A Beautiful Lie Called Revenge

"I'm not mad. It's our big day. You should smile more." She held my hand and blew on it. "Did that slap hurt your hand? I'll put something on it. Get some sleep tonight," she said, her voice gentle. She was acting as if her betrayal had never happened.I flung her hand away in disbelief, making her frown in displeasure. "I let you slap me. That should be enough."My tears came again, and I couldn't stop them. "When did you change? Where's the woman who loved me with all her heart?"Wendy didn't take my hand again. Instead, she sipped on her wine and slowly answered, "I've been more than generous with you, Ashton. You only came to me after you had your fun with Summer. You wanted something warm, something tender, and I gave all of that to you."You only have one kidney. I didn't complain about how you're used goods. Instead, all I did was cheat. Yet, that's all it takes to make you flip?"I froze for what felt like an eternity before I answered, "But I never half-assed our relation

I looked away. A wave of exhaustion washed over me, flooding me. "You're a child, Wendy. Summer's a bigger adult than you'll ever be."What I said triggered her, causing Wendy to charge right into me and shove me back. I hadn't expected her to react so violently, so I didn't brace myself and crashed into the door. The pain made my vision swim. Her eyes narrowed, and she took half a step."Wendy…"Wendy opened her eyes, and her cruel smile turned into a bloodthirsty grin. "You're not going to divorce me, Ashton. No one's going to marry a man who's gone through two divorces. No one but me."Every word stabbed through my heart like a blade meant to kill. I clutched my spinning head and tried to leave, but her footsteps quickened. "You're not leaving!" She tossed Joe onto the bed and grabbed my hand. "Are you seeing Summer again?"My bones were groaning in pain, but she kept talking, "You know what she did. You were in the rain, begging her to come back, but she never did! She was fuc

Wendy pulled her hair as hard as she could and slammed her head into the wall. Her bone nearly cracked, and her flesh split open. It was agonizing, excruciating, but it couldn't bring the dead back to life.I was the one Wendy loved most. She had loved me ever since we were kids. She was taken back to the days when she was 14, to the day I transferred into her school. Golden light from the sun spilled from my hair, and it caught the eyes of two girls, Wendy and Summer.The two fought for my heart for 12 years. When Wendy got the spot next to me in class, Summer would block the entrance and make sure she couldn't get in. The two of them started fighting, and it devolved into a brawl that caked their faces in nosebleed. The dean of students punished them by making them stand in the hallway for the whole afternoon.I snuck two bottles of water at them and told them to stop fighting. When I came in first place in our year, Summer spent the whole night going through exercises and ask

Wendy gave the heart to my father. The transplant was a success, but news of my death hit my family before they could thank her.My poor grandmother fainted right away. My brother, Bradley Irving, was Imperia's youngest Attorney General. He stood in the morgue for 10 long, silent minutes. All he had to say was, "She'll pay for this."My family made their move, and it was aggressive. They lodged a report regarding Halton Group's tax issues, and it was precise down to every single transaction. The document on the company was so detailed that even the auditor couldn't find fault with it.Then, the whole Internet saw the unedited video of Wendy's affair. It had ranked first place on the trending list for three whole days. Hashtags about her affair and the scandalous photos took up spots on the charts in turns.The Internet dug up every dirt it could about her. They found out how she made me look at those photos on our wedding day, threatened me with my father's life, and brought her