All Chapters of Discarded by My Family, I Proved Them Wrong: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Chapter 2"Elara," Valena reached for Lara's hand."Ow, that hurts, Valen!" Elara yelped and yanked her hand back hard.She clutched her wrist like it was in pain. Valena stared at her, baffled, at Elara's wincing face the echo of that scream still ringing in her ears. Sera and Leovan came hurrying over."What's wrong, Elara?" Sera asked, while Leovan fixed Valena with a sharp look."Leo, I didn't do anything to her. I just reached for her hand, and she—" the sentence trailed off.Sera turned a hard stare on Valena, her hand rising in the air but stopping just short of her adopted daughter's cheek. "What exactly did you do, Valena?"She took a long breath before answering, her eyes on Sera. Her hands twisted at the hem of the shirt she'd worn that afternoon."I just reached for her hand, because I was calling her name and she—""Valena grabbed my arm, Mrs. Dominique. Um... she wasn't calling me, she just grabbed it," Elara cut in."If Valena had just called my name nicely, I would've

Chapter 4Two weeks after the surgery, Valena was still hiding an exhaustion that wouldn't let up, tucked behind a smile she forced every morning. No one asked why she looked paler by the day, because the family's attention had shifted entirely elsewhere.Even the party she'd once planned had simply been called off, without a second thought. That afternoon, Daniel showed up seething with anger."Valena!" He grabbed her arm, hard. "You've started accusing me of things now? What exactly do you think you saw?"The words shattered the quiet of the Dominique mansion. Valena, who had no idea what her fiancé was even talking about, could only stare back, confused."What are you saying, Niel?" She reached for his hand.But he shook her off. "Stop acting like an idiot, Valena. You're accusing me of cheating just because I sat with Elara at the hospital?"Valena stepped back. "Niel, I never said anything like that," she said.Footsteps sounded from the direction of the kitchen Elara, with Leova

The heart monitor beeped steadily.Too steadily, for a girl whose heart was falling apart.Sean's proposal still hung in the air. He had said it so calmly, like he was reading out a lab report.That was what scared her most."Doctor." Valena's voice cracked. She twisted the edge of the blanket until her knuckles turned white. "You told me I don't have much time. How can you ask someone like me to marry you?"Sean stood up from the chair beside her bed.He came close. So close she could smell the antiseptic on his white coat.Then he cradled her face in both hands, gently, as if she might shatter."That's exactly why," he said. "As my wife, you'll be safer. You can choose your own treatment. You can go anywhere you want. You won't need anyone's permission."Valena laughed. It sounded ugly, even to her own ears."Free? Is that what you call it?" Her eyes stung. "My adoptive family threw me out like trash. And now, just to stay alive, I have to accept your pity?"Sean took her hand. His

The night air felt colder than usual, the kind of cold that settled into the bones rather than the skin. Leovan didn't go straight home. His car sat parked across from the hospital, engine idling, his eyes fixed on the third floor window where the light still refused to go out.Something was wrong. He was certain of it now. Ever since Valena's unfinished sentence that afternoon, ever since the nurse's expression had shifted into something far too careful for a simple matter of privacy, a pulse of unease had been thrumming steadily in his chest. He'd spent enough years around this hospital, around doctors and their careful silences, to know when a simple no comment was hiding something larger.He grabbed his phone, thumb scrolling fast to find one name. An administrative staffer he'd once helped, three years ago, when his family's medical license had nearly been revoked over a paperwork dispute no one else had bothered to untangle."I need a favor," he said the moment the call connecte

"Leovan!"Jorge's voice thundered through the dining room and echoed off the cold marble walls. The clink of silver spoons stopped at once. No one dared to breathe too loudly.Leovan halted at the doorway. His black suit was already neatly in place, and his car keys were gripped tightly in his right hand. He did not turn around."Sorry, Dad. I'm in a hurry."Jorge rose from his chair. In a few long strides he stood before his eldest son, his fingers clamping down on Leovan's arm. His sharp gaze flicked for a moment to Elara, seated beside Sera, then returned to Leovan."Where could you possibly be going this early? Today is your sister's happiest day. What could be more important than that?""The truth about Valena."Those four words fell into the middle of the dining table like a stone dropped into a still lake. Leovan pulled his arm free from his father's grip and walked away.A chair creaked softly at the side of the table. Elara stood up and hurried after her brother."Brother, to