LOGINShe caught her husband in bed with her stepsister. So she walked away and walked straight into the arms of a devil. When Ruby discovers her husband Asher tangled between the sheets with her stepsister Scarlett, she couldn't explain how she felt but she refused to be the begging wife. Determined to prove she’s already moved on, Ruby makes a reckless choice at a lavish banquet: she kisses Harrison King, the infamous, ruthless billionaire known for crushing women who dare throw themselves at him. Everyone expects her to be humiliated. Instead, Harrison kisses her back. What begins as a fiery one-night stand spirals into something far more dangerous when Ruby discovers the truth, Harrison is her uncle.
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I let my bags slip from my hands the moment I stepped inside and headed straight for the bedroom. I expected to find my husband buried in work, just like always.
Instead, my world cracked.
Asher was on the bed. But he wasn’t alone.
Scarlett, my step-sister, was there with him.
Both of them were naked, tangled together, so lost in each other that they didn’t even notice me standing at the doorway. The room was thick with the scent of sex, like they’d been at it for a long time.
“Ah, harder, fuck me please,” Scarlett gasped, her voice breathless, desperate. My husband was buried inside her, moving without restraint. He was merciless, pumping against her butt.
They were bent forward, bodies colliding, the obscene sounds of skin slapping against skin filling the room. Scarlett’s broken moans echoed in my ears, each one slicing deeper into my chest.
My heart dropped straight into my stomach.
Today of all days.
Our five-year wedding anniversary.
I had rushed back early from my trip just to surprise him.
I so stunned, I blinked. But I didn’t bother to interrupt their time
Instead, I reached into my pocket, pulled out my phone, and started recording. I needed proof. Something solid. Something that couldn’t be denied later.
They were too consumed by their desire to notice. Their voices dropped into heated whispers, breaths ragged.
“Do you love making love to me or my sister?” Scarlett asked between moans.
“You,” Asher groaned. “I love every bit of you, Scarlett.”
My fingