Inheriting Millions, Yet Forced to Marry a Simpleton

I cried my heart out at my grandmother's funeral.

When I saw my parents walking over, I held back my tears.

Just as I was about to tell them about the huge inheritance my grandmother left me, I noticed a man about my age standing next to them.

"Sandra, we're agreed on your marriage to him!"

The man looked idiotic, drooling. At the sight of me, he rushed over to me.

I dodged, but my younger brother's wife, Amy, who was pregnant, immediately became unhappy when she saw this.

"I'm pregnant with your Charter family's grandson. If you don't marry my elder brother, I'll go to the hospital to have an abortion right now!"

*****

"Amy, please don't do this!" My mother looked anxious and hurriedly stopped Amy.

My father glared at me fiercely and spat, "Now you've grown up and don't even want to listen to me and your mother! You must marry Dan."

I gritted my teeth. I finally understood why my grandmother repeatedly told me not to tell my parents about the inheritance before she died.

I couldn't believe my parents were planning to marry me to Amy's retarded elder brother for the sake of their unborn grandson.

"This is my grandmother's funeral. I only want her to rest in peace. If you don't intend to pay your last respects to her, get out of here!"

"Look at how arrogant she's become after studying for a few years more than us!

"Although Dan is not very smart, he is a man of good character!

"He doesn't mind you being old and ugly when you are already 26 years old. I'm afraid you can't find any other man who is willing to marry you."

I ignored the sarcastic shouts behind me.

With a serious face, I dragged myself to look at my grandmother's body.

She was sleeping so peacefully.

There was still a gentle smile on her lips.

But I knew from then on, she could no longer protect me.

I thought my younger brother, Will, would be more sensible after he got married and was about to become a father.

Thus, I called him and told him that I didn't have time to fool around with my parents.

Will apologized guiltily that it was all his fault for not handling his wife well.

He urged me to go home so that he could sincerely apologize to me.

However, I got home and opened the door, only to see Amy and her family sitting there.

My parents had even prepared a hearty meal to entertain them.

"Oh, look at her big butt. Looks like she can give birth to a big fat boy for our Wilde family," Amy's parents chuckled in delight when they saw me.

I tugged at Will's sleeve with a frown and questioned, "Is this how you apologize to me?"

Will said with a grin, "Sandra, no one is willing to destroy a godsent marriage. What's more, they are offering our family an engagement gift of 100,000 dollars. Now I'm having a baby, so I need more money."

"So, you just let me marry a fool."

"Who are you calling a fool?" Amy snapped as she rested her hands on her big belly, frowning.

"You should be thankful that you're blessed with my brother's affection for you!"

Hearing this, I pushed Dan, who was playing with his toes, in front of her and asked, "Then do you want such a blessing if I give it to you?"

My mother growled coldly, "How can you talk to Amy like this? She is pregnant with our Charter family's grandson. Be polite to her."

"What? Is it that our family has a throne to pass down?" I snapped with sarcasm, staring at my mother defiantly.

"Enough!" Will chimed in to smooth things over. "It's also our fault that we didn't discuss it with Sandra before. It's understandable that she can't accept it for the time being. Let's eat first. We can talk about it after dinner."

At the dinner table, my parents kept putting food into Will and Amy's plates.

I watched as the four of them chatted happily with each other.

They seemed more like a family than my parents and me!

My parents had been like this since I was a child. They were always worried that Will couldn't have enough food, so they would always give him half of my portion.

Whenever there was something delicious, they would always give it to Will.

By contrast, I didn't even have the right to share it with him.

They never cared at all whether I could eat enough.

Therefore, I was often hungry when I was in elementary and junior high school, so much so that I had serious stomach problems.

It wasn't until my grandmother showed up that I realized I could be full after eating only one bowl of food.

I was a normal person, not a monster who was always hungry in my parents' eyes.

Lost in the thought of the past, I felt so depressed that I accidentally dropped the plate in front of me to the ground.

The porcelain plate instantly shattered into pieces with a loud clatter.

I curled up and kept shivering by reflex.