From Broken Trophy To Unstoppable Queen

From Broken Trophy To Unstoppable Queen

Luo Xi

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"You could have hurt the baby," my husband snarled, shoving me onto the cold marble floor of the Met Museum. He didn't check if I was bleeding. He was too busy cradling Alya, the twenty-two-year-old intern I had hired two weeks ago. Bennett Calloway, the ruthless King of New York, was parading his mistress in front of the city's elite while treating me, his loyal wife of fifteen years, like a clumsy nuisance. He thought he was teaching me a lesson in obedience. I later overheard him telling his men, "Kelsey needs to be broken. When she hits rock bottom, she'll come crawling back. That's how you train a wife." He gave her my vintage Hermès scarf. He let her wear my family diamonds. He stood by as she mocked my infertility, claiming she carried the heir I never could. He waited for the tears. He waited for the screaming, the begging, the jealousy. But I didn't cry. I simply went to our bedroom, took the sketch of the nursery we had planned fifteen years ago, and lit a match. I watched the dream turn to ash in the wastebasket. Then, I signed the asset separation agreement, deleted my social media accounts, and threw my SIM card into a sewer grate. Bennett thought he was breaking a horse. He didn't realize he was freeing a prisoner. By the time he realized his mistake and tore the world apart looking for me, I was already in Paris, learning that love isn't supposed to hurt.

From Broken Trophy To Unstoppable Queen Chapter 1

"You could have hurt the baby," my husband snarled, shoving me onto the cold marble floor of the Met Museum.

He didn't check if I was bleeding. He was too busy cradling Alya, the twenty-two-year-old intern I had hired two weeks ago.

Bennett Calloway, the ruthless King of New York, was parading his mistress in front of the city's elite while treating me, his loyal wife of fifteen years, like a clumsy nuisance.

He thought he was teaching me a lesson in obedience.

I later overheard him telling his men, "Kelsey needs to be broken. When she hits rock bottom, she'll come crawling back. That's how you train a wife."

He gave her my vintage Hermès scarf. He let her wear my family diamonds. He stood by as she mocked my infertility, claiming she carried the heir I never could.

He waited for the tears. He waited for the screaming, the begging, the jealousy.

But I didn't cry.

I simply went to our bedroom, took the sketch of the nursery we had planned fifteen years ago, and lit a match.

I watched the dream turn to ash in the wastebasket.

Then, I signed the asset separation agreement, deleted my social media accounts, and threw my SIM card into a sewer grate.

Bennett thought he was breaking a horse. He didn't realize he was freeing a prisoner.

By the time he realized his mistake and tore the world apart looking for me, I was already in Paris, learning that love isn't supposed to hurt.

Chapter 1

Kelsey POV:

I watch the fire consume the only dream I had left, the flames licking at the edges of the nursery design I drawn fifteen years ago.

But before the fire, there was the fall.

It happened four hours ago at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. My husband, Bennett-the man who held New York's shipping lanes in a chokehold and half the city's judges in his pocket-stood over me.

He didn't offer me his hand. He didn't check if I was bleeding.

He was too busy holding her. Alya. The twenty-two-year-old intern I had hired two weeks ago.

"You need to watch where you are going, Kelsey," Bennett snarled at me, his voice echoing off the priceless artifacts. "You could have hurt the baby."

He hadn't touched me in years because of my so-called 'fragile health.' But here he was, protecting a woman who had been in our lives for fourteen days as if she carried the crown jewels.

That was the moment I died.

But let's go back to this morning. Before I was a ghost in my own marriage.

I woke up in our penthouse, the sheets cold on Bennett's side. They were always cold. I spent an hour in front of the mirror, donning the armor. Foundation to hide the fatigue. Red lipstick to distract from the sadness in my eyes.

I am the Golden Queen of the family. That's what they call me. The perfect wife for the perfect Capo.

I went to the gallery. It's my business, ostensibly. In reality, it's a high-end washing machine. I sell paintings for prices that make no sense just so Bennett's blood money can come out clean.

"Good morning, Mrs. Calloway," Alya said.

She was standing at the front desk. Young. Fresh. She looked at me with eyes that were too hungry. Not for the job. For my life.

"Good morning, Alya," I said, smiling. The perfect smile. "Please make sure the inventory list is updated for tonight."

