Chapter 1

I married Gabriel Knight without revealing my wealth. The day before our wedding, I was in a car accident.

When I woke up, I was blind.

In the darkness, I heard Gabriel talking with his assistant.

The assistant said, "Sir, it's handled. The driver and the doctor won't talk. It's just...Miss Harper loved painting. Now that we've taken her corneas, she'll never see again. What if she can't accept it?"

"Nora is strong," Gabriel replied. "Not like Lily. Lily wouldn't survive without her sight. I'll take care of Nora for the rest of her life. That's compensation enough."

He paused, then went on.

"Tell the doctor to remove her uterus while he's at it. If Lily ever saw me with her child, it would break her."

"Sir...isn't that too cruel? Miss Harper has been with you since she was eighteen-"

Gabriel cut him off. "Do as I say. No more questions."

My body turned to ice. I began to shake, uncontrollably.

The man I'd loved unconditionally had fallen for Lily Carter, the scholarship student I'd been sponsoring.

He was ready to strip me of everything, piece by piece, just for her.