The Neglected Wife's Vicious Comeback Game

st like you wanted," Adalynn Craig said into t

ven-month belly, a reflexi

e speaker, clipped and cold. "Something came up at wor

rs tightened ar

anniversary. I though

time," he snapped, ab

d knot formed in A

arp and bitter, ro

g at the beautiful maternity dress she

k the restaurant, only

pper her dress, her phone buz

e prepared for you at Le Ciel tonigh

instantly leap

elted away, replaced by a

ed the can

busy just to surprise he

le broke acr

ove straight to the restaurant, her

nsive and romantic French

it dining room, Adalynn eagerly s

ed corner booth bathed in th

eath h

as indee

not waiti

was not

him sat Carl

friend, the one he had sworn

rocess the sight, Carlene grabbed J

restaurant, their lips locked i

t in each other, their tongues tangling intimatel

of the scene shattered

ture burned into

vastation and adrenaline, s

bled, loud enough to bre

ed away fro

ot look

ot look

his handsome features as he lo

ere a nuisance that had just

here?" he demanded, his voi

g in her eyes. "The assistant texted me about a surprise

ng back in her chair to expose her cleavage. "

d making a scene," Julian said coldly,

friend on our anniversary!" Adalynn sc

y warmth or affection. "Since you are here to ruin my evening,

er lungs in a painful rush.

ed with an heir," Julian said, his words slicing through her like a scalpel. "You are nothing

were a phy

shock sent a violent t

icious and searing pain t

se it stole her breath,

, her legs giving

hard marble floor, clut

h of fluid soaked

er had

hly pale, covered in cold sweat. She was in so much pain

wn at her writhi

hardened with a

lynn. It is pathe

!" she begged, reaching a tre

sease. "You always resort to these cheap, dramatic tric

er his arm. "Let's go somewhere else, dar

g on the marble as she stepped rig

luck next time,"

ng vision as Julian wrapped hi

back a single time, leaving his wife an

erupted in t

er, and someone y

al devastation merged into a singl

was rushed through the

oice urgent. "She's hemorrhaging. We need to do an em

ull her under, Julian's crue

nothing b

her daughter, Lily, had been born prematurely and was f

, freezing hospital

lian Hawthorne died on the

cold, unforgiving, and

art, humiliated her, and ab

ld make sure he paid for it