PART 2: HE NEVER CHEATED ON ME—HE JUST SPENT SIX MONTHS PRETENDING TO BE ANOTHER WOMAN’S HUSBAND
Adrian’s face changed. Not guilt over an affair. Something worse. Recognition. Clara frowned. —What are you talking about? I looked at her. —You really don’t know? She…
PART 2: HE BROUGHT HIS FIRST LOVE TO MY DOOR WITH DIVORCE PAPERS—THEN DISCOVERED THE HOUSE WAS NEVER HIS
Lucía walked in first. Of course she did. She looked around my living room as if she were inspecting a property she expected to inherit. Then she…
PART 2: HE CALLED ME TOO DEPENDENT FOR YEARS—THEN PANICKED WHEN I FINALLY LEARNED TO LIVE WITHOUT HIM
Lucas stared at me in the hospital hallway. The contraceptive box was still in his hand. Valeria stood beside him wearing the coat I had bought him….
PART 2: THEY THOUGHT I HAD RUN AWAY—UNTIL MY “WEDDING GIFT” EXPOSED WHY THEY WANTED ME GONE
Giang Uyen Thanh forced a smile. —Miss Niem, why are you here? I thought you went to Vienna. I looked at her wedding dress. Then at the…
PART 2: THEY FORGOT ME AT THE REST STOP—SO I STOPPED BEING THE PERSON WHO REMEMBERED EVERYTHING FOR THEM
By the thirty-sixth call, I stopped. Not because someone finally answered. Because I finally understood. If seven people could drive away in two cars and nobody noticed…
PART 2: HE THOUGHT I WAS ONLY HIS ASSISTANT—UNTIL I SAT ACROSS FROM HIM AS HIS BIGGEST COMPETITOR
The contract in front of me belonged to Aurelia Development. Gu Real Estate’s strongest competitor. My new position was written clearly beneath my name: Director of Strategic…
PART 2: THEY CALLED IT A JOKE—UNTIL THE DNA REPORT WAS READ IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE FAMILY
Luc Xuyen gritted his teeth. —Oanh Oanh and Chu Trach were only joking. Do you really have to ruin An An’s celebration? I looked at him. For…
PART 2: HE THOUGHT I WOULD USE THE 30 DAYS TO BEG HIM TO STAY—ON DAY 29, I HANDED HIM THE LIFE HE HAD ASKED FOR
Adrian stared at the ultrasound for so long that his fingers began to shake. —Thirty-two weeks? I nodded. His eyes moved slowly from the date on the…
PART 2: HE DIVORCED ME FOR GIVING BIRTH TO A GIRL—THEN DISCOVERED WHO MY FATHER WAS
Daniel stood outside Sophie’s apartment like a man who had forgotten how to breathe. Behind him, Margaret Reed looked even worse. Her lips were pale. Her expensive…
PART 2: HE FINALLY SAW I WAS EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT—THEN LEARNED WHY I HAD BEEN PREPARING TO LEAVE FOR MONTHS
Adrian kept staring at the ultrasound. —Thirty-two weeks? His voice barely came out. I bent down and took the folder from his hands. —Yes. He looked at…