the living room wit

en arrived. The Ward family and the Shaw family had both sent people ove

oment Iris returned to this point in time, she moved first and

h almost esc

y pushed her toward Jerem

at she created, and claimed it as his own. He hurt her when no one was watching, yet in public, h

built on her work, he even built her a grand estate. To everyone else,

accident had left him disabled. He kept his distance from women, remained cold in temperament, and never once touched her. Before even half a

ringer of misfortune, and no one was willing to marry her after that. By the ti

she was walking into. All Iris ever noticed was the life Eliana appeared to have. She never saw the cruelty Jeremy hid beneath that polished

and a trace of mockery showed on her face. "So everything's

appened, arranging this marriage with the Shaw family wasn't easy. Your mother, Iris, and I all did our part to

h slipped f

Their expressions differed, but none of them spoke. One by one, they s

d come in

tailored gray suit he wore only added to his p

nd that calm and elegant appeara

," he said, his voice low and steady. Even so, hi

he image flashed through her mind. He would walk toward her, that same twisted smile on his face, speaking

eavier than anything she

and ran. Her fingers curled tightly around the armre

at she wasn't his wife, as if the words alone could steady her. S

than a weak woman with a prison record. Even if she was the rea

d forward, her tone soft. She slipped h

elt certain she had been wrong before. A man like him was destined to be great

m the butler of the Shaw family. I've come to seal the

an, dressed neatly, with six me

he Shaw family hadn't even bothered to show up themselves

h a soft smile, and then glanced at Eliana. "Elian

d out and caught her arm, her expres

ll. Is it because you've been in prison for so l

sfaction passed t

from others. Even when she had entered that family before, bringing wealth with her, they had never tru