or announced with a warm smile. Enlyan's heart soared as if it had g
u so much
he quickly grabbed her report and stepped out of
r three years and now they f
as an arrangement, a contract between two families. The id
r, the situation w
d commanding presence had drawn her in, and when their parents proposed the marriage, she agre
r from the start. On their wedding night, h
a formality, nothing more." From that moment, he treated her as little more
ng years, she poured her heart into the marriage, doing everything she could to bridge the emotional gap between them. But her effor
n held onto a fragile hope. Perhaps the child she c
their baby would finally open a do
e excitement of sharing
he pulled out her phone and was a
eyes first. It was her husband, Damian Blackwood. And followed him, a
hy was she her
tones carried enough for Enlyan to c
ing enough?" Damian's de
. "It's just been hard kee
his tone unusually gentle. "I'll make sure you get the
ushing the woman's
legs felt like they mig
nd th
ghts like a blade. She glanced again at the woman, not
Damian'
lur. Clutching her phone with trembling hands, she dialed
nce, twice-then
e, his face tightening in irritation before he
nswer that?" the woman
Damian replied coldl
owledge her call. Her heart shattered further as she watched him plac
disbelief and pain. The man she had called her husband, the man she had sacrificed so m
le but intact, began
is demeanor-these were things Damian had neve
ghost of herself. Her thoughts spiraled as she dro
rden forced upon him by his father. To Damian, she was not
pon him. Enlyan had endured it all-the indifference, the coldness-because she hoped
her like a weight. She hadn't even taken off her shoes when Damian's mothe
her daughter-in-law. "Dinner isn't ready. Do you even care about this household, or are you ju
, her body and mind to
d by Enlyan's lack of reaction. "This is exactly why Damian will divorce yo
she refused to show it. Her si
ok you in after your family's disgrace. And this is
lyan said
er. She stepped closer, her voice l
eye continued, a cruel smile tugging at her lips. " She's everything you're not-beautiful, accomp
She clenched her fists, her nails digging int
ove of Damian's life. He's been waiting for her, and now sh