The Betrayed Bride's Ultimate Retribution

d me. They stole my position, my children, and my fut

and my healthy heirs. My husband, Dedric, a man I once loved, saw our

e end, they took my life. I died betrayed and alone, a pawn in t

I wo

gan-with Belen on her knees, begging me

o would destroy me and the woman

all

pte

lyn

ice was a desperate, ugly screech, tearing throug

ay. I just watched her t

Persian rug like it was her last hope. Her perfect b

ost comica

ce a mask of weary exasperation. He didn't of

always signaled he was about to make a dec

aid, his voice flat, devoid of real emoti

ere was never any warmth for me, his illegitimate

able asset to be used for alliance

ll I had ever be

n her face. Her eyes, red-rimmed and puffy, still h

ost love. She was mourn

victory

teenager, a living monument to my father's infidelity. She saw me as a const

eeded in ste

Not a memory from this life, but from the one before. The one where

nspired to steal everything from me. M

in that lif

ight back here. In thi

ebirth. A second chance I hadn't a

he'd slept with him, flaunted it, made sure I found out. All to

, but I still married Dedric because my father forced me to.

come Chairman of the powerful consortium that governed our society. Mar

ally the "first heir

nstant fear of miscarriage, the isolation. Dedric was never trul

heir to solidif

nfluential man. Her marriage was sterile, a fact she secretl

us, my healthy children. The "first heir" wa

ppiness. She ha

g into a cancerous obsession.

e end, sh

ric. They h

ugh my carefully constructed facade. My fingers curled into fists, nails diggin

t this

tegic. They wouldn't get

saw my blank expression. She probably exp

arily forgotten in favor of her usual petulance. "Dedric left me! You

"She's right, Evelyn. You were eng

letting the icy reso

et, almost a whisper. "I d

hast. My father'

nued, my voice gaining strength. "You

y, a triumphant, wicked smile spread across her

n it's settled. Belen, go. Go to Dedric.

t, her despair instantly r

asked, her voice dripping with

gaze steady. "He's all your

footsteps echoing down the hall. A new battle won, in her m