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The nightmare

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BEN POV

When I was a little girl, I always looked up to my grandfather because he could do it all. He'd still manage to take care of us while he continued to run the family business, and right at that moment, I knew what I wanted to do: make him damn proud of me.

But every time I felt like I accomplished something, my efforts never exceeded his expectations, and just like that, I put my dreams and passions aside so that I could live up to my family’s name.

A Rebel.

That surname came with a heavy burden.

It almost felt suffocating.

Living under the spotlight didn’t make it easy, but when I met Zane, I really felt like my family’s image or money didn’t matter.

For the first time in my life, I felt free. I felt like I wasn’t drowning.

Then, just when I felt like my life was getting back on track, I was forced to marry a man I didn’t love.

The man who stole my heart in one night... I couldn’t have him even if I wanted to.

Our love was deemed forbidden.

Yet we couldn’t keep our h
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