From Heartbreak to Happiness

The night I reached the pinnacle of my career as a concert pianist, my husband was in a car with his mistress. Their argument caused the crash that crushed my hands, ending my future in an instant.

In the hospital, my adopted daughter, Kennedy, stood over my bed and blamed me.

"This is all your fault," she whispered, her eyes cold.

Then, his mistress arrived with a bouquet of lilies, knowing I was deathly allergic. As I suffocated, my husband watched with annoyance while my daughter accused me of faking it.

"Stop pretending, Mom. Aunt Christine's flowers are beautiful."

I lost more than my hands that night. The last thing I heard before blacking out was a doctor shouting, "The fetus has a weak heartbeat!" I woke up to find my career gone, my baby gone, and my family vacationing with my replacement.

So I vanished. For six years, I built a new life from the ashes, finding peace with a new husband and son. But now he's back, with an ultimatum: abandon my new life and return to his side, or he'll destroy everything I hold dear.

Chapter 1

Atha Arnold POV:

我的职业生涯巅峰之夜, 我丈夫亚历山大·洛厄里却忙着和他的情妇克里斯汀·约克鬼混. 车祸发生的时候, 我能听到他们争吵的声音, 克里斯汀尖叫着, 指责亚历山大只顾着我的事业, 而忽略了她. 那声音像一把钝刀, 在我脑子里撕扯着. 汽车失控撞向路旁的树, 我的双手被死死卡在变形的车体里, 剧痛瞬间淹没了所有理智.

我被送进医院, 双手缠满绷带, 指尖的神经像被无数细针扎着, 每一跳都清晰地提醒着我, 我的钢琴生涯, 我为之奋斗的一切, 都彻底结束了. 肯尼迪, 我收养的女儿, 她站在病床边, 眼神里没有一丝担忧, 只有冰冷的指责.

"都是因为你, " 她的声音很小, 但每个字都像冰雹一样砸在我心上. "如果你不逼爸爸去参加你的演奏会, 他就不会那么累, 就不会出车祸. "

我尝试张嘴, 喉咙里却像被砂纸磨过一样, 发不出任何声音. 她竟然怪我.

那天原本是我们的结婚纪念日, 亚历山大送了我一对华丽的耳环. 我记得他亲手为我戴上, 冰冷的金属触碰我的皮肤, 当时我以为那是爱.

后来克里斯汀也来了, 她带着一束鲜艳的百合花, 香气浓烈得刺鼻. 我从小就对百合花过敏, 但她脸上挂着完美的笑容, 仿佛完全不知道.

我的喉咙开始发痒, 呼吸变得困难, 皮肤迅速泛红. 我挣扎着想叫护士, 但声音被卡在喉咙里.