His Pregnant Wife's Billionaire Retribution

His Pregnant Wife's Billionaire Retribution

Mo Yufei

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My husband tore my ultrasound report to shreds at a gala, publicly declaring me barren to protect his mistress. I was visibly pregnant, but he erased me, our child, and my truth with a single, cruel lie. So I faked my death and disappeared. Five years later, I returned, no longer a fragile wife but a hardened salvage expert with a fortune. I walked into a high-stakes auction where Emerson was the top bidder. I let my son, his spitting image, make the first move. Then, I stepped from the shadows and calmly raised my paddle. "Seven hundred fifty million."

Chapter 1

My husband tore my ultrasound report to shreds at a gala, publicly declaring me barren to protect his mistress. I was visibly pregnant, but he erased me, our child, and my truth with a single, cruel lie. So I faked my death and disappeared.

Five years later, I returned, no longer a fragile wife but a hardened salvage expert with a fortune.

I walked into a high-stakes auction where Emerson was the top bidder.

I let my son, his spitting image, make the first move.

Then, I stepped from the shadows and calmly raised my paddle.

"Seven hundred fifty million."

Chapter 1

Gabriela POV:

The sound of the ultrasound report tearing was sharper than any gunshot, ripping through the hushed elegance of the Hamptons gala. Every eye in the ballroom turned to Emerson McGuire, my husband, as he shredded the flimsy paper with a theatrical flourish. White confetti of my unborn child' s first image fluttered onto the polished marble floor.

My breath hitched. The air in the room thickened, pressing down on me.

"My wife, Gabriela," Emerson' s voice boomed, rich and controlled, yet laced with a chilling contempt, "has regretfully informed me of her... condition." He paused, letting the words hang, a poison in the air. "A condition, sadly, which means we will never have children."

My throat closed. My stomach clenched. He was lying. Lying about my fertility. Lying about our baby.

A ripple of sympathetic murmurs swept through the crowd. They believed him. Why wouldn't they? He was Emerson McGuire, the tech titan, the golden boy. And I was just... his wife.

I felt their pity, cold and unwelcome, wash over me. It stung worse than any accusation.

His gaze found Isolde Jarvis across the room. She stood there, a vision in pale silk, her face a mask of fragile concern. Her eyes, however, held a flicker of something triumphant, a dark satisfaction she couldn't quite hide from me.

Emerson crossed the distance in a few long strides. He cupped Isolde's face, his thumb gently wiping away a tear that hadn't quite fallen. "My dear Isolde," he murmured, his voice softening with a tenderness he hadn't shown me in months, "always so sensitive. Don't worry about this mess."

She leaned into his touch, a picture of delicate sorrow. "Oh, Emerson," she whispered, her voice barely audible, "I just wish you could have everything you ever wanted." Her eyes, over his shoulder, met mine. It was a cold, calculating stare that dared me to defy her.

My heart hammered against my ribs, a desperate bird trapped in a cage. I was standing there, visibly pregnant, holding my belly protectively, while my husband publicly declared me barren. He was protecting her. Always her.

A slow, burning realization ignited in my gut. My existence, my very essence as a woman, was being weaponized against me. The life growing inside me, a miracle I cherished, was being painted as a fabrication, a symbol of my failure. It wasn't just about the lie; it was about the humiliation, the erasure of my truth.

Isolde's fake grief was a performance, perfected over years. She knew exactly which strings to pull, which buttons to push, to turn Emerson into her puppet. And I, the inconvenient truth, was merely a casualty in their twisted game.

The crowd' s pity morphed into whispers. Their judgment pricked at my skin. I was not just infertile; I was a liar. An embarrassment. A woman who had failed to give her powerful husband an heir.

Emerson' s eyes, when they finally landed on me again, were devoid of any real emotion. Just a cold, hard assessment. "Gabriela," he said, his voice carrying just enough for those nearby to hear, "I think it's time you retired for the evening. You clearly aren't feeling well."

He didn't wait for a response. He simply turned back to Isolde, drawing her closer as if to shield her from the spectacle I had supposedly created. The message was clear: I was a problem, a public relations disaster, to be swept away.

I felt the burning humiliation spread through my body, a fire consuming me from the inside out. My hands, trembling, went to my belly, a silent promise to the tiny life within. They thought they had broken me. They thought they had won. But this wasn't the end. This was just the beginning of a different story, one they wouldn't see coming.

I met Isolde's gaze again. This time, there was no fear in my eyes, only a nascent, terrifying resolve. Her smirk faltered. She knew, somehow, that something fundamental had shifted.

I turned and walked out of the ballroom, head held high, the shredded pieces of my future still dancing on the floor behind me. I didn't look back. There was nothing left for me there but ashes and lies. I reached the yacht, the expensive vessel that was supposed to be a symbol of our shared future, and stepped aboard. The cool night air hit me, a shock against my burning skin. I knew, with chilling clarity, that I would never set foot on land as Gabriela McGuire again.

"He will regret this," I whispered, my hand stroking my swollen abdomen. "They both will."

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