His Casual Betrayal, Her Calculated Revenge

His Casual Betrayal, Her Calculated Revenge

I. HAWKINS

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The email from the estate manager shattered the calm of my curated life. It announced unauthorized use and damage to my Hamptons beach house, the one my family built generations ago. Then I saw the photos: my custom garden, a year in the making, utterly destroyed. And worse, a priceless Brancusi sculpture, a gift from my father, in pieces by the pool. An Instagram link confirmed my nightmare: my husband Ethan's secretary, Chloe Miller, gloating with a nine-photo spread of a pool party at my house, thanking "her boss" for the "generous gift." His response was chillingly casual: "Ava, don't be so possessive. It's just a house. We have others. She needed a break." His disregard for my property, my family legacy, was a direct insult. I exacted immediate, calculated revenge, selling the house from under Chloe and seizing Ethan's prized classic cars. But the humiliation escalated when Chloe brazenly wore my custom Oscar de la Renta gown to a high-society gala, Ethan beaming by her side. My retaliations, though swift and public, only seemed to fuel his delusion, culminating in Chloe's theatrical, fake suicide attempt. He blamed me, fired loyal staff, and promoted her to a senior position. Then came the ultimate betrayal: in a hospital corridor, as I secretly clutched a sonogram image, he slapped me. Hard. "You toxic, heartless shrew!" he snarled, accusing me of driving Chloe to "suicide." He didn't see the tiny picture slip from my numb fingers. The world tilted, and my last shred of hope for our marriage, for a family, shattered. I picked up the sonogram, tearing it into tiny pieces. He would pay. He would pay for everything.

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The email from the estate manager shattered the calm of my curated life.

It announced unauthorized use and damage to my Hamptons beach house, the one my family built generations ago.

Then I saw the photos: my custom garden, a year in the making, utterly destroyed.

And worse, a priceless Brancusi sculpture, a gift from my father, in pieces by the pool.

An Instagram link confirmed my nightmare: my husband Ethan's secretary, Chloe Miller, gloating with a nine-photo spread of a pool party at my house, thanking "her boss" for the "generous gift."

His response was chillingly casual: "Ava, don't be so possessive. It's just a house. We have others. She needed a break."

His disregard for my property, my family legacy, was a direct insult.

I exacted immediate, calculated revenge, selling the house from under Chloe and seizing Ethan's prized classic cars.

But the humiliation escalated when Chloe brazenly wore my custom Oscar de la Renta gown to a high-society gala, Ethan beaming by her side.

My retaliations, though swift and public, only seemed to fuel his delusion, culminating in Chloe's theatrical, fake suicide attempt.

He blamed me, fired loyal staff, and promoted her to a senior position.

Then came the ultimate betrayal: in a hospital corridor, as I secretly clutched a sonogram image, he slapped me.

Hard.

"You toxic, heartless shrew!" he snarled, accusing me of driving Chloe to "suicide."

He didn't see the tiny picture slip from my numb fingers.

The world tilted, and my last shred of hope for our marriage, for a family, shattered.

I picked up the sonogram, tearing it into tiny pieces.

He would pay.

He would pay for everything.

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