11/01/2025
                                            đś On our wedding night, when my eyes fell on my husbandâs âdown there,â I shookâand only then understood why his family had given me a lakeside villa worth nearly one million dollars to wed a poor girl like me...
My name is Lily. I grew up poor in the dry, harsh winds of West Texas. My father died early, my mother was sick, and by tenth grade I had dropped out of school to work. After years of struggle, I found a position as a live-in maid for one of San Franciscoâs wealthiest familiesâthe Whitmores of Pacific Heights.
My husband, Michael Whitmore, is their only son. Handsome, refined, composedâbut always carrying a veil of distance. For nearly three years, I worked under their roof, silent and unnoticed, never imagining I would step into his world.
One day, Michaelâs mother, Eleanor Whitmore, summoned me. She set a marriage certificate before me and said with certainty:
âLily, if you agree to marry Michael, the Lake Tahoe villa will be yours. Itâs the familyâs wedding gift.â
I froze. How could a maid stand beside their heir? I thought she was teasing, but her eyes were firm. I didnât know why I was chosen. I only knew my motherâs medical bills were unbearable. My mind wanted to refuseâbut desperation pushed me to accept.
The wedding was grand, held at The Fairmont San Francisco. In a white dress, standing beside Michael, I felt as though I were dreaming. Yet his eyes stayed cold, distantâconcealing something I couldnât grasp.
That night, the room glowed with flowers. Michael stood in his white shirt, his chiseled face etched with sorrow. As he neared me, I trembled. And at that moment, the cruel truth unfolded.
Michael was unlike other men. A congenital condition left him unable to be a husband in full. Everything became clear: the villa, the marriage, the impossible match. Not because they valued meâbut because they needed someone to be his âwife in name.â
Tears clouded my visionâwhether for myself or for him, I couldnât tell. Michael lowered himself into a chair and whispered:...Read more in Comment or Most relevant -> All Comments đ¨ď¸