The Death Notice He Gave His Childhood SweetheartChapter 1

On our wedding day, Joel Mason told me that as the wife of a billionaire heir, I had to develop a thick skin. I had to get used to the cameras.

So, when I miscarried, photos of me—pale and hemorrhaging—were plastered across the front page.

When my parents died in a car crash, paparazzi blocked me at the funeral hall, shoving microphones in my face while I tried to mourn.

Even the birth of our son was live-streamed. The intrusion was so severe I spiraled into postpartum depression. Because my "mental resilience was too poor," I was cursed onto the trending search lists yet again.

Through it all, Joel ignored the public outcry. He simply posted a perfect family photo and stayed by my side.

I thought he was my anchor.

Until our son got into a car accident.

The ambulance sat gridlocked behind a wall of paparazzi. They swarmed the vehicle, flashes blinding the driver, refusing to move an inch.

Desperate, I grabbed a security guard's arm hard enough to bruise. "Drive them away! My son is dying!"