I taught her how to organize the files. I showed her how to greet the VIP collectors. I was polite. I was kind. I was blind.

Bennett walked in at noon. He never comes to the gallery.

He walked past me. He didn't even see me. His eyes went straight to the desk. To her.

Alya dropped a pen. She bent over to pick it up. Bennett watched her.

I saw the look. It wasn't the look of a boss checking on an employee. It was the look of a starving man seeing a feast.

He looked at her the way he used to look at me fifteen years ago, before the silence, before the 'duties,' before he decided my womb was a graveyard.

"She has potential," Bennett said to me later, his back turned while he checked his watch. "I'm bringing her to the Met tonight. She needs exposure to the art world."

"Bennett," I said, my voice tight. "It's a family event."

"Don't be jealous, Kelsey. It's unbecoming. She's a child. I'm mentoring her."

He made me feel small. He made me feel crazy.

At the gala, he didn't mentor her. He paraded her.

He kept his hand on the small of her back. He laughed at her jokes. He fetched her drinks.

I stood by the champagne tower, gripping my glass so hard I thought it would shatter. The other wives whispered. I heard them.

"Look at Bennett. He finally found someone fertile."

"Poor Kelsey. She's just a decoration now."

I tried to talk to him. I pulled him aside near the Egyptian exhibit, away from the prying eyes.

"Bennett, people are talking. Please."

"You are being sensitive," he snapped, adjusting his cufflinks. "Think about the family image. Stop making a scene."

Then I saw it. Alya was standing by a sarcophagus, rubbing her stomach. She caught my eye and smiled. A smug, victorious smile.

I walked over to her.

"What do you think you are doing?" I asked, my voice trembling.

"Just admiring the history," she said. "Bennett says we are going to make history."

"You are an employee."

"I'm the future," she whispered.

I stepped forward. I didn't touch her. I swear I didn't touch her.

But she threw herself back. She gasped, flailing her arms, and stumbled into a display stand-a performance worthy of a stage.

Bennett was there in a second. He didn't see me standing there, frozen. He saw her.

He shoved me aside to get to her. I hit the floor hard. My hip slammed against the marble.

That's when he said it. "You could have hurt the baby."

The room went silent. The elite of New York stared.

Bennett helped Alya up, checking her frantically. He looked at me with pure disgust.

"Go home, Kelsey," he ordered. "Get out of my sight."

I stood up. My leg throbbed. My heart was gone.

I looked at him. Really looked at him. I saw the cruelty. The betrayal. The end.

I didn't say a word. I turned around and walked out of the museum, down the steps, and into a taxi.

Now, I am sitting on the floor of our bedroom.

I hold the sketch of the nursery we planned fifteen years ago. The crib. The rocking chair. The hope.

I strike a match.

The flame catches the paper. I watch the crib turn to ash. I watch the rocking chair disappear in smoke.

I drop the burning paper into the metal wastebasket and watch until the fire dies out.

The room is dark. My face is cold.

I am done being the Golden Queen.

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“"You could have hurt the baby," my husband snarled, shoving me onto the cold marble floor of the Met Museum. He didn't check if I was bleeding. He was too busy cradling Alya, the twenty-two-year-old intern I had hired two weeks ago. Bennett Calloway, the ruthless King of New York, was parading his mistress in front of the city's elite while treating me, his loyal wife of fifteen years, like a clumsy nuisance. He thought he was teaching me a lesson in obedience. I later overheard him telling his men, "Kelsey needs to be broken. When she hits rock bottom, she'll come crawling back. That's how you train a wife." He gave her my vintage Hermès scarf. He let her wear my family diamonds. He stood by as she mocked my infertility, claiming she carried the heir I never could. He waited for the tears. He waited for the screaming, the begging, the jealousy. But I didn't cry. I simply went to our bedroom, took the sketch of the nursery we had planned fifteen years ago, and lit a match. I watched the dream turn to ash in the wastebasket. Then, I signed the asset separation agreement, deleted my social media accounts, and threw my SIM card into a sewer grate. Bennett thought he was breaking a horse. He didn't realize he was freeing a prisoner. By the time he realized his mistake and tore the world apart looking for me, I was already in Paris, learning that love isn't supposed to hurt.”
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