Chapter 1

I was an invincible special forces soldier, yet I was ambushed at my own wedding, my eyes gouged out.

When my fiancé found out, he publicly called off our wedding, then immediately married my best friend Vivienne right there on stage.

In my moment of despair, it was Commander Gentry who got down on one knee and proposed to me with everything he owned.

He said he had secretly loved me for years, and would love me for a lifetime even if I was blind.

Moved by his devotion in front of everyone, I immediately accepted.

Five years into our marriage, I endured three days and nights of difficult labor to finally give birth to our child, then passed out from exhaustion.

When I opened my eyes again, I rushed to hold the baby, but accidentally overheard Gentry talking to the doctor,

"Commander, the baby was perfectly healthy. Why did you strangle her? She was your own flesh and blood!"

"She's just bad luck. Everything could have been fine."

"But the baby Vivienne gave birth to yesterday is malnourished, and Briar's breast milk would be the best nourishment in the world."

"Besides, I only married her so Vivienne could marry the man she loved. This child was never meant to be born in the first place..."

In that moment, I suddenly understood everything. Originally, I thought marriage was just a scam.

And the child I struggled to give birth to became someone else's sacrifice.

After wiping away my tears, I sent a text message, "Does your offer from last time still stand?"

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After sending it successfully, the conversation inside didn't stop.

"Boss, if you want the madam to nurse Miss Blackwood's child, what if she finds out?"

"Impossible. How could a blind woman possibly discover anything? When I had her eyeballs removed, I already had plans. That's why I've had her taking all kinds of supplements these past years."

"In a moment, clean up the body thoroughly. Then I'll go bring Vivienne's child over. After that, prepare a dose of the sterilization drug we developed last time and feed it to Briar."

The doctor spoke in disbelief,

"You've already strangled the child. The madam will surely nurse Miss Blackwood's son as if he were her own. Why do you need to sterilize her? Isn't that too cruel for a woman?" A wall apart, I heard Gentry's hellish voice begin to speak,

"I've already promised Vivienne that I'll treat her child as my own in this lifetime, and even pass on the organization to him in the future. So... Briar's womb no longer has any value to me."

"For me, things without value should be discarded."

The doctor, still feeling some reluctance, continued to ask:

"Boss, this drug is specifically used to punish traitors, so it will be very painful. Are you sure about this?"

"Pain? Briar is a top-tier special forces soldier. This level of pain is nothing. Don't say anymore, just do as I say."

As he finished speaking, Gentry's phone received a voice message. He played it, and a man's sleazy voice echoed in the hallway:

"Boss, I've received the hundred million. Rest assured, I guarantee your wife will never know it was you who told me to crash into her car."

Hearing this, tears began to flow endlessly from my hollow eyes.

So, there was never any accident.

It was my husband clearing obstacles for the child of the woman he truly loved.

How pitiful my child was, strangled to death by his own father before even opening his eyes. Thinking back on this, I frantically steadied myself against the wall, searching the unfamiliar hospital for my deceased child.

In my daze, I overheard nurses whispering,

"Such a beautiful girl, with such big eyes. What a shame she was strangled by the boss like that."

"May she be born into a better life next time."

With a thud, the tiny body was tossed into the trash can.

After they walked away, I went mad, fishing that little lump out of the garbage.