Her Father Forced Her to Marry a Widowed Man in the Mountains — But She Never Expected to Find a Place She Could Truly Call Home

lived far up in the mountains, away from town, with two young children and a grief nobody dared mention too loudly. Older than her, weathered from years of hard living, recently widowed.

Ellie’s eyes filled with tears.

“Why me?” she cried.

Her father’s expression didn’t soften.

“Because he needs someone, and you’ve got nothing better waiting for you.”

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