My Three Darlings by Anonymous novel Chapter 1

“My dear, you smell really nice…”

In the dark, a man’s hoarse and magnetic voice echoed into Eliza’s ears.

She was kneeling on the bed. Her hands were tied up with a leather belt and her eyes were covered in a black silk cloth.

Now that she couldn’t see anything, her other senses were even more sensitive than before. Trembling, she shrunk her body into a little ball as she endured the stabbing pain inflicted on her body.

In complete darkness, she could only feel the man raping her from behind.

“Now, be good. Let’s change into another position, okay?”

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Eliza Lawson forced her eyes open, only to find herself breaking out in cold sweat.

She covered her burning forehead with her palms. It had already been five years since that incident. Why would she still dream about something that had happened such a long time ago?

She rose from her bed and walked towards the bathroom to wash her face. She felt refreshed after splashing her face with cold water.

Holding on to a cup, she went downstairs to retrieve some water.

“No! I don’t want to do it! I don’t want to be married to that perverted old man!”

“The third son of the Valentine family is an old and ugly man! Everyone knows about that! No woman in Krine dares to get married to that man!”

“He was involved in a fire accident five years ago. Besides ruining his face, that fire also changed his personality! He’s a monster inside out! I heard that he likes torturing his previous two girlfriends as well. You can’t just marry me off to this monster!”

A woman was shouting from the top of her lungs in the living room. “Plus, I shouldn’t be the one to be married off to him. Eliza should do it instead. She’s not even a virgin anymore! She has given birth before, so I’m sure she is a lot more experienced in this field! Eliza should be honored to be given this opportunity!”

“Esme!”

Esme’s father, Riley Lawson scolded her in a stern tone, “Eliza is your sister!”

Esme Lawson gritted her teeth and said with a cracking voice, “Dad, I’m your biological daughter, not Eliza. She’s just someone whom you mistook for as your biological daughter when we were born. Because of her, I had to endure living a poor life for the past 18 years! Now that I’m back to the Lawson family, I’ve built my own career from scratch. You can’t just force me to marry this man now!”

“She’s right.”

Presley Stafford, who was standing at the side, added on, “Esme has created a name for herself in the business industry. She is our pride and honor. How can we sacrifice her just like that?”

“Besides, we’ve raised Eliza for 23 years. It’s time for her to repay our kindness.”

After Presley finished speaking, the family of three looked at Eliza, who was standing on the second floor.

Eliza’s fingers turned white from tightening her grip on her cup.

Everything was clear to her now.

The Lawson family wanted to establish good relations with the Valentine family. However, they didn’t want to send off Esme for the task. That was why they were thinking of sacrificing Eliza for the marriage.

Eliza heaved in a deep breath and walked downstairs. Then, she reached out her hand at Riley and said, “Let’s discuss the terms and conditions for this.”

Riley was confused as he asked, “What do you mean by that?”

“If you want me to pay off my debts by getting married to that man, it’s only fair for me to set up a contract between us. If I don’t do this, I’m sure you’ll still use the same excuse to force me to do all sorts of things for the Lawson family.”

Riley was shocked when he heard that. The rest of the family were stunned as well.

“You don’t want to do it? Fine.”

Grabbing a paper and pen, Eliza wrote down a few lines of words and signed the contract. “You don’t have to put on an act around me anymore. I agree to get married in Esme’s stead.”

After Eliza finished speaking, she went straight to the kitchen to get some water. Then, she walked upstairs.

Esme rushed towards the table and took the piece of paper.

Everything was written in black and white.

“I, Eliza Lawson, have hereby cleared my debts. I have repaid the Lawson family’s kindness of raising me for 23 years by getting married to the Valentine family.”

Everything went as the Lawsons wanted. It was almost unbelievable.

Esme looked up and stared at Eliza, who was walking up the stairs. She muttered, “Mum, is Eliza out of her mind? Is she really abandoning her boyfriend by agreeing to this?”

Almost instantly, Presley covered Esme’s mouth with her hand. Then, she looked up at Eliza. She was worried that Eliza might change her mind.

However, Eliza had heard everything.

She laughed bitterly. Two days ago, she still had a boyfriend, who was in a relationship with her for 6 years. Her boyfriend was a good person who was willing to give up everything for her.

But now, everything perished in front of her eyes.

Eliza thought that it didn’t matter who her marriage partner was. After all, the only difference was that she would only be living in another place.

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