"It's an agreement that I'll get pregnant with your baby within a year or leave you."

Yvonne stared into Stephen's eyes unblinkingly. "Had I not made this promise, Grandma would've kicked me out of the family a long time ago."

"How could you make such a promise in the first place? You knew that you wouldn't be able to do it! I wouldn't have allowed you to fulfill the contract either!"

Stephen tightened his grip around Yvonne's slender wrist, leaving stark white marks on her skin.

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