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…
PARTE 2: HE DIVORCED ME FOR HIS LOVER TEN MINUTES BEFORE HIS EMPIRE STOPPED BELONGING TO HIM
Sophia lifted her wrist deliberately. —Do you recognize it? Of course I did. Ethan had given me that bracelet on our first anniversary. Two months earlier, I…
PARTE 2: HE FINALLY ASKED WHY I WAS HURT WHEN I NO LONGER NEEDED HIM TO KNOW
Daniel stared at me. The rainwater still ran from his hair onto the collar of his shirt. —What did you say? I took another napkin. —Divorce. He…
PARTE 2: HE SENT BODYGUARDS FOR MY TWINS UNTIL HE DISCOVERED THE HARVARD DOCTOR HIS COMPANY NEEDED WAS ME
Adrian stared at me. Then at Noah. Then Emma. His voice came out rough. —How old are they? I smiled. —Old enough to know not to get…
PARTE 2: THEY PLANNED MY WEDDING WITHOUT ME UNTIL THE WEDDING DAY ARRIVED AND THERE WAS NO BRIDE
Ha Kien looked at me for several seconds. —What did you say? I closed the suitcase. —Nothing. Kieu Tuong immediately smiled again. She probably thought I had…
PART 2: HE HID HIS GENERAL’S STARS FROM ME—THEN THE MILITARY RECORDS REVEALED WHO HE HAD LISTED AS HIS WIFE
Aaron’s face changed when I said divorce. Not because I was leaving. Because of my last sentence. “What you stole from me… I’m going to get it…
PART 2: HE SIGNED THAT BETRAYAL WOULD COST HIM EVERYTHING—THEN FORGOT I STILL HAD THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT
At eleven forty-seven the next morning, Vanessa entered my office carrying a black folder. Her expression told me everything before she sat down. —Olivia, this isn’t only…
PART 2: HE THOUGHT THREE MILLION DOLLARS COULD END OUR MARRIAGE—THEN HIS FATHER LEARNED WHO HAD REALLY BEEN SAVING THE LANCASTER GROUP
The first phone belonged to Richard Lancaster. He was standing beneath the chandelier with a glass raised for his birthday toast when his expression suddenly changed. Then…
PART 2: HE THOUGHT OUR SILENCE WAS JUST AN ARGUMENT—UNTIL HE LEARNED I HAD LOST OUR BABY WITHOUT HIM
Ethan noticed the bandage on my arm three days later. Not because I told him. Because he came home unexpectedly. I was standing in the kitchen when…