My Billionaire Husband's Betrayal: A Hidden Heiress Rises
Kate Taylor spent seven years being the perfect wife. She gave up her dreams of becoming a celebrated chef, abandoned her culinary career, and molded herself into exactly what her husband David wanted—quiet, obedient, and invisible.
When she finally decided to get her life together, he refused. She got tired of the humiliation after he refused her from taking an offer as a chef.
Kate files for divorce and returns to the only thing that ever made her feel alive—cooking. She takes the job at Morrison's, the most prestigious restaurant in New York, under Chef Henri Laurent and his son Alex. Her talent explodes back to life. Critics rave about her dishes and her name starts trending. She's finally remembering who she was before David made her forget.
But David won't let her go without a fight. He weaponizes their children against her, turns their son Theo against her, threatens her career, and parades Sarah around like she's already his wife. He wants to destroy everything Kate is building.
Then she finds out a secret David had been hiding for six years, Sarah was more than his secretary.
As custody battles turn vicious, family secrets surface, and old enemies join forces, Kate must decide: will she let the past control her future, or will she finally claim the empire she deserves?
Some women fall apart after betrayal but Kate Taylor will build an empire.
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Chapter: CHAPTER 5 Threats and AlliesKate.A text came through during Tuesday's lunch service.“You looked good in that chef's coat. Shame you won't be wearing it much longer.”I nearly dropped my phone into the reduction sauce, I knew who it was."Kate?" Alex appeared at my station. "Are you okay?""Fine." I shoved my phone in my pocket and focused on plating. Scallops, beurre blanc, microgreens arranged like art. My hands were steady even though my heart was racing.David wanted to rattle me. I wouldn't give him the satisfaction.The lunch service ended at three. I was cleaning my station when Alex touched my shoulder."My office. Now."His tone made my stomach drop.I followed him upstairs, past the dining room where waitstaff were resetting tables. His office overlooked the city, with windows showing everything I had missed while playing housewife."Sit." He closed the door behind us.I sat.Alex leaned against his desk, arms crossed. "Your husband came by today, during work hours. He tried to get into the kitchen."
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Chapter: CHAPTER 4 First DayKate.The kitchen at Morrison's was everything I remembered and nothing I deserved.Stainless steel gleamed under perfect lighting. Knives hung in precise rows, the prep station smelled like fresh herbs and possibility.I had forgotten what it felt like to belong somewhere."Ready?" Alex appeared beside me, holding a chef's coat with my name embroidered on the breast. "This is yours."I took it with shaking hands. The fabric was crisp, professional, and real."I haven't done this in seven years.""Your hands remember." He nodded toward the kitchen. "Show me."The lunch service started in two hours. Alex had given me a simple test: create one dish. Anything I wanted. Something that would show his team who I was.I closed my eyes and let my instincts take over. I immediately knew what to make. Seared scallops with champagne beurre blanc, microgreens, and a delicate citrus foam. The dish I had made for Chef Henri the day he told me I was destined for greatness.My hands moved without th
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Chapter: CHAPTER 3 She Will Come BackDavid.Kate did not come home that night.Or the next night.Or the night after that.I told myself she was being dramatic. She always came back. After every argument, every disappointment, every time I put work first or forgot something important, she always came back.This time would be no different."Daddy, I'm hungry," Theo whined from the kitchen table. "Where's Mom?""She's staying with a friend for a few days." I opened the refrigerator and stared at its contents like they would magically arrange themselves into a meal. "We'll order pizza.""Again?" Theo's face fell. "We had pizza yesterday. And the day before."Because Sarah had been too busy to cook, and I had no idea how to make anything beyond cereal and toast.How had Kate made this look so easy?"Pizza sounds great, buddy," I said firmly. "With extra cheese. Your favorite."Except when the pizza arrived, Theo took one bite and pushed it away. His face was red, splotchy. "My throat feels weird.""What?" I looked closer. Hi
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Chapter: CHAPTER 2 The InterviewKate.I woke up Tuesday morning with my heart pounding.The interview was for three hours and I had not told David.I slipped out of bed while he was still sleeping, or pretending to sleep, lately I could not tell the difference. In the kitchen, I pulled out ingredients without thinking: eggs, butter, cream, fresh herbs from the garden I still tended even though no one ate what I cooked anymore.My hands remembered what my mind had tried to forget.Tehilla appeared in her pajamas, rubbing her eyes. "What are you making, Mama?""Something special." I cracked eggs into a bowl, whisked them with cream until they were silky. "Want to help?"Her face lit up. For the next hour, we cooked together—herb soufflé, delicate and perfect, the kind of food that required complete attention. The kind of thing I had not made in years.When we plated it, Tehilla actually gasped. "It's so pretty!""Beauty and taste," I told her, the same thing Chef Henri had told me a lifetime ago. "Both matter.""Can T
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Chapter: CHAPTER 1 The Birthday PartyKate.I spent three hours on Theo's birthday cake.Vanilla sponge with Swiss meringue buttercream, fresh strawberries macerated in champagne, and delicate sugar flowers that took forty-five minutes each to craft. My seven-year-old son took one look at it and said, "Why couldn't Miss Sarah bring the cake?"The dining room went silent. Fifteen people—David's colleagues, his mother, our neighbors all turned to watch me absorb the blow. I kept my smile fixed, the same way I had learned to keep my hands steady when plating under Michelin-star pressure."Miss Sarah did bring a cake, sweetie," David's mother announced, sweeping into the room with a supermarket sheet cake blazing with cartoon characters. "A fun one. For children."Sarah followed behind her, looking apologetic in a way that did not reach her eyes. "I hope you don't mind, Mrs. Taylor. I know how busy you are, and I just thought…""It's perfect," David cut in, his hand resting on Sarah's shoulder a beat too long. "Theo loves su
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