The Housewife Strikes Back

and at just over twenty, she exuded youthful vitality. Unlike me, who had lost my youthful glo

reston who once lo

never realized I had such self-control, resisting the urg

er my chest and aske

ng her previous innocent demeanor. Her gaze turned sharp as she said icil

tress, daring to come to the wife

t retort, "You're just a mistress, shamelessly proud

so said he only understood what love was after meeting me. Louise, you probably haven't heard this before, 'in a relat

bout how Preston's wife is a 'hag'. He'd rather work overtime than go home. And now that his career is

ke something out of a TV show. I had never

so insignificant

rriage, all the warmth and ded

g? H

ords straight from the heart with you. With your looks and education, you don't need to be a mistress. Y

reston and I are legally married. Everything he buys for you, including the rented apartment, meals, and hotel stays, half of it is mine. It's our marital property, and I can demand it back. I've g

flustered by my words, her face

lly, she suddenly scrolled through her phone and found a message, and read it out to me, "Baby,

aying, "Louise, is this what you call a love

ling all my hopes and beliefs cru