Chapter 174

Resistance was futile. Shirley had no choice but to bear it. The wound on her lip split open again, and it hurt so much. On the way back, David told Zarah that Shirley and Benjamin were actually husband and wife. Zarah was so stunned that she couldn't find the words to respond. She recalled Shirley mentioning Samuel before. Back then, Shirley's eyes had sparkled with starlight as she spoke of him. She had said Samuel was the man she had chosen for this lifetime, the one she would marry and no one else. But now, Shirley was married. And the man she'd married wasn't the one she had once vowed to love forever. Zarah felt a deep pang of disappointment and heartbreak. "Why couldn't they end up together? It's so obvious they still have feelings for each other. Why would she marry Benjamin?" David's thoughts mirrored hers. "When we get back to the hotel, look into it." Later that evening, Zarah uncovered what Samuel had done to Shirley at her wedding, as well as the reasons that had