That day, I accompanied my husband, Ethan Sadler, to his check-up and found out he would soon be able to see again. That was also the day my mother, Roxanne Miller, asked me to go home.
With a frosty expression, she ordered, “Heidi, divorce Ethan so that Rosie can marry him.”
I said nothing, surprised at how she could actually say that.
When I didn’t agree, my father, Richard Talbot, pointed a finger at me. He growled, “Don’t forget, Heidi Talbot, he was initially Rosie’s fiancé. You don’t deserve to be his wife. Don’t even think of holding onto the marriage!”
I stared at them and my younger sister, Rosalie Talbot, who was leaning in their arms, looking fragile.
It felt so ridiculous to me.
It was true that Ethan was engaged to Rosalie. However, my parents couldn’t bear to see her marry a blind man when he accidentally lost his sight. That was why they called off the engagement.
Unexpectedly, the Sadler family’s business flourished while ours started going downhill. Two years ago, our family encountered a debt crisis and had to ask the Sadler family for help.
Due to losing his sight, Ethan started having severe allergic reactions to women. If a woman was within six feet away from him, rashes would develop all over his body, and it would feel extremely uncomfortable.
The only women he wasn’t allergic to were Rosalie and me. As the three of us grew up together, he wasn’t allergic to our presence.
When the Sadler family requested my family to adhere to the engagement, my family sacrificed me without hesitation.
I was forced to sign the prenuptial agreement. Ethan and I then registered our marriage.
Dad’s company received 20 million dollars from Sadler Group. Meanwhile, I received nothing from either side of the family for my marriage to Ethan.
Just like some sort of merchandise, I was packed up and delivered to the Sadler residence.
What was more ridiculous was I had so few belongings that a suitcase was more than enough for me, even though I lived in that house for 20 years.
As our family once called off the engagement with Ethan, my parents-in-law, William Sadler and Brianna Ford, despised me.
