Quiet Devotion — Novel

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In the glimmering shadows of Calvessan's elite, Yale's world shatters when he discovers the woman he loves has moved on. Yumi, his girlfriend of years, is entangled with a charming stranger while he clings to a promise that feels increasingly hollow. His desperate attempt to surprise her on her birthday spirals into chaos as he confronts a reality he never anticipated. Can love endure betrayal, or is it merely a fleeting illusion?

As tensions rise, Yale finds himself at the center of a storm. Accusations fly, relationships fracture, and the stakes escalate when a misunderstanding leads to a violent confrontation. With Yumi caught between loyalty and newfound affection, Yale must navigate a labyrinth of emotions and societal expectations. Will his devotion be enough to win her back, or will he lose everything to a rival who seems to have stolen not just her heart but her future?

In a world where love is a battlefield, every slap and every tear could change the game. Will Yale's quiet devotion be his downfall, or can he rise from the ashes of heartbreak and reclaim what was lost?

Quiet DevotionChapter 1

My girlfriend, whom I’d been in love with for many years, was going to be sent abroad for three years. “If I leave, will you always wait for me?”

“No! I’ll find the next woman and the one after that. I won’t waste my youth clinging to a single promise.”

Because of that sentence, Yumi called me every morning, noon and night, afraid that I might forget her even for a moment.

In order to give her a birthday surprise, I pulled every string I could to get an overseas visa.

On her birthday, I rushed over to see her, only to witness her blowing out candles with another man.

The two of them held each other tightly and kissed passionately, while I stood frozen as if stabbed by a knife, unable to move at all.

She saw me, comforted the man and only then walked out.

“I drank too much last night, so I didn’t call you for a day and you came chasing after me? That guy is just my eating companion. Eating alone is too lonely…”

I sneered. “Not a bed companion, then?”

I was the son of the richest man, the crown prince of the city’s elite circle, yet I was actually replaced by a pale, frail pretty boy— it’s kind of embarrassing to say out loud.