Chapter 3
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Unexpectedly, I was not beaten up.
However, I lost contact with my siblings, who were abroad, again.
I knew that was how my father always used to vent his anger.
He and my stepmother started searching the entire city for a suitable man for me to get married to. They wanted to marry me off to let the Young family remain wealthy.
However, nasty rumors about me gradually started spreading.
They said I had done many nasty things to make Brad happy over the years. They said I was damaged, and I could not even bear a child anymore.
Nobody in the capital city was willing to take in a woman like me anymore.
My father's temper got worse as days passed, and my life got harder and harder to endure.
Two months after Brad broke off his engagement with me, shocking news about him started spreading again.
They said he was about to get engaged again, and it was to Zoe. Brad even fought with his parents for her.
The group of people who loved drama deliberately sent me the news.
I knew what they wanted to see.
They were just too bored and were starting to miss the days when they had a clown like me by their side.
[Leah, I think Brad still likes you very much.]
[You must be having a hard time now, right? Why don't you go beg Brad?]
[He's quite a soft-hearted person. Just go and cry to him. If that doesn't work, just pretend to take your own life. He might just take you back.]
[How could Zoe compare to you, Leah? You're much prettier than her.]
I looked at the texts, and I did not reply to any of them.
I concentrated my efforts on getting ready to get married instead.
A week ago, I spent the whole night begging on my knees.
Finally, I got my father to agree to let me go to Clason City to get married instead of my sister, who had just come of age.
I had heard about James Blackwell, the heir of the Blackwell family from Clason City. He was ruthless, but he was incredibly powerful. He was the uncrowned king of Clason City.
However, his legs were crippled, and he had a violent temper.
Despite that, I was not afraid at all.
I was willing to do anything to escape the Young family and to give my siblings freedom.
Besides, I could not stay in the capital city anymore.
I might have a fighting chance in Clason City.
