I Became My Sister's Substitute Bride
I have been the Donna of the Smith family for nine years—
but only in name.
I took my deceased twin sister Lily’s place, raised her daughter Emma as my own,
and lived beside a husband, David, who never once looked at me with love.
For nine long years, I gave everything.
Emma, however, only saw me as the woman who “killed her mother,”
never knowing it was Lily who stole my marriage, my identity,
and the man who was supposed to be mine.
She pushed me in public, screamed that I was a murderer,
and even used the gun I gifted her to shoot the only thing that brought me comfort—a tiny bird I’d been nursing back to health.
And David…
David, the man I once loved with my whole heart,
couldn’t hide the coldness in his eyes.
Every time he looked at me,
I could feel Lily’s shadow standing between us.
So I made a decision.
If this family wanted Lily so badly—
then they could have her ghost.
I would leave the Smith estate, the title of Donna,
the child who hated me,
and the man who never wanted me.
But the night I packed my bags,
David suddenly appeared in the doorway, blocking my path—
his eyes no longer cold,
but afraid.
As if he had finally realized
what losing me truly meant.