The Jilted Wife's Ultimate Comeback

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in the library

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n eyebrow.

acy. With you. Or, y

ngements that were a silent feature of marriages like ours,

you expect of

... other women. Tell them. And continue as my w

, to clean up his mess, while he played

s. My position, my child, the Vance legacy in

left me in control of e

ry," I said. "I

relieved

circle, women of good families who understo

me. At

getting a monopoly on Harry Sterling. It wa

me over tea. "He'll tire of her

hy, and subtly fanned the

perceived triumph, had mad

was enjoying a period

ding. My child would

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Vance

ce, my most tru

careful now," I said.

ression serious. "Of

firmation of a male heir, was a quiet

's pathetic attempts at "devotio

her belly just

ns. Harry's mine now. And my bab

-flat stomach. "Whatever you're carr

are flicker of heat be

, her vulgarity. But this...

erously soft, "you understand noth

n figurine from a nearby tab

ot. It is a long, complex game, and you, m

n, a little too hard.

eting moment. I

sed her face. She even feigned a slight dizzy spell, hop

urrie

ok a steady

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tood it, was a weak

ved with pragmatism. My son would inhe

rior for under