On the wedding day, my fiancé broke off the engagement on the spot and walked down the aisle holding my best friend's hand.
I ran out of the venue in a daze, but was suddenly involved in a car accident and became paralyzed and from then on, I lost my chance to pursue a dance career.
When I was desperate and helpless, it was my best friend’s uncle, Gilbert Rogers, who pulled me back when I was about to jump into the river.
He declared his love for me to the whole world and married me, making it became the wedding of the century.
But on our third wedding anniversary, I unexpectedly heard him instruct his assistant, “As usual, ask the doctor to replace the medicine for my wife's leg with vitamins, so that I can find an excuse to postpone her rehabilitation treatment.”
The assistant said in an awkward tone, “But Mr. Rogers, the doctor said that if we continue to delay Madam's treatment, she may never be able to stand up again.
“Before, you hired someone to deliberately paralyze your wife for Miss Rogers. Now Miss Rogers has become the principal dancer and is loved by her husband's family. Do you still need to be on guard against your wife like this?”
“Why are you nagging? If she can't stand up, then no problem. I'm not going to support her for the rest of her life anyway.”
Gilbert looked into the distance with dejected eyes, “Since Eloise and I cannot be together because she loved someone else, so I will protect her for the rest of her life. I will never let anyone stand in the way of her happiness.”
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When I heard the truth of all that, I covered my mouth and stepped back in shock.
I never imagined that all my experiences and what I thought was redemption were actually artificially created by Gilbert.
Tears kept falling and my heart ached to the extreme.
As I heard footsteps inside the door, I hurriedly turned my wheelchair and fled to the backyard of the villa.
At that time, the door of Gilbert's storage room, which was usually not allowed to be entered by others, was slightly ajar.
When I went inside, I would see photos and portraits of Eloise from childhood to adulthood hanging on the walls.
Everything she had won, as well as the dance shoes and costumes she had worn over the years, had been kept in a glass cabinet like treasures.
Every place there showed his infatuation with Eloise.
In the center of the room was an adoption document stating the true relationship between him and Eloise.
It turned out that Gilbert was adopted as a son by Eloise's grandfather when he was a teenager and there was actually no blood relationship between them.
I was crying and laughing at the same time. Gilbert, you really deceived me so badly!
In that case, I would completely return the stage to them.
I calmed myself down and left. When I was leaving the backyard, I happened to run into Gilbert who was rushing over.
He paused his walk and asked, “Leonor, why did you come here for no reason? Didn't you need to see something?”
“No, I just haven't been to the garden for a long time and I went in the wrong direction.”
Gilbert breathed a sigh of relief and picked me up from the wheelchair.
“My dear, why do you get more confused as you grow older? The guests are here and your husband will take you to celebrate the anniversary now.”
His warm lips pressed against my forehead, but at that moment I only felt a biting cold.
When we arrived at the main hall of the banquet, the guests looked at Gilbert enviously as he carried me in.
But I saw the three-layer strawberry cream cake in the middle at first glance.
I had always been severely lactose intolerant and strawberry was Eloise’s favorite flavor.
Sure enough, as soon as Gilbert put me on the main seat, Eloise jumped over and shook his arm, “Uncle, when can we cut the cake?
“It’s your anniversary with my aunt, but you prepared my favorite cake. This is too unfair!”
Gilbert scratched the tip of her nose without any guilt.
