PART 2: HE BEGGED THE DOCTOR TO HIDE MY TWINS’ RESULTS—THEN I DISCOVERED THE CHILD HE HAD HIDDEN FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS
I stood outside Daniel’s study with one hand over my stomach. Inside, his voice continued. “We need everything transferred before Clara knows.” A man answered through the…
PART 2: HE SAID I WAS ONLY SUITABLE FOR MARRIAGE—THEN PANICKED WHEN I STOPPED BEING HIS WIFE
Adrian came home at almost midnight. I was still awake. Not waiting for him. Packing. Two suitcases stood open on the bedroom floor. His footsteps stopped behind…
PART 2: HE MADE ME WAIT FOUR HOURS—THEN LEARNED HIS ENTIRE EMPIRE HAD BEEN WAITING ON MY FAMILY
The first thing Tan Dich did was call after me. “Moc An!” I stopped beside the lead car. The entire hotel entrance had gone silent. Hundreds of…
PART 2: HE CALLED ME USELESS—THEN LEARNED MY SIGNATURE WAS HOLDING HIS EMPIRE TOGETHER
Daniel called me seventeen times that night. I answered none of them. By midnight, my lawyer had already sent the divorce notice. By one in the morning,…
PART 2: HE THREW ME OUT FOR HIS PREGNANT LOVER—FIVE MONTHS LATER, HE BEGGED ME TO COME BACK
Adrian did not call me the first week. Or the second. Apparently, he still believed I would regret leaving. What he did not know was that the…
PART 2: HIS REAL WIFE COULDN’T SAVE HIM—AND NEITHER COULD MY FORTUNE
Adrian called me twenty-three minutes after I canceled the investment. I let the phone ring until it stopped. Then again. And again. By the sixth call, Sophia…
PART 2: HE SAID I WOULD COME BACK CRYING—THEN DUBAI CALLED ME BEFORE HIS WEDDING ENDED
Lucas’s wedding photo disappeared from my screen. I didn’t ask my friend what happened next. For once, I didn’t care. That afternoon, I walked through the gold…
PART 2: MY NINE-YEAR-OLD SON PRESSED PLAY—AND HIS FATHER LOST EVERYTHING
The judge looked at Daniel. Then at the old phone in Liam’s hands. “Mr. Whitman, step back.” Daniel stopped. His face had gone completely white. Vanessa Crowe…
PART 2: HIS PREGNANT LOVER GAVE ME THE ONE THING HIS FAMILY NEVER WOULD—FREEDOM
My phone rang before I reached the elevator. Ernesto Salvatierra. I answered. “Grandfather.” His voice was colder than usual. “Come to the old house.” “Now?” “Now.” I…
PART 2: EVERYONE HID HIS MARRIAGE FROM ME—SO I SOLD THE COMPANY THEY THOUGHT I COULDN’T TOUCH
Hua Man’s sentence made several people lower their heads even further. “Don’t blame everyone.” As if they had protected me. As if hiding an eleven-month marriage from…