Mike couldn't help but stare at the announcement page in the newspaper that morning. Joan was engaged! She would be joining the Samuel family, one of the elite families in the business circle. He couldn't help but feel regret. His apartment that once was warm and full of happiness now felt empty and cold. He was to blame. He had been such a fool to have believed Miranda's lies. Now it was too late. He would have to live the rest of his life in regret. He had mistaken a piece of glass for a diamond. The truth in fact was that he had actually traded his diamond for a chip of glass ruby.
He couldn't help but be thankful that Miranda had been exposed before he had married her otherwise he would have been in a world of trouble worse if the kid had been born because he would have been listed as
