The Cushion
Language: en
To save Liam Walker, who fell from a high place while working on a power line, I disregarded my own safety and used my body as a cushion to break his fall. He ended up with just a few scratches, but the impact left me with serious internal injuries and a shattered right arm. Later, pressured by the town's gossip about how he owed me his life, he was forced to marry me. But Liam never loved me. Once, when he was drunk, I heard his true thoughts. "If I knew I'd be shackled to Grace Harper for the rest of my life, I would have been better off falling to my death!" I felt like I had been…