Prologue
I fucked up.
I fucked up real bad.
No excuse could save me from this.
Not the alcohol going around the room. Not the scantily-clad dancers on my lap. Not the perfume in the air.
Today was supposed to be my wedding.
I proposed to Ling Tong after he finally admitted that he loved me.
Our relationship didn't start out great. In fact, it was downright awful.
I killed his father.
I was a former pirate, who found solace and a home under Huang Zu. Like any good subordinate, I did as I was told, and Ling Cao was killed.
Didn't know the man, didn't care. I watched his body fall and patted myself in the back for a job well done.
Then I joined Wu.
Only to meet the man's son.
That gorgeous asshole who, if looks could kill, I'd be dead a million times over.
But I fell in love with him instead of retaliating the hatred.
It felt like an eternity to get him to smile at me-a smile that wasn't malicious.
I loved everything about him.
That's why I can't understand why I'm laying here naked in bed with someone else.
I sat up, and let the bedsheets fall over my naked body. Nudity was never a problem for me, but Sun Quan always threatened me to put clothes on, or he'd punish me.
Ling Tong rolled his beautiful eyes.
Lu Xun would hide his virgin eyes.
And Lu Meng would come up with some kind of crazy excuse.
Last night was a blur. My bachelor party. Lu Meng had offered to throw me one. After all, we were so close.
He took me in. Treated me like a friend. Worried and cared where I didn't ask for it.
I never questioned him. Because I secretly liked it. Where no one trusted or liked me, Lu Meng did. Bailed me out when I couldn't defend myself...everything.
Then it hit me.
The last thing I remembered before blacking out.
My blood ran cold.
I was too afraid to look. Oh I heard the snores. Someone who wasn't Ling Tong was sleeping beside me.
Someone who wasn't my beautiful fiancé was sleeping beside me.
But I had to. I had to look. I had to know. To look at my mistake.
So I did. And I gasped.
It was Lu Meng.