From Homeless To The Marshal’s Bride Novel by Aleah Pickett _ Novel



From Homeless To The Marshal’s Bride Novel by Aleah Pickett _ Novel

From Homeless To The Marshal’s Bride Chapter 01

Marcia Patton had risen from a beggar girl to a marshal’s wife, yet after five years with no baby, she became the laughingstock of every socialite circle.
She had finally gotten pregnant, but less than a month later, she lost the baby.
Crushed with grief, Marcia went looking for comfort from her husband, Wilmer Kent. Instead, she walked in on him in bed with Lorie Snyder—the very woman responsible for her parents’ deaths.
“The Snyder family has fallen. You’re no longer the highborn lady you once were. You’re my captive now, and you’re gonna give me many kids!”
“Are you insane? Make your wife do it! She’s already pregnant, isn’t she?”
Wilmer’s eyes darkened, his movements only growing more violent. “Marcie stood with me through life and death, so the title and honor of a marshal’s wife belong to her. But the mother of my heirs must be a well-bred, educated lady like you—not an illiterate beggar girl like her.
“I had the doctor cut the baby out and destroy her womb. She’ll never get pregnant again.”
Lorie froze, eyes wide, momentarily forgetting to struggle.
“Don’t tell me that the baby was still alive when they cut him out.”
Wilmer stiffened. His voice turned rough. “Yeah, he was still breathing when he came out. The doctor said his eyes and brows looked almost exactly like mine. If he had made it to full term, he would’ve been a lively, healthy kid. But I guess we were never meant to be father and son.”
A flicker of soft pity flashed across Lorie’s eyes. Before she knew it, she began moving with him.
Outside, Marcia was completely thunderstruck. She gripped the wall with both hands just to stay upright.
After Lorie caused her parents’ deaths, Wilmer swore he would make that woman suffer for the rest of her life.
She never imagined that his so-called revenge was to hide Lorie away in some other house and screw her every single night.
And what she never saw coming was that he looked down on her for being a beggar the whole time, so he had their healthy baby cut out of her and destroyed her womb.
The pain pierced her heart like a thousand arrows. A sharp, metallic taste filled her throat, and she coughed up blood.
With blood on her lips, she gave a bitter, mocking smile.
Wilmer, is this really about finding a suitable mother for your heirs—or have you been in love with Lorie all along?
There are countless highborn women in the world. Why choose her?
If not for the “lowly beggar girl” you despise, you would’ve died in a foreign land years ago.
When the Snyder family bought Wilmer as a slave, Lorie treated him like an animal and made him fight the dogs for food.
Marcia had given him the food she fought to gather, keeping him alive.
When Lorie used him as a target and left him bleeding, it was Marcia who carried him through a snowstorm to the hospital, dragging him back from death’s doorstep.
When Lorie threw him into a forest full of wild beasts, Marcia had risked her life again to pull him out…
Their bond was forged through countless brushes with death.
After Wilmer rose through the ranks and earned his glory, he married her with full ceremony.
Marcia had worried she could never fit the role of a marshal’s wife. She didn’t like constraints; she longed for an ordinary life.
But when she saw the loneliness in Wilmer’s eye, she pushed aside her own wishes and busied herself with housework and socializing with the other ladies.
For five whole years, the whole world thought he was head-over-heels for her.
But it was all a lie. The woman he had always wanted at his side was Lorie.
Marcia wiped the blood and tears from her cheeks. Her eyes hardened with determination.
If that was the truth, then she would leave him completely—and live a life that finally belonged to her.

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