Foolish

The first time she met Rayan Allen was when she was only 19 years old. He was three years older than her, 22 at the time. Their first meeting was in the orphanage, where she used to volunteer. It was the same orphanage she grew up in before being adopted. Even after being adopted she frequently visited and volunteered there. Rayan was a freshly graduated student who moved from New York City to Quebec City. At first, he was just a cold, aloof, and introverted boy who occasionally volunteered alongside her and played music with orphan children. He didn't talk or interact with people much. Anthea heard from one of the sisters of the orphanage that his mother also grew up here before being adopted. However, as time went by, she started to get to know him more before ultimately falling for him. He was extremely handsome and smart while she was clumsy, dumb and talked too much. They were the total opposite of each other. She liked to talk, while he liked to listen. But they had a mutual interest in music.  The time she spent with him was like a fairy tale. Even though he was cold and aloof at first, he slowly warmed up to her. They didn't even realise when they fell for each other. He was the perfect boyfriend one could ever dream of. A true gentleman who took care of her swept her off her feet. They were young and foolishly in love. At least she was. She couldn't wait until she spent the rest of her life with him.

Even though everything was perfect for them, Anthea was unaware of his life before meeting her. She didn't know anything about his past, like who his family was, where he came from, his friends or anything. For some reason, he didn't like to talk about it. Even though she found it quite strange sometimes, she wanted to give him enough time to open up to her. After being in a relationship for three years, one day he proposed to her to marry him. To be very honest, it was too shocking and early for Anthea but she still agreed because she was so in love with him and was ready to spend the rest of her life with him.  They got married in the orphanage's church and started their own little family of two. Ryan loved music at the time, and he was aspiring to become a singer. Anthea did everything she could to support him. She was only a high school graduate and didn't attend college because she felt it wasn't necessary for her. She just wanted to take care of the most important people in her life. Her adoptive father, her adoptive brother, and her husband, Rayan. 

Yeah, she was brought into the orphanage when she was just 6 and then adopted by her adoptive father, Christian Wisley, when she was 11. He was a widower with a 3-year-old son back then. He adopted Anthea when he moved from Hamilton to Quebec after his wife died.

Everything was going well until Rayan's real identity came to light. Anthea came across a family photo of Rayan, which made him reveal his identity to her. So the man she thought was an orphan was actually an heir to a multibillion-dollar company. An elite member of New York City. His father was a well-known tech giant in the world, and he was his only son who ran away from his home to disobey his father's wish to take care of his business. His father was against his wish to pursue music, which caused a rift in their relationship. But their relationship was already strained after Rayan's biological mother died of cancer when he was 14, and his father remarried his stepmother, Camila, two years later. Rayan also had a younger sister called Amalia, who was 5 years younger than him. Camila had a daughter called Sarah from her previous marriage; she was a year older than Amalia. Somehow, Rayan's father found out about Anthea and their marriage. They failed to reach Rayan, so they reached out to her, the easy prey. Anthea, being the foolish girl she was, was moved by seeing their fake love for Rayan and failed to recognise their actual faces. She got manipulated by Rayan's family after meeting and talking to them. They begged her to talk to Rayan and reunite their son with them. They wanted her to bring him back to New York along with her where they could live as a perfect family. 

After finding out everything, Anthea didn't want Rayan to be separated from his family. So she did what she thought was right at the time. She begged Rayan to return home and be with his family. She was so moved by Camila's words that she failed to recognise the viciousness under her mask. At first, Rayan was livid after finding out they had contacted her and had a huge fight with his family. It also caused the first ever fight between Anthea and Rayan so in the end he had no choice but to give up under her persuasion.

It didn't take long for them to move to New York City, where he grew up. Anthea was over the moon when she thought she would finally have a big family and a mother like Camila. Rayan was kind and considerate enough to bring her adoptive father and brother along with them and take their responsibility. He brought them home, got a job for Christian in his company, and got her adoptive brother, Noah, into the best school in New York.

 At first, everything was like a fairy tale for Anthea. Under her persuasion, Rayan joined his father's office and finally took back his responsibility. But their marriage remained secret in the public's eyes. Why? Camila advised Anthea that it was the best thing to do. She was the best mother-in-law. The mother Anthea never had. So whatever she said, Anthea foolishly believed it. Camila asked her to move to the Allen estate so that they could spend time together as a family. Anthea, being the foolish woman she was, believed her words and begged Rayan to move into that house with his family. At that time, she remembered that he would never say no to her, so he agreed to her request to make her happy. But the moment they moved into that house, everything changed. Her downfall began on the very same day.