Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Mistress Shows Up
2. Chapter 2 You're Soaked
3. Chapter 3 Stolen Work
4. Chapter 4 Why Her, Not Me?
5. Chapter 5 The Real Mrs. Valence
6. Chapter 6 Divorcing for Him
7. Chapter 7 What's Really Going On Between You Two?
8. Chapter 8 Long Time No See
9. Chapter 9 Don't You Have a Wife?
10. Chapter 10 Your Husband is Really Something
11. Chapter 11 Hitting His Sensitive Spot
12. Chapter 12 Pulled Down the Stairs by Evelyn
13. Chapter 13 Deciding to Divorce
14. Chapter 14 Did You Divorce for Him
15. Chapter 15 Christopher's Got Issues
16. Chapter 16 The Truth About Why Christopher Married Me
17. Chapter 17 Do You Have Feelings for Him?
18. Chapter 18 Resignation Request Blocked by Christopher
19. Chapter 19 Christopher Got Drunk
20. Chapter 20 Honey, Please Don't Divorce Me
21. Chapter 21 A Dead Ex-Husband Is the Best Kind
22. Chapter 22 Christopher Apologizes
23. Chapter 23 My Bad
24. Chapter 24 You Still Remember She's My Wife
25. Chapter 25 From Now On, We'll Go with Your Taste
26. Chapter 26 The $30 Million Gift from My Ex
27. Chapter 27 Cecil's Thoughtfulness
28. Chapter 28 He Married Me for Her
29. Chapter 29 Should We Call the Cops on Evelyn?
30. Chapter 30 The Crazy Woman's Back to Steal the Car
31. Chapter 31 Christopher's Lie
32. Chapter 32 The Midnight Knock
33. Chapter 33 I Missed You
34. Chapter 34 What If Cecil Had Saved Me
35. Chapter 35 She Hit Me First
36. Chapter 36 Morning Sickness at the Dinner Table
37. Chapter 37 Hope's Pregnant
38. Chapter 38 The One Who Killed Christopher's Mom
39. Chapter 39 Of Course, I'm Biased Towards My Wife
40. Chapter 40 He Won't Fall for Me
41. Chapter 41 You're Never the Wronged Party
42. Chapter 42 She is My Wife
43. Chapter 43 Pregnant?
44. Chapter 44 Help Him
45. Chapter 45 He Accompanied Me for a Full Body Check-up
46. Chapter 46 Men are Despicable
47. Chapter 47 She's Pregnant?
48. Chapter 48 It was like We were Having an Affair
49. Chapter 49 She would have been Scared off if She Found out
50. Chapter 50 He's Going to Be a Dad
51. Chapter 51 Sweet Words
52. Chapter 52 Could It be My Child then?
53. Chapter 53 Do You Like It?
54. Chapter 54 Christopher Came for You
55. Chapter 55 He Kissed Harsh and Fast
56. Chapter 56 Being His Secretary?
57. Chapter 57 Medical Checkup
58. Chapter 58 Divorce
59. Chapter 59 Heading to the Courthouse
60. Chapter 60 Processing Procedures
61. Chapter 61 Bentley's Anger
62. Chapter 62 Couldn't Let Go
63. Chapter 63 Forgetting
64. Chapter 64 Fainting
65. Chapter 65 Rescue
66. Chapter 66 Companionship
67. Chapter 67 Unlawful Imprisonment
68. Chapter 68 Still Doubt Evelyn
69. Chapter 69 Went to Die Together
70. Chapter 70 Your Wife Got Hit, too.
71. Chapter 71 Christopher, we're done!
72. Chapter 72 A Brief Change of Heart
73. Chapter 73 Can I give her what you can afford?
74. Chapter 74 Hope, are you so fond of him?
75. Chapter 75 I’ll send my wife. No need to bother you
76. Chapter 76 What are the single men and women doing?
77. Chapter 77 Don't Come Down, I'll Go Up
78. Chapter 78 Did you have sex with him?
79. Chapter 79 Are you still stubborn?
