Dancing Into Someone Else's Arms

In the grand banquet hall, Anthony Lake held a bouquet of fresh flowers and confessed to the dancer standing center stage.Everyone turned to look at me in shock. After all, I had just gotten engaged to Anthony the day before.And now, here he was, confessing his love to another woman right in front of me, completely ignoring my presence.His father, Alan Lake, immediately shouted at him. "Don't be ridiculous! This isn't the time for you to mess around. Go apologize to Claire right now!"It was important to note that the Lake family had initially requested this engagement. While I had once liked Anthony, our family only agreed to it because we valued the Lake family's influence in the country. In our circles, everyone knew that casual flings were fine. One just had to be careful not to be reckless and not to take things too seriously.After all, no matter which two families joined together, it was always about mutual profits. If things got out of hand, no one would come out of

Shane moved quickly. By the next evening, his assistant flew in on a private jet, bringing a case full of stunning engagement rings straight to my doorstep.Standing before me in the glow of the sunset, Shane swept his hand across them. "Tell me, which one do you like?"I stood there, completely stunned. "Let me guess, you like all of them," Anthony remarked. "Then I'll keep them all. You can wear a different one every day."I felt like he was going a little overboard and couldn't help but say, "Mr. York, nobody wears an engagement ring before actually getting engaged."Had he lost his mind?Shane had a moment of realization as he let out a hearty laugh. "Right. I just got too excited."As he spoke, he reached out to take my hand. "I'd be so over the moon if I could marry you…"I looked at Anthony, who was six feet three in height, bowing his head before me like a big puppy, and burst out laughing.Mom cleared her throat, folding her arms as she leaned against the doorway. "I

I laughed at Anthony and shot back mockingly. "What makes you think someone who's lost his inheritance will still be respected?"Shane shouted angrily into the phone. "What nonsense are you spouting? I'm the only male heir in the Lake family!"But he wouldn't be for long. He scoffed and blocked his contact without any hesitation.At that moment, he still appeared to be the heir of the Lake family on the surface. But in truth, his parents had already given up on him and had shifted their focus to raising an adopted son who was still in elementary school.As I had expected, right after his wedding, Lake Group officially announced that Anthony had been removed from his position as general manager.Publicly, they said he was going abroad to further his studies.They also conveniently revealed that the Lake family had a younger son.Anyone who mattered knew that it meant that the Lake family had abandoned Anthony. They had sent him away as far as possible.The new heir of the Lake f

Even though my apartment was only two steps away, Shane and I still stopped at the door for an entire hour before I finally broke free and made it back inside.The moment I stepped inside, I received a message from Shane. He had managed to dig up the latest news about Anthony.After reading the report, I realized why Anthony had been willing to swallow his pride in search of me.Things were not going well with Lila after their marriage.Lila insisted on pursuing her career and refused to go abroad. For the sake of the woman he loved, Anthony fought with his family and refused to leave the country as well.But a home built on love alone couldn't last. They still needed money for daily necessities.The two of them constantly fought over housework as well.Lila was obsessed with maintaining her figure and perfect skin, so she refused to lift a finger around her house. She spent her entire salary on beauty treatments as well.As for Anthony, he had been pampered since childhood, so

True to his word, Shane repeatedly sent people to disrupt Anthony's life, and the Lake family never stepped in again.Gradually, Anthony was forced into hiding, rarely showing his face in public.Meanwhile, the preparations for my wedding with Shane were in full swing. The wedding was held two years after we met again.People from the northwest and southern cities all came to attend.Just as I stood beside Shane, ready to say "I do", Anthony suddenly burst in. "Wait!" he shouted.I turned around to see him dressed as a staff member, looking at me passionately. "Claire, I know I was wrong. Every day I spent in prison, I regretted impulsively calling off our engagement. That was when I realized I truly love you."He continued, "I don't care if you believe me or not. I dreamed of us getting engaged, marrying, buying a house by the lake, and living a life just for the two of us! That dream felt so real, it was as if I actually lived it. Maybe that dream was telling me that we still h