Homeless Young Woman Marries Old Man without Knowing He Is a Millionaire — Story of the Day
|A homeless woman’s life takes an unexpected turn when an old man asks her hand in marriage, and she nods a yes – but the woman has no idea how wealthy her future husband is.
Jacob Conner was 76, insanely rich, but single. No, Jacob had not been a single man his entire life; it was just that fate had not been kind to the man in terms of his love life.
When Jacob was 34, his beloved wife Linda had passed away in a car accident. They were returning from a family event when the accident occurred. Jacob was lucky and he survived, but Linda bled to death even before she could make it to the hospital.
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That fateful day, Jacob was the one behind the wheel. He was exhausted after the function, and Linda had asked him not to drive, but the man insisted, so she gave in. Unfortunately, he dozed off for a second as they were taking a turn near a highway, and their car collided with a truck.
Fast forward 42 years from that fateful day, and Jacob was still not over it. He couldn’t remember a single day when he didn’t regret not listening to Linda and insisting on driving that evening. In fact, after that incident, he had sent his children, Myra and Chris, to boarding schools because they reminded him so much of Linda.
And after the kids left, he immersed himself in work to alleviate his loneliness. He spent several years on his small clothing business, which eventually grew into a well-known brand that earned him millions.
But despite all the money, Jacob always lived a simple life in a typical American home, and the massive villas he purchased were still awaiting its residents.
Another unfortunate aspect of Jacob’s life was that when both of his children were accepted into prestigious universities, they almost severed their ties with their father and did not visit him for years. All they wanted from Jacob was money, which he never refused to give them. But as far as spending time with their father was concerned, the kids had no interest in it.
For instance, one fateful day after dinner, Jacob had just gotten up from the dining table when he suffered a heart attack. Fortunately, he was at his neighbor’s house for dinner that night, so he was rushed to the hospital right away.
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