I Stopped Loving My Boyfriend Who Faked His Illness

When Tessa Shoreman read Henry Jennings' cancer report, she immediately paid her hard-earned money of sixty thousand to the hospital. She had saved the money from working part-time while she was in university.

However, she was worried the money was not enough, so she held back her fear as she sold a kidney to the black market to get more.

As she walked to the ward door with a heavy bag filled with cash, she heard shrill laughter coming from inside.

"That cheap woman, Tessa Shoreman, got tricked by us again. Haha!"

Tessa's hand gave pause right when she was about to push the door open.

What did he mean by saying she was tricked?

Tessa looked through the glass on the door to see inside the ward. When she left, the man looked extremely weak, but he was now sitting up lazily in bed.

Henry had a cigarette in his mouth, and he was blowing smoke rings nonchalantly.

He did not look like a cancer patient at all.

"It's been two years, and that woman still has no idea."

"If she hadn't beaten Serene to first place, Henry would never have left behind his life as a rich heir and planned such an elaborate scheme to become a working-class man living in a cheap rental home. The way that cheap, penniless woman looks at Henry is so amusing."

"We agreed that the punishment ends when Henry and Serene get engaged. It looks like time is almost up. We've probably punished her 108 times in the past two years."

"The first time was lying to her that Henry didn't have a suit for a job interview. She worked tirelessly for 72 hours straight before she earned enough money for one, but that suit was given to the domestic help to use as a cleaning cloth. The second time was tricking her into believing Henry had a high fever. She forfeited during the finals of a scientific research competition to race home and take care of Henry in the hospital…"

"Sigh. Too bad it's coming to an end. I'm going to miss entertaining myself with her."

Tessa Shoreman was pale from her surgery. When she heard the wild laughter coming from inside the ward, her face turned whiter.

No anesthetic was used for her kidney surgery, which was done on the black market. She was still reeling from the fear and intense pain of having her flesh sliced open.

However, the pain was nothing compared to what she was feeling in her heart.

Henry Jennings was dating her just to punish her? Even his identity was fake.

Tessa's hand trembled as she took out her phone. She typed in Henry's name to search for his information. Massive information about him poured out instantly.

"The heir to Jennings Corporation graduated from Harvard at 20. His net worth is in the billions, and he's been engaged to Serene Chord, the heiress to Chord Group, since they were young."

Tessa had no idea that Henry was someone of such stature.

Tessa had been silly enough to believe that he was an orphan just like her, who was too poor to pay for his university fees.

Henry had appeared heroically to save her from being sexually harassed while she was working part-time. After that encounter, he started wooing her relentlessly.

Tessa thought she was a lucky woman to have met someone who shared the same background as she did. They found warmth in each other during the hard times and became each other's family.

It never occurred to her that this was all a sham.

He had gotten close to her just to help Serene, his childhood sweetheart, punish her.

Their relationship was nothing but a lie.

Tessa looked at the face in the smoky environment inside the ward. He was like a stranger to her. She listened to the jeering and insults thrown at her from inside, feeling like a complete clown.

She did not notice that her face was covered in tears. The heavy bag filled with cash seemed to be mocking her stupidity. Tessa had paid the price for believing a liar with her kidney.

A nurse passing by felt concerned for Tessa.

"Do you need any help, miss?"

Tessa snapped out of her sadness. Someone was about to walk out of the ward. She quickly thanked the nurse and weakly dragged herself to hide in a washroom nearby. The mirror reflected her pale face. She was as white as a sheet.

Her mind kept replaying the last two years she spent with Henry.

Tessa wanted to make sure he ate healthy foods, so she made time to tutor kids for extra income to afford it aside from her three other part-time jobs. She did not want him to tire himself out, so she took up the burden of paying for their monthly rent.

Even today, she sold one of her kidneys for money to treat his cancer.

However, two years of unconditional love had only brought her jeering and insults. She had given him her heart, only to have it stepped on and crushed beneath his foot. What a joke she was.

Tessa wiped away the years from her face. She took out her phone and called her lecturer, Lawrence Werner.

Lawrence wanted to nominate Tessa for a university placement overseas half a month ago. However, Tessa did not want to have a long-distance relationship with Henry back then, so she rejected the offer without hesitation.

Now that she knew the truth, there was no need to give up her future for Henry. She no longer wanted to be a part of his game.

"I'd like to take that placement to study overseas, Mr. Werner."