Why Did You Leave Me?

Selene has waited seven years for Everett Black, the movie star who once saved her from assault and promised to protect her. Now the hit show adapted from her own love story has made him famous, and a young actress, Joanna Meng, posts about the daily gifts he prepares for her on set. Everett calls Joanna his leading lady, and the internet celebrates their romance while Selene watches alone.

On her birthday he forgets her again, tossing her money instead of the gift he promised. When she says they should part, he warns her not to make a scene, then arranges to announce Joanna as his rumored girlfriend. Selene agrees to the arranged marriage her mother proposed and leaves with her suitcase.

At the celebration party, she overhears the crew claim Everett and Joanna were college sweethearts, and that he chose Joanna as the female lead. Joanna and the others mock Selene, twisting the story of the teacher who once preyed on her. Everett says nothing, and Selene must decide what remains of the girl he once saved.