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No Longer Your Shadow, Mr. CEO

Chapter 45 

Word Count: 1258    |    Released on: 03/06/2026

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No Longer Your Shadow, Mr. CEO
“Anabel woke up alone in her Manhattan penthouse, her billionaire husband Caleb missing from their bed once again. While folding his jacket, she found a hidden tablet containing a photo of a positive pregnancy test and intimate messages from a woman named Jodie. When Anabel secretly followed him, she saw him tenderly kissing the pregnant woman. The most chilling part? Jodie looked exactly like Anabel. Anabel wasn't a wife; she was just a placeholder for his college ex. When Anabel slammed the divorce papers on the table, Caleb sneered and tore them to pieces. "This marriage is a strategic alliance. It is not ending." He threatened to bankrupt her brother's firm if she dared to leave. To humiliate her further, Caleb moved his pregnant mistress into their company, gave Anabel's office away, and blatantly stole Anabel's unreleased jewelry designs to present as their own work. When she resisted, he physically pinned her against a wall, violently asserting his ownership. For three years, she had endured his coldness, acting as the perfect corporate wife. She couldn't understand how he could be so pathologically cruel, using her as a mere stand-in while systematically trying to strip away her life's work and dignity just to please his mistress. But the quiet, obedient wife was dead. At the executive board meeting, Anabel publicly exposed the stolen designs, dropped her resignation letter in front of a stunned Caleb, and walked out. Stepping into her ruthless new lawyer's waiting car, she grabbed the injunction lawsuit. It was time to burn his empire to the ground.”