80. Chapter 80 Touch her even with a finger and see what happens.
81. Chapter 81 I Can't Bear to Divorce You
82. Chapter 82 I'm on Your Side
83. Chapter 83 Is He Backing Me Up?
84. Chapter 84 Our Children
85. Chapter 85 It's My Turn Not to Want You
86. Chapter 86 I don't have the habit of not hitting women
87. Chapter 87 She Will Die More Miserably
88. Chapter 88 Confirming You're Fine in Person
89. Chapter 89 Won't Call It That Way
90. Chapter 90 The Patel family's situation is complicated!
91. Chapter 91 Seeing Me All Over
92. Chapter 92 Just Killed an Illegitimate Baby
93. Chapter 93 Beating Her Like Crazy
94. Chapter 94 Intentional Harm Crime!
95. Chapter 95 He's Not Easy to Mess With
96. Chapter 96 Organizing So Many People for an Ex-Wife
97. Chapter 97 Take a Bullet for Her
98. Chapter 98 Hope, you really don't care about people at all.
99. Chapter 99 Determined to Protect You
100. Chapter 100 He Should Have Someone He Likes
101. Chapter 101 Don't You Want Me to Marry?
102. Chapter 102 Brenda Wakes Up
103. Chapter 103 It Was Their Fault
104. Chapter 104 Why Are Your Fingerprints There?
105. Chapter 105 I Can Be a Mistress
106. Chapter 106 Like Mother, Like Daughter
107. Chapter 107 You Can Only Sleep with Me
108. Chapter 108 Christopher, you despicable!
109. Chapter 109 Do You Pity Me?
110. Chapter 110 Let's Make a Bet
111. Chapter 111 The Baby Hope Royston Is Carrying Is Not Yours
112. Chapter 112 How Did You Hurt Your Hand?
113. Chapter 113 Why Should He Decide When to Go Public?
114. Chapter 114 Divorce Him, You Name the Price.
115. Chapter 115 Live Entertainment
116. Chapter 116 Get the Divorce Papers
117. Chapter 117 Did You Go Through All This Trouble Just to Threaten Me?
118. Chapter 118 Getting Both Divorce and Marriage Certificates
119. Chapter 119 Is This How Your Husband Loves Your Daughter
120. Chapter 120 You had sex with My Husband
121. Chapter 121 Offending the Harris Family Would Be a Disaster
122. Chapter 122 Right, Girlfriend?
123. Chapter 123 The Son of the Hammer Family
124. Chapter 124 Christopher, Can You Do Me a Favor?
125. Chapter 125 Brenda's Suicide
126. Chapter 126 My Wife Can't Bear This Responsibility
127. Chapter 127 Will You Be My Girlfriend?
128. Chapter 128 Am I Getting A New Neighbor?
129. Chapter 129 Uncontrollable
130. Chapter 130 Christopher, Let Go!
131. Chapter 131 In Short, I Won't Allow It
132. Chapter 132 I Didn't Invite You!
133. Chapter 133 You Don't Seem to Get Jealous Anymore
134. Chapter 134 Is Today Your Birthday?
135. Chapter 135 He Said, I Am Sorry
136. Chapter 136 You Are Not a Member of the Royston Family
137. Chapter 137 Offending the Wrong Person
138. Chapter 138 Did He Touch You?
139. Chapter 139 Once the Arrow is Shot, It Cannot Be Retrieved
140. Chapter 140 Carrots and Sticks
141. Chapter 141 Deliberate Revenge
142. Chapter 142 Getting into Such a Mess for the Ex-Wife
143. Chapter 143 It Was My Willingness
144. Chapter 144 Win Back His Wife
145. Chapter 145 Ulterior Motives
146. Chapter 146 The Dress, Returned
147. Chapter 147 Don't Listen, Don't Look, Don't Believe
148. Chapter 148 You're Not Good Enough for Him
