Chapter 2 A Substitute

If they thought she was worthless, fine. She’d leave them to it.

Five years of trying to make this marriage work, all that love and effort she’d put in… what a waste.

Later, Arthur’s assistant came to handle her discharge paperwork.

Keeping up her act of memory loss, Charlotte looked at the assistant. “Who are you?”

Grace Johnson hesitated briefly. “I’m Mr. Harrison’s assistant. I’m here to take

home.”

you

“Mr. Harrison?”

“The man who was just here. Your husband.”

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silent, bitter laugh while keeping her expression neutral and puzzled. “So why would he

Grace sighed. She couldn’t understand her boss’s thinking. His wife had lost her memory in a car crash, and he chose to call her just

this an arranged marriage?” Charlotte mused, keeping up her act. “Is that why he’s saying we’re

leaving Charlotte’s

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Villa. Charlotte’s chest tightened at the sight of

image from that photo flooded her mind – Arthur holding Sarah, their bodies close, his eyes soft with a tenderness she’d never seen directed at

for him, she realized, weren’t going to fade

had shared, the place where they’d built their life together. Five years ago, he had been drugged, and she’d woken up in his bed. Their families quickly

wedding night,

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you, but I won’t betray you. Let’s just be

convenience meant

She’d agreed.

gradually, Arthur started controlling every part of her life,

herself into thinking he was

hopeful and tried harder to be the perfect wife he seemed to

married, she got pregnant with Julius, and she started dreaming of

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stayed cold,

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