Emma"You look so tense, Emma. Is everything okay?" Grandpa Demos asked.I forced a small smile, hoping it looked convincing. "Grandpa, I'm very fine," I replied.Grandpa Demos was the only person in Jake's family who had ever treated me with kindness. If it wasn't for him, Jake and I would have never gotten married.Four years ago, my family's business collapsed. We were drowning in debt, and we owed Grandpa Demos fifty million dollars. As if that wasn't enough, my mother became seriously ill at the same time. Her medical bills kept piling up, and there was no way we could afford them.Grandpa Demos made me an offer that changed my life. If I married his grandson, Jake, he would erase every cent of my family's debt. He also promised to pay for my mother's treatment until she recovered.I had no choice, I agreed to the marriage, even though it wasn't built on love or even mutual interest. I convinced myself that things would get better with time. I believed that if I loved Jake enough
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