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Isabella had no objections, and just like that, their marriage was settled.
After all, compared to my dark complexion and slender frame, Isabella’s voluptuous figure was undoubtedly more appealing.
The Wilson family’s vast empire needed heirs to carry on the legacy.
As for Vincent, no one cared about his thoughts at the moment. Even if he felt slighted and wanted to call off the engagement, my parents couldn’t care less.
I felt a pang of sadness as I looked at Vincent.
“Life at the garrison base is tougher than you imagine. Can you handle it?”
Vincent glanced down at my hand gripping his tightly and asked expressionlessly.
I nodded frantically in response: “I can do it. I can handle hardship.”
Vincent seemed about to say something but ultimately just smiled and remained silent.
Unlike Isabella, if I missed my chance with Vincent, my life
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would only become more miserable.
I didn’t care about the harsh conditions at the base or Vincent’s inability to have children. At least in my previous life, Vincent had never mistreated Isabella.
Being able to live like a normal person was enough for me.
And so my marriage to Vincent was also settled.
On the wedding day, my house was bustling with activity.
Isabella and I were both marrying men of status and position on the same day, and people came in droves to congratulate us.
Isabella and I sat together in the bridal preparation room, waiting.
“Mr. Wilson truly lives up to his reputation as a factory owner–that engagement ring is three carats!”
“Mr. Wilson is certainly more generous than Colonel Longfellow. Isabella really is the apple of everyone’s eye.”
Isabella beamed with pride at these words.
In my previous life, because Vincent’s engagement ring wasn’t as expensive as Frank’s, Isabella had thrown a tantrum in the preparation room.
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In the end, Carol promised to give Isabella all the jewelry the Wilson family had given me, and only then did Isabella happily head out.
As for my situation of having my jewelry stolen, no one cared.
“See that? No matter how capable Vincent is, he’s still just a poor man! I’m marrying Frank–I’ll live a life of luxury.”
Isabella stared at the jewelry box in the living room, her eyes full of greed.
Before I could respond, voices drifted in from outside the
window.
“The Wilson family must be generous! Frank is not only mentally disabled but also violent. If Tom were stingy, no girl would marry Frank.”
Isabella’s face went deathly pale upon hearing this, and she suddenly screamed at me: “Don’t get smug! Mother ‘said I’d be happy. You’ll just be laughed at eating canned food at the base!”
Looking at Isabella’s forced bravado, I nodded dismissively.
I didn’t care what her future life would be like. After today, they would all be irrelevant to me.
The jeep’s engine rumbled right on time outside the door.
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Ignoring Isabella as she climbed into the luxury car, I walked straight toward Vincent’s sedan. Disregarding Vincent’s cold expression, I smoothly pulled open the passenger door.
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I didn’t look back at my teary–eyed mother or my fake–smiling father.
I hoped they would enjoy this moment, because their future lives were going to be quite miserable.
