The CEO's Unwanted Wife Strikes Back

, deliberate movement in the darkness of their bedroom. "Jul

ut he didn't push her away. One of his hands rested heavily, indifferently, on

ns, dispelling the usual chill. Maybe tonight would be different. She leane

he sound shatte

eched to life-a harsh, intrusive

and absolute. He pulled away from her abruptly, fast as a

s across his chiseled features. There it was. The nam

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into her stomach, col

ts ago a low, husky silence-suddenly softened, f

e on the other end. Words like "wrist," "doctor,

, with a cruel efficiency, pulling on a pair of dark t

d of the floor seeped into her skin. She reached out, her fingers grasping his

mth at all. He looked at her as if she were a stranger, an

in her throat. "What's so wrong with Seraphina that

l precision, delivered the blow. "She hurt her wrist. Remember that charit

eraphina had tripped over her own gown but tearfully implie

rgued, her voice weak. "It

his eyes. "Seraphina isn't a liar." The words were a verdict, a final

shattered. "Can't you stay?

his expression a mask of pure mockery. "A title

hat had never healed. She flinched, the hope

ind him, leaving her alone in the vast, silent room. Moments later, she heard the low growl o

A deep, suffoc

th chattered. She wrapped her arms around herself, but the cold came from wi

ne, her thumb scrolling aimlessly through social m

ppeared at the top of h

made the air leave her lungs in a painful rush. A close-up of a slender woman's hand

with long fingers and cleanly trimmed nails. A hand she knew as well as she knew her own. On the wrist, the pla

ritten in delicat

know how to make e

wasn't just betrayal; it was a carefully staged p

s. She turned off her phone and let it slip from her numb fingers. The darkness of the r

f silent despair-all of it coalesced i

was t