15/05/2025
They Forced Her to Marry a Sick Man So He Could Die in Peace—But What She Did Next Shocked the Entire City
Episode 1
They said he wouldn’t live past the year.
So they gave him a wife—not out of love, but to give him someone to die beside.
She didn’t cry. She didn’t run.
She married him with empty eyes and a heart full of questions.
But what she did next…
No one—not even his own family—could’ve seen it coming.
She had never worn a wedding dress before.
Not even during childhood games or teenage fantasies. But there she stood now, stiff in a cream gown that felt more like a costume than a promise. The registrar’s office smelled of air freshener and formality, and the silence between her and the man in the wheelchair was thicker than the legal papers on the desk. His name was Mason Carter. Her new husband. Thirty-one years old, dying, and barely able to lift his head.
Samantha Blake was twenty-four, perfectly healthy, and very aware that none of this was about love. The ceremony lasted ten minutes. There were no rings, no vows, no kiss—just signatures. His mother, Mrs. Elaine Carter, thanked her with a trembling voice and eyes that refused to meet hers. “You’ve done a good thing,” she said. “You’ve given him dignity.” But Samantha wasn’t sure if that was true—or if she’d just signed up to be a witness to death.
The ride to the house was silent.
Samantha sat in the backseat beside Mason’s wheelchair, folded and still. Elaine drove, her hands tight around the steering wheel, and the car moved like it was trying not to disturb the air. The mansion they arrived at was far too big for three people. Marble floors. Crystal chandeliers. A grand piano no one touched. Everything inside screamed wealth, yet nothing felt alive.
Samantha was shown to the guest room across the hall from Mason’s. “This is just formality,” Elaine said with a smile that didn’t touch her eyes. “No one expects anything from you. Just… be kind to him. Keep him company. That’s all.” Samantha nodded. She