I could not believe how smoothly the plan had worked when I was sitting in the police station’s interrogation room.“Were you the one who played the video at the wedding?”“Yes. I swapped the video files so that the video would play during the wedding.”The two officers questioning me frowned. “Do you know the girl in the video, the one who had her clothes taken off and was being sketched?”They tried to put it gently, but the truth was much worse. The girl was not just being sketched.I looked down. My shaking hands picked at the skin around my thumbnail until it started to bleed.Painful memories flooded back and took over me. I closed my eyes and said in a hoarse voice, “That girl… was me.”The room went silent. One of the officers quietly handed me a cup of water.“Thank you.” I took a few sips, and the warmth helped steady me.Then, I started explaining what happened in my childhood.After my grandmother died, my mom and I struggled to survive in the village. People in
After the interrogation, a female officer wheeled me outside the police station.Two people were standing in the distance worriedly. I gave them a rare, soft smile.Moon rushed over first. She hugged me with tears in her eyes and said, “Stella, I’m so sorry. You’ve been through so much to make sure that monster got what he deserved.”Jovia ran up and hugged us too. She cried, “You’ve been so strong. Now we can finally have a peaceful life.”I told Jovia and Moon to leave the station quickly so the police would not get suspicious.I had only talked about what I did to expose Liam, but I did not tell them this whole thing was actually a plan between Jovia, Moon, and me.Not long after my mother died, Jovia learned that I was actually Liam’s daughter.But her anger led to Moon becoming one of Liam’s models in his studio.After leaving the police station, we stopped in a small park to rest.Jovia took my hand and said, “I’m so sorry. I couldn’t get him locked up, and I caused you
After that, Tommy, Moon, Jovia, and I lived together under one roof. However, it felt awkward and strained.Tommy and Moon did not bother hiding their flirting. They did it right in front of me without a care.Jovia would sit there watching them with a cheerful smile.Meanwhile, I kept a gloomy face like they had done something unforgivable.One day, when they were being overly affectionate again, I finally snapped. I lost my temper and threw things, which angered Moon.“Stella, what’s your problem? You already sent my dad to jail, and we still took you in. Now you sit here acting like a victim.”Yes, Moon and Jovia told everyone the same thing. They said I was ungrateful and sent Liam to prison after they took me in for years. They never mentioned how we had planned it together.They were experts at using people and throwing them away when they were no longer useful.Tommy watched Moon and I argue about him. He set down his fork and looked uncomfortable. “Stella, calm down. Mo
Moon’s voice was probably too loud, so Jovia quickly told her to lower it. “Keep it down. Don’t talk about this. That brat is sharp.”Moon did not care and said, “I know. Ugh, Tommy is something else. He wants me, a pregnant woman, to handle the company’s accounts. My neck is killing me. Mom, can you massage it for me?”“Tommy should hire two people for that. You’re pregnant.”“Tommy says he trusts me more because it’s about money. It’s fine. It’s not a lot of work. It’s just my neck hurting.”I quietly went back to my room. In the dark, I smiled and touched my disabled legs.So they wanted to send me back to the village?I was curious to see who would end up having a miserable life.As Moon’s belly grew, Jovia finally suggested sending me back to the village.“Stella, I don’t mean anything bad. But with Moon pregnant, I can’t take care of you anymore. Maybe you should go back to the village to rest. Once Moon has the baby, I’ll bring you back.”“Okay. I understand. Since Moon
After I heard that Moon had given birth, I paid the villagers a lot of money to take me to the hospital where Moon was.When I saw Jovia outside the hospital room with her gray hair, I could not help but laugh.“I heard Moon had a rough time giving birth and is now paralyzed from the waist down. Looks like we’ve got another cripple in the family.”Jovia stared at me in shock. Just then, Tommy arrived after getting my message.“What are you doing here?” Jovia pointed at me with a shaking hand. She was confused and angry.“I thought you were waiting for me to pick you up. Why’d you come back on your own? It’s dangerous.” Tommy took off his coat and wrapped it around me gently.Jovia’s eyes widened in shock. She pointed at Tommy. Tears filled her eyes. “You? You two…?”“Aunt Jovia, you’re really sharp. That’s right. Tommy’s always been on my side!” Tommy looked coldly at Jovia and said, “I can finally stop pretending to be nice to you two awful people. I’ll help Stella get back e
Moon was paralyzed after giving birth. Tommy took advantage of the situation to fight for custody of the baby. It did not exactly paint him in a good light. But Tommy posted online and said that he was actually my boyfriend and everything was part of a scheme by Moon and Jovia. He claimed they had tricked him into marriage. This helped change some people’s opinions.Even so, their opinions did not matter to us. Moon was paralyzed, Jovia was suspended and being investigated because of Liam, and Liam’s assets were being taken for corruption. Their tough times were just starting.At the airport, Tommy and I were waiting for our flight with the baby. We were ready to move to a new city and start fresh.“Do you think I went too far with them? After all, I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for them,” I said, feeling down.Tommy gently patted my head and said softly, “You did nothing wrong, Stella. You’ve paid them back. Jovia let Liam make a move on your mom, and then she blamed your mo
