On my wedding day, my fiancé was caught in the act with his pure love Lily in the rest room, their naked bodies exposed to all the guests.
The outcome was inevitable; the wedding swapped brides on
the spot.
My father suffered a stroke from the shock and passed away just days later.
Unable to bear my father’s sudden death and the swirling
rumors, my mother leapt from the thirtieth floor of a high–rise.
During that darkest period of my life, I developed severe psychological issues. Rylan, the younger brother of my ex–fiancée, stayed by my side day and night, saving me from
countless suicide attempts. It took a full two years before I finally recovered.
On the day of my recovery, Rylan rented the most luxurious
yacht in the city, covering the deck with nine hundred and
ninety–nine roses, and asked me to marry him.
After those two years of constant companionship, I had long since fallen for Rylan. Tears in my eyes, I accepted his proposal. On our fifth wedding anniversary, I brought a carefully prepared gift, hoping to surprise him. Instead, I accidentally overheard a conversation between him and his secretary.
“It’s been five years For Lily’s sake I’ve hean mamind to thin
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disgusting woman for five years now. Just thinking about
celebrating our anniversary with her later makes me feel sick
to my stomach.“Secretary’s voice trembled: “Mr. Sterling, please drink less. If these words slip out in front of your wife, it’ll be hard to cover up.”
“And if Mrs. Sterling finds out that seven years ago, we hired someone to remove her father’s oxygen tube…”
Rylan showed no concern, even wearing a mocking expression. “For Lily, I’m willing to do anything.”
“Besides, I’ve already wasted my entire life on that bitch.”
“Mr. Sterling, Miss Bennett is already six months pregnant. You’ve done so much for her over the years. Why do you keep tormenting yourself like this?”
“Back then, to ensure Miss Bennett could marry your brother
smoothly, you orchestrated that scene in the lounge, forcing the bride to be switched.”
“Afterward, fearing trouble from the Winters family, you
engineered the deaths of your wife’s parents. Haven’t you done enough already? Isn’t it sufficient?”
Rylan’s face was filled with deep emotion, his gaze falling tenderly on a wooden box.
“So what? Lonky want Lik
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“So what? I only want Lily to be happy. Whatever she desires, I’ll do everything in my power to make it happen, even if it means
her marrying someone else.”
“I don’t regret killing Britta’s parents at all. Otherwise, given the Winters couple’s temperament, they would have certainly demanded an explanation for Britta. I don’t want to add any troubles for Lily. I just want her to be happy.”
“Now that Lily is pregnant, her child will become the sole heir
to the Su Group. I will never let Britta bear my child.”“Britta’s an idiot too, popping birth control like vitamins every day. I bet she couldn’t get pregnant even without the pills…”
I couldn’t bear to listen anymore. I stumbled into the bathroom,
not even noticing the gift falling to the floor.
I turned the faucet on full blast, using the sound of rushing
water to mask my sobs.
My marriage, it turns out, was a lie from the very beginning. And my parents‘ death wasn’t an accident after all.
My husband is the executioner who killed my parents!
After my parents passed away, I fell into a deep pit of despair and guilt. If it hadn’t been for the chaos at my wedding, Dad wouldn’t have been triggered into having a brain hemorrhage,
and Mom wouldn’t have jumped off the building after Dad’s
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When my condition was at its worst, I wanted to die countless times, to use death as an escape from this boundless despair. For those two years, Rylan was by my side every step of the way, pulling me out of despair time and time again.
And now I know, it was no accident at all.
Even the scene at the wedding was Rylan’s doing, his way of
‘blessing‘ the one he loved!
What a grand display of love this is, with my parents‘ bodies and my marriage buried beneath it.
Just as I was lost in confusion, there came a knock on the
bathroom door.“Britta, what’s that on the bathroom floor? Is it a gift you prepared for me?”
I quickly splashed some cold water on my face, afraid he’d
notice something was off.
Walking out of the bathroom, Rylan was sitting on the bed, holding the gift I had prepared, his eyes full of pleasant surprise. “Britta, is this a good luck charm you got for me? I love it.” The emotion in Rylan’s eyes was genuine, his face full of love, just like every day for the past seven years.
During these seven years, his heart and eyes were only for
- me. If I so much as furrowed my brow, he’d worry he’d done
something wrong.
Love on his face
n the love
A
something wrong.
ed worry he’d done
I lowered my gaze, not wanting to see the love on his face
anymore.
“Yeah, it’s an anniversary gift for you.”
