Chapter 4

The car soon arrived at the marriage registry. Seraphina ordered someone to push me to the marriage registration counter inside.

She had even pre-booked the VIP channel. As soon as I was at the counter, she forced me to sign.

I picked up the documents to be signed and tore them into pieces, just like our relationship, which had reached its end.

“Seraphina, if you try to force me to sign, I’ll have no choice but to call the police.”

Seraphina’s expression immediately turned cold. She yelled at me,

“If you don’t sign, what about the baby in my belly? Do you want him to be born a bastard?”

“I don’t care. You’ll sign today, whether you want to or not! Otherwise, I’ll jump from this rooftop, and it’ll be two lives lost!”

This wasn’t the first time Seraphina had threatened me with suicide. In the past, whenever she pulled that stunt, I’d immediately give in to all her demands.

But this time, I wouldn’t bow down to her.

I looked at her coldly, calmly saying,

“Your life or death has nothing to do with me. Either way, I won’t sign this.”

The staff at the counter, hearing this, realized I was unwilling to register the marriage. They loudly declared,

“According to Article 9, Section 2 of the Marriage Law, if both parties are not fully willing, the marriage registration authority shall not register the marriage.”

“Marriage is not a game. You two should go back, discuss it thoroughly, and then come again!”

I grabbed my ID back and pushed my wheelchair out.

But just as I reached the lobby entrance, my wheelchair was knocked over by someone rushing in.

I toppled over with the wheelchair, crashing into the glass door.

A sharp pain shot through my head, and a warm liquid trickled down.

I lay on the ground, unable to get up, the pain in my head making me dizzy.

The person who had bumped into me rushed into Seraphina’s arms, their voice tearful.

“Sister, are you going to abandon me? I don’t want you to marry anyone else. Can’t you wait for me for two more years?”

Seraphina’s eyes also reddened. She hugged him tenderly, comforting him,

“Okay, okay, don’t cry. I’ll wait for you.”

Jace turned his head, looking at me lying on the ground, showing no intention of helping me up, nor a word of apology.

“Why are you trying to steal my sister from me? You know she’s already pregnant with my child! Why are you trying to break up our family of three?”

“I know you’re forcing Sister to marry you! Even if your legs are broken, you shouldn’t use Sister’s entire life to compensate for yours!”

“I’d rather go to jail than let Sister marry someone like you. Go tell the police that I’m the one who hurt your legs. I’m willing to take full responsibility!”

His tearful accusations immediately drew the attention of the surrounding crowd. These people stared at me with contempt, unable to resist cursing out loud.

“I can’t believe a cripple like him has such a wicked mind, deliberately breaking up someone else’s family!”

“Using his disability to emotionally blackmail a pregnant woman and forcing her to marry him, how shameless!”

Everyone around pointed fingers at me. Jace looked at me triumphantly, a victorious smile on his lips.

The two of them walked past, arm in arm, intimately, like a newlywed couple who had just registered their marriage.

I endured the intense pain, lying on the ground, lowering my head, not wanting anyone to see my pathetic state.

It wasn’t until a staff member noticed me that they helped me up and put me in a taxi.

This incident still reached my parents’ ears.

Jace had come prepared. The people who mocked me at the marriage registry were all hired by him. He’d also had someone secretly film a video and post it online, causing me to be cyberbullied.

My parents brought me home, caressing my numb legs, tears streaming down their faces.

“I can’t believe Seraphina could be so heartless! Dean, don’t worry, your dad and I will go abroad with you to treat your legs. You’ll definitely get better!”

“As for that ungrateful snake Seraphina, ever since she started her company, your dad and I have been quietly cleaning up her messes behind the scenes.”

“Since she’s the one who acted so heartlessly, it’s about time we settle accounts with her properly!”

Three days later, my parents and I boarded a flight to another country.

As soon as we landed, Seraphina frantically called.

I answered the phone, my voice impatient.

“Is there something you need?”

Seraphina’s voice was anxious. She kept asking,