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I, Emily Carter, was having my eighteenth birthday and also my wedding night. My adoptive parents sold me to the Knight family for three million dollars, to raise money for their dying real daughter, the so-called true heiress, Sophia Carter. My husband, Nathan Knight, was the heir of the Knight family. People said he was a living devil, violent, bloodstained, ruthless. At that moment, he clamped around my throat, pinning me against the cold wall. Darkness swam before my eyes. Fear crushed my heart. The words that leave his mouth were sharper than the coldest wind. "Behave yourself, or I'll make your life a living hell." Tears fall without permission. I thought I was done for. As I thought I was about to die here, a completely different voice exploded inside my head. 'Is she crying? Was I too harsh? 'But Mom said that if you like someone, you have to act tough, so she'll stay by your side and won't run away. 'Am I squeezing too hard? Her neck is so thin. What if it breaks?' I froze. What was that? Was I hallucinating?