Ruin My Mother's Life, Now I Ruin Yours
My father, Harlan Lowe, suffers from severe face blindness. To him, every woman in the world looks the same.
40 years ago, he was drugged by a business rival and spent one fateful night with the woman who would later become my mother.
Unable to recognize her afterward, he mistakenly marries Mildred Roberts, the opportunistic woman who steals her place and claims the credit that is never hers.
In time, Harlan and Mildred become one of the city's most celebrated power couples, admired by everyone. Meanwhile, my mother is left to bear the consequences alone.
Pregnant and unmarried, she is branded a promiscuous woman, shunned by society, and never marries. Years of humiliation and loneliness eventually drive her into depression and lead her to take her own life.
40 years later, I am now a man who has built a life through brilliance and relentless determination. I end up marrying Bella Harrison, the beloved daughter of the wealthiest dynasty in the country.
We share a loving marriage and a happy family.
The peace ends the day my daughter, Josie Gardner, brings her boyfriend home.
Seated at the head of the family table, I study the young man. Arrogant, confident, and unmistakably spoiled, he carries himself like someone who has never known hardship.
I know immediately that he is Simon Lowe, the grandson of Harlan and Mildred.
Looking at Simon's face, which bears an uncanny resemblance to Harlan's, I ignore the gift he offers me. "You want to marry my daughter? In your wildest dreams."