All Chapters of The Choices We Made: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Samantha sat motionless on the bed all night, her heart empty. Her entire life was like a joke. She laughed. Including their five years of marriage, she had loved Channing for eight years.Back in college, she had fallen for Channing at first sight, but she knew very well that she wasn't worthy of him. The Lane family was the most powerful family in the area. She was only an orphan who had lost both parents.Samantha kept working hard, treating him like a dream she had to catch. At last, she was truly seen.In college, she showed great talent with computers. A small game she created became popular with all the boys at school. A major company had already offered a huge sum to buy the patent before she even graduated.She could have earned the first fortune of her life from it, but in the end, she chose to use her patent to help Channing for free.At the time, Channing had already joined the game company under the Lane Group. If he hadn't needed to be the first in his genera

"What is it?" Samantha asked Opal as she went upstairs.In the dining room, Channing and Harold were at the table, along with another woman.That woman was none other than Sydney.Only then did Samantha understand Opal's subtle expression. While Opal was hired by Channing, she and Samantha had become close after so many years together.Samantha's parents had passed away when she was very young, and she had been raised by her grandmother. She had always respected older women like Opal, who was about the same age her mother would have been. Naturally, Opal treated her well too.Opal had tried very hard to make nourishing meals for Samantha every day after her miscarriage.Opal also knew very well that Sydney was the one who had caused Samantha's miscarriage, hence why she had looked so worried when Samantha suddenly came back.However, Samantha was very calm.At that moment, Harold was sitting beside Sydney, one small hand grabbing the corner of Sydney's clothes. When he saw Sama

Samantha picked up the call."Hello, is this Ms. Samantha? This is Central Hospital. Your grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Manning, suddenly took a turn for the worse today. We just finished emergency treatment, but she's not going to make it. Right now, she really wants to see you and your husband. Can you come over as soon as possible? Otherwise, it's going to be too late.""What?" Samantha sat up, unable to accept reality in that short moment. "No. That's not true! It can't…"The doctor on the other end sounded regretful too. Knowing she couldn't accept it, he continued, "We're telling you the truth. I hope you and your husband can come quickly. Any later, and it really may be too late."No matter how hard it was for Samantha to accept, she had to. "I'm going to lose my grandmother!" she cried. "I'm not going to have a grandmother anymore!"Elizabeth was her only family. She was the person who had raised her, the one Samantha was most attached to. Samantha immediately wanted to

Samantha hadn't hit Harold, but she could roughly guess that Sydney had put Harold up to lying. She pointed at the photo of Elizabeth on the bedside table, the one she had finally managed to piece back together. "He tore up this precious photo of mine."Channing stared at the photo for a while.He wanted to say that the old woman had already been buried, and that it wasn't appropriate to display a photo like this again. Samantha would definitely get angry, though. She might even throw a tantrum.He chose not to say anything about it.He only said calmly, "If it was so precious, why didn't you put it away properly? Harold wasn't taught properly, but that's your responsibility too."Due to his childhood trauma, Channing was especially cold when it came to family affection. He was not only cold toward Samantha's family, but his own as well.His father, David Lane, was a famous playboy in their social circle. The young models he had been involved with and recorded on video alone nu

Whenever Sydney fell ill, Channing stayed by her side all night and took meticulous care of her. But… What about Samantha?Samantha shook her head.Forget when she was sick. Even when she miscarried, Channing had never taken care of her like that.Samantha used to think Channing was simply cold toward everyone, that he didn't know how to care for her. Now, she knew that was not true. In fact, she should have known that Channing knew perfectly well how to take care of someone long ago. He didn't take care of her simply because he didn't care.Samantha took a few more bites of bread and was already almost full. The cold, dry bread tasted bitter in her mouth.Harold sat across from her, right beside Sydney. As if trying to please her, he took out a pearl bracelet. "Sydney, this is for you."Samantha was going to leave, but her body still froze for a moment.She recognized that pearl bracelet. She knew Harold had spent a long time making it by hand. It was made from natural