“Daddy, I’m sorry for dragging you into this. It’s just crawling under his legs; it’s not a big deal. You don’t have to worry.”
Saying that, she crouched down, placing her blood-stained hands on the cold marble floor, leaving bloody handprints as she moved.
Henry made faces at us, showing no respect for his sister, even spitting on Luna as she crawled on the floor.
This is my daughter, the one I’ve cherished and protected for eight years despite all the humiliation!
I picked up my trembling daughter again, wiped the spit off her head, and held her tightly, glaring at my so-called wife, Sofia.
“Sofia, do you also think Luna is in the wrong? Luna is your daughter!”
Sitting on the sofa, Sofia turned her head away, not even sparing a glance at her injured daughter.
“It was a mistake to have her in the first place. Because of you two, the entire Savannah laughs at me. Keeping you in our family is already more than enough. I’ll listen to whatever my parents and sister say on this matter.”
My daughter clung to my clothes tightly upon hearing her mother’s heartless words.
I closed my eyes hard and sighed deeply.
Any last bit of gratitude I had for Sofia and any patience I had for the Robertson family had been completely worn out.
They were right; marrying Sofia Robertson was me reaching above my station.
I was an orphan who managed to get into a top university in the country to study finance.
I had no family background, but my outstanding appearance brought me a lot of unwanted attention, with Sofia being the most persistent.
I was well aware of my situation and rejected her advances repeatedly, focusing solely on my future.
However, just as I secured a job offer from a globally renowned investment firm, with a bright future ahead, Sofia drugged me at the graduation party and ended up pregnant with my child.
To an orphan like me, this child was incredibly precious.
So, for my daughter’s sake, I accepted Sofia’s proposal and became a live-in son-in-law to the Robertson family.
The Robertsons never trusted me. They even forced me to give up my job opportunity, threatening me with a miscarriage, reducing me to a servant, washing clothes and cooking, becoming the most ridiculed man in Savannah.
Over the years, I endured their countless humiliations, but they refused to acknowledge my daughter’s existence, telling the world that Henry was their only grandchild.