broke out from

ng, Eliana mov

s met a man's-Jeremy. There was someth

red. Both the Ward family and the Shaw family had sent represe

c took hold, and she nearly turned to run. Her

ife anymore. She wasn't the woman trapped in that gilded cage, not someone who had l

he remembered. Jeremy didn't come to her. Instead

d immediately, concern written all over him. He h

etween the sisters. We've always been a bit too lenient with Eliana. She was upset and took it out on Iris. I apologize for that. Mr. Ward

ont of the Shaw family's people, he twisted every word to make her look difficult and o

left her. There was something unsettling in

ost see him again, that same look in his eyes, the way he would approach her with a calm voice that hid everything bene

then went far beyond anythi

it all c

into that marriage, pushing her into Jerem

. Ward, living in luxury, surrounded by everything others envied.

h work, and never showed restraint. Day after day, he broke her down, leaving her hanging by a thread, only to pretend to be remorseful afterward. She lived

heelchair since he got injured in an accident long ago. He kept his distance, cold and indifferent, never showing her the attention she expected. Their marriage

one people avoided. No one dared to associate with her, much less marry her. I

her husband would change her fate. If she wanted Jer

to take back everything that had b

across the room, only to stop abruptly. On

led the space. There was a quiet streng

he Shaw family. The man who had been

simply glanced toward the butler at his side. Understanding the signal, the butler stepped forward. "Mr. S

his hand

black moved forward and op

everyone in the room