The Other Woman's Hero

I was adopted by the Lloyd family, and they were family friends with the White family.

During my first visit to the White family’s home, I fell in love with the cheerful Desmond at first sight.

He was not as moody or reserved as Benjamin Lloyd.

Both of our parents started to tease me when they caught me sneaking glances at Desmond.

“We were joking about marrying our children in the past, but we unexpectedly had two boys. Now that we have Eunice, we may proceed with what we agreed upon back then.”

“Alright.”

Desmond did not reject the idea. Instead, he put his arm around my shoulders.

That was how I naively developed feelings for my first love.

He treated me really well too.

During school days, he would arrive early at the Lloyd’s family house to pick me up.

He would also bring me around to have desserts at different malls during the summer break.

I slowly fell in love with him.

Once I learned that he did not want to inherit his family business and wanted to be a doctor, I immediately let go of my dream of becoming a designer to become a medical volunteer.

I thought we would be together forever.

After Desmond found out about my decision, he pulled me into a tight embrace and said sweet nothings like, “Eunice, I’ll definitely protect you in the future!”

I believed what he said.

From that day onwards, we were official.

It had been seven years.

However, in these seven years, I was basically treated like a joke.

Initially, I thought he only had sympathy toward Connie, who had the same background as I did.

Instead, he fell in love with her.

“Did he bully you? I’ll give him a piece of my mind. Don’t cry.”

Benjamin was comforting me. Meanwhile, he took out his cell phone to give Desmond a call.

However, Desmond did not answer.

Benjamin was furious. He no longer looked as gentle as he had looked when he was comforting me.

Furious, he smashed his cell phone on the floor.

This was the first time I had seen him lose his temper.

His eyes narrowed behind his gold-framed glasses. I shuddered involuntarily.

Benjamin realized my discomfort, so he immediately put on a smile.

“Let’s ignore Desmond. I’ll take you away from this place.”

Alright, I no longer wanted Desmond.

Desmond would never be able to let Connie go.

Connie first appeared in our lives when we were in our third year in college.

She resembled me when I was younger. She was timid and careful, and it was easy to sympathize with her.

When I saw that she was being bullied in the washroom, I took her under my wing and into my friend group.

Initially, I wanted her to be more confident.

However, I slowly realized that Desmond would keep looking at her.

He was tutoring Connie on her thesis on my birthday.

He was taking care of Connie’s cat when I was sick.

He treated Connie even better as time passed.

All those things ached my heart.

I was once so disappointed in Desmond, so I broke up with him over a text message.

Initially, he thought I was just looking for attention, so he ignored me.

After a month, he realized that I was serious about it.

He started to panic.

He was flustered when he appeared before me. He hugged me tightly.

“Eunice, I was wrong. I only thought of her as a younger sister since Benjamin has you as his younger sister. I was jealous of him, so I thought I could finally brag to him now that I have one too.”

After seeing how anxious he was, I believed him.

I really bought his words.

They started to distance themselves from each other, and I thought that he really loved me.

However, after this incident, I realized that he was treating her as a lover.