149. Chapter 149 Hasn't She Caused Me Enough Trouble Already?
150. Chapter 150 Ms. Royston, I Promise You
151. Chapter 151 They Announce Their Marriage Alliance
152. Chapter 152 None of Them Are Christopher Valence
153. Chapter 153 Getting A Divorce
154. Chapter 154 Forced to Do So
155. Chapter 155 You Must Attend the Engagement Banquet
156. Chapter 156 Apologize to My Daughter
157. Chapter 157 Are You a Hedgehog
158. Chapter 158 Kimberly Harris Is Not Wronged
159. Chapter 159 Setting a Deadline
160. Chapter 160 Of Course I Think About Her
161. Chapter 161 I heard you just got divorced
162. Chapter 162 Still Thinking About Him
163. Chapter 163 Listen to Me, Leave Here
164. Chapter 164 He Would Be Interested In You
165. Chapter 165 Do You Think I Am into You
166. Chapter 166 Are You Regretting It
167. Chapter 167 The Rest, I'll Do It for Her
168. Chapter 168 Leave This to Me
169. Chapter 169 None of Them Suit You
170. Chapter 170 Discovering the Background
171. Chapter 171 Breaking Your Pride Inch by Inch
172. Chapter 172 Your Mistake Is Being Christopher Valence's Ex-wife
173. Chapter 173 Who Leaked the Video
174. Chapter 174 Resembling Her, Only Then Receiving His Care
175. Chapter 175 The Valence Group Declares Bankruptcy
176. Chapter 176 You Kicked Him Pretty Hard Just Now
177. Chapter 177 Helping You Deal with Christopher Valence
178. Chapter 178 It Was Just A Ruse.
179. Chapter 179 Mrs. Valence Must Be You
180. Chapter 180 You Don't Like Him
181. Chapter 181 Feeling Like Betraying Her
182. Chapter 182 Jerry Likes You
183. Chapter 183 Go Against My Principles
184. Chapter 184 Beautiful First Love
185. Chapter 185 He Was the Really Jerry Hammer
186. Chapter 186 Who Are You Afraid of Misunderstanding?
187. Chapter 187 His Fiancée Is Right Here
188. Chapter 188 You Should Get a DNA Test Too
189. Chapter 189 She Is Not Bella Harris
190. Chapter 190 Remarriage Is Possible
191. Chapter 191 Whoever You Sell Them to, I Will Destroy Them
192. Chapter 192 It Will Kill Her!
193. Chapter 193 If Drawing Blood Won't Kill Her, Then Draw As Much As You Can
194. Chapter 194 Are You Sure You Want To Go With Him?
195. Chapter 195 Anyway, You Won't Be Her.
196. Chapter 196 I Won't Fail to Recognize You
197. Chapter 197 Doing A Paternity Test
198. Chapter 198 I Am Not Hope Royston at All
199. Chapter 199 Don't Step into the Harris Family's Door Again
200. Chapter 200 Who Is The Beneficiary
201. Chapter 201 Your Ex-Husband Is Looking for You
202. Chapter 202 If I Become Him
203. Chapter 203 Interfering with My Private Life
204. Chapter 204 Underhanded Tactics
205. Chapter 205 The Divorce Is Fake
206. Chapter 206 Learning and Using It Right Away.
207. Chapter 207 Palm Kiss
208. Chapter 208 I'll Let You Go!
209. Chapter 209 Each Returns to Their Place
210. Chapter 210 Counting the Days
211. Chapter 211: Why Should I Be Sad
212. Chapter 212: Jerry, You Seem Like a Good Person Today
213. Chapter 213: Brushing Past
214. Chapter 214: He's Not Dead
215. Chapter 215: Mrs. Valence, Long Time No See
216. Chapter 216 Get Her Attention
217. Chapter 217: Your Friend Is Looking for You
218. Chapter 218: Pretending to Be Pitiful
