Married At First Sight By Gu Lingfei

Kathryn had fought back.

At first, when her adoptive brothers beat her, she resisted with everything she had.

They were older and stronger, but she refused to go down without a fight. She threw anything she could get her hands on at them.

One time, she even grabbed a hatchet and chased them across the village.

They were terrified.

Even when her adoptive mother tried to punish her on their behalf, Kathryn didn't back down-she raised the hatchet and swung at her, too.

Her defiance finally shocked them into submission.

After that, they never dared to lay a hand on her again.

But she still had to live in that house, relying on them for food and shelter. The abuse didn't stop-it just took different forms. She was always hungry, always cold, never given decent clothes or a proper place to sleep.

And her adoptive father, the man who had brought her into that family, never once stepped in. He never defended her.

Kathryn hated him the most.

to prison, he later

truth-her biological mother had

sympathy, no pity. If anything, she thought death was too easy for

her adoptive mother and brothers tried to latch onto

drain her

gave them

time she reunited with the Farrells, she had already built a successful business

had kept it a secret from her adoptive family. She had no intention of helping

had tormented her for years-why should she lift a

She wasn't a saint.

will ever happen again." Then he stood up, grabbed some ice, and

down

had been beaten, her face was

of Pedro tending to her with

Wiltspoon? Or Annenburg? It doesn't get too cold there, but summer lasts

"If it's too hot, we can turn on the

everything she had endured as a

used to suffer

and became wealthy that she finally had warmth-heated buildings, a

got frostbite