Chapter 2


    The sleek ck Rolls–Royce cut through the guardrail, somersaulting in mid–air before plunging into


    the ocean, causing a massive ssh….


    “Natalia!”


    Magnus watched as the car drifted into the sea like a speck of dust. He roared, his eyes almost


    popping out of his sockets. His vision blurred as he swerved his car to follow, but he collided with the


    hefty steel columns of the overpass, bouncing back, and getting wedged between the barriers and the


    column.


    As Natalia’s car sank deeper into the sea, water filled her ears, mouth, and eyes. A wave crashed into


    the wreck, sweeping her out through the shattered window She could hear her sister Kendra’sughter


    echoing in her ears. “Natalia, you deserve this! Only your death can restore my marriage. How dare


    you take the man who rightfully belongs to me!”


    She closed her eyes, and the image of Magnus pained and remorseful face surfaced in her mind. “Nat,


    don’t leave met You promised to be with me for life. Have you forgotten?” Had she made such a


    promise?


    Then her mother, Addison’s tear–streaked face appeared. ‘Natalia, give your sister her man back. You


    can’t do this. Have you no shame?” Really? It was them who had insisted she married that man, and


    now they were using her of stealing her sister’s man!


    “Nat,e with me. You don’t belong here. I’ll take you to meet your birth mother. She thinks about


    you every day!” She saw Callum’s hopeful gaze


    “Natalia, I’ll wait for you, no matter how long it takes. Can’t you see, he doesn’t love you? Why else


    would he be with another woman while you were pregnant! He’s not worth it, Natalia!”


    She didn’t belong here, and it wasn’t worth staying. She had to go, but all she wanted was to be with


    her child. She was ready to leave.


    Finally, she felt free. She was off to another world, to be with her child. Goodbye, Magnus! Goodbye,


    Dad! Goodbye, Hector! Goodbye, Call Her body slowly sank to the ocean floor and she could almost


    see her child smiling at her.


    影


    shback to a year ago.


    In Melfort, the Andersen family and the rkson family were preparing for a wedding. It was supposed


    to be Lucius’s engagement to Kendra, but the groom was suddenly changed to Magnus.


    “Dad, why? Wasn’t I supposed to be engaged to Lucius? Why is it now Magnus? I won’t marry that


    cripple!” Kendra, the youngdy of the rkson family, cried out in their mansion


    “Kendra, I’m helpless. Initially, it was Morgan who arranged your engagement to Lucius, but then


    Magnus suddenly expressed his wish to marry you,” Kyler said helplessly.


    “Impossible! I won’t marry him. Dad, are you really going to force your daughter to marry that waste?”


    Kendra’s face was streaked with tears.


    Kyler’s wife, Addison, quickly consoled their daughter “Kendra, I will never let you marry that cripple


    Don’t worry” She shot Kyler a nce.


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    Kendra buried her face in Addison’s shoulder, sobbing uncontrobly.


    After consoling their daughter, Addison sat next to Kyler. “Kyler, the Andersens are being utterly


    unreasonable. The engagement was supposed to be between Lucius and Kendra. Why did it suddenly


    change to that cripple, Magnus?”


    Kyler sighed, “Morgan adores Magnus. His guilt towards him grows every day, and he wants to give


    him the best the world has to offer.”


    “They can feel guilty all they want, but they shouldn’t mistreat Kendra. Since they’ve breached the


    agreement, we need not keep our end either Since Morgan loves Magnus so much, why not we marry


    Natalia to him? After all, she’s our daughter too!” Addison stared at Kyler.


    “Ridiculous! Natalia is off–limits!” Kyler’s eyes shed with panic


    “Why not? Are you protecting her? Isn’t Kendra your daughter too?” Addison cried out. “You brought


    back a bastard from your affairs, and I raised her for over a decade withoutining. If you marry


    Kendra off to that cripple, I’ll never forgive you!”


    With that, she stormed off upstairs, leaving Kyler alone on the couch. His face was pale as he thought


    back to fifteen years ago when he brought Natalia home and faced a storm of controversy Back then,


    he did everything he could to protect her, hoping she could grow up peacefully. Now that she had finally


    grown up, she was facing hardship again. What was he supposed to do?


    At the Andersen Family Estate, the front gate was suddenly pushed open. Lucius strode in, dressed in


    a ck suit, an aura of coldness surrounding him. Anger was clear in his eyes. He walked upstairs,


    pushed open a room on the second floor facing east. An elderly man with silver hair sat inside, staring


    at the nts on the balcony, seemingly oblivious to the man who had just entered. He knew it was his


    second grandson, Lucius


    “Grandpa, why are we arranging Kendra’s marriage to Magnus? Weren’t you the one who promised me


    a union with the rkson family?” Lucius stood tall beside the old man, his gaze unwavering.


    “Lucius, if Magnus wishes to marry, let him. You’ve been granted so much already, and he only asks for


    a woman’s hand in marriage,” the old gentleman replied casually.


    “But Grandpa, Kendra and I are in love. You can’t do this!” Lucius protested, veins beginning to pop on


    the back of his hand.


    Morgan, the old man, slowly turned his head to look at the young man standing beside him.


    “Lucius, he’s your brother. For nine years, he’s asked for nothing, living in istion on Sapphire Ind,


    uninvolved in any affairs. Now he only ses for a woman to care for him, and you refuse? Your


    selfishness makes me question if you truly belong to the Andersen family Morgan’s calm voice hit


    Lucius like a tidal wave


    “But Grandpa, there are countless women in this world. Why does he need mine? You know that


    Kendra is my woman!” Lucius‘ eyes began to fill


    with sorrow.


    “You have everything you could possibly want. Let him have this one thing I’m tired now. You should


    leave Morgan said, closing his eyes


    Lucius clenched his fists, a steely glint shing across his eyes. He made his way out of the bedroom


    and exited the mansion. His car roared to life. He would never let that cripple take his woman!


    Sapphire !nd, surrounded by the sea, filled with fresh air tinged with a salty sea breeze A tranquil


    mansion rested there, bathed in warm sunlight. The man in the wheelchair looked strikingly handsome,


    his dark eyes like an unfathomableke