I was getting married, and the groom was my cousin’s boyfriend.But on the wedding day, I was not the bride.I was tied up in the dressing room while the celebration went on outside.Suddenly, the wedding march stopped, and the wedding turned chaotic.I sat in my wheelchair and waited for someone to save me and for the person who did this to me to get punished.After all, the best part always happened at the end!Just then, the door opened.“Police!”…I ended up in a wheelchair to marry Tommy Sullivan.Moon White was my cousin, and Tommy was her boyfriend. While they were planning their wedding, I suddenly came back home.To celebrate them finally getting together, I suggested a get-together with them.During the day of the get-together, I staged a car accident. “Tommy, look out!” When a speeding car rushed toward Tommy, I pushed him out of the way without hesitation.Moon screamed as the car hit me and sent me flying.But things did not go exactly as I planned.I l
“What are you saying?! Are you crazy?!” Jovia jumped up. She looked shocked and angry.I raised my head and said pitifully, “Moon only lost a husband, but I lost both my legs!”Moon noticed the sarcasm in my eyes right away.She rushed at me, grabbed my throat, and shouted, “I knew you were up to no good! You’ve always tried to take everything from me since we were kids! Can’t you leave other people’s stuff alone?!”She was choking me so much I could barely breathe. My eyes rolled back.Jovia quickly stepped in and pulled Moon’s hand away. She said in a panic, “Moon, let go! Don’t kill her!”After a long silence, Liam finally spoke up. He pulled Moon behind him and told them to calm down.Then, he looked at me coldly, “We’ll talk about your marriage with Tommy when we get home. For now, you need to rest at the hospital. Stop causing trouble.”I coughed violently a couple of times. Then I looked up and stared at him. “Sorry. Maybe I’m asking too much and causing trouble. But you
Moon was paralyzed after giving birth. Tommy took advantage of the situation to fight for custody of the baby. It did not exactly paint him in a good light. But Tommy posted online and said that he was actually my boyfriend and everything was part of a scheme by Moon and Jovia. He claimed they had tricked him into marriage. This helped change some people’s opinions.Even so, their opinions did not matter to us. Moon was paralyzed, Jovia was suspended and being investigated because of Liam, and Liam’s assets were being taken for corruption. Their tough times were just starting.At the airport, Tommy and I were waiting for our flight with the baby. We were ready to move to a new city and start fresh.“Do you think I went too far with them? After all, I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for them,” I said, feeling down.Tommy gently patted my head and said softly, “You did nothing wrong, Stella. You’ve paid them back. Jovia let Liam make a move on your mom, and then she blamed your mo
After I heard that Moon had given birth, I paid the villagers a lot of money to take me to the hospital where Moon was.When I saw Jovia outside the hospital room with her gray hair, I could not help but laugh.“I heard Moon had a rough time giving birth and is now paralyzed from the waist down. Looks like we’ve got another cripple in the family.”Jovia stared at me in shock. Just then, Tommy arrived after getting my message.“What are you doing here?” Jovia pointed at me with a shaking hand. She was confused and angry.“I thought you were waiting for me to pick you up. Why’d you come back on your own? It’s dangerous.” Tommy took off his coat and wrapped it around me gently.Jovia’s eyes widened in shock. She pointed at Tommy. Tears filled her eyes. “You? You two…?”“Aunt Jovia, you’re really sharp. That’s right. Tommy’s always been on my side!” Tommy looked coldly at Jovia and said, “I can finally stop pretending to be nice to you two awful people. I’ll help Stella get back e
Moon’s voice was probably too loud, so Jovia quickly told her to lower it. “Keep it down. Don’t talk about this. That brat is sharp.”Moon did not care and said, “I know. Ugh, Tommy is something else. He wants me, a pregnant woman, to handle the company’s accounts. My neck is killing me. Mom, can you massage it for me?”“Tommy should hire two people for that. You’re pregnant.”“Tommy says he trusts me more because it’s about money. It’s fine. It’s not a lot of work. It’s just my neck hurting.”I quietly went back to my room. In the dark, I smiled and touched my disabled legs.So they wanted to send me back to the village?I was curious to see who would end up having a miserable life.As Moon’s belly grew, Jovia finally suggested sending me back to the village.“Stella, I don’t mean anything bad. But with Moon pregnant, I can’t take care of you anymore. Maybe you should go back to the village to rest. Once Moon has the baby, I’ll bring you back.”“Okay. I understand. Since Moon
