A Love Lost in the Years
After my father passes away, my mother—now married into the wealthy Hawthorne family—brings me to live with them.
Everyone laughs, saying I'm being groomed to become either of the Hawthorne brothers' bride.
Even I start to believe it.
But later, when I try to marry one of them, both reject me.
The older brother says, "I'll need to marry for business one day. Why would I marry her?"
The younger one scoffs. "She's older than me. Who'd want an old woman?"
But the very next day, the two of them propose—together—to my assistant. I instantly become a joke.
After that, I call my mother. "Mom, I'm willing to marry into the Grant family."