Her mother once said that for a woman with no background, there was only one way to a good life—marriage. Emerald believed her.
The same hardened blood that ran in her mother flowed in her. She had worked hard to live according to her own desires, to prove to her mother that she had chosen the right path.
But now, it seemed that fate was proving her mother right.
She had lost this game.
A woman like her, without family or status, had no chance to rise again after one failure. The apartment had sold for over a million yuan—just like Ethan said.
After paying off her debt, she was now the woman people called a "kept mistress."
To change her fate, she needed to win over the man in front of her now.
But from this moment on, she would quietly decline, just as she always had.
If a woman wanted to rise, she only needed to spread her legs. The only thing she would lose was her dignity.
For some, dignity was precious.
