The Untold Story of a Mistress

No Longer Mrs. Cooley: The Architect's Return

Xiao Xiaosu

I went to the City Clerk’s office for a routine copy of my marriage license to finalize a trust fund audit. I expected a simple piece of paper, but the clerk’s pitying look told me my entire life was a lie. "The license was never finalized, Ms. Oliver. In the eyes of the state, you are single." The three-hundred-guest wedding at the Plaza and the Vogue features meant nothing. My husband, Gray Cooley, had intentionally filed the documents with a "procedural defect" so he could discard me without a legal divorce. Moments later, an iCloud invite titled "Our Little Secret" popped up on my screen. It was a photo of my best friend, Brylee, holding a positive pregnancy test at our Hamptons estate. Gray’s text to her was the final blow: "Happy anniversary, babe. This baby is the best gift. Once the trust unlocks today, we’re done with the charade." I soon discovered they were even stealing my career, reassigning my architectural masterpiece to Brylee while preparing my eviction notice. Gray's mother called me a "barren mule" in a leaked recording, mocking the infertility I suffered after saving Gray’s life in a construction accident. I wasn't a wife; I was a three-year placeholder used to secure his inheritance. How could the man I bled for treat me like a disposable prop? How could my best friend carry his child while pretending to comfort me through my darkest moments? The betrayal burned until it turned into a cold, hard stone of fury. I didn't cry. Instead, I walked into the penthouse of the Barretts, the Cooleys' most powerful rivals. I signed a marriage contract with Kane Barrett, the man the tabloids called the "Beast of Wall Street." "I want a wedding," I told his father, my voice steady and lethal. "Bigger than the one I had with Gray." If they wanted me gone, they would have to watch me become the woman who owns their world.

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Episode 1

Cynthia, was only 18 years old when she ran away from home.

Cynthia hailed from a wealthy family, but still, she felt unloved and unwanted.

Cynthia's step-sister, Amber, treated her horribly and it offends Cynthia to know that her parents weren't going to stop Amber from humiliating her.

It broke her heart to know that her mother especially wasn't going to do anything about it.

One cold Christmas day, Cynthia decided to visit her paternal grandfather who was living not too far away!

"Grandfather is the only one who loves me, it's obvious you and Dad, doesn't care about me, I don't want to spend Christmas here, I'm tired of being humiliated and I dont want your husband to yell at me again, I want to visit grandpa," Cynthia said to her mother who stared at her daughter almost in tears.

It was obvious that it broke her heart to hear her daughter refer to her father in that manner.

"I love you a lot my child, I wish I could tell you how much I love you, I want to explain everything to you right now but my hands are tied," Cynthia's mother thought, all she wanted that moment was to clear up the misunderstanding between her and her daughter.

But the promise she made to her husband, 10 years ago, held her back.

Cynthia's mother cleared her throat and said in a low tone

" Cynthia, you have my permission, go visit your grandpa"

Without saying a word, Cynthia left her mother's presence.

Soon she left the huge compound that she grew up in, and soon she arrived at her grandfather's house, on seeing his favorite granddaughter on Christmas day, the old man welcomed Cynthia in smiles.

"I knew you will come today, my child you are the only one that cares for me, I want you to know that my heart blesses you, you are blessed my child, you don't know how lonely I have been all morning," The old man said in smiles.

Apart from spending Christmas with her grandfather, Cynthia was there to find out from the old man, if she was her parent's daughter, as she had begun to feel like a stranger in her parent's house.

She couldn't understand why her step-sister Amber gets all their parent's love while all she got was penalties and scolding.

It was so disheartening for the Teenager as her parents especially her father always choose Amber over her. Her father would scold and chastise her because of Amber, and it's painful for her especially when she wasn't wrong.

She still couldn't understand why Amber was her stepsister.

So if Amber was her stepsister then her mother might not be her real mother, She had thought

An hour later, Cynthia and her grandfather had lunch together and after their meal, they sat down in the living room watching television. Some moments later,

Cynthia was elated when her grandfather surprised her with a Christmas present, when she opened it, she was thrilled when she saw a brand new smartphone.

She remembered how many times she had begged her parents for a smartphone, instead, her father bought a smartphone for Amber.

Cynthia hugged her grandfather happily as she thanked him

After some time, Cynthia threw in.

"Grandpa, Who is my real mother?"

And the old man replied "your mother of course"

"If she is truly my mother, then who is Amber's real mother?" Cynthia asked curiously.

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