On my wedding day, Liam showed up with his new girlfriend, purely to humiliate me. But that's when I heard it – the voice in his head, filled with regret and a pang of heartache for me.

"Liam Thorne demands one of our daughters in marriage, or he won't stop crushing our company!"

"If we refuse, the bank will foreclose on us tomorrow!"

Dad looked at my sister and me with a tormented expression until I stepped forward.

"I'll do it."

"I only have one condition: the funds Liam's family injects must be used to stabilize the company Mom left behind."

Mr. Sterling nodded eagerly:

"Of course, that's a given."

"Sister!"

My younger sister, Amber Sterling, cried out and rushed to me:

"Liam Thorne is crazy! He hates our family. He'll torture you to death if you marry him!"