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Sarah’s face turned pale, and she looked at
Ethan aggrievedly, waiting for him to stand up
for her like before.
But this time, Ethan didn’t say anything, only
looking at me intently.
‘Ashley, let’s settle our marriage when you
come back this time.”
“Marriage? The person you should discuss
marriage with is Sarah, not me. By the way,
Mom and Dad, I have another thing to
announce this time. Let me introduce my
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Duymonu, vital.
As I said this, I took the arm of Brian, who
was helping Grandma walk in.
Everyone noticed Brian only then. I had asked
Brian to pretend to be my boyfriend.
Ashley, you and him…”
Ethan’s voice trembled, his eyes reddened,
and he looked at me and Brian with regret.
“We’ve known each other for over twenty
years, is it not comparable to the year you’ve
known this person?”
Hearing this, I looked at Ethan with a sneer.
“Yes, our twenty–plus years of relationship
allowed you to sell me to a simpla man If I
allowed you to sell me to a simple man. If I
hadn’t made up the lie about being infertile, I
would probably have been beaten to death by
that family by now.”
“I begged you, but you didn’t show any
mercy. At my most helpless moment, you
were kissing Sarah passionately.”
Hearing these words, my parents immediately
stood up, looking at Ethan and Sarah angrily.
“Is this true?! You two scoundrels, were you
trying to kill Ashley?!”
As Sarah was about to defend herself, I threw
a DNA report in her face.
“Is Jason really Michael’s son? You’re such a
good person to do this to my brother.”
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Grandma had accidentally found this in
Michael’s belongings when she came back
last time. It clearly stated that Jason wasn’t
Michael’s child at all.
Michael had discovered this long ago, but he
still helped Sarah hide it. Yet, she couldn’t
wait to be with Ethan right after he died.
After reading the report, my parents started
hitting and yelling at Sarah.
“You bitch! You actually brought a bastard to
inherit our Peterson family fortune!”
Ethan also looked at Sarah angrily. All the
good things he had seen in her instantly
vanished.
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He finally realized he had put a filter on Sarah
in his mind.
Sarah and Jason were kicked out. My
parents and Ethan were filled with regret,
crying and begging me to come back.
But I didn’t forgive them. After receiving what
was rightfully mine, I immediately left with
Grandma and Brian.
Ethan still relentlessly chased after us. When
I saw him again, he had lost a lot of weight,
and his eyes were dark.
‘Ashley, please forgive me, okay? I’ve already
married Sarah off to that simple man to
avenge you. I was so stupid to be fooled by
her for so long.”
I didn’t expect Ethan to do such a thing.
Sarah had actually walked the path I had in
my past life.
“Why did I only realize now that the person I’ve always loved is you, from a long, long time ago?”
“Ashley, let’s start over, okay?”
As Ethan spoke, he took out an engagement ring and knelt down on one knee before me,
his eyes filled with pleading and anticipation.
I ignored him and looked at Brian, who was
walking over, and smiled as I walked towards
him.
Seeing this, Ethan slumped to the ground in
despair, all the strength drained from his
body. He watched helplessly as Brian and I
left, then left alone in despair.
“There’s been new progress in today’s
research. I figured you wouldn’t want to miss.
it, so I came to pick you up.
Hearing this, my eyes lit up, and I immediately
took Brian’s hand and quickened my pace.
Ahead of me awaited the mysteries of
astronomy, and…
I looked back at Brian, met his smiling eyes,
and couldn’t help but smile.
…and a like–minded partner.
