Sentenced to Marriage by MadlainQ

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Prayer As I stormed into Aren’s room, I found Miranda there, leaning over him and checking his pupils’ reaction to the light. When she turned around, I mouthed hello to her and gave her a warm smile as I rushed to sit on Aren’s bed. “His reactions seem fine, but he hasn’t moved since that one episode that the nurse witnessed.” Miranda’s lips curved into a crooked smile.

I sighed. “I guess we will have to wait.”

Miranda gave me a comforting pat on the back before leaving me alone with my husband. I grabbed his hand and stared at him, hoping for any sign that would tell me that he was waking up, but nothing like that happened for another hour… It was past seven, and I kept sitting by Aren’s bed, talking to him, touching his arm, and caressing his cheeks. “I’m scared, Aren. The shareholders’ meeting starts at ten o’clock. I don’t want to disappoint you…. I was trying real hard, but now I’m just tired. I’m afraid that those people will do something bad, and I won’t be able to stop them.” My voice trembled, but I forced myself not to cry.

I called Neil, telling him where I was and asking if he could bring me the clothes I prepared for myself to wear at the meeting. I silently prayed for a miracle. If Aren opened his eyes, even for a bit before the meeting, I could tell that news at the meeting, and ask the shareholders to give my husband a few more days to recover before making any hush decisions. “Aren…. I just wanted to tell you that our marriage was the best thing that has ever happened to me. I love you… I want to spend the rest of my life with you… But it would help if you just woke up already…” I smiled even though I kept widening my eyes, and I hardly restrained my tears from falling. Suddenly, I felt a gentle squeeze, as if Aren’s fingers had curled around my hand. I gasped and stroked his hand. “Aren, if you hear me, then know that you have been sleeping long enough already. Come back to me…” I whispered.

words. “Miranda!” I yelled, jumping up from Aren’s bed and rushing to yank them open. “Mira—”I paused, surprised to see Neil right outside the door. His pale face and thin sort-of-smile instantly put me on high alert. “What now?” He chuckled nervously, walking into the room and putting my suit and a bag of cosmetics on the table. “They called for a press conference at 8:30,” he choked out.

the news you found to the press, the shareholders’ meeting will be over, and their choice final,” he explained. I looked at the clock; it was nearly eight. I glanced at Aren, but he no longer showed any signs of waking up. My heart ached that I was forced to choose between staying with my husband or saving his company, but I also knew that I would regret it for the rest of my life if I didn’t do everything in my power to help him keep the CEO’s position at his own company. I put makeup on, got dressed, and instructed Neil to observe Aren closely and let me know if he started to wake up. I rushed to the company without having a specific plan. I prayed for a miracle…

I heard Mr. Hill’s venomous voice shouting through the microphone

to the podium spread like the Red Sea, allowing me to walk through while hectically taking pictures. Fury boiled in my veins. I kept my eyes locked on Mr. Hill, an evil smirk crossing my lips as his eyes met mine. “Mrs. Cora Lan… who most likely forced her husband to marry, knowing that he was terminally ill, had been constantly endangering the company from the moment Mr. Lan fell into a state of coma. She hasn’t graduated from any university and has no experience of even working in a big consortium such as Lan Diamond Corporation. Therefore, we called for a shareholders’ meeting to remove this pest from the highest position in the company and save Lan Diamond Corporation’s workers from losing their jobs.” As Mr. Hill’s last tone spread across the hall, the executives

up in high heels. I took the shoes off and stepped onto the podium barefoot. Mr. Hill and the rest stared at

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don’t have a degree, although I studied at Oxford. I have never run a company, and I have never even worked at a company the size of Lan Diamond Corporation. But I have been managing it for less than twenty days, and I am willing to give the CEO’s position back