Torn Papers: My Bankrupt Military Husband

Chapter 3

Word Count: 712 | Released on: 18/05/2026

g stomped down t

as flushed, and she glared daggers at Josie.

ng finger at Josie. "She's manipulating you! She just wants to

e kept her expression neutral. She didn'

moved in

s pregnant wife and his angry sister. He didn't know if he fully believed her sudden change of heart, but the instinct to protect his wife

Donovan commanded sternly. "Sh

bottom of the stairs,

can you defend her? She threate

the original host's vile actions. She kept her m

" Donovan stated coldly. His v

ppeared at the t

gile. Dark circles bruised the skin under her eyes. She

er voice trembling violentl

is mother. He gave a s

to keep the child,"

an's shoulder, locking onto Josie's stomach. Her

Beatrice tried to ar

her hand, silencing her

was fixed entirely on Josie. It was a look o

rward. She moved out from behi

Eleanor with g

ress I caused yesterd

Her hands shook as she searched J

touched her

d, locking eyes with the older wo

leanor's remaining defenses. A qu

sie met her halfway. She allowed t

grip was painfully tight. She was silently p

er face turning purple with indigna

Her vision swam, and she swayed dangerously on her feet, her face drainin

eady her before she could hit the floor. His heart hammered against his ribs at her sudden frailty. Josie leaned heavily again

maternal instincts kicked into overdriv

fussed, her voice thick with emotion. "I won't let

chen, leaving Beatrice standin

icantly softer than they had been ten minutes ago.

a polite, brief nod. Beatrice scoffed lo

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Torn Papers: My Bankrupt Military Husband

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“Josie woke up gasping in a ransacked 1970s living room, trapped in the body of a notoriously vain, gold-digging wife. The opulent Sterling family was officially bankrupt and politically dead. The original host's grand plan was to use her unborn child to extort a massive divorce settlement from her terrifying military husband, Donovan. But fragmented memories showed Josie the grim reality of that choice: she was destined to be conned, dying penniless and alone in a freezing gutter. Now, Donovan stood towering before her, his dark eyes filled with absolute disgust. He tossed a thick envelope of divorce papers onto the glass table. "Sign them. You leave the child alone, and you walk away." The ruined family watched with bated breath, fully expecting the spoiled socialite to take their last hidden funds and abandon them to a brutal exile in a Pennsylvania rust-belt factory town. Josie knew the cold truth. A meager settlement couldn't protect a pregnant woman from DC's ruthless political vultures. She refused to let that miserable, lonely death become her reality. Staring directly into Donovan's hostile eyes, Josie picked up the heavy legal documents. With a sharp, deliberate motion, she tore the divorce papers cleanly in half. "I'm not getting an abortion, and I am staying as your wife." She was going to rewrite this destiny, but before they boarded the train to the rust-belt, she had one last score to settle. She would use her formidable husband to terrorize her hypocritical biological family and take back every penny they stole.”