She Has Forty Eight Hours To Live After Her Fiance Admits His Affair Chapter 01

She Has Forty Eight Hours To Live After Her Fiance Admits His Affair Chapter 01

During our wedding photo shoot, I smiled and leaned in, but Elias pulled away abruptly,​

“I saw you during your team’s operation yesterday.”​

I froze for a split second, speaking instinctively,​

“How’s that possible? This week’s an undercover vice bust…”​

He nodded casually,​

“When your team raided the next room, I was pinning her against the wall, doing it.”​

“She was trembling worse than her first time. Only after you were called away did she dare to make a sound.”​

Following his affectionate gaze, I looked at the girl holding the camera, filming us.​

My mind went blank with a thunderous crash.​

It was Mia — the hostage my dad saved by taking seven stab wounds during a kidnapping.​

Just moments ago, she’d sobbed and sworn,​

“Lila, if he ever makes you unhappy, I’ll trade my life for yours.”​

Elias silently blocked my view, his voice gentle,​

“Now it’s your choice — keep going with the ceremony…”​

“Or cry it out and reschedule?”​

My blood ran cold as the system’s warning blared in my head:​

“Ten-Year Relationship Marathon System. Marriage License Acquisition: Mission Failed.”​

“Elimination protocol initiating.”​

“Countdown: 48 hours.”​

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I stood rigid, my blood turning to ice.​

Nausea surged, and my vision blurred in waves.​

Elias caught me, the pad of his finger brushing the tears from my cheeks,​

“You’re almost a mother — why are you so reckless?”​

A sense of utter injustice, sharp as a blade, twisted inside me. I stared at him, unblinking.

“Why… why did it have to be today?”​

Elias paused, his gaze drifting past me to Mia, his voice soft,​

“I planned to keep lying forever.”​

“She’s always been the one outside the frame, taking pictures of us, smiling through it all. I just… couldn’t bear it any longer.”​

He hesitated,​

“I owe her too much. To you, I already made amends with a child…”​

A string snapped in my mind,​

“What do you mean… made amends with a child?”​

Elias spoke casually,​

“Your miscarriage last time — it was actually the lubricant we used, spilled accidentally on the stairs.”​

My mind exploded.​

I’d thought I lost the baby because I rushed out on a mission.​

In the days that followed, I was drowning in tears. It was Elias who held me, time and again, whispering empty comforts.​

It was all a lie. From start to finish.​

I bit my lip so hard blood filled my mouth, then raised my hand and slapped him hard across the face.​

He took the slap without anger, even looking relieved,​

“I’m glad I got everything off my chest today. I won’t let Mia suffer anymore.”​

“She’s still young — take all your anger out on me.”​

I tore off my veil in a frenzy.​

His eyes glistened red, his tone even carrying a sense of relieved ease,​

“So you’ve made your choice. We’ll reschedule the ceremony then. We’ve waited ten years — a few more days won’t hurt.”​

The sound of his retreating footsteps overlapped with the system’s voice,​

“Tenth anniversary: Final marriage deadline expired.”​

“Mission failed.”​

“Elimination protocol initiating.”​

“Countdown: 48 hours.”​

The next second, Mia set down the camera she’d been adjusting and looked at me,​

“Lila, why aren’t you smiling? You look beautiful today!”​

She glanced around, finally sensing something was wrong, her voice trembling,​

“Lila… you know everything?”​

My eyes stung with tears as I smiled, a bitter taste filling my mouth.​

Mia suddenly raised her hand and hurled the camera lens at Elias.​

Elias didn’t move an inch.​

Mia’s eyes blazed red, her voice nearly a scream,​

“I told you, I never wanted a title!”​

“How could you choose today, of all days, to come clean!”​

“How could you hurt her like this!”