219. Chapter 219: Jerry, You're Better Than a Dog
220. Chapter 220: You Love Her
221. Chapter 221: She Doesn't Love Me Anymore
222. Chapter 222: She Won't Believe It Easily
223. Chapter 223: Wanting Everything
224. Chapter 224: Playing the Victim Again
225. Chapter 225: Everything Coming Full Circle
226. Chapter 226: I Want to Celebrate Valentine's Day Too
227. Chapter 227: Women All Love Children
228. Chapter 228: You Must be My Aunt
229. Chapter 229: Don't Kiss Her
230. Chapter 230: When Was It Diagnosed
231. Chapter 231: He Spoiled Me
232. Chapter 232 Enemy Coming
233. Chapter 233: Don't Go
234. Chapter 234: I Am Not Even a Backup Option
235. Chapter 235: Bite Her
236. Chapter 236 Jerry Is a Bad Guy
237. Chapter 237: Let Jerry Pick You Up
238. Chapter 238: If It Were You, Who Would You Choose
239. Chapter 239: I'll Kill You
240. Chapter 240: It Seemed Unnecessary
241. Chapter 241: Do You Want It
242. Chapter 242: Drive Him Crazy
243. Chapter 243: Are You Going to Take It Off Yourself, or Should I Help You
244. Chapter 244: What Kind of Exercise
245. Chapter 245: Jerry Might Go Crazy
246. Chapter 246: Doing This Kind of Thing In Secret
247. Chapter 247: Aren't You Tired of Acting
248. Chapter 248: He Forced Her to Prove Herself
249. Chapter 249: I Want You
250. Chapter 250: My Girlfriend, Hope
251. Chapter 251: Grown Old with You
252. Chapter 252: Are You Scared
253. Chapter 253: Don't Want Him Anymore
254. Chapter 254: You Drugged Me
255. Chapter 255 Background
256. Chapter 256: High Return on Investment
257. Chapter 257: No Secrets in This Town
258. Chapter 258: Just Don't Kill Him
259. Chapter 259: You Can Start Kissing Now
260. Chapter 260: A Relationship Where He Must Marry Her
261. Chapter 261 Something Happened
262. Chapter 262: Keep Her by His Side
263. Chapter 263: Jerry, My Boyfriend
264. Chapter 264: Sooner or Later, She Will Be His
265. Chapter 265: The Old-Fashioned Man
266. Chapter 266: Good One, Jerry
267. Chapter 267: His Intentions Are Known to All
268. Chapter 268: How Many Years Have You Been with Me
269. Chapter 269: Following the Clues
270. Chapter 270: Birth Control Pills
271. Chapter 271: Playing a Game of Three
272. Chapter 272: The Hammer Family Is All About Romance
273. Chapter 273: Are You Going to Support Me
274. Chapter 274: A Handy Task
275. Chapter 275: Surnamed Ortiz
276. Chapter 276 Congratulations from Christopher
277. Chapter 277: Held Tight in His Arms
278. Chapter 278: You've Been Gone for 758 Days
279. Chapter 279: Let Her Enjoy as Much as She Wants.
280. Chapter 280: She Is My Biological Mother
281. Chapter 281: Call Me Auntie
282. Chapter 282: I'll Have My Mom Blacklist You
283. Chapter 283: Indulging in Pleasure Brings Misfortune
284. Chapter 284: Are You Planning to Be My Sugar Mommy
285. Chapter 285: From Now on, The Ortiz Family Will Be Your Backing
286. Chapter 286 Investigate Further
287. Chapter 287 It's Time to Go Bankrupt
288. Chapter 288 She Doesn't Care, So Why Do You
289. Chapter 289 We're Adults, We All Understand
290. Chapter 290 Jerry, Do You Want to Make Love with Me
291. Chapter 291 Listen to Me? Then I Want Them All
