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 died of a so-called

Kathryn knew the truth-her biological

anything, she thought death was

her adoptive mother and brothers tried to

to drain her

never gave

the Farrells, she had already built a successful business and

her adoptive family. She had no intention of

years-why should she lift a finger for

She wasn't a saint.

his heart aching. "Miss, none of that will ever happen again." Then he stood up, grabbed some ice, and carefully pressed

gone down a lot,"

beaten, her

after a night of Pedro tending to her with ice packs,

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

can turn on

because of everything she had endured as a child, but winter

suffer from frostbite every

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

got