Dancing Into Someone Else's Arms

Anthony Lake, my wealthy fiance, falls in love with Lila Hart, a blind professional dancer, and insists on breaking off our engagement, even though I am the heiress of a powerful family in the region.

To preserve the alliance between our families, I seek out renowned doctors to treat Lila and set the stage to support her comeback.

However, she accuses me of humiliating her and insists on jumping into a river to prove her resolve.

Ten years later, my former fiance has taken control of the region. He swallows up my family's assets and drives us to the brink of suicide.

"This is the price you pay for killing her!"

Then, I open my eyes, and I'm back in the moment where Anthony publicly confesses his love to Lila.

This time, I walk straight toward Shane York, the silent mining tycoon from the northwest, who is quietly sitting in the corner.

I wrap my arm around his neck, place his hand on my waist, and command him to kiss me.

In the grand banquet hall, Anthony Lake held a bouquet of fresh flowers and confessed to the dancer standing center stage.

Everyone turned to look at me in shock. After all, I had just gotten engaged to Anthony the day before.

And now, here he was, confessing his love to another woman right in front of me, completely ignoring my presence.

His father, Alan Lake, immediately shouted at him. "Don't be ridiculous! This isn't the time for you to mess around. Go apologize to Claire right now!"

It was important to note that the Lake family had initially requested this engagement.

While I had once liked Anthony, our family only agreed to it because we valued the Lake family's influence in the country.

In our circles, everyone knew that casual flings were fine. One just had to be careful not to be reckless and not to take things too seriously.

After all, no matter which two families joined together, it was always about mutual profits. If things got out of hand, no one would come out of it unscathed.

But Anthony didn't seem to understand this. He had fallen in love at first sight with a blind 30-year-old dancer and was determined to be with her.

Anthony stood his ground and resolutely said, "I'm not kidding. I'm being serious."

He continued, "Claire, I only agreed to the engagement because I didn't have anyone I liked at the time. That's why I got engaged to you for the sake of my family. But this is the first time I've truly wanted to fight for something. I hope you can understand."

He didn't even glance at me. His eyes were fixed on the dancer the whole time.

I clicked my tongue, exasperated by his stupidity.

The dancer, Lila Hart, had a veil over her eyes. Her lips trembled slightly as she said, "Mr. Anthony, thank you for your affection, but our social standing is too different. Your family won't approve, and