Chapter 4

My marriage with Hadden might have been a business arrangement, but for me, it was love at first sight.

The first time I saw him was in high school. I was a transfer student, and that made me a target for bullying. I tried my best to defend myself, but I was heavily outnumbered.

Just as I was about to give up, he appeared—my knight in shining armor.

I was too excited to sleep when my parents told me I would be marrying him, but I didn't know he only agreed as a way to receive funds to save his company's capital chain.

Perhaps he only stood up for me back then because Julia was the main perpetrator, and he did not want her to get in trouble.

In the years of our marriage, I was always the one taking care of him. I cooked every meal because I was worried he would not like the food outside.

Slowly, he warmed up to me as well and would surprise me with gifts. I thought we would have our happy ending, but I was too naive.

I remembered telling him excitedly that we would be parents, on