The Game of Atonement
On the eve of our wedding, I refused Aria Carter's first love's ridiculous request to take my place as her groom for a month.
In a fit of anger, he stormed off, drove onto the highway, and was killed in a car accident.
That very night, Aria grabbed me by the neck and demanded, "I already agreed to marry you, so why couldn't you fulfill this one tiny wish for him?!"
To avenge her first love, she brought in a stand-in to replace him and punished me day and night.
Not only did she abort our child, but she also framed my dad for illegal fundraising, forcing him to die in prison.
Unable to take the shock, my mom suffered a heart attack and ended up in the ICU.
When I went to beg for her si