My Betrayed Heart, My Stolen Life

My Betrayed Heart, My Stolen Life

Gavin

5.0
Comment(s)
32
View
12
Chapters

The first thing I heard wasn't a doctor's voice but a detached system humming in my head: "Welcome back, Liam Miller." I woke from a six-month coma, only to find my home infested. My wife Sarah, pale and distant, offered no embrace, just a flat, "You're back." My children, Emily and Josh, stared at me like a stranger, then scurried behind another man. He was in my clothes, in my spot at my table, with his arm around my wife-Mark Harrison, a disturbing mirror image of me, radiating triumph. My son, Josh, clutched Mark's leg and mumbled, "You' re not our daddy. Mark is our daddy." Even my in-laws, David and Carol, defended this usurper, accusing me of being "confused" and "causing trouble." I, Liam Miller, successful architect, loving husband and father, was a ghost in my own life, stripped of everything. Later, in my own living room, Sarah's phone flashed with a text from "M ❤️": "Can't wait for tonight. The kids will be asleep soon. I'll make sure he's out of the way." The betrayal was no longer a suspicion; it was a cold, hard truth. I watched, hidden, as Sarah and Mark shared an intimate kiss in my bed, heard my children call him "Daddy Mark." Then, Mark staged a scene, deliberately injuring himself and framing me for the attack. "You animal!" David roared, striking me as Emily shrieked, "I hate you! We don't want you here!" Condemned by my own family, I knew there was no going back. Just as they threw me out, I heard the roar of a familiar engine. It was Mark's car, speeding toward me. The impact. A sledgehammer of force. I lay broken, bleeding. My mother-in-law, Carol, hung up on my plea for help, accusing me of a "stunt." Then, a bowl of soup, a "gift" from Carol, reeked faintly of peanuts-the allergen that could kill me. They weren't just trying to erase me; they were actively trying to murder me. Lying in my hospital bed, I finally spoke to the voice in my head. "System," I thought, "I'm ready. I accept. Get me out of here. Whatever it takes."

Introduction

The first thing I heard wasn't a doctor's voice but a detached system humming in my head: "Welcome back, Liam Miller."

I woke from a six-month coma, only to find my home infested.

My wife Sarah, pale and distant, offered no embrace, just a flat, "You're back."

My children, Emily and Josh, stared at me like a stranger, then scurried behind another man.

He was in my clothes, in my spot at my table, with his arm around my wife-Mark Harrison, a disturbing mirror image of me, radiating triumph.

My son, Josh, clutched Mark's leg and mumbled, "You' re not our daddy. Mark is our daddy."

Even my in-laws, David and Carol, defended this usurper, accusing me of being "confused" and "causing trouble."

I, Liam Miller, successful architect, loving husband and father, was a ghost in my own life, stripped of everything.

Later, in my own living room, Sarah's phone flashed with a text from "M ❤️": "Can't wait for tonight. The kids will be asleep soon. I'll make sure he's out of the way."

The betrayal was no longer a suspicion; it was a cold, hard truth.

I watched, hidden, as Sarah and Mark shared an intimate kiss in my bed, heard my children call him "Daddy Mark."

Then, Mark staged a scene, deliberately injuring himself and framing me for the attack.

"You animal!" David roared, striking me as Emily shrieked, "I hate you! We don't want you here!"

Condemned by my own family, I knew there was no going back.

Just as they threw me out, I heard the roar of a familiar engine. It was Mark's car, speeding toward me.

The impact. A sledgehammer of force. I lay broken, bleeding.

My mother-in-law, Carol, hung up on my plea for help, accusing me of a "stunt."

Then, a bowl of soup, a "gift" from Carol, reeked faintly of peanuts-the allergen that could kill me.

They weren't just trying to erase me; they were actively trying to murder me.

Lying in my hospital bed, I finally spoke to the voice in my head.

"System," I thought, "I'm ready. I accept. Get me out of here. Whatever it takes."

Continue Reading

Other books by Gavin

More
Contract Wife's Hidden Identity Revealed

Contract Wife's Hidden Identity Revealed

Mafia

5.0

For years, I was known as Killian Emerson’s only weakness, the anchor for the ruthless crime boss while he built an empire. I thought it was for us, a life he was building to protect me. But then I found out the truth. My high school bully, Dallas, was his mistress. He paraded her around at galas, bought her penthouses, and funded her multi-million-dollar cat sanctuary. He bought her a sanctuary for stray cats while my brother was dying. I begged him for money for a life-saving treatment, but he told me he was busy and hung up. My brother died alone. Killian didn’t even come to the funeral. When he finally called, he sounded bored. "Sorry to hear about your brother," he said casually, while I could hear Dallas in the background asking him to go ring shopping. In that moment, the last bit of love I had for him simply died. He had forgotten every promise, even the one he made to ruin Dallas for carving "Worthless" into my wrist years ago. Now, he protects her. He even let her crush the last memento my brother ever made for me, then broke my wrist when I lunged at her. After a car crash he caused, he left me bleeding in the wreckage to save Dallas, without a single look back. But the biggest secret was yet to come. Lying in a hospital bed, a call from the county clerk revealed the truth. Killian and I were never legally married. The entire foundation of my life was a lie designed to control me. And now, I'm taking back everything he stole from me. Starting with his empire.

You'll also like

Chapters
Read Now
Download Book