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I’d first met Mark at my family’s company.
I was working as an intern, trying to learn.
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I was just another nobody at the company.
Mark was also an intern, he started at the
same time as me.
He wasn’t the smartest guy, and he seemed a
little dull.
But he grew up in the country, he was hard
working and he was always doing his best at
work.
He never took a break, he just sat there
focused on his computer.
I admired his determination.
He wasn’t doing too well, and I knew that they
were planning on firing him, so I arranged for
him to get a promotion.
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He was so happy that day. He looked so
bright, and excited.
After the promotion, he worked even harder.
I was so attracted to his strength and
determination.
And we started getting to know each other.
That’s when I realized that Mark, who I had
thought was a quiet guy, was actually fun.
He always made me laugh.
He was comfortable to be around.
Even when we didn’t talk, I felt at peace with
him.
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We became more than friends after he
rescued me.
I had just left a party and I was walking home, when I was attacked by a group of drunk men, who were following me.
I was so scared, but then Mark appeared and saved me.
He was beaten pretty badly, but he was able to save me.
That was the first time I ever fell in love, with this man who would risk everything for me.
While Mark was recovering, I confessed to him that I loved him.
And he said that he loved me too.
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We started dating.
We did normal things together, eating cheap
food, walking around, and watching movies.
We had a simple life, but we were happy.
Later, I took Mark home to meet my parents.
He was so nervous when he found out that I
was from a wealthy family.
My parents knew that he was poor, but they
said that it didn’t matter.
They said that they only had one requirement.
That he had to move into our home after we
got married.
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My parents didn’t want me to marry into
another family.
I thought that Mark would hesitate, or refuse.
He was the only son in his family, and it was
difficult to ask a man to do that.
But he immediately agreed to it.
He even promised that he would love me and
only me forever.
To prove his loyalty, Mark signed a prenuptial
agreement on the spot.
He promised that if he ever cheated on me,
he would leave without taking anything from
- me.
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I was so touched.
After we got married, Mark was always sweet
and kind to me.
He did everything for me, and he always did it
with a smile.
He didn’t even care that our daughter had my
last name.
He always treated her like his own little.
princess.
I’d been so caught up in the idea of Mark as
the perfect, loving husband.
I had thought he was a great husband and a
great father.
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But it was all an act.
My secretary found out that, all the time that
he was with me, he had another woman.
The teacher, Sarah Peterson.
Mark and Sarah had been together all this
time behind my back.
And while I was pregnant, Sarah had gotten
pregnant too.
The day that we both had our daughters,
Mark had arranged for us to be at the same
hospital.
And we both had girls.
So that Sarah’s daughter could live the life of
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The baby that I had raised for so long, Amy,
was actually Sarah’s daughter.
And my real daughter was with Sarah, where
she was being beaten and abused every day.
I had questioned it before.
I had wondered how my own child could be so
different from me.
I was a quiet, calm person. I was always
helping people.
And Mark, always seemed like a kind man.
But the child I had raised was selfish and
rude.
And she had no compassion.
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Once I saw her secretly killing small animals.
I was shocked.
I couldn’t believe that I’d given birth to such a
child.
After I scolded her, I took her to the lab with
Mark to get a DNA test.
But the test showed that they were father and
daughter.
I had the DNA test in my face, and I had to
believe it, even though I didn’t like her
behavior.
If not for this terrible incident, I may never
have wondered who my real daughter was.
