Forgiveness

Astrid waited for Joshua all night as she usually did... And the first thing she received, instead of a cold greeting, was the divorce papers. “Why?” were her only words when she saw the agreement. Joshua looked at her indifferently. “It's enough. It's a waste of time to continue this marriage. In the first place, if it weren't for my grandfather, I wouldn't have married you... Sign it!” he shouted. Astrid, her eyes filled with tears, hurriedly took the divorce agreement and put it in her mouth. “I don't want a divorce!” Astrid cried. Joshua didn't respond, he just looked at her and walked away. After all, it was difficult to get into the heart of someone like Joshua. She stood firm in her decision. She had married to take care of her mother's health... Until she lost her too, leaving her with nothing left to hold on to. “He doesn't feel anything for me,” she said, wiping her teary eyes. “In the future, I will never appear in front of him again.” She took her luggage and, accompanied by a heavy snowfall, disappeared along with her footprints in the snow. She left behind only her signature on the divorce agreement. With a trembling body, she escaped. Five years later, a little boy reminded her of the person she tried to forget.

She married for love. He was blinded by pride and revenge. The marriage of Elizabeth Stewart and John Walker had been sealed by a contract. Three years of marriage: for Elizabeth, hope and love; but for John, revenge. Elizabeth, passionate, innocent, and a dreamer, accepted the marriage unaware of the contract’s terms. John, who believed she was different from spoiled and self-serving women, saw his idealized image of Elizabeth crumble upon discovering the contract. He believed she had accepted the marriage for money. Feeling betrayed, he decided to punish her. On their wedding day, John left Elizabeth alone with the guests. That night, upon arriving home, he tore all her clothes and gave her only dark, austere garments. Her room would be the maid’s, and she would be responsible for the housework. His contempt was relentless, and John decided to turn the three years of marriage into a torment for Elizabeth. While Elizabeth suffered in silence, clinging to hope for John’s love, enduring his humiliations and contempt sustained by her unshakable faith, John became increasingly cold, cruel, and distant. But everything changed the day the contract came to an end. Mysteriously, Elizabeth vanished without a trace, causing John to rethink his feelings for her and leading him on a desperate quest for redemption and love for the woman he had spent years trying to destroy.