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Wife's Return for Revenge
Wife's Return for Revenge

Wife's Return for Revenge

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Chapter 1 of Wife's Return for Revenge

I'd planned to surprise Sterling at work. A small gesture to remind him we were still a team, still the couple everyone envied. I'd even stopped for his favorite coffee—the one with the ridiculous name he pretended not to love.

But his sleek black Audi wasn't in the company parking lot.

"He must be running late," I murmured, checking my watch. Sterling was never late. It was one of the many things I admired about him—his punctuality, his dedication, his...

My thoughts scattered as I noticed his car parked across the street from Lakeside Preschool. The prestigious kindergarten where Seattle's elite sent their children. Where we had discussed sending our future children, during those late-night conversations about our dreams.

I pulled over, my heart suddenly racing. "Maybe he's here for a charity event," I whispered to myself. "Or a business meeting."

But as I watched through my windshield, Sterling emerged from the building. He wasn't alone.

Carla Morrison walked beside him, her manicured hand casually resting on his arm. Between them, a small boy with Sterling's eyes looked up at my husband with unmistakable adoration.

"Bear wants to show you his science project," Carla was saying, her voice carrying through my cracked window. "He's so proud of it."

Sterling smiled—not the practiced smile he wore at business functions, but the genuine one I thought belonged only to me. He knelt down to the child's level, ruffling his dark hair.

"You're going to be a brilliant scientist, buddy," he said, pressing a kiss to the boy's forehead.

My fingers trembled as I reached for my phone, capturing the moment in stark clarity. The way Sterling's eyes crinkled when he smiled at Bear. How naturally Carla fit into the scene, like she belonged there.

Like they were a family.

"I need to get back to the office," Sterling said, checking his watch. "But I'll be home for dinner tonight. We can celebrate your project then."

Home. With Carla. Not our penthouse.

I watched them walk to separate cars, Sterling pecking Carla's cheek before she helped Bear into his car seat. The casual intimacy of the gesture made my stomach lurch.

---

That evening, I moved like a ghost through our mansion. Sterling had texted he'd be working late—a lie I now recognized with painful clarity.

I heard his voice from his study, low and tense. "You're being unreasonable, Carla."

"She doesn't suspect anything," Carla replied, her tone sharp. "But we need to be prepared for when she does."

I pressed myself against the wall outside the partially open door, my heart hammering so loudly I feared they would hear it.

"What about the will?" Carla asked. "Have you changed it yet?"

A pause. "I'm handling it."

"You need to handle it now, Sterling. Bear deserves his birthright."

"And what about Natalie?" Sterling's voice held a strange mix of irritation and something else—guilt?

"Natalie will get what she deserves," Carla said coldly. "Nothing."

I bit my lip to keep from crying out as Sterling sighed heavily.

"I've made arrangements," he finally said. "Fox Industries will go to Bear. It's only right—he's my son."

"And Natalie?" Carla pressed.

"She'll never conceive," Sterling said flatly. "I've made sure of that. We don't need complications."

The floor seemed to tilt beneath me. Not just an affair—a calculated betrayal that went to the very core of what I thought we were building together.

---

"Hurry, Mrs. Hart," the nurse urged as I raced through the hospital corridors.

My mother had been deteriorating for weeks, but the call had come suddenly—her condition critical.

I found her pale and still, machines beeping steadily around her bed. Dr. Chen stood at the foot, her expression grave.

"Why wasn't she operated on?" I demanded, clutching my mother's frail hand. "You promised me last week!"

Dr. Chen's eyes darted nervously to the door. "There was an... administrative issue."

"What kind of issue?" My voice rose sharply. "People don't just die because of paperwork!"

"Ms. Morrison placed a hold on the procedure," Dr. Chen admitted quietly. "She claimed there were concerns about your mother's consent forms."

"Morrison? Carla Morrison?" The name felt like poison on my tongue.

Dr. Chen nodded, her face etched with guilt. "She's on the hospital board. I didn't realize until later that she had no authority to—"

"Get out," I whispered, my voice deadly calm even as rage boiled inside me.

My mother's hand tightened briefly around mine before going slack. The machine's steady beep became a single, continuous tone.

"Mom?" I whispered, shaking her gently. "Mom, please..."

But she was gone. And in that moment, something inside me died too—the trusting, loving woman who believed in second chances and happy endings.

Carla hadn't just stolen my husband. She'd killed my mother.

And Sterling had let her do it.

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