If I Disappear, Will You Be Happy?_When I pulled Callum out of the fire, I lost everything—my sanity, my future, my independence. He dropped out of school to pay for my treatment, taking any job he could find. Ten years later, he was a rising tycoon in Los Angeles. And I was still the fool who couldn’t live without him. He never complained. But whenever he looked at me, all I saw in his eyes was exhaustion. The day Christina collapsed in blood, crying that I had tried to kill her, Callum finally broke. “Christina,” he said, exhausted. “I’ve decided. We’ll get married next month. It’s time I lived for myself.” To make sure the wedding went smoothly, she locked me in a barn outside the city, my ankles chained—with Callum’s consent. On the wedding day, he came for the first time. “After the ceremony, I’ll come back for you,” he said gently. “Wait for me.” But he never did. Instead, a stranger came and set the barn on fire. As the flames consumed everything, I looked at the small patch of sky beyond the fence and thought again of Callum in his suit. “Callum… if I disappear, will you finally be happy?”

If I Disappear, Will You Be Happy?

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Celeste Nightshade

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When I pulled Callum out of the fire, I lost everything—my sanity, my future, my independence. He dropped out of school to pay for my treatment, taking any job he could find. Ten years later, he was a rising tycoon in Los Angeles. And I was still the fool who couldn’t live without him. He never complained. But whenever he looked at me, all I saw in his eyes was exhaustion. The day Christina collapsed in blood, crying that I had tried to kill her, Callum finally broke. “Christina,” he said, exhausted. “I’ve decided. We’ll get married next month. It’s time I lived for myself.” To make sure the wedding went smoothly, she locked me in a barn outside the city, my ankles chained—with Callum’s consent. On the wedding day, he came for the first time. “After the ceremony, I’ll come back for you,” he said gently. “Wait for me.” But he never did. Instead, a stranger came and set the barn on fire. As the flames consumed everything, I looked at the small patch of sky beyond the fence and thought again of Callum in his suit. “Callum… if I disappear, will you finally be happy?”

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Chapter 1

When I was seventeen, a burning beam fell on my head as I tried to rescue Callum Gardner from a fire.

I survived, but the injury left me with permanent cognitive impairment.

To pay for my rehab, he dropped out of school and worked every grueling job he could find.

Ten years later, Callum was the youngest, most successful entrepreneur in Los Angeles, while I was still the fool who needed him to tie my laces and feed me.

He started coming home later and later. And whenever he looked at me, all I saw in his eyes was disgust.

Then one day, I accidentally broke the music box that his assistant, Christina Stevens, had given him.

For the first time ever, he snapped at me and dragged me up to the rooftop.

He told me to jump from the 50th floor.

I didn't understand why he said that. I only knew that I was only rewarded if I behaved.

I had been afraid of heights since I was a kid, but right then, I was even more afraid that he would abandon me.

So I smiled and stepped backwa

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