Chapter 1
My fiancé adopted a little girl, claiming she was the orphaned daughter of his older brother, and begged me to treat her as my own
after we were married.
I was about to nod in agreement when a line of text materialized in the air before me.
[Genius baby online! A big thank you to the supporting female lead for her wholehearted devotion to raising Yoyo. Even though Yoyo is the daughter of the male lead and his one true love (his sister–in–law), we’re still grateful to the SFL for being such a great
adoptive mom.]
[The SFL is actually a great person. She saves the male lead from bankruptcy and leaves her entire family fortune to Yoyo before
she dies.]
[Yep, that’s why after the SFL dies, Yoyo brings her real mom home for a happy family reunion!]
[As soon as the male lead’s brother kicks the bucket in three days, and the SFL marries the male lead, the plot can officially begin!]
Me:
Hold on, big brother, don’t you die on me. I’m coming to save you!
Before I could even process what I’d just read, George walked over, a little girl in his arms.
“Anna, I want to adopt Yoyo.”
“She’s my brother’s only daughter. You know the doctors have already told him he doesn’t have long. Yoyo can’t be without a father.
Can we raise her as our own after we’re married?”
I had thought the floating words were a fluke, but George’s actions mirrored them exactly.
George was the male lead, which meant I was the so–called supporting female lead?
Yoyo was the daughter of George and his sister–in–law.
And I was destined to die?
My mind went blank.
Seeing my silence, George pushed the child into my arms.
“Get to know her. I don’t want people saying her stepmother is abusing her.”
[Haha, don’t worry, the SFL is super good to the female lead’s daughter. She pours all of the Kim family resources into raising her. That’s why I don’t hate the SFL! She does a really great job.]
[Seriously, the SFL is the living embodiment of ‘love me, love my dog.‘]
A shiver went down my spine. This was all feeling chillingly real.
George looked down at me, his patience wearing thin. “What’s with the silence? Either you accept Yoyo, or we call off the wedding. There’s no room for negotiation.”
I forced down the fear rising in my throat and asked tentatively, “What about your sister–in–law? Can she bear to be separated from Yoyo?”
It was an innocent enough question, but George’s reaction was explosive.
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“You want a woman to raise a child all by herself? How can you even say something like that? From now on, you’ll be raising Yoyo.”
“And another thing,” he added, his voice cold, “I don’t plan on having any more children after we’re married. Yoyo is enough.”
I stared at him, dumbfounded, at a loss for words.
[Wow, the male lead is so deeply in love with his one true love, the female lead. He only wants one child his entire life.]
[I kind of feel bad for the SFL. She’s such a simp. Because of their childhood engagement, she’s dedicated her entire life to the
male lead.]
[Yeah, and with the male lead’s brother about to die, the Parker family is facing a crisis. If the SFL hadn’t proposed marriage, their company would have gone under.]
[The brother’s cause of death is actually pretty lame. The doctor misdiagnosed him. They missed that a blood vessel in his heart was blocked. All they had to do was clear it, no heart transplant needed.]
And the transplant surgery had complications, leading to his early death. The whole Parker family empire was just handed over to the male lead.]
I frowned, a thousand questions racing through my mind.
So, the tragic, early death of Liam Parker, a man known for his brilliance, was just as much a contrived plot point as my own?
A strange urge to laugh bubbled up inside me.
Well, if that’s the case…
Hold on, big brother. Don’t you die yet. I’m on my way.
