My Beloved, I've Come for You

Synopsis

At Lucas Ford's inauguration ceremony, I, his ex-stepmother, sat quietly tucked away in the most unnoticeable corner of the room. One of the shareholders, clearly out to stir trouble, spoke up loud enough for everyone to hear. "Mr. Ford, I heard that when your father was still alive, your much younger stepmother here kicked you to the curb and said you'd never amount to anything. Now that you've finally claimed what's yours—got anything to say to her?" Lucas's icy gaze locked straight onto me. "Evelyn, you once told me I'd always live in my father's shadow, that I was nothing but a worthless deadbeat..." "Now I'm sitting in the position your own son was supposed to have. You regret it yet?" I swallowed the sharp, stabbing pain in my chest and spoke softly. "No. I don't regret a thing." I married his father so Lucas would have something to fight for. I couldn't bear to watch him just fade away, waiting for a dying woman to take his last breath.