Truth Came After My Death

Synopsis

I'm a fake heiress who fell in love with the true heir. When I was ten, Damien Cross said he would marry me. When I was sixteen, Damien kissed me and told me, "You're my only one." When I was eighteen, I gave myself to Damien, thinking we were truly in love. After that blissful night, when dawn broke, Damien suddenly grew disgusted with me. "Get out. I don't have a sister as filthy as you." From that day on, he never looked at me again. Later, the true heiress Luna Cross returned. She hated me, and effortlessly crushed everything I had. Until she framed me for leaking military secrets, which led to Father's failed mission and eventual death from grief. Damien came to completely despise me: "The Cross family has no daughter like you, and I have no sister like you. For the rest of this life, don't let me see you again!" Three years after being driven from the Cross family, and in my first year of being kept by River Kane, I saw Damien again. This was a charity gala hosted by the Cross family. I knew I shouldn't come. I didn't want to come. But it was River's decision, and he was my patron—I had no right to refuse. I lowered my eyes, my voice trembling: "River, I don't want to go over there..." River patted my face. The touch wasn't heavy, but the humiliation was palpable. "What's wrong? Are you afraid of seeing Damien, afraid he'll see what you've become?" "Aria, you know how it works. When you do something wrong, there's always a price to pay. I've been good to you. Why did you secretly take birth control pills behind