Heal Me Adonis

No Longer Mrs. Cooley: The Architect's Return

Xiao Xiaosu

I went to the City Clerk’s office for a routine copy of my marriage license to finalize a trust fund audit. I expected a simple piece of paper, but the clerk’s pitying look told me my entire life was a lie. "The license was never finalized, Ms. Oliver. In the eyes of the state, you are single." The three-hundred-guest wedding at the Plaza and the Vogue features meant nothing. My husband, Gray Cooley, had intentionally filed the documents with a "procedural defect" so he could discard me without a legal divorce. Moments later, an iCloud invite titled "Our Little Secret" popped up on my screen. It was a photo of my best friend, Brylee, holding a positive pregnancy test at our Hamptons estate. Gray’s text to her was the final blow: "Happy anniversary, babe. This baby is the best gift. Once the trust unlocks today, we’re done with the charade." I soon discovered they were even stealing my career, reassigning my architectural masterpiece to Brylee while preparing my eviction notice. Gray's mother called me a "barren mule" in a leaked recording, mocking the infertility I suffered after saving Gray’s life in a construction accident. I wasn't a wife; I was a three-year placeholder used to secure his inheritance. How could the man I bled for treat me like a disposable prop? How could my best friend carry his child while pretending to comfort me through my darkest moments? The betrayal burned until it turned into a cold, hard stone of fury. I didn't cry. Instead, I walked into the penthouse of the Barretts, the Cooleys' most powerful rivals. I signed a marriage contract with Kane Barrett, the man the tabloids called the "Beast of Wall Street." "I want a wedding," I told his father, my voice steady and lethal. "Bigger than the one I had with Gray." If they wanted me gone, they would have to watch me become the woman who owns their world.

Modern Revenge Divorce

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⚜ Luisa Bergantine ⚜

My life has always been very complicated, I lost my father when I was ten, leaving only my sister Maitê and my mother, if you can call that woman mother. When he died I thought we would be in the worst situation because my sister was only eighteen, she worked as a receptionist and of course she had the help of her father, but I couldn't abuse it because he had no obligation to me

At eighteen I was like any girl of that age with dreams and full of plans for my life, among them I had the dream of becoming a mother, one of which I would achieve was to graduate from medical school. My dream was since I was a little girl when I saw my father help the neighbors who he couldn't afford to go to the hospital, we led a humble life, but very comfortable and we never lacked for anything, especially in studies that even after he died he left us a large amount so that for me to fulfill my dream of studying medicine and for Mai's future even though he is not the father

Needless to say, my mom hated not getting one percent of that amount, she said my dad left her a dead weight. I suffered a lot with his absence, triggering an eating disorder, I gained weight from the age of ten to eighteen, which was when my mother wanted to do business with one of the owners of the city's central hospital.

His son was one of the worst human beings on the face of the earth, with a reputation for being a womanizer and also involved with drugs, which is why his father wanted to marry him as soon as possible with the intuition of leaving the hospital for him, thinking that maybe he would come to his senses

- Time ago -

Blanca - Luísa get ready for a visit from Henrique Bustamante in this house

Maitê - And why mommy? Does he intend to give Luísa a job now that she has two years left to graduate?

Blanca - Much Better! Her sister is getting married in a year, before she even graduates.

Luísa - What Mom? I can't get married! You know my plans don't involve getting married, not now

Blanca - I don't care about your plans, Luísa , you can't imagine the millions I'll earn from this promising marriage

Maitê - And, why don't you marry the lady? Since you want the money so much, marry the lady! - Maitê has always been my right arm

Blanca - In fact, you should be marrying him because you are the same age as Alessandro, Henrique's son, however, you prefer to stay with that starving boyfriend of yours

Luísa - But Mom, I don't want to get married

Blanca - I already said that you don't have to love Luísa , besides everything you are my only virgin daughter the way Henrique wants. Make sure you don't put on those clothes that mark your tires, slip into a modeling belt

And it was exactly that night that my torment began, Alessandro said he could never marry someone overweight like I was and from that day on I started to eat only lettuce and chicken. Every day I was woken up at five in the morning to walk until nine, in the afternoon I did another three hours at the gym and I only had time at night to study, this was my routine for two long years

When I turned twenty I thought it would be the year of my freedom, also because it was the year I graduated as a Doctor, I was valedictorian of the class and the pride that my sister carried in her eyes was clear. She was already engaged to Samuel, so he died in a robbery when he was returning from work and with that she was experiencing a moment of mourning.

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