Chapter 10 It took Nolan two months to recover. On the day he was discharged, he had a box of documents delivered to me. Inside were genuine documents establishing the multibillion-dollar trust he had only pretended to create before, along with documents transferring every remaining asset he owned to me.

Chapter 9 I remained in a persistent vegetative state for a year and three months. It was raining the day I woke up. It took a long time for the blurred shapes around me to come into focus. A man was slumped beside my bed. He was painfully thin, with

Chapter 8 When word came that Bryce had fallen from the rooftop, Nolan showed no reaction. It had been part of his plan all along. On that same rooftop, Nolan had played the security footage from three years earlier, replaying it frame by frame. In the video, my mother stood

Chapter 7 Nolan didn’t punish Lila immediately. First, he ordered a full investigation into everything she had done over the years. That was how he finally discovered who she truly was. Her infertility records, for example, had been fabricated. At that very moment, she was pregnant with Bryce’s child. Every

Chapter 6 Lila had no idea what was happening when she was brought in. It wasn’t until Nolan pinned her with his gaze that she felt a chill unlike anything she had ever known. “Uncle Nolan, w-what’s wrong?” She edged behind Bryce, who had been brought in with her, still

Chapter 5 “Audrey!” The scream tore out of Nolan’s throat. He charged forward, knocking Lila aside without even noticing, and stumbled toward my crumpled body. Blood was everywhere. He dropped to his knees beside me. His hands hovered in the air, too terrified to touch me even though he desperately

Chapter 4 Bryce arranged to have me confined at a private hospital, with an illegal C-section scheduled for three that afternoon. I had only four hours. He even hired two guards to watch me and make sure I couldn’t escape. Lila supposedly pleaded on my behalf. Her version of mercy

Chapter 3 “Audrey, have you really become shameless enough to steal credit for anything Lila did?” Bryce spoke first, looking down at me as if I were beneath him. He had been the one who betrayed me, yet somehow everything had become my fault. “Audrey, can you stop making a

Chapter 2 The woman apologized without sounding sorry in the slightest. Instead, she stuck out her tongue at Nolan playfully. “Morning, Mr. Big Shot! Your personal assistant is reporting for duty!” It was Lila Caldwell. For a second, my mind went completely blank. I looked at Nolan and fought to

Chapter 1 In the fifth year of my marriage, I discovered the truth: My husband—my childhood sweetheart—cheated on me with my younger half sister, the daughter my father had with his mistress. I made an ugly scene. I forced that bitch to terminate her pregnancy, and he drove my mother