My husband threw divorce papers in my face in front of his pregnant mistress and told me to sign quietly before security escorted me out. 3
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PART 2 — CHAPTER 2: The First Crack
PART 2 — CHAPTER 2: The First Crack
Lucas stood frozen in the wreckage of his own phone screen.
Numbers didn’t lie.
Stocks—collapsed.
Accounts—locked.
Board notifications—flooding in like a storm.
“This… this can’t be real,” he whispered.
Sophie backed away slowly, instinctively protecting her belly.
“Lucas… what did she mean?”
But Lucas wasn’t looking at her anymore.
He was looking at me.
For the first time—
Not as his wife.
Not as someone beneath him.
But as something he couldn’t control.
I stepped into the car waiting outside.
My assistant closed the door.
“Where to, ma’am?”
I glanced once at the mansion behind me.
May you like
Then said:
“Take back everything.”
