Sophie’s heart, already battered beyond repair, felt nothing now, not even pain.She suddenly remembered five years ago, when Daniel brought her into the city to marry him and stood before her parents, making his promise.“Don’t worry. I may not have much now, but I’ll protect Sophie with everything I have. I’ll make something of myself. I’ll take care of both of you.”Her parents hadn’t looked down on him. They had been moved and overjoyed.Her father brought out the best food the family had been saving for months, and her mother pressed a pair of handmade shoes into his hands, stitched together late into the night.They gave him everything they could.And in five years, they received nothing in return.Now, her father’s life was being used as leverage, just to force her to bow her head.She should have understood long ago.In front of Clara, whether she was right or wrong, whether she explained herself or not, the truth had never mattered to Daniel.For the woman he loved, there was
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