The Road of A Unwanted Wife To Her True Home

as a bucket of ice water, extinguishing the t

om my face, my expression

he car without

lla stood there, holding a crying Leo by the hand. S

and full of feigned regret. "Leo missed his daddy so m

avy sigh. He walked past me, took Leo from Isabella, and carried th

room, sat on the sofa, and looked coldly

erous. He slammed his phone down on the coff

rim, so utterly devoid of its usual ca

, sending Amelia those ambig

in Isabella' s eyes, her r

her hands together. "I just remembered that you and Leo are bo

ne armchair across from them, my fingers d

Carter," she whimpe

With one hand, I lifted her chin, forcing her to look

hin with a dismissive flick. "Put away your pathetic little tricks. You wouldn' t want to know the fate

pale, humiliated by my words a

xplanation, seemed to relax. The de

frontation. He turned to Isabella. "Take Leo home. From

a resolution, but all they

n. She picked up the still-sniffling Leo and lef

d what would happen

s Ethan. His voice was strained, panic

e Intensive Care Unit, hooked up to machines,

lia H

rushed at me, her eyes wild with grief and fury

ou do it? Why did you hire someone to run him over

body, my mind reelin

ce cold with shock. "Do you even need

a dark, clouded mask of gloom and suspicion. He

on video, sent by the police. A dark-face

dollars to run over that child. She said she'

ng to pound in my chest. This was a set

I insisted, looking from

my voice laced with a disappointment s

ent. When he opened them, they were

arrested... he' s a distant nephew of your family' s l

the way he intended. In that moment, something inside me brok

ions, are simply not wor

my voice eerily calm. "

hree. Yo

ture of anger and confusion. The bitterness that had been poisoning my hear

ice clear and steady. "But know this. I, Amelia Ha

lla, who was hiding behind Eth

t but carrying. "She was rumored to have harmed her own child

a single crack in my composure, refusin

ned and wa

ather seat of my car,

divorce papers and an asset division agreemen

"In three days, I want you to launch an all-out assault

vercast sky. I felt nothing

d to the empty car. "Betray