A Dog Took My Fiancee's Place

“Lily, this is our engagement party! He’s replacing you with a dog! Who do you think he’s insulting? “He’s insulting both of us at the same time! How can you say that it’s a joke and just forget about it?”My blood was boiling with rage. In order to give Lily the perfect engagement party, I had personally planned every single detail. I even went to the flower market and hand-picked every single flower displayed on the tables. However, she let her guy best friend humiliate me by implying that I was marrying a dog. “Leon, I told you that Ryan was just letting me sleep in a little longer! Why are you always accusing him?”Lily grabbed Ryan Anderson’s arm with teary eyes. She stared at me in disappointment. “Have you forgotten that time I almost drowned when I was young? I’d have died if it weren’t for Ryan, who yelled for help!“He’s a lifesaver! I treat him as an older brother. He’s only helping to fill in the gap because I was late to our engagement party. Why are you so pe

I got five stitches on my arm, and it left an ugly scar. When we were in college, Lily would tear up at the most minor injury that I got from playing basketball. She would treat my wound with utmost care. She often said she was worried I did not take care of myself.However, she had not even spared me a glance when Ryan had hurt me.I felt uncomfortable with the stitches on my hand. I wanted to get some fresh air. When I walked out of the emergency room, I bumped into Lily.She was holding a tube of ointment for Ryan. She was momentarily stunned when she saw the stitches on my arm and stopped me. “Leon…“I was afraid that Ryan might’ve sought revenge against you. If his family’s legal team sued you, you wouldn’t have been able to recover from it.“But… I’m sorry for neglecting you. Let’s go on a boat ride this weekend, just the two of us. Let me make it up to you, alright?” she said pleadingly. In the past, I would have given in. However, at this moment, I just felt tired.

I opened my eyes to bright light.I could smell antiseptic. I moved my fingers and felt as though my entire body was aching, especially my left leg. “Leon, you’re awake!” I heard my mother exclaim in surprise. “Dad… Mom…”I realized my throat was extremely dry. “Don’t talk. You’ve been in a coma for two days straight!” My mother immediately stopped me with tears streaming down her cheeks. “When your mother and I received the news, we were terrified!” My father’s voice was hoarse. He was a tough man, but even he was tearing up. “The doctor said if you’d been in the water for half an hour more, you’d be dead…“Fortunately, these two kind souls passed by and saved you. Otherwise, your mother and I’d be saying goodbye…”I turned around and saw a middle-aged, wealthy couple standing next to my bed. They looked concerned. “Thank you… for saving me,” I said weakly. “We’re glad to help.” That lady was staring at my face. Her face wore a conflicted expression.“These

However, she did not make it to the ward. My parents stopped her.“Mrs. Black, please let me see him! I was wrong! I know that now,” Lily cried as she dropped to her knees.Joe Black and Mary Black looked at her coldly.“We don’t accept your apologies, Lily.”“Mrs. Black, please…”“Please? Do you think saying that can erase what you did to my son?”Mary teared up. “You thought he was nobody, so you humiliated him with a dog at your engagement party!“Then you abandoned him in the ocean, leaving him to be bitten by a shark and fight for his life!“Now that you know he’s the heir of Anderson Corporation, now that you know he’s the Andersons’ missing child, you suddenly come crawling back. Aren’t you ashamed of yourself?“You almost killed my son! I’ll make you pay for this one day!” Lily was confused, and her mind went blank. She stood there in a daze as she muttered, “A shark? What shark? Ryan told me that the area was safe. How could Leon have been bitten by a shark?”Mar

In the ward, William’s expression darkened as he read the email his assistant had sent.It detailed everything from how Ryan’s biological parents had abducted me back then to how Ryan had been secretly using Anderson Corporation’s accounts for money laundering.Just then, his assistant rushed in anxiously. He forgot to even knock in the rush.“Mr. Anderson, there’s bad news! Ryan is transferring the assets under his name. It looks like he’s preparing to flee!” “That trash! Impossible!” William slammed his fist against the table. The glass shook from the impact. “He harmed my son and still dares to covet my money? He won’t get a single cent!“Freeze all of Ryan’s accounts immediately! And call an emergency board meeting.”Half an hour later, the core management and board members of Anderson Corporation appeared in a virtual meeting. The screen filled the ward.William sat before the camera and looked solemn.“From this moment on, Ryan’s relieved of all responsibilities with