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Chapter 3
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Released on: 25/06/2025
's staying in the guest
was now officially living in my house. He'd milked the "concussio
st nodded, a profound sense of calm washi
out my phone. I scrolled through my contacts until
anding as I remembered. He was a real estate magnat
oice sounding thin. "Yo
a quiet understanding. "Good. Your office is
id. "I'll book a
ready," he replied.
s. The life I had built in Pittsburgh, this independent life on my own merit
picked up a framed photo from my desk-me and Jenny on our wedding day, smi
ary. A beautiful, expensive piece I knew we couldn't really aff
saw a folder on my desk. I didn't re
rs ago but reconciled. She had kept it. Beneath the papers was a small flash drive. I had no idea what
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When Loyalty Crumbles
“After a year overseas building a skyscraper that put our firm on the map, all I wanted was to get back home to my wife, Jenny. But the moment I saw her at the airport, my world tilted; she was visibly pregnant, at least five months along, and the baby wasn't mine. Her chilling explanation? It was her childhood friend Wes' s child, his "only chance," and she expected me to embrace this "sacrifice" as a twisted form of debt repayment for a "perfect marriage image." Then, Wes moved into our home, a constant, smug reminder of my betrayal, culminating in Jenny slapping me and labeling me a "violent drunk" when I dared to defend myself against his taunts. I couldn't fathom how the woman I loved could so coldly betray me and then blame me, but as I prepared to leave, I stumbled upon a flash drive she'd left, hinting at a truth far darker than I could imagine-a hidden plot that would force me to fight not for a broken marriage, but for her very safety.”