PART 2: ONE SLAP MADE THE ENTIRE SHEN FAMILY COME HOME
Fang Yue’s smile disappeared. She stood up slowly, but still tried to sound calm. “Yanxu, don’t misunderstand. Nian Nian fell while playing. Maybe she scratched herself.” My…
PART 2: THE QUILT WASN’T THE FIRST ONE SHE HAD FILLED WITH TRASH
Daniel stared at the cut seam as if I had committed some unforgivable crime. “Clara, what the hell did you do to my mother’s quilt?” I slowly…
PART 2: THE ACCIDENT WAS MEANT TO SILENCE ME
Three days after Álvaro signed the divorce papers, the police called me. —Mrs. Elena, we need you to come in. We found something unusual in the inspection…
PART 2: THIS TIME, I LET HIM SAVE HER
I looked through the ambulance window at Lu Jingnian lying unconscious on the stretcher. Then I answered the phone. “Mom, Jingnian had an accident.” There was silence….
PART 2: THEY THOUGHT I WAS REPLACEABLE UNTIL THE HOSPITAL COLLAPSED WITHOUT ME
Victor Salazar stood outside my apartment holding a folder so tightly that the edges had bent. Three days earlier, he had warned me never to expect the…
PART 2: SHE CAME TO DESTROY HIS FAMILY BUT ENDED UP REVEALING WHY HE HAD CHOSEN HER FOR SEVEN YEARS
Valeria was standing outside my house at seven in the morning. No makeup. No elegant clothes. Only a gray coat and a thick folder pressed against her…
PARTE 2: HE GUARDED THE DELIVERY ROOM WHILE I WALKED AWAY WITH THE ONLY THING HIS EMPIRE COULD NEVER REPLACE
Gabriel entered the code. The report opened. He read the first line. Then the second. Then the conclusion. Probability of biological paternity: excluded. His hand dropped. —Gabriel?…
PARTE 2: HE FAKED AMNESIA FOR SEVEN YEARS UNTIL I FINALLY FORGOT TO WAIT FOR HIM
The next morning, I stopped doing the first thing I had done every day for seven years. I didn’t check whether Nathan remembered me. I didn’t ask…
PARTE 2: SHE SENT ME PROOF MY HUSBAND LOVED HER, SO I SENT HER HUSBAND THE RECEIPTS
Daniel Chen replied almost immediately. How long have you known? I looked at the screen. Three days. Another message arrived. I’ve suspected for eight months. Then he…
PARTE 2: HE CALLED ME A NUISANCE UNTIL THE DAY I DISAPPEARED AND STOPPED ANSWERING
The next morning, Ethan acted as if nothing had happened. Vanessa was still asleep in the guest room. He stood in the kitchen drinking coffee while I…