The Moment I Froze His Black Card Was More Satisfying Than Our Wedding Night - Chapter 105: Chapter 105

I turned and walked away, almost fleeing.
But Hunter quickly caught up with me.
"Lucy!"
"I know you fell in love with me, didn't you?"
He wrapped his arms around me from behind.
"I've been looking for you these past few months."
"Lily from the agency refused to give me your hometown address. She said I wasn't their client."
"So I hired a private investigator, searching city by city across the country."
"It took me two months to find this place."
"Do you really think this is just because you were a stand-in?"
Hunter gently cupped my face, wiping away my tears one by one.
His voice was heartbreakingly tender.
"Lucy, I never lied to you."
"My girlfriend is Lucy—the woman who made me sobering soup when I was drunk, just to make me feel a little better."
"And those things... Willow, that pampered young lady, would never do."
Hunter's voice turned hoarse.
Like a devout believer, he pleaded with me.
"Lucy, come home with me, okay?"
"Or, if you'd rather, I'll stay with you instead."
I never imagined...
That my three years as a stand-in would make my client fall so deeply in love with me.
But I stubbornly believed that it was nothing more than withdrawal symptoms after spending three years together.
So I mercilessly rejected Hunter.
"Mr. Green, you're probably just not used to my absence yet."
"Miss Hughes loves you so much—she spent all that money, all that effort, just to have you by her side."
"You should cherish her and not let her down."
"Besides, on the night of her return banquet, you two already… And from now on, things will only get better between you."
Hunter stared at me blankly.
Then, suddenly, he laughed.
"Lucy, do you think something happened between us that night?"
"That night, Willow was indeed drunk and tried to have her way with me—but I pushed her away."
"And in that moment, I finally saw my heart clearly."
"When she got close and touched me, all I felt was disgust."
"You are the only one I long for."
"Lucy, the one I love is you. Don't you understand?"
That night, I didn't answer him.
I ran away in a panic.
I didn't understand how things had come to this.
I didn't understand why Hunter, who once had only his ‘true love' in his heart, had suddenly fallen for someone else.
If I accepted Hunter's confession, it would be a betrayal of my employer.
And I couldn't do that.
To push him away completely, I took my grandmother on a trip, staying away from home as often as I could.
But a week later, trouble found me.
Hunter had been searching tirelessly for me.
Willow was not happy.
Only then did she realize—Hunter had truly fallen for his stand-in.
She had wealth and power, and somehow managed to get my hometown address from the agency.
She came to threaten me.
"Lucy, I remember telling you—I wanted you to disappear from Hunter's world."
"But what did you do?"
"You're such a scheming woman. Even after leaving, you're still trying to keep his heart hooked."
"Your service as a stand-in was unsatisfactory. Not only will I leave you a bad review, but now, I demand you pay me a breach-of-contract penalty."
Draped in luxury, Willow looked down at me with utter contempt.
But all my money had already been spent on medical bills.
Willow sneered.
"Well then."
"Our Hughes family has plenty of influence. It's just a small hospital—do you really think I can't make them stop treating your grandmother?"
I had no choice but to kneel before her.
"Miss Hughes, this isn't my fault. I did everything you asked. You can't do this to my grandmother—"
Willow scoffed coldly.
Then, mercilessly, she kicked me to the ground.
I got up and continued kowtowing to her, my forehead quickly bleeding.
"Please… let my grandmother go…"
Willow sneered. "If you want me to spare your grandmother, I can even give you this money. But I finally understand—only the dead can truly disappear."
Her gaze sharpened as she stepped on my hand.
Her smile was cruel, dripping with malice.
"As long as you die, I won't just get the best doctors to cure your grandmother—I'll send her to a top-tier nursing home."
"I'll make sure she's taken care of for the rest of her life. All you have to do is vanish from this world."
I closed my eyes briefly. "Fine, I agree."
"But you have to keep your word."
A glint of satisfaction flashed in Willow's eyes.
She then tossed a bottle of sleeping pills at me.
"Swallow all of these, and I'll have the best doctors treat your grandmother immediately."
I was just about to bend down to pick up the bottle when someone grabbed my hand.
"Lucy, don't be stupid."
I looked up in shock and met Hunter's anxious, worried gaze.
Willow quickly straightened up. "Hunter, why are you here?"
Hunter turned around coldly and slapped her across the face.
"You hit me?!"
Hunter's voice was icy. "I never hit women, Willow. You've always known that."
"But this time… you've gone too far."
Guilt flickered in Willow's eyes. "I didn't do anything! How can you accuse me like this?"
Hunter sneered and shielded me behind him, a dangerous glint in his eyes.
"You did nothing? Do you think I'm deaf? I heard everything you just said."