"Watch your mouth, Emma!" Benjamin said in a low voice as he grabbed my arm.
I forced a sour smile, but tears of pain, hopelessness, and anger couldn't help but fall from my eyes. Then, my voice shook as I said in a soft voice, "You made a promise to my parents before they died..."
And he slowly let go of me as he realized something in the past.
And I continued with an outburst of anger, "You promised to marry me and to take care of me for the rest of your life!”
A look of comical disbelief written all over his face as he saw how I just acted. “What—”
But I cut him off before he could say something, then wiped my tears and snarled, “So you better think it all over again in case you forgot.”
Emma’s POV
"I could only marry you on one condition," he murmured, casting me a chilling glare that could send shivers down my spine.
A soft scoff escaped my lips.
The fact that I had a miscarriage while he was unaware of it, spent half a month in the hospital without him even trying to find me, and now this—his f*cking condition to ruin my mood even more.
He continued, "Violet has cancer.”
I was shocked but it has nothing to do with me, so why would I care?
"And I want you to try a new medicine that has not undergone any critical trials---"
My eyes widened with shock, and I asked sarcastically, "Wait, what?"
He sighed, "She just came back because she has cancer and wants to spend her last days with me. So, I want you to do something for Violet's sake. I don't want her to die."
"But you want me to die just to test some medicines for her?" I asked with a bitter, heartbreaking voice. I can't believe Benjamin would do this to me. I've always been a substitute for Violet, and I finally had enough of this bullshit. I can't take this anymore.
I stepped back and stubbornly shook my head, "No. The wedding is off, and I'm done with you. I won't sacrifice myself just for your woman."
And I immediately walked away from him as fast as I could.
"Emma!" he called my name, but I didn't look back.
Tears streamed down my face as I kept walking. I had done everything for him, but now he'd do anything for his lover – the woman he cheated on me with. I had sacrificed everything, even my own dreams of becoming a singer. I had disregarded them all, choosing to support him. I even invested all my family's inheritance to help his company reach new heights.