The Auctioned Wife's Redemption

The Auctioned Wife's Redemption

Gertrude

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For five years, my husband Jackson controlled my life with extreme rules, all under the guise of his "severe mysophobia." Every accidental touch meant hours on my knees, scrubbing marble with burning disinfectant, hands raw and bleeding. I lived isolated, convinced I was a source of "contamination," perpetually seeking his nonexistent approval. Then, a faint perfume on his collar, and a hidden conversation shattered my gilded delusion. His "mysophobia" was a cruel lie, a charade to keep me in line while he entertained his mistress. Worse, he was preparing to auction me, his wife, as an exclusive "Ephemeral Experience" at a high-society gala. He even stripped me naked and locked me in our glass sunroom, a live preview for his laughing cronies next door. The raw, public humiliation swallowed me whole; I was nothing but a commodity to heighten their depravity. How could someone feign such a condition, then orchestrate such a monstrous betrayal, reducing me to an object without a shred of dignity? My despair was absolute, the hope I clung to turning to ash in my mouth. But buried deep within my grandfather's prenup lay a secret clause, a last resort for "egregious betrayal." My trembling fingers reached for the phone, a fragile seed of defiance taking root.

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For five years, my husband Jackson controlled my life with extreme rules, all under the guise of his "severe mysophobia."

Every accidental touch meant hours on my knees, scrubbing marble with burning disinfectant, hands raw and bleeding.

I lived isolated, convinced I was a source of "contamination," perpetually seeking his nonexistent approval.

Then, a faint perfume on his collar, and a hidden conversation shattered my gilded delusion.

His "mysophobia" was a cruel lie, a charade to keep me in line while he entertained his mistress.

Worse, he was preparing to auction me, his wife, as an exclusive "Ephemeral Experience" at a high-society gala.

He even stripped me naked and locked me in our glass sunroom, a live preview for his laughing cronies next door.

The raw, public humiliation swallowed me whole; I was nothing but a commodity to heighten their depravity.

How could someone feign such a condition, then orchestrate such a monstrous betrayal, reducing me to an object without a shred of dignity?

My despair was absolute, the hope I clung to turning to ash in my mouth.

But buried deep within my grandfather's prenup lay a secret clause, a last resort for "egregious betrayal."

My trembling fingers reached for the phone, a fragile seed of defiance taking root.

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