CEO Biological Family 단편 소설 & 소설

Three days before my wedding, my adopted sister, Mia Collins, said she wanted to know what it felt like to be a bride. My parents and my fiancé, Julian Carter, immediately asked me to give her my wedding so she could live out her dream. Years ago, Mia's father had died saving my parents. Afterward, Mia came to live with us, and my whole family felt we owed her a debt we could never repay. In the name of gratitude, my parents even tried to give her the house my grandmother had left me. Julian went behind my back and put her name on designs I'd poured my heart into. I thought that once we'd repaid her, things would go back to normal. They'd love me the way they used to. But when I flatly refused their ridiculous demand, they got in my face and called me selfish. Julian frowned at me. "It's just a ceremony, Elena. Don't be so petty about it." My mother's eyes were red. "Mia's father died saving us. What's so wrong with making a little sacrifice?" As they all turned on me, I finally saw the truth. My family and my fiancé had shut me out long ago. That night, I accepted a top-secret research assignment from the Department of Defense. Without a second thought, I signed a five-year confidentiality agreement that would cut me off from the outside world. This time, I was done with them.

I loved Spencer. Even though I knew he only saw Fiona when he looked at me. I clung to the wedding dress he picked out himself, holding onto the dream of a future that felt so close. But on our wedding day, she came back. In front of everyone, he has my dress ripped apart—for her. Now, he knelt before my grave, begging for forgiveness. But all I could think was, even here, he was ruining my peace.

I chase my six-year-old daughter out of the house on a cold winter day. I cut her new clothes to pieces and dirty her dainty little face with mud. Then, I give her all my savings. She looks at me tearfully and reaches out for me, wanting me to hold her. However, I harden my heart and push her away, saying, "Leave! Go to Bowen Group and look for their CEO, Logan Bowen. Show him my death certificate and your DNA test—he'll take you in." She sobs while looking at me. "Don't you want me anymore, Mommy? Let's go look for Daddy together." After a brief silence, I say, "I can't go with you. I lied to him back then to have you." Yes, I'm a liar. I orchestrated everything from meeting Logan, dating him, to ultimately leaving him with his child in my womb. Even the death certificate I've given my daughter is fake. From beginning to end, I've lied to him about everything except our daughter.

I'm the true heir to an affluent family who got switched at birth. But when I'm reunited with my family, they suddenly announce their bankruptcy. The sprawling mansion is repossessed, leaving me, my wife, and my parents to sleep on the streets. My parents are so furious that they end up getting admitted to the hospital—one gets a stroke, and the other passes away. My wife gets her legs broken by one of the creditors, and my son is so frightened that he becomes mentally impaired. To bear the astronomical medical bill, I work countless part-time jobs and put myself through the wringer. Everything changes when, one day, I accept a job as a temporary driver. I go to a lavish hotel's banquet hall. A celebration for a gold wedding is being held there, and I see my late mother and paralyzed father sharing a kiss onstage. My crippled wife is dancing offstage as she enjoys the festivities. Meanwhile, my son speaks fluently in a foreign language as he speaks with a foreign child.