292. Chapter 292 This Time, He Didn't Have Time to Intervene
293. Chapter 293 Is He Gonna Die from Anger
294. Chapter 294 Mr. Lewis, Such a Temper
295. Chapter 295 Does He Need My Fiancée to Take Care of Him
296. Chapter 296 Don't Harm Her in the Slightest
297. Chapter 297 You Don't Have Much Time Left
298. Chapter 298 Don't Talk Nonsense
299. Chapter 299 Falling into the Trap
300. Chapter 300 How Dare You Bully Her Now
301. Chapter 301 The Mastermind Behind the Scenes Is Not Her
302. Chapter 302 Delayed Menstrual Cycle
303. Chapter 303 Hope, Let's Have a Child
304. Chapter 304 She Is Already My Wife
305. Chapter 305 Shall We Shower Together
306. Chapter 306 But I Can't Wait Any Longer
307. Chapter 307 We Have a Baby
308. Chapter 308 Break up with Jerry
309. Chapter 309 Don't Tempt Me
310. Chapter 310 Afraid I'll Hurt Him
311. Chapter 311 Image Completely Ruined
312. Chapter 312 Denying Sarah's Background
313. Chapter 313 Help Me Take a Bath
314. Chapter 314 Because You're Jerry
315. Chapter 315 Didn't You Say You'd Help Me Shower
316. Chapter 316 Thanks
317. Chapter 317 We Can Go Get Hitched
318. Chapter 318 Could Something Have Happened to Him Too
319. Chapter 319 Hard to Keep
320. Chapter 320 Not a Good Person
321. Chapter 321 Kiss Me
322. Chapter 322 One Lie Begets Many More to Vover It Up
323. Chapter 323 Why Must There Be Such Turmoil
324. Chapter 324 It Was Already a Blessing
325. Chapter 325 Claire Wants to See You
326. Chapter 326 Jerry Is Angry
327. Chapter 327 Sawyer's Escape
328. Chapter 328 Larry Woke Up
329. Chapter 329 Lost Contact
330. Chapter 330 Are You Hurt?
331. Chapter 331 Parting Ways
332. Chapter 332 Hope, go to hell
333. Chapter 333 Cecil Took Her Away
334. Chapter 334 You Bet Wrong
335. Chapter 335 You Will Forget Jerry
336. Chapter 336 Shoot at Me
337. Chapter 337 Please Forgive Me
338. Chapter 338 Don't Forget One More Thing
339. Chapter 339 He's Burning Up!
340. Chapter 340 Never Need to Apologize
341. Chapter 341 Becoming a Father for the First Time
342. Chapter 342 The Expected Person Didn't Come
343. Chapter 343 Got a Fever
344. Chapter 344 We Agreed, Just Once
345. Chapter 345 Truly Gave Up on Francis
346. Chapter 346 Will You Marry Me?
347. Chapter 347 Alternative Boyfriend
348. Chapter 348 Hurting Oneself to Gain Sympathy
349. Chapter 349 How did he beg you?
350. Chapter 350 I Got Dumped
351. Chapter 351 Can the Wedding Be Held Sooner?
352. Chapter 352 The Wedding
353. Chapter 353 Have You Fallen for Me?
354. Chapter 354 You Can't Do It
355. Chapter 355 Do You Really Want Me to Hate You?
356. Chapter 356 Jealousy
357. Chapter 357 Hope, I love you
358. Chapter 358 I Don't Want to Act Anymore
359. Chapter 359 Don't Even Think About Sleeping Tonight
360. Chapter 360 Elissa, are you awake?
361. Chapter 361 Where Is Your Dignity?
362. Chapter 362 Want to Marry Both?
363. Chapter 363 Elissa Must Die
364. Chapter 364 Drowning
365. Chapter 365 Fun Is Fine, But Marriage Is Impossible
366. Chapter 366 Francis, You Have to Take Responsibility
367. Chapter 367 Feed Me Personally?
368. Chapter 368 Serve Me for a Lifetime
369. Chapter 369 Jessa Is Pregnant
