He Married Me to Save Her

After a decade of marriage to Dominic Hawthorne, Amelia Sutton was finally pregnant. During a checkup in her seventh month of pregnancy, she accidentally caught a glimpse of the doctor's computer screen. Her unborn child was registered as a bone marrow donor. Amelia was filled with confusion. How could her baby, not yet full-term, be registered in advance as a donor? Distraught, she pressed the wrong elevator button and ended up on the eleventh floor. Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly heard voices coming from the stairwell, her husband Dominic and his assistant. "Mr. Hawthorne," the assistant's voice carried a hint of hesitation. "Are we really going to keep Caleb's leukemia diagnosis from your wife? If she finds out you plan to use her unborn child to save Mrs. Sutton, she might…" Caleb? Her twin sister, who had gone abroad ten years ago and had just returned less than a year ago. Then came Dominic's familiar but icy voice. "If Amelia hadn't gotten sick, I never would have had a child with Amelia." The blood in Amelia's veins seemed to freeze at that moment, pierced by a bone-chilling cold. Dominic seemed to recall something, his tone tinged with resentment. "Back then, Grandfather's dying wish was to fulfill the marriage pact between the Sutton and Hawthorne families. But with my left leg crippled, what right did I have to go abroad and bring Amelia back? How could I bear to have her spend her life taking care of me? Amelia was quiet and obedient. I thought I could just muddle through a lifetime with her." He added. "Then who knew Amelia would develop a disease like myelophthisis, requiring regular infusions of hematopoietic stem cells. Amelia has a kind heart; she doesn't want to put her family through suffering. But I couldn't just watch her die. My only option was to get Amelia pregnant. They're twins, their genetic match is the highest. The child's hematopoietic stem cells will definitely save Amelia. As long as it can save Amelia, nothing else matters." Amelia's vision blurred and darkened, her whole body trembling uncontrollably. No wonder, after so many years of marriage, she only became pregnant shortly after Caleb returned. Everyone said Caleb was her lucky star. It turned out Dominic was so cruel he had turned her love, her marriage, and even her unborn child into mere bargaining chips to save another person. The three had grown up together. Amelia had always secretly loved the steady and outstanding Dominic, but the one in his heart had always been her twin sister, Caleb. They were deeply in love, and everyone assumed the marriage pact made by the older generation would eventually be fulfilled by them. Then, on the eve of the wedding, Caleb resolutely fled to pursue her dream of dance abroad. Dominic, frantic, went after her but got into a car accident on the way, permanently crippling his left leg. Grandpa Hawthorne, stricken by this turn of events, suffered a heart attack and was on the verge of death. To fulfill his grandfather's last wish, Dominic ultimately married Amelia. At that time, he was no longer the gentle and refined man he used to be. His leg disability made him moody and irritable. It was Amelia who silently stayed by his side, accompanying him through rehabilitation, caring for him meticulously, and little by little helping him stand again and walk normally. Later, Dominic gradually pulled himself together, and they settled into a cold but peaceful married life. Until Caleb returned. Amelia was terrified Dominic would never get over his old flame. But Dominic did nothing out of line. She even became pregnant with the child she had longed for. Amelia thought she had finally seen the sun break through the clouds. It turned out this was just wishful thinking on her part. He was willing to marry her because she was obedient and easy to control. He made her pregnant because the child could save the woman he truly loved. His so-called steadfast choice was merely a facade to save Caleb. Ten years of marriage, all her true heart and youth, exchanged for nothing but a meticulously planned exploitation. So what exactly was she to him?