Forced to Marry the Sickly Billionaire

"Serena, can you stop being so selfish!"

"Marrying Mr. Lucas Shaw is an honor for you! What right do you have to refuse?"

Summers Villa.

Mr. Summers slammed the bowl and chopsticks in his hand heavily on the table, sternly scolding the girl sitting opposite to him, who was silently hanging her head.

The Summers Family was a third-tier prominent family in S city, which had also seen its glorious days, but later gradually declined.

Now they were on the brink of bankruptcy.

Recently, word got out that the old master of the Shaw Family was arranging a marriage for his ailing grandson, Lucas Shaw, and it piqued Mr. Summers' interest.

The Shaw Family was the top financial family of Corland; if they could become in-laws with the Shaw Family, it would only be a matter of time before the Summers Family rose again!

The vast dining room was silent.

Serena put down her bowl and chopsticks, her clear and distinct eyes looking straight at Mr. Summers.

As if she could see through the greed and vain thoughts at the bottom of a person's heart.

"Why me? Why not Grace?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's face around the dining table stiffened.

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Mr. Summers' face, "Your sister is not in good health, how can she marry and bring joy to someone else?"

On the side, Mrs. Summers chimed in: "Grace already has a marriage arrangement with the Parker Family, and now only you can help our family."

"Sister, I'm sorry, it's all my fault. Blame me, mom and dad are doing all this for me," Grace's eyes suddenly filled with tears, her pitiful look drawing a wave of sympathy from Mr. and Mrs. Summers.

A bitter smile appeared on Serena's face, and her long eyelashes trembled lightly, casting a shadow on her eyelids.

Her cheek was so pale and delicate, it hardly seemed real.

Grace gazed at Serena's face, her heart filled with almost uncontrollable jealousy.

Despite having lived in that filthy countryside for so many years, Serena's skin was even more delicate and fairer than hers, which was meticulously cared for.

From afar, she resembled an exquisite and perfect doll in a display window.

Perfect, without a single flaw.

Suddenly, something came to her mind, and the frowned brows of Grace immediately relaxed.

No matter how pretty, what difference would it make? In just a few days, she would be going to the Shaw Family to bring joy.

Everyone in S city knew that Mr. Lucas Shaw was bedridden, nearly on his last breath.

It was said that Lucas Shaw was cold, indifferent, and quick-tempered, and none who offended him ended well.

Once Serena married into the Shaw Family, who could say for sure how she might die.

With this thought, Grace's previously gloomy mood instantly turned cheerful, "Sister, our family is nearly bankrupt, only a marriage alliance with the Shaw Family can save us."

A hint of sarcasm flashed in Serena's eyes, "So I should sacrifice myself to fulfill your needs?"

These were the biological parents she had been yearning for nineteen years.

Greedy and selfish.

Willing to trade their own daughter's lifelong happiness for benefits.

Serena was lost by accident when she was one year old and was only found a month ago.

During those nineteen years, she had imagined countless times what her biological parents would be like.

She thought her parents would love her like those parents who dote on their children on the news, but after returning she found... soon after she went missing, they went to the orphanage and adopted a girl.

That girl was Grace.

For nineteen years, Grace had completely replaced Serena's place in the Summers Family.

Parents, brothers, fiancé...

Without exception.

Mrs. Summers' lips parted slightly to speak, but then she heard Serena's clear and pleasant voice slowly rise.

"I agree."

"Really?"

Mr. Summers' eyes lit up, anger on his face instantly dissipating, and the look in his eyes towards Serena became more satisfied.

"It's good that you've thought it through, the Shaw Family will definitely not treat you unfairly."

Mrs. Summers looked at Serena Summers with a satisfied smile.

Grace Summers' lips curled up slightly, her face openly delighted by the disaster.

Serena Summers took in their expressions, and her last bit of fantasy towards her family shattered completely.

A sour feeling suddenly emerged in her chest, an emotion Serena had never experienced before.

She took a deep breath, forcefully suppressing the sadness in her heart, "I'm not finished yet. If you want me to marry into the Shaw Family, fine. But you have to agree to one condition."

Mr. Summers' smile faded and he scolded in a low voice, "Marrying into the Shaw Family is your good fortune; don't overstep!"

His face looked unpleasant, his eyes critical as he looked at Serena.

Grown up in the countryside, indeed not fit for high society.

Compared to Grace, who he had carefully nurtured, it was like heaven and earth.

Serena Summers sneered to herself.

Hearing Mr. Lucas Shaw was seriously ill and probably wouldn't live long, marrying into the Shaw Family to bring luck meant she would soon be a widow.

Yet, her biological father says this is good fortune.

How ironic?

Mr. Summers frowned, "What condition?"

Mrs. Summers and Grace Summers also frowned, glaring at Serena Summers with displeasure and disgust in their eyes.

Serena acted as if she hadn't noticed their expressions and continued, "After getting the financing from the Shaw Family, I will sever all ties with you. From then on, we will have nothing to do with each other."

"Smash—"

The sound of a water cup shattering suddenly echoed in the villa, unnervingly quiet, crisp, and piercing.

Mr. Summers, furious, slapped Serena across the face, "Say that one more time! You ungrateful thing! I should never have let you be born!"

Sever ties?

How could Serena say such a thing!

Mrs. Summers was equally outraged, "Serena, apologize to your father right now!"

Being petite, Serena was knocked to the ground by Mr. Summers' heavy slap.

A burning pain emerged on her cheek as blood welled up in her throat, spilling out of the corner of her mouth.

She wiped her hand across her face, her palm instantly stained with fresh blood.

She laughed mockingly, "I'll marry into the Shaw Family to repay the favor of giving birth to me."

"From then on, I have nothing to do with the Summers Family!"

"Nonsense!"

Mr. Summers glared at Serena Summers fiercely, his eyes filled with rage, as if wanting to bore holes through her.

"You are a part of the Summers Family, helping the family through hard times is your duty! What you eat, wear, and use, which isn't provided by our family?"

Mr. Summers' blood boiled, feeling even a slap was too light.

Serena Summers got up from the ground, sarcastically said: "The clothes I wear were bought by my master, the things I use were brought from the mountains, and the room I live in is Grace's storeroom... It's true you gave birth to me, but you didn't raise me."

"I've never owed you anything."

Serena's gaze swept across the villa's exquisite and expensive crystal chandeliers, the valuable collectibles...

This is her home!

Yet, she felt not an ounce of warmth here.

Mr. Summers, seeing Serena's determined demeanor, felt his rage burning even stronger.

He sneered and almost spitefully pointed at Serena, "Fine! I'll grant your wish. I hope you don't regret it!"

Families like the Shaw Family that value their prestigious heritage,

Without the support of a family with deep roots in the background, one simply couldn't survive in such a family.

Mr. Summers sneered again and dialed his lawyer on his cellphone.

Soon, the lawyer arrived with a disinheritance document.

It specifically emphasized that Serena Summers voluntarily severed all ties with the Summers Family and willingly renounced her right to inherit any of the Summers' assets.