded slowly.

"I think she's in a very critical condition. Although she was rescued on time, it would be difficult for her to survive from the effect." 

"Oh my G.o.d!" She gasped before sitting on one of the chairs in the dining. 

"You want to pay her a visit?" He asked when he saw how worried she looked.

Sara paused for a while before shaking her head. 

"No.. She is no longer my friend. Why should I do so?"

Although she said that, less than an hour later, she found herself in front of the hospital Weiyoung was admitted in. 

The reporters around the hospital had been hurrying to her side to go ask about her wedding and whether she was in the hospital to see Weiyoung. But immediately they saw Muchen behind her, they gave chance and could only take pictures and videos of the couple. 

Once she was attended to at the counter, she followed the instructions and arrived at the floor where Weiyoung was. 

At least the Mo family did something good by giving her a VIP room even though they were nowhere in sight. 

She saw a nurse coming out from the room and quickly rushed to her front. 

"h.e.l.lo, I'm here for Miss Liu Weiyoung. How is she?" 

The nurse looked at her with familiarity and blushed when she was the Almighty CEO Li behind her. 

"She woke up a few minutes back but she's completely drained. I think it's best you speak with the doctor."

Sara nodded. "Okay thanks. But can I go see her right now?" 

"I'll have to ask her first." The nurse said before turning to go back inside.

Sara thought it was a bad idea since Weiyoung would never want to see her, but she was surprised when the nurse told her she could go in. 

"I won't take long." She whispered to Muchen and he nodded in return.

The room was large and well furnished. But Sara was not interested in how the room looked like right now.

She looked at Weiyoung who was lying almost lifeless on the large bed and slowly approached her. 

"I least expected the wife of CEO Li Muchen to pay me a visit" She said in a dry voice that startled Sara. 

"What were you thinking?" Sara chastised in a gentle voice. 

She felt her heart break when she saw Weiyoung looking like a dead person with her pale skin, dry lips, unkempt hair and dim eyes.

"I was thinking about ending this miserable life because it sucks. Aren't you supposed to be happy?" She asked dryly.

"You must really hate your life so much."

"I do" Weiyoung admitted with a nod and made no effort to sit up on the bed. Because even if she wanted to, she could not.

"I hope you recover soon." Sara wished her earnestly and turned to leave but Weiyoung's voice stopped her. 

"Why?" 

She slowly turned and wondered what Weiyoung was asking her about. 

"Why did it have to be you? Why do I have to wake up, and the first person who comes here isn't my mother or father but you?" 

Tears escaped the corners of her eyes as she asked in a bitter tone.

"Why do you keep acting so nice when you really are not?" 

Sara remained quiet. She didn't know what to say. Or rather, she felt it was best to say nothing at the moment.

"Why is my life like this? I do not deserve any of it. Why was I born into this world?" 

"You had a purpose —"

"Screw that!" Weiyoung did not wait for her to continue.

"You had everything. You father loved you, your aunt loved you. You didn't dress well or behave like a lady but everyone loved you. Why? What did I do to make people look down on me and treat me like a n.o.body?" 

Tears continued to roll from her eyes and into the white sheets. 

"A lot of people loved you. You just didn't see it because you were so focused in ruining other people's lives and happiness." 

Weiyoung began to cackle dryly.  

"No one liked me. My parents didn't care about me. My friends were only around me because of what I had to offer—"

"My feelings were genuine" Sara could not help feeling angry at her baseless accusation.

"Even though I was aware you said a lot of  bad things behind my back, I still loved you. You... You were my friend. I was ready fight anyone for you. I was ready to do anything for you" Sara felt tears begin to trickle down her face. 

"Why wasn't my niceness enough? Did I have to kneel down to beg you everyday before you see I really liked you and cherished our friends.h.i.+p?"

"But you...you didn't think twice before stabbing me on my back. You didn't think twice before throwing my father out of his restaurant—" A pang of pain hit her chest and she paused. 

"You... threw my poor family out of our home. Were you that evil?" 

There was nothing that annoyed and pained Sara more than that. 

"I was jealous!" Weiyoung blurted out. 

"The only thing you lacked was money but you had the happiness I so badly wanted. I thought s.n.a.t.c.hing Mo Jinyong would give me a bit of the happiness you had but I was wrong. He even brought me more misery."

Sara scoffed in surprise. "Why...why on earth were you jealous of me?" 

"You don't understand do you? I wish there was something like a body swap so we could swap bodies for you to see how I lived. Then, you would know that just having money was not everything. There was no peace for me. I probably would find peace when I die" She sighed. 

Sara cried and moved closer to the bed to hold Weiyoung's cold hand.

"I'm sorry for how I treated you. But even if I hate you, I do not wish for you to die."

Weiyoung slowly pulled her hand away from Sara's.

"See why I hate you? You're so soft" She hissed. "So nice.."

"Do you know... On that night nine years ago, I lied when I said I got into an accident." She looked into Sara's eyes and told her the hurtful truth "I went home." 

The news shocked Sara and she stared at Weiyoung with wide eyes. 

She had literally sacrificed herself to save Weiyoung but instead of asking for help, she had gone home instead?

"And on that night in Country Y; the night you disappeared, I saw you."

"I was out. Met this boy there and we made plans to meet later that night, but he didn't show up. On my way back, I saw you running from a group of people who looked like thugs." 

"But I really wanted to get rid of you so I told no one about it. Truthfully, I thought you died and it broke my heart a bit."

"Suddenly seeing you a year later scared the h.e.l.l out of me. I thought you were a ghost. But..it was really you. And as much as I hated you, I was relieved."

Sara closed her eyes as she listened to Weiyoung's 'confession'.

"What? Don't you want me dead now? Are you still going to act nice and say you want me to live? Don't you want revenge? My death would being you that." 

"You had such a nice and innocent face. Too bad your heart was dirty. I feel really bad for you" Sara managed to say in between tears.

"Don't think too highly of yourself. Your death doesn't change anything." 

"Do not feel bad for me! I don't need your sympathy. You should swear and cuss me. Scream at me and pull my hair" 

Weiyoung screamed with her last energy and suddenly began to shake. 

Sara's heart jumped when she saw Weiyoung shaking all over.

  The shaking reduced and Weiyoung said in a low voice

"But... I am sorry. I am sorry Sara." She paused and cried loudly.

"You should never meet a friend like me again. Even in your next life."

She suddenly began to shake again and Sara noticed she was having a seizure. 

A blaring sound, followed by the unstable movement and beeps coming from the ECG monitor—filled the room. 

Sara's eyes was still wide opened in shock when she felt the door jerk open and a hand pulled her out. She also saw doctors and nurses rush in to attend to Weiyoung.

Muchen immediately pulled her into his embrace and Sara cried in his arms.

She cried even more when she heard that Weiyoung could not make it.