The sterile smell of antiseptic was the first thing I registered, a dull ache throbbing in my head. I was in a hospital bed, my mind a complete blank. "You're finally awake," a woman with a tired, angry face snapped. "Do you know how much trouble you've caused? Trying to kill yourself over a man. Olivia, you are a disgrace to the Hayes family." More names were thrown at me by a man equally displeased: Liam, Scarlett, Olivia Reynolds-my name. They painted a picture of a pathetic woman, obsessed with her adopted sister Scarlett's fiancé, Liam Sterling. According to them, I had forced Liam into marriage and was now attempting suicide because he wouldn't love me back. My adoptive parents and husband spoke about me as if I wasn' t there, their words cold, cruel, and utterly foreign. Then came the demand: "Scarlett needs a blood transfusion. You have the same rare type. You're going to the operating room now to donate blood to your sister." It wasn't a request. It was an order. I was dragged to the donation room, where Liam-the object of my supposed obsession-followed. "Make sure you take enough," he told the nurse, his eyes burning with contempt. "Don't think this changes anything, Olivia. After this, you'll sign the divorce papers." He even threw a million-dollar check on the bed, a brutal payment for my blood. The old Olivia, who they claimed would have shattered, was gone. The memories, the pain, the love-it felt like a stranger's story. Amnesia had wiped the slate clean, leaving an eerie calm. Lying there, listening to nurses whisper about my pathetic desperation, I realized something profound. The woman they were talking about wasn't me. The past wasn't mine. And my future? It was a blank canvas, finally mine to paint. I took out my phone, found a lawyer's number, and dialed. "I want to file for divorce," I said, my voice steady. "And I want to sever all legal ties with my adoptive parents."
The sterile smell of antiseptic was the first thing I registered, a dull ache throbbing in my head.
I was in a hospital bed, my mind a complete blank.
"You're finally awake," a woman with a tired, angry face snapped.
"Do you know how much trouble you've caused? Trying to kill yourself over a man. Olivia, you are a disgrace to the Hayes family."
More names were thrown at me by a man equally displeased: Liam, Scarlett, Olivia Reynolds-my name.
They painted a picture of a pathetic woman, obsessed with her adopted sister Scarlett's fiancé, Liam Sterling.
According to them, I had forced Liam into marriage and was now attempting suicide because he wouldn't love me back.
My adoptive parents and husband spoke about me as if I wasn' t there, their words cold, cruel, and utterly foreign.
Then came the demand: "Scarlett needs a blood transfusion. You have the same rare type. You're going to the operating room now to donate blood to your sister."
It wasn't a request. It was an order.
I was dragged to the donation room, where Liam-the object of my supposed obsession-followed.
"Make sure you take enough," he told the nurse, his eyes burning with contempt.
"Don't think this changes anything, Olivia. After this, you'll sign the divorce papers."
He even threw a million-dollar check on the bed, a brutal payment for my blood.
The old Olivia, who they claimed would have shattered, was gone.
The memories, the pain, the love-it felt like a stranger's story.
Amnesia had wiped the slate clean, leaving an eerie calm.
Lying there, listening to nurses whisper about my pathetic desperation, I realized something profound.
The woman they were talking about wasn't me.
The past wasn't mine.
And my future?
It was a blank canvas, finally mine to paint.
I took out my phone, found a lawyer's number, and dialed.
"I want to file for divorce," I said, my voice steady.
"And I want to sever all legal ties with my adoptive parents."
Introduction
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
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Chapter 6
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Chapter 7
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Chapter 8
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Chapter 9
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Chapter 10
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Chapter 11
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Chapter 12
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Chapter 13
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Chapter 14
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Chapter 15
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Chapter 16
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Chapter 17
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Chapter 18
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Chapter 19
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Chapter 20
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Chapter 21
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Chapter 22
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Chapter 23
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Chapter 24
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Chapter 25
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