The Wife He Cast Aside

gave him three

, no connections. I was a rising star in a PR firm. I believed in him. I quit my job to help

n' t afford a real wedding. He promised me that one day

I have bee

have seen it? The late nights at the office, the business

e final, brutal proof to kill the last

slick with sweat on the steering wheel. The house looked the same as I' d left it that morning. Our p

ushed it open and stepped inside

walked slowly up the stairs, each step a li

hed i

bed. The bed I had shared wi

ere tangled around them. The air wa

shattered my reality. My vision tunnele

s eyes wide with

e?" he asked, his voice cold,

eyes lingering on my simple dress, a look of pure contempt on her face. She was the head of marke

my voice barely a whisp

His face was a mask of irritation. There was no remorse, no

lk," I said, m

t of bed without even trying to cover himself. He stood th

ade something inside me snap. The years of tru

hing myself on the doorframe. My body was reacting to th

He grabbed my arm, his

dare cause a

and. I tried to pull awa

g my lips. "You bring your mistress into our bed

, who was now sitting up, t

ce dripping with the disgus

led, a cruel,

ickly sweet. She placed a hand protectively o

ow. Our baby. The one he' d mention

my b

me. I wrenched my arm from David' s

hoed in the

t stunned silence. Then he turned back to look at me, and

d against the wall. My head hit the plaster with

inches from mine. "And you will not touch her.

the pain in my heart. The man who had swor

d down the wall, landin

e of trash he' d just discarded. He went to E

u okay,

stating blow. He chose

s no