Chapter 1

To test Connor Gordon’s loyalty, Wendy Lidell had drugged him and then shoved me into his room.“Willow…” Connor was panting slightly as he looked at me in a daze.I knew that he had always loved Wendy. However, since they were unmarried, he could not bear to touch her yet.To survive, he would pick the lesser evil; he would sacrifice me.In the previous timeline, I could not control the feelings I had had for him since I was younger. Thus, I spent the night with him.The next morning, Wendy spotted the hickies on my neck and started throwing a tantrum about becoming a nun.After we stopped her from doing that, she married a mafia don in Hurac in a fit of pique. Soon after that, she had passed away in an accident, becoming that mafia don’s fourth dead wife. After I got pregnant, Connor married me out of a sense of responsibility. However, he treated me and our son as though we were strangers. I knew that he resented me for letting Wendy discover what happened between us that

Chapter 2

“I will plead the case to Mr. Liddell. The Gordon family will also do its best to find a way out of this marriage agreement.”Connor looked at the document in my hand and suddenly laughed. “Willow, were you trying to beg your father to make me marry you? He must have made you come out here because he’s so troubled right now.“Go inside. Once I make sure Wendy is safe, I’ll marry you as agreed. You no longer have to worry about this matter.”After saying this, Connor turned to look at me tenderly and patted the back of my hand gently. He behaved just as he had when he was a boy. Perhaps he may have liked me as we grew up together. However, after living through everything in the previous timeline, I knew that he truly loved Wendy.We would inevitably torment each other and run into bad ends. “You don’t have to worry about me.” I moved away from his touch.Connor frowned and grabbed the document from me to take a peek. “What are you talking about, Willow? Haven’t I worried

Chapter 3

When I next woke up, my eyes had been covered. I could not see even the smallest pinprick of light. My hands and legs were bound. Pain radiated from my back. The rope that bound me was lifted. Then, my feet were submerged in icy water. The water rose, slowly enveloping my chest and head…I could not breathe. I could not even scream for help. Eventually, I was raised up again as I thrashed violently. I gulped in huge lungfuls of air and coughed so hard until I could not make any more noise. The person at the edge of the pool finally spoke up.“You’ve offended somebody you shouldn’t have. That person has sent me to torment you.”Before I could say anything, I was tossed back into the water. It happened many times. Every time I felt like I was about to drown, I was lifted out of the water. Finally, I was left on the ground as my tormentor made a phone call. “It’s done, boss.”I could hear Connor on the other end of the line. “Leave immediately. I’ll deal with the rest of

Chapter 4

“Oh, you still don’t know, Connor?“The other day, Willow came to talk to me. She said she was willing to go overseas to fulfill the marriage agreement. Ah, it was the day you were outside the manor together. You young people. All of you are so impulsive.“I thought Willow told you about it. It’s a big deal, after all.”Horace Lidell did not sound the least bit sad that his daughter had left. Afterward, he called Wendy to come over. “Connor, I can tell that you like Wendy. I’ve decided to play matchmaker and set you two up.”Connor had thought about this many times. If not for his marriage agreement with Willow, he would want to marry Wendy. However, he could not listen to Horace speak at that point. He rushed out the door. What consumed his mind was the thought that Willow had actually left him. But did he not like Wendy instead? The only thing he had with Willow was their marriage agreement, was it not?However, for some reason, his heart hurt. He felt like he had lost e

Chapter 5

“Mr. Gordon, you only got us to pretend to kidnap Miss Willow and scare her a little. But we were blinded by our greed. Miss Wendy found us and offered us a whole lot of money to…”“To do what?!” Connor was furious as he yelled. “Miss Wendy said that Miss Willow nearly drowned as a child, so she’s afraid of deep water. She told us to kidnap Miss Willow and then throw her in the water. She said it will be fine as long as Miss Willow doesn’t die.”Connor’s gaze was frigid. Kieran patted the trembling man down and found a recording on him. The recording was a video of the night Willow was kidnapped. It was what they had used to get their payment from Wendy. Connor felt heartbroken after he saw the video. “How much did she give you?”“Five million dollars.”Connor should have realized this long ago. The way Horace treated Willow and Wendy was starkly different. When Willow had moved out, she could only afford a small apartment unit in the city. However, Wendy could spend five

Chapter 6

“Look, isn’t that the Lidell family’s eldest daughter, Willow?”“Has she been kidnapped? Oh, goodness, she’s being dunked into the water! It is no wonder only Miss Wendy is here tonight.”“How cruel! Miss Willow looks like she’s about to drown in that video!”Horace looked deathly pale. Meanwhile, menace flashed in Wendy’s eyes. “Honored guests, this is some kind of mistake. Someone has ill intentions toward me. My eldest daughter is overseas right now. Nothing has happened to her!”However, he was very quickly proven wrong. The audio recording of Wendy’s misdeeds played out loudly for everyone to hear. “I want you to torment Willow half to death. Scare her to bits so she doesn’t dare return from Hurac. How dare she try to take what’s mine? Doesn’t she know what a piece of trash she is? She will end up just like her mom. In her despair, she will know that her only escape is death.”The whole place fell silent. Horace’s wine glass fell and shattered on the floor. Meanwhile, W

Chapter 7

“Because you’ve done nothing to hurt me.”For the past few days, I had been asking myself the same question. Why did I save a fiance I had barely known for a month?Perhaps it was because he had let me sleep and rest well while I was wounded and in pain. Perhaps it was because his every smile warmed my heart up.During the next few days, Aaron’s underlings all became shocked. The formerly ruthless mafia don had rejected all his social obligations to stay in the ward with me. He would read poetry to me and clumsily peel apples for me. He even gave me a brooch with an iris on it, symbolizing that I was family. On the day I was discharged, Aaron brought me to the beach. The sunset painted the surface of the water a crimson gold. He suddenly dropped to one knee and held out an heirloom ring to me. “Willow, I married previously out of a sense of duty to my family, but now I want to marry you from the bottom of my heart. I know you were forced to come here to marry me, but I

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