The Betrayed Wife and Her Rise

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oss the night sky as

d ground, the blood beneath her body

ped on her phone screen, searching through he

ice echoed over and ov

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he heavy rain, refusing to turn on no mat

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f a doctor broke the s

a miscarriage. Have you

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he doctor ask

re celebrating a birthda

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orescent light above and the clear liq

oor swing open, foll

ono

wed a phone under the nurse's sympathetic gaze to send a message to Eas

husband had f

rt, his sharp features etched

tears quietly welling up i

on sat on the edge of the bed,

he message, completely unaware of the t

own eyes how gentle he could be with someone else, had she not nearly died out in

ell of alcohol on him made

e bill for me," Leonora said, her

e would deal with it after

ace of barely suppressed a

ained, "Today was Susannah

ew it was Susannah Sedgwick's birthday, and she knew

amily had spent the entir

reaming in agony, not a single

ra replied softly, h

Susannah invited you to her party, but you refused

sc

ight into Leonora's heart like a

ew no

en kidnapped, nor did he

s in her ches

hecked myself into the hosp

eyes remained dark and unreadable, but Leonora e

llow. A bitter, self-depreca

iage, and this was

another argument, Easton stood up. "I'll handle

ne who had been managing her care eve

Leonora began, suddenly wantin

interrupted her as the

k gown with her long dark hair styled neatly, topped with a daz

ight?" she asked, ru

h now only brought back memories of the endless unanswered calls and t

le hatred surged from

t," Leonora

tears of guilt. "I'm so sorry... I should

eyes, exhausted in

" Easton interjected, his brows furrowed in

was simply bei

she had been hostile toward Susannah ever since her return from abr

by comes first. Please don't be upset. I pro

nt," Leonora said, a mock

urned, she had managed to call

brimming with tears, her lower lip

Let me talk to her," Easton comforted

g, "Please don't fight with her

uctantly, glancing

her husband, her ey

h cold contempt, assuming she was using petty tricks to ruin Susannah's birthda

as he turned back to Leonora. "Leonora, leave Susann

another wave of crushing

rriage of convenience had gradually grown into something re

believed Easton

ealized he had never developed a single threa

had been reserved fo

d devotion would eventually win his heart. But reality

ng blankly at the IV bag. Her words were soft and

ince Susannah returned, but she had been too

izing. "I know pregnancy makes women emotional and overthink things. But Leo

ing quietly down her cheeks as her hand

aby anymore,"

the child