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After a sweet night,he told me he had an immune deficiency disease.
“You’re kidding,right?”
“I’m not.It’s true.Check at the hospital in 24 hours if you don’t believe me.”
His solemn demeanor scared me.
Fresh from college,my life was just unfolding.My parents in the countryside depended on me.
I couldn’t take the risk.
I begged him to drive me to the hospital.
He looked at me,eyes full of disappointment.
Desperate,I stumbled from bed,running to the road to beg passing cars.
The fog was thick that day.A speeding vehicle hit me.
Its heavy wheels crushed my legs—I lost them before I could feel the pain.
Before I could rejoice in getting blockers,Sean arrived with a young,delicate childhood friend,telling me he was a wealthy heir in search of true love.
He didn’t have AIDS—it was a test.
I’d failed.
He learned the poor lacked pure love and was returning to his world.
Stunned by these truths,I numbly asked for my savings back.
At least to cover my medical bills.
He sneered:
“Typical lowlife woman,still trying to milk men at a time like this.”
“I won’t give it back.It’s compensation for my emotional distress.”
“Also,I told your parents about you.Wait for their lecture.”
The call came from hometown police.
A heart attack killed my mom;my dad died in a crash rushing her to the hospital.
Overnight,my family was gone,my legs lost.
All from a rich man’s joke.
Reborn,I fabricate medical records immediately.
Sean,love to play?
I’ll play to the end.
You’d better handle it.
At the health clinic,Sean was wiping himself with sanitizer wipes,looking disgusted.
Chloe,eyes red,stood beside him.Seeing me,she snapped:
“Shameless woman,you dare show up?”
“He’s my boyfriend.Why wouldn’t I?”
“If you weren’t so filthy,how’d you get that disease?I’d have died if I were you.”
I turned to Sean:
“Is that what you think?”
He muttered:
“Yeah,I was blind to fall for someone like you.”
I sighed theatrically:
“I thought I’d met the man who understood me most.You disappoint me.”
“Last night,I was testing you.I didn’t expect a little illness would make you abandon me.”
“You…tested me?”
“Of course.I just wanted someone to share my hardships.”
Handing him a clean health report,Sean froze.
Chloe stomped,furious:
“Sean,she’s lying.Don’t fall for it!”