After that, Tommy, Moon, Jovia, and I lived together under one roof. However, it felt awkward and strained.Tommy and Moon did not bother hiding their flirting. They did it right in front of me without a care.Jovia would sit there watching them with a cheerful smile.Meanwhile, I kept a gloomy face like they had done something unforgivable.One day, when they were being overly affectionate again, I finally snapped. I lost my temper and threw things, which angered Moon.“Stella, what’s your problem? You already sent my dad to jail, and we still took you in. Now you sit here acting like a victim.”Yes, Moon and Jovia told everyone the same thing. They said I was ungrateful and sent Liam to prison after they took me in for years. They never mentioned how we had planned it together.They were experts at using people and throwing them away when they were no longer useful.Tommy watched Moon and I argue about him. He set down his fork and looked uncomfortable. “Stella, calm down. Mo
After the interrogation, a female officer wheeled me outside the police station.Two people were standing in the distance worriedly. I gave them a rare, soft smile.Moon rushed over first. She hugged me with tears in her eyes and said, “Stella, I’m so sorry. You’ve been through so much to make sure that monster got what he deserved.”Jovia ran up and hugged us too. She cried, “You’ve been so strong. Now we can finally have a peaceful life.”I told Jovia and Moon to leave the station quickly so the police would not get suspicious.I had only talked about what I did to expose Liam, but I did not tell them this whole thing was actually a plan between Jovia, Moon, and me.Not long after my mother died, Jovia learned that I was actually Liam’s daughter.But her anger led to Moon becoming one of Liam’s models in his studio.After leaving the police station, we stopped in a small park to rest.Jovia took my hand and said, “I’m so sorry. I couldn’t get him locked up, and I caused you
I could not believe how smoothly the plan had worked when I was sitting in the police station’s interrogation room.“Were you the one who played the video at the wedding?”“Yes. I swapped the video files so that the video would play during the wedding.”The two officers questioning me frowned. “Do you know the girl in the video, the one who had her clothes taken off and was being sketched?”They tried to put it gently, but the truth was much worse. The girl was not just being sketched.I looked down. My shaking hands picked at the skin around my thumbnail until it started to bleed.Painful memories flooded back and took over me. I closed my eyes and said in a hoarse voice, “That girl… was me.”The room went silent. One of the officers quietly handed me a cup of water.“Thank you.” I took a few sips, and the warmth helped steady me.Then, I started explaining what happened in my childhood.After my grandmother died, my mom and I struggled to survive in the village. People in
The wedding was going on in full swing.I could hear the excitement from outside. I waited for my moment to walk in as the bride.But the doors to the ceremony hall never opened.Instead, a few wedding staff lifted my wheelchair and quickly moved in the opposite direction.Panicked, I said, “You’re going the wrong way!”But they ignored me. That was when I realized something was wrong. I yelled, “What are you doing?! Did Moon send you?!”I started to slap around and tried to stand up.“Ugh! You steal your cousin’s boyfriend! You should just die! Stay in the dressing room until the wedding’s over!”As they said that, they tied my hands and shoved me and my wheelchair into the dressing room.“Kidnapping me is illegal, and I’m disabled! If something happens, can you handle the consequences? Let me out of here!” I shouted.“Who are you trying to scare? Stay there!” They quickly left after that.I sat in my wheelchair and felt defeated as I listened to the distant sound of the we
I watched Moon walk straight up to Jovia and whisper something in her ear.After they finished talking, Jovia’s expression changed.“You want a wedding? Fine. If you have any other requests, say them all now.”Liam still did not understand what was happening. Jovia waved her hand to tell him to wait.I could not figure out why they suddenly changed, but it did not matter. I just wanted to marry Tommy.“My requests are simple. Just do everything the same way as Moon and Tommy’s wedding.“The wedding dress, the rings, and the vows should be exactly like Moon’s.”“Stella, don’t regret this later.” Moon crossed her arms with a sarcastic look.I raised my head with a confident and firm look. “Don’t worry. I won’t regret it.”Just like that, we came to an agreement.Soon after I left the hospital, we started planning the wedding.On the wedding day, I sat in the hotel’s makeup room. Moon was leaning against the wall with a gloating look.“Stella, for such an unforgettable wedding
The next morning, before sunrise, Liam and Jovia came to my hospital room.I was pleased to see the dark circles under their eyes.“Aunt Jovia, Uncle Liam, good morning! Have you had breakfast yet?” I asked sweetly. “Hmm? Isn’t Moon coming?”“There are no cameras here! Why are you still pretending?!” Jovia snapped. She tossed her bag at my legs, which could not feel anything anymore, on purpose.Liam cleared his throat behind her to signal her to calm down.Jovia snorted and turned away.Liam changed his attitude. He came to my bed with a fake smile. “Moon went to get breakfast. Well, Stella, Jovia and I talked. You lost your legs saving Tommy, and because of that, Tommy can’t just ignore you.“We spent the whole night talking to Moon and Tommy. Moon agreed that Tommy will marry you, but the wedding arrangements with the Sullivan family are already set, so we can’t change that. We’ll just switch you in. Everything else will stay the same. How does that sound?”I smirked inside