I knew something was wrong the moment I felt his legs tense beneath me.
They weren’t weak. They weren’t lifeless.
They were strong. Alive.
My breath caught as I froze in place.
“You… you can walk?” I whispered.
Ethan didn’t flinch. He didn’t rush to explain. He simply looked at me — calm, unreadable — and said quietly,
“So now you know.”
My heart slammed against my ribs. “You lied to me? This whole time?”
He laughed once, bitter and sharp. “I wanted to know if anyone would choose me without the money. Before you, three women didn’t. They all disappeared the moment they saw the wheelchair.”
Then he said something that hurt even more.
“Your mother came to me herself. She said she’d trade her daughter to erase a debt.”
The room felt suddenly too small. I didn’t know whether to be angry at him, furious with her, or ashamed of myself.
That night, he turned away and said nothing more. I cried until sunrise.
He wasn’t who he seemed… and her whole life was about to change. Keep reading to uncover the truth…