The Illusion of Happiness
Synopsis
"I got pregnant after a relationship lasting eight years, only for my fiance to call off the wedding the night before.When I arrived, I found him changing it to a celebration of his son's first month.I heard his parents speak ill of me, "That Rachel Stone really embarrassed us, getting pregnant even before you got married. I refuse to have such an immoral daughter-in-law like her."Several days later, Sean Wickham let his son's mother put on the most exquisite wedding dress to get their marriage registered."I have a son anyway," he chuckled. "Whatever happens to the thing in your belly ain't any of my business."The illusion of happiness utterly shattered, I left without hesitation, heartbroken.I didn't want this marriage or the child anymore. I’d go back to my real home in the distant north."
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