My Fiancé was Deceived by His True Love, while I Lived HappilyChapter 1
Everyone said that I picked up the engagement that my sister didn't want. No matter how many times I flirted with Benedict Ermintrude, his hands that twisted the rosary beads were unwilling even to touch the corner of my coat.
Until that night, I saw him with my own eyes kneeling in front of Charlotte Winifred's hospital bed. He held my sister's hand, who was in a vegetative state. Benedict pressed it against his burning desire. His voice became hoarse.
“Charlotte, I'm willing to agree to marry your sister so that I can see you every day.”
The next day, I cancelled my engagement with that man. “I won't be marrying Benedict anymore, I want to marry Dominic Roussel.”
My mom was shocked. “Gaudentia Winifred! Dominic's life was ruined and made extremely miserable by his family's rival several years ago. So now he has long been a useless person.”
I was disheartened. “Mom, it doesn't matter who I marry.
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I swear I won’t marry Benedict, because I only want to marry Dominic.”
I put down a cup of tea in my hand. My voice was very soft but also very determined.
My mom's face changed drastically. Her hand gripped mine.
“My daughter Gaudentia! Are you crazy? Do you know what happened to Dominic three years ago?”
She lowered her voice and leaned close to my ear. “His life was turned upside down by his opponent. Now he is just a subordinate who continues to try to lead his life.”
“Moreover, I heard that his personality has become particularly horrible after he was ruined and disabled. He will go crazy and beat people at any time. Aren't you looking for death if you marry that person?”
I gently drew back my hand. I revealed a bitter smile.
“Mom, it's all the same to me, whoever I marry now. Let’s talk about it.”
I nudged towards the living room. “Do you think we can refuse the Roussel Family?”
On the other side, my dad was pouring tea for two men in suits with a big smile on his face in the living room.
“It's a great blessing for us that Mr. Dominic can fall in love with my daughter. It's just that…my eldest daughter is in a coma right now and my second daughter has long been engaged to the Ermintrude Family.”
The man sitting in the main seat slowly put down his coffee cup. “It’s just an engagement, just cancel it.”