Episode 1

Ingrid Bennet is 23 years old, and due to an accident she ended up being blind.

Her fiancé Henrique Vasco, cancelled the wedding with her and became engaged to her younger sister. Devastated Ingrid tried to take her own life, but her father arrived home in time and helps her.

On the way to the hospital, Philip tried to understand what happened and talked to Henrique and Helena.

Philip: You need to tell me what happened there!

Helena immediately retorts with her ironic smile about what happened.

Helena: Besides the fact that she's crazy?

Philip: Henrique?

Henrique: Sir, she didn't take well the fact that I'm going to marry Helena.

Immediately, Philip turns to his son-in-law, his serious face showing that he didn't like what he heard.

Philip: Do you think my daughters are samples in a showcase? That you arrive, choose one, and then when you're tired, you just exchange? Helena is too young to get married.

Helena: Dad, Henrique and I are in love. You can't stop us.

Philip: Shut up, Helena. In love? Seriously, this idiot is just taking advantage of us, and I won't allow it.

Henrique: Not even if I offer you something profitable in return?

Henrique looks at Helena, who understands exactly what he means, and smiles.

While Ingrid is in the hospital recovering, her father arranges an arranged marriage for her with Sebastian Jones, a man whose face no one has ever seen, feared by many. Everyone thinks he hides because he has a deformity or because he is very old, and his reputation for being cruel, along with the suicide of his supposed fiance, keeps any possibility of finding a wife for what he needs away. But taking advantage of the fact that Ingrid is blind, her father sees no problem in offering her. And since she wanted to take her own life, it wouldn't make a difference if she did it after getting married, as the marriage would provide benefits that he couldn't afford to lose, and at the same time, he wouldn't have to deal with the problems that came with Ingrid's presence.

When he goes to his daughter's room and informs her of what he has decided, Ingrid can't believe it.

Ingrid: How could you do this to me, Dad?

Philip: Didn't you want to die, Ingrid? At least this way, you will bring benefits to your family.

Ingrid: Is that what I am to you? A benefit?

Philip: A male child serves as an heir, female children for advantageous marriages. Is it difficult to understand?

Already without strength to debate, Ingrid turns her back to him and just cries. She can't believe that her own father is selling her for a profitable marriage just for him.

Philip: Your wedding will be in three days. Don't try anything funny.

Far away

Secretary: Sir, we received confirmation. The Bennet family accepted the proposal.

Sebastian: I don't remember sending a marriage proposal to that family.

Secretary: And you didn't, sir, but they contacted us and said they accept the marriage with their eldest daughter.

Sebastian: That woman surely wants money and fame. She will serve our purpose well. It was reported that the wedding will be in three days. Did they complain?

Secretary: No complaints, sir. They even accepted the fact that there won't be a party.

Sebastian: Great, they are the typical opportunists. They didn't care that I'm a complete stranger, nor about the rumors going around about me. They only saw the dollar signs offered by the marriage. I want to see if they'll be as excited when this marriage comes to an end.

On the day of the wedding

Ingrid is taken to her new home and there, she starts to be dressed, made up, prepared for her wedding. She had no right to choose, but she was already accepting her fate. If her own family didn't see her as a human being, only as a bargaining chip, what did she have to lose?

Helena: You look beautiful, sister. It's a shame you're marrying an old madman who killed his first fiancee. But I guess you don't care, after all, you tried to take your own life.

Helena holds Ingrid's wrists tightly, making her scream in pain from her recent stitches.

Ingrid: Helena, you're hurting me. Isn't it enough that you took Henrique away from me?

Helena: Took him away from you? Oh sister, do you really think he was yours? Let me tell you something, Henrique and I were dating before you became a useless blind person who is good for nothing.

The sound of Ingrid slapping Helena echoes throughout the room.

Helena: Ahhh!

Ingrid: You should be grateful. I'm blind because I protected you, and our mother ended up dying. And you thank me by sleeping with my fiancé?

Helena: You cow! You hit me. If you want to know more, it was my idea and Henrique's to marry you off to that old man. We talked about this marriage proposal to our father because we just wanted to get rid of a poor wretch like you. So, after I marry Henrique, we'll take over the company, and you'll always be a poor wretch married to an old man whom all families rejected.

Ingrid: Feel free. You two deserve each other. I'll surely be better off married to a stranger than being here in this house with you.

Helena: Surely. Who knows, maybe he'll kill you before the wedding night? Haha.

She leaves, and I wipe away my tears that fall right after hearing the door slam shut. The maid comes to help me into the car because my father didn't even have the decency to do it himself. I am placed in the car, and they tell me that my father will be waiting for me at the church to walk me down the aisle since he went ahead to meet my future husband.

I know, he just went to ensure the payment that was offered. As the car stops in front of the church, I wait there for almost twenty minutes, and no one comes.

The secretary is at the door waiting for Ingrid to come out. They weren't informed that she was blind, and the secretary thinks she is so stuck-up that she's waiting for someone to open the door for her, like those spoiled rich ladies.

Secretary: Wow, do I have to deal with a woman who won't even get out of the car if someone doesn't open the door for her? I felt sorry for her, but seeing how snobby she is, I don't care anymore.

The secretary walks to the door and opens it without saying anything, and Ingrid remains quiet for a while too. He already finds it annoying that she hasn't gotten out of the car.

Secretary: Ma'am? Are you waiting for me to roll out the red carpet?

Ingrid: What? Oh, I'm sorry. My father said he would come to greet me, but I guess he forgot about that too.

Secretary: Ugh, are you going to come out or not?

Ingrid: Could you please help me?

Secretary: Why? Can't you get out on your own? Are you blind? Can't you see that I've already opened the door for you?

Ingrid: Yes, I am blind. Could you help me now?

The secretary then looks at Ingrid's face covered with a thin veil and feels ashamed of how he treated her.

Secretary: I'm sorry. We weren't informed that you were blind.

Ingrid: Of course not. My father wouldn't reveal the flaw of a product before receiving payment.

Secretary: Your father received the payment and said he needed to leave because he had important matters to attend to. I need to inform my boss about this. Can you wait here?

Ingrid: Of course! I have nothing better to do.

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