The Villainous Wife's Spectacular Comeback

Chapter 3

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slowly clawed its way

che in her head. The second was the sharp, pinching sens

. A pristine white ceiling and so

iseptic filled her lungs, barely masked b

ightstand beside her bed sat a plastic cup

cked open just an inch. The hushed, ur

erfectly still, straining her e

. "Did you see the front page of

could I miss it? Mrs. Carlisle threw an

he is completely deranged over Carter Vanderbil

chest tighten painfully. Her fingers automatically curled, gr

detailed how Aria had stalked Carter and

y for Julian Carlisle. Being married to a disaster lik

ng the nurses' gossip together with the

ing blanket. To the entire world, she was a hysterical, malic

ly by a hot flash of rage. She wasn't angry at the nurses. She was

. She pushed her wei

er lips. The metal bed

ide the door st

alked in, a tight, professional smile plastered ac

. She tapped the IV bag, checking th

renda said, her tone flat and di

t in the nurse's eyes. She swallowed ha

ed. Her voice was hoars

ube. She clearly expected the notorious Mrs.

o a rigid, business-like tone. "Your husband

ade Aria's stomach t

She didn't demand to see Cart

lm reaction. Without another word, she turn

. She reached over and ripped the glowi

stretched her arm out and grabbed th

er was obvious. It was a message from her husband. A reminder of t

inition photo showed her face twisted in a snarl, her hand raised

shed the newspaper in her hands, twisting the paper until

She had to find a w

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The Villainous Wife's Spectacular Comeback

Katie Oettgen Modern

“For two years, Aria was a prisoner in her own body, forced to watch helplessly as a parasitic "System" hijacked her life. The nightmare shattered in a crowded neon club when the System forced her to slap New York's golden boy across the face, before abruptly detaching from her brain. Control slammed back into her limbs, but she was left to face a completely ruined reality. The System had turned her into a malicious, hysterical stalker. It had destroyed her reputation, alienated her best friend, and forced her into a loveless arranged marriage with Julian Carlisle, a ruthless billionaire. When she woke up in the hospital, the tabloids had already branded her a violent psycho. Her powerful mother-in-law threw the glossy tabloid photos at her feet with pure disgust. "If you cannot explain this right now, you will sign divorce papers and get out!" A suffocating wave of injustice and panic gripped Aria's chest. She had lost two whole years to a sick game she never agreed to play, taking the blame for horrific actions she couldn't stop. What exactly was that mechanical voice, and would it ever come back to finish her off? But Aria refused to just roll over and die. Wiping away the heavy makeup of the villainess she never was, she stared at her dangerous husband and made her first move. "I was drugged." With that single calculated lie, she began her counterattack to manipulate the Carlisle family, clear her name, and take her freedom back.”