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Shattered Perfection: A CEO's Downfall

Chapter 4 

Word Count: 694    |    Released on: 09/06/2025

e sterile smell, the beeping ma

ho had worked for me for years,

I whispered,

harma. You're awake. The doctors said it wa

rom my purse, and called the ambulance. He'd seen the

Mrs. Bellweather... she stumbled. It looked... intentional. And the little girl, L

ot that it ma

the ceiling. Liam. My

by my side for three days, barely sleeping, spoon-feeding me soup, his

om, I saw him. In the corridor. He was pacing

concern. He looked exactly as he had when I was sic

. How could he change so much? How could the love he professed, the love I believed

al." I heard her voice, weak and tea

... do you think she reall

aximum damage, a question she knew I m

ver truly love *me*?" Her voice wa

iam's voice, lo

Ava wasn't my wife... you would be

where I was still, technically, at the top, but only by a thread, a technicality.

e me, clawing, tearing. He was emo

as furious, her eyes blazing. "He left yo

ch David had retrieved, buzzed. A

s a v

ssed

d in the gardens of the Harrington family estate.

ride... w

They exchanged vows, rings. Liam's parents were there, beaming. Julian

around Sophia's neck – the Harrington matriarch's necklace, passed down for g

o: "Everything you had, Ava, I have too. A

as still his beloved wife, planning our future, he had married her. Legall

e no longer loved. I wa

just shatter. It

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Shattered Perfection: A CEO's Downfall
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“My life as Ava Sharma, a successful architect, half of New York's power couple with my CEO husband Liam, seemed perfect. He always said my "delicate health" was why we were child-free, and I believed him. But when he suddenly announced he'd "adopted" two kids without me, a subtle shift occurred. Then, a doctor's visit revealed a horrifying truth: I'd been surgically sterilized years ago, a "minor procedure" Liam had insisted on. My blood ran cold as I overheard him confessing he'd secretly operated on me and was already securing an heir with a surrogate named Sophia. Liam brought Sophia, heavily pregnant, into our home, a living monument to his betrayal. She groomed his children to taunt me, then actively sabotaged me. When an allergic reaction left me choking for air, Liam abandoned me to die, choosing Sophia. Later, I saw a video of their secret wedding from six months ago – his family beaming, his wealth being funneled to her and "his" children. My entire life was a meticulously crafted lie, my body violated, my choices stolen. How could the man who swore to protect me leave me for dead? How could my cherished career and loving marriage be built on such monstrous deceit? The pain was a living entity, clawing and tearing at me. I was not just betrayed; I was erased, a placeholder. But that was the moment. The absolute, unbreachable moment. There was no going back. From shattered wife, I transformed into a meticulous strategist. I saved every piece of evidence, every humiliating video. My war had begun, and Liam Harrington was about to learn that hell hath no fury like a woman stripped of everything.”
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