Two Can Play: I Became My Ex's Mother-in-law
DramaContemporaryGirl PowerIndependentContract MarriageFace-SlappingAffair
After five years of being treated like trash, enduring grueling fertility treatments, and suffering through six devastating miscarriages, Clarissa Bright is discarded by her husband, Drake Hudson, so he can marry a wealthy young heiress. Drake thinks she’s going to walk away with nothing and cry herself to sleep.
He has no idea who he’s truly dealing with.
A wild masquerade one-night stand leaves Clarissa pregnant with the city's most ruthless, powerful tycoon: forty-eight-year-old Valentine Gaston. Coincidentally, Valentine is also the adoptive father of Drake’s new fiancée. Weaponizing the accidental pregnancy, Clarissa secures a one-year contract marriage with the billionaire. And when she steps into the Gaston mansion, she isn't just the new mistress of the house—she is her ex-husband's worst nightmare. Drake divorced her because he claimed she was "barren." Now, he has no choice but to respect her as his legal stepmother-in-law.
But as Clarissa unleashes her revenge, will her traumatic past strip her of her ultimate trump card, exposing her to another round of public humiliation? Or will she lose her baby, her vengeance—and her heart—to the city's most ruthless mogul before the contract ends?
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Chapter: CHAPTER 5ClarissaI had signed Drake's divorce papers and finalized my marriage with Valentine.But defying Drake came with a price. Yesterday, when he finally realized I wasn't going to crawl back, he made his next move. He hired another quant to imitate the work I had spent years building and withdrew my twin sister’s medical support. For three weeks after my resignation, he had kept her bills paid—not out of kindness, but as a bargaining chip, hoping the fear of losing her would force me back under his control. But he was wrong.Even the air smelled like victory, but I was just getting started. When he realizes I am Mrs. Gaston, there will be nothing he can do to stop me from protecting my sister anymore.But victory came with its own complications. Maybe including a ‘no sex, no love and no feelings’ clause with Valentine was the right call after all. The first night was a mistake born from anger but a marriage built on desire would be another cage. Aside from that, I was terrified—not jus
最終更新日: 2026-07-20
Chapter: CHAPTER 4ValentineIt's been exactly three weeks since I woke up to an empty bed after spending the most intense night with the most interesting woman I've ever met.Even though I had a pile of documents in front of me, she was all I could think about. I’ve handled billion-dollar mergers that required less mental real estate than the memory of the lady I met at the gala arched under me, her voice breathy and desperate in my ear. I had hoped we would spend the entire weekend together, but she disappeared, vanishing like a ghost before the sun had even fully cleared the horizon.The only thing that kept me from sending my people to find her was the fact that the company's card I’d left on the bedside table was gone, too. I smiled, tracing the rim of my coffee cup, knowing she would call. I already knew everything that could be verified on paper. What couldn't be investigated was her intention, and I preferred to let people reveal that themselves.Three weeks without a call. That wasn't normal.
最終更新日: 2026-07-20
Chapter: CHAPTER 3Clarissa Returning to the Hudson mansion was the last thing I wanted.Ever since things ended with Valentine, I've been living with this constant pit of shame. The words I said to him still made my stomach twist. I wasn't some bold seductress; I was a desperate wife who had crossed a line I never thought I'd attempt.It felt cheap. Disgusting.Then, my sister's face flashed in my mind. Pale. Weak. Hooked up to life support in that hospital bed.That image crushed whatever pride I had left. Shame wouldn't pay her medical bills. Regret wouldn't keep her breathing.I had already slept with a billionaire almost twice my age. Was that all I was to him? No.A plan finally clicked. I didn't need to become his plaything. I needed to be someone of value to him so that he wouldn't see me as a passing temptation.I couldn't turn my brain off until exhaustion finally dragged me under, right there in the guest room Drake had forced me into.Just as dawn was breaking, I was already awake an
最終更新日: 2026-07-20
Chapter: CHAPTER 2ClarissaStaring at my reflection in the mirror, I finally felt my anger subside, giving way to absolute clarity.The brutal events of the day still flashed in my head—the crumpled wedding card, the sickening sounds from our bedroom, and my in-law's insults. But as I force a slow, deep breath, the weight of reality begins to crash down on me.I couldn't just walk away. Divorcing Drake wasn't just a matter of pride. It carried a death sentence.The bitter truth was that Drake held the cards to my sister's life. He was the one funding my twin sister’s astronomical medical bill, something I couldn't afford.Two years ago, a catastrophic earthquake took my parents from me in a single night. My twin was the only blood relative I had left in this world—the last piece of my family lineage. If I divorced Drake without a backup plan, his funding would stop, and she would die.It was that simple.For five years, I had been the ‘behind the scene’ and literally built algorithms that made his empi
最終更新日: 2026-07-20
Chapter: CHAPTER 1 Clarissa My husband of seven years is getting married to a younger girl in four weeks, and I'm accidentally finding out through the wedding card he hid in our bedroom. My hands trembled as I stood there reading the bold embroidered letters. *Drake and Brittany,* it reads in an elegant, looping script. Together with their families, invite you to celebrate… As those words blurred my vision, I felt a strange, cold numbness wash over me, starting from my toes and crawling up to my chest until it stole the air right out of my throat. We were still married. We shared a bed—or at least, we shared the same mattress while he turned his back to me all night. I had spent five years of our seven-year marriage trying to save us. I had endured the hormone injections that made my hair thin and my moods swing like a pendulum. I had suffered through six miscarriages, each one taking a piece of my soul with it, leaving me hollow and exhausted. I had endured the doctor's hopeless fertility ap
最終更新日: 2026-07-20
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