I boldly accused him without even stuttering, and his face turned darker.

"Watch your mouth, Emma!" Benjamin said in a low voice as he grabbed my arm.

I forced a sour smile, but tears of pain, hopelessness, and anger couldn't help but fall from my eyes. Then, my voice shook as I said in a soft voice, "You made a promise to my parents before they died..."

And he slowly let go of me as he realized something in the past.

And I continued with an outburst of anger, "You promised to marry me and to take care of me for the rest of your life!”

A look of comical disbelief written all over his face as he saw how I just acted. “What—”

But I cut him off before he could say something, then wiped my tears and snarled, “So you better think it all over again in case you forgot.”

Emma’s POV

"I could only marry you on one condition," he murmured, casting me a chilling glare that could send shivers down my spine.

A soft scoff escaped my lips.

The fact that I had a miscarriage while he was unaware of it, spent half a month in the hospital without him even trying to find me, and now this—his f*cking condition to ruin my mood even more.

He continued, "Violet has cancer.”