Too Late For Regret, Mr. Montgomery

Chapter 5

Word Count: 862 | Released on: 09/11/2026

to the coffee table and looked a

a sent those messages

ply, carrying a lecturing tone. "Chris

ian took a breath and softened his

but I promise you they're good people. Once you

accepting it. Allie didn't say a word. She opened the first-aid kit, picked up

tie, and walked downstairs. As he walked down the hall, he remembered something a business partner had once told him-when a woman gets jealous, she'll make up the wildest lies just to get her

the estate. Right at the main gates of the bayfront property, Claire's signature bright red Porsche 911-delivered curbside to the private ai

e! Ge

laire spotted the white gauze wrapped around her p

hand? Did that bitch

counted Cody's shove and how Julian had

nd bastard! I'm calling the best divorce litigation

faint smile, pulling out a s

uch faster way to get divorced-one that bypasses J

e Julian wiped the local storage. Reaching into the rear console, Claire pressed a button on the Porsche's integrated mobile printer.

tral estate. As the butler led Allie down a long hallway lined with classical oil paintings, the housemaids whispered and cast disdainful gl

uture suit, her silver hair pinned in a flawless bun. It was Julian's mother, Cather

omery is here," the butl

Mother" as she usually

Montgo

nymore. Her only real mother had died in a car crash ten years

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lie repli

bone china teacup onto the cr

't even keep hold of yo

the fault of an incompetent wife. In the past, Allie would have swallowed the insult

thirty years you were married to the late Master Montgomery

kept mistresses all over town and nearly let an illegitimate son take Julian's inheritance-an open secret

talk back to me? Do you believe I

urious glare wi

before you do, I'm di

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“On her wedding night, Allie's new husband brought his former lover and her son to their marital home. He claimed they had been evicted and he had a strict duty to care for his late friend's widow. But the next morning, the widow was sitting at the dining table wearing his oversized silk robe. She expertly played the fragile victim, twisting every situation to make Allie look like a jealous monster. When the widow's son deliberately shoved Allie down the marble stairs, Julian didn't even check his wife's bruised arm. Instead, he shielded the boy, glaring at Allie with absolute disgust. "Why would you push a child? You're scaring him!" Later that night, Allie found explicit texts on Julian's unlocked phone. The widow was the one he truly loved, and Allie's marriage was just a PR stunt to appease the corporate board. Once she gave birth to a legitimate heir, she would be completely discarded. To make matters worse, Allie's own father and stepmother had sold her out for a five-million-dollar dowry. They had already squandered her money on a beachfront villa and told her to never come back. Allie was completely alone, trapped with a husband who despised her and a family that bled her dry. But she didn't shed a single tear. She secretly photographed the texts, bypassed her husband, and slammed the evidence in front of her ruthless mother-in-law to negotiate an ironclad divorce. Then, she opened her encrypted laptop and contacted her old tech partner. It was time to take her life back.”