His Wife's Secret, His Burning Rage

ilent space that echoed with the memory of his wife, Sophia. Her "business trip" to Europe, a trip that had stretched from one month to six, was finally ov

the silence. He felt a surge of relief, a familia

wasn't alone. A younger man, Mark, her personal assistant, was with her, pulling her luggage from the trunk. Mark

hia cried, rushing f

ark, who was now standing a little too clo

s radiant as ever, but something in her eyes was different. It was

ex," she said, her voice a little

following them silently. They sat on the expensi

asked, his sense

dropping from his to rest protective

child for years, a painful journey that had ended in a heartbreak

believing smile starting to form. "S

ack. She exchanged a quick,

oice losing its cheerfu

e devastating truth. The world tilted on its axis. Six months. She had been gone for six months. A quic

added, as if providing a neces

ungs. Betrayal. It was a word he'd only understood in the

ell me this and leave?" he mana

e shifting again, this time to one of fir

t he thought was love, wer

ighly complex, high-risk surgery in utero. A procedure t

ng the implicatio

that you perf

k for him. She had come back for his skills. She

d a raw tear in the si

the charming socialite fell away, r

ll do i

, you get pregnant with his child, and now you

ll the entire world that you refused to save an innocent child's life because of a petty grudge. I'll tell them you're impotent, that our first miscarriage was you

his woman he had loved, and saw a complete stranger. The love

uins of his life, Alex picked up his phone. His hands were sha

aid, his vo

Carter's voice was steady, a

e blackmail. He didn't leave out a single, ugly detail.

tight with anger, not at Alex, but for him. "I never understood why you left

words tasting like ash. "I though

t place around. You propped them up with your n

s anothe

oing to do?" Mr

s rain. His heart was shattered, but in its

id, his voice gaining strength. "I'm

a deep

filing for divorce. I'm resigning from Ha

" his father said, the relief in his

his duty, one last time. Then he would burn this chapter of