My Hellish Wife: A Second Chance

entire company, announced that Olivia Hayes was suspended pending an internal investigat

ctly as I

e, Mrs. Hayes had been a sweet, well-meaning woman who always looked at me with gratitude

c. "Olivia is a mess. She's saying the company is accusing her

but distant. "I'm afraid I don't know the

Olivia would never do something like that. She said... she sa

eard Olivia use a thousand times to diminish my worth. "I don't have any

last time, my power-my money, my connections, my lov

ut you're her fiancé, Ethan. You two are supposed

I repeated calmly. "It's an official co

, felt a pang of pity. But then I remembered. I remembered Mr

ly" forgotten to submit my proposal on time. She had been out s

be more understanding of Olivia," she had said softly. "She has a vibrant s

er's nature. She knew Olivia was selfish and flighty, and she expected

hardened

voice leaving no room for argument

re she could s

ut the apartment on the market. I started packing my things, sorting through the life

m our engagement party. I was looking at Olivia, my face alight with a foolish, unconditional love. She was smiling, but h

been s

ould have been warnings. The way her marriage to me

If I had known being an architect paid so poorly, I never would have mar

ia had looked at our daughter with a strange detachment. A few years late

h hate. "I was pregnant with Mark's baby! But he wasn't ready to be a

replacement. A consolation prize. This also explained why Olivia was so willi

giving out. I was on the floor, gasping for air, th

lways so dramatic, Ethan. You're probably just having

ers with my last bit of strength. But she had walked

" she'd said, her voice a cruel whispe

atched the life drain out of me. And then

h. The woman I had vowed to love and protect.

o me, screamed in a fit of rag

d never met you! My life with Mark would

ht of me touching her made her skin crawl. S

around her, Lily standing behind them, her fac

as the

deliberate motion, I tore it in half. I tore it again and again,

o the empty box. It was t