Chapter 317 - Marie

Marie grew up in a home where neither of her parents liked her. They called her a curse, a punishment that had forced them to be a couple. She was a result of their recklessness as teenagers, an unwanted pregnancy that had derailed their plans and trapped them in a life they never wanted. They had never let her forget it. Every glance was filled with resentment, every word laced with blame. She had grown up believing she was unlovable, a burden that no one wanted to carry. She wasn't surprised when they sold her for money. She might have been just fifteen years old at that time, but even she understood she was being sold. The transaction was cold and clinical, her parents counting the bills with barely a backward glance.