370. Chapter 370 The Child Can Only Be Yours
371. Chapter 371 Being Too Clever Can Backfire
372. Chapter 372 Good News
373. Chapter 373 Please, Tell Me
374. Chapter 374 No Loose Ends
375. Chapter 375 Artificial Insemination
376. Chapter 376 Holding a Wedding with Jessa
377. Chapter 377 Breakup
378. Chapter 378 Madly Angering Francis
379. Chapter 379 The Relationship with the Ex
380. Chapter 380 Leaving Maple Valley
381. Chapter 381 Using Others to Harm One's Own Enemies
382. Chapter 382 He Is Not Quite the Same
383. Chapter 383 Ms. Wilson, Have Some Self-Respect
384. Chapter 384 Losing Her Forever
385. Chapter 385 Did You Have Sex?
386. Chapter 386 Just for Fun
387. Chapter 387 Sorry, I Have a Partner
388. Chapter 388 You Want Me to Propose?
389. Chapter 389 Deal with Her on the Spot
390. Chapter 390 It Has to Be Her
391. Chapter 391 Deciding to Leave
392. Chapter 392 Delusion
393. Chapter 393 When He Returns, There Will Be a Big Commotion
394. Chapter 394 No Longer Entangling Her
395. Chapter 395 Elissa, Happy Holidays
396. Chapter 396 Taking Off Clothes Is Not Enough
397. Chapter 397 I Will Hate You
398. Chapter 398 Consider It My Plea
399. Chapter 399 Have You Fallen in Love with Me?
400. Chapter 400 Your Face Turned Red
401. Chapter 401 Colluding
402. Chapter 402 I'm Not Going Anywhere
403. Chapter 403 Please Give a Perfect Score if Satisfied
404. Chapter 404 I Can Give You My Life
405. Chapter 405 Completely Crushed
406. Chapter 406 He Got Married, Has a Wife
407. Chapter 407 Is Your Boyfriend Mr. Peterson?
408. Chapter 408 That Girl
409. Chapter 409 Evaluate
410. Chapter 410 Learned to Buzz In
411. Chapter 411 Bad Ending
412. Chapter 412 Please
413. Chapter 413 You Have No Morals
414. Chapter 414 His Path Is Not Limited to One
415. Chapter 415 A Day Apart Feels Like an Eternity
416. Chapter 416 Let's Break Up
417. Chapter 417 Reversal
418. Chapter 418 Unexpected Discovery
419. Chapter 419 Can Only Protect You
420. Chapter 420 Trapped with No Way Out
421. Chapter 421 We Are Legitimate
422. Chapter 422 Do You Treat Me as a Human?
423. Chapter 423 Driving Oneself Crazy
424. Chapter 424 Beyond the Single Path
425. Chapter 425 Drawing Boundaries
426. Chapter 426 I'm Pregnant
427. Chapter 427 Do You Not Like It?
428. Chapter 428 Francis Is in Trouble
429. Chapter 429 Will Not Stand By Anymore
430. Chapter 430 Who Upset You?
431. Chapter 431 At a Loss
432. Chapter 432 It's All My Fault
433. Chapter 433 Didn't Treat Me as a Husband
434. Chapter 434 Do You Have to Mock Me?
435. Chapter 435 See You at City Hall Next Monday
436. Chapter 436 Suicide
437. Chapter 437 Not Biological
438. Chapter 438 Man Proposes, God Disposes
439. Chapter 439 Hope! We Got Married!
440. Chapter 440 What Kind of Fun
441. Chapter 441 Mutual Destruction
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Chapter 436 Suicide
The basement was dimly lit.
Francis took cautious steps forward, finally seeing the scene below.
Aiden was chained by the neck, filthy from a month of neglect. His exposed skin was cracked and bleeding.
His unkempt hair hung like branches, obscuring his eyes.
At that moment, he was on the groun...
