An '80s Tale: No Way Back (To Love)

"The day I fail to get into university, my childhood sweetheart breaks off our engagement.Then he delivers the next blow. He's marrying my best friend, Katherine Schaffer, who actually got into a university. They've even already registered their marriage.Crushed by the double betrayal, I leave home to clear my head, only to fall into the hands of human traffickers.Katherine's stepbrother, Dominic Frizzell, spends his entire fortune rescuing me. Even after I lose a hand, he proposes.After we marry, he spoils me in every way. Sometimes it feels like he practically worships me.That goes on for seven years, until one day, I overhear my mother-in-law lecturing him."You abducted Valerie and cut off her hand just so Katherine could take her place at the university. And to make sure Valerie couldn't get revenge, you even married her. You've done more than enough for Katherine."Dominic's voice holds a quiet melancholy. "It's still not enough. Kat always deserves the best."I freeze behind the door, stunned by the truth.It turns out that all the suffering and every supposed act of salvation were simply Dominic using me."