Chapter 1
A stock exchange tycoon in Celestia, Nolthen Eaton, suddenly broke off the engagement – right on the eve of the wedding, for his mentor’s daughter and withdrew all his investment in my family.
My brother took me to confront him, but he called the police and had my brother arrested. Lifting my jaw, he carefully wiped away my tears.
“Calista, I’m not truly breaking off our engagement. I simply hope you’ll agree to let me bring Kaitlyn to live with us after marriage and promise to live peacefully with her.”
“Otherwise, if you want to keep the Aaldorps, you’ll have no choice but to immediately marry that powerless sickly seedling from the Rousselets. You’re a smart person and I know you’ll make the right choice.”
No word, no reaction.
He thought I had compromised in the end and smiled in satisfaction.
‘Good girl! Wait for me to pick you up on the wedding day.”
To his unknown, on the wedding day, I got in the Rousselet Family’s wedding car early and passed him by.
Later, he knelt in front of the Rousselet Family’s gate, weeping and begging me to forgive him.
‘Mr. Rousselet, if you agree to marry me and save my family, I’ll offer you 500 arsenals abroad in exchange”
knelt in front of the Rousselet Family’s gate, in the rain shower, three full hours.
The door finally opened and the butler, Dimitri Turh, walked out with a black umbrella, his tone
ɔminous.
‘He agreed. Ms. Aaldorp, please go back, don’t worry, no one will know about you kneeling in ront of the Rousselets’ manor tonight.”
The door closed.
breathed a sigh of relief, moved my numb legs, then – passed out.
Under consciousness, the events of three days ago flashed through my mind again.
That day, I put down my dignity and begged Nolthen for an entire morning at the Eaton Corporation, even giving up my engagement, just so he would release my brother, Chris Aaldorp.
He furrowed his brow slightly with a hint of reproach.
‘What nonsense are you talking about, Calista? Am I the kind of person who starts a mess and ends up giving up?”
‘If you behave, I’ll consider releasing your brother.”
But that afternoon, I received a call from the detention center saying — Chris died from a sudden illness.
Til now, I still collapsed and trembled all over to remember when my brother’s body was carried
12:59 pm PP
His skull shattered, his limbs twisted and tied in strange positions behind his back was tortured to death.
My heart was lifeless.
Knelt before his grave and swore a blood oath to avenge him.
And Nolthen’s archenemy, Ron Rousselet, was the perfect candidate.
Ron, the only son of the Rousselet Family, was arrogant, domineering and brutal.
f I were to marry him, still doubted I could survive from his grasp.
—
sure, he
Nolthen accurately calculated to this point and firmly believed that I could only rely on him and et him bully me.
Too bad, he was wrong.
My grandfather was the world’s largest arms dealer, with the arsenal as a bargaining chip, Ron agreed to marry me.
The rain shower caused me to be hospitalized with pneumonia and the news got out somehow.
Rumored outside, I was heartbroken and crazy after Nolthen broke off our engagement and
rand-name clothing from the current season was sent to my ward one after another.
Then at the same time, Nolthen’s phone call came in, his voice tinged with obvious impatience.
How’s the clothes? You like them? I know you’re feeling wronged, but you shouldn’t be so desperate and act so miserable for anyone to see.”
Kaitlyn knows you’re intentionally out in the rain to get sick. She blamed herself and cried the whole night.”
Our wedding will be held as scheduled. On the day of the wedding, you have to give Kaitlyn the entire arsenal your grandfather left you as compensation, or your brother will never get out again!”
Soon after, I faintly heard Kaitlyn Hill’s sobbing on the other end of the phone.
