She had loved him for years, yet could only stand by as his older sister at his wedding to her twin sister.
Her sister's words, "I can't have children. Have one for him in my place," sent her plunging into an abyss.
She thought she was making a sacrifice, finding one last moment of closeness in a hopeless love. She had no idea that in this absurd arrangement, his gaze had already slipped out of control.
As they spent every day together and grew intimate, he finally realized that the person he had loved for years was none other than the gentle, long-suffering woman standing before him.
When the truth tore away their disguises, he pursued her desperately, but by then she was already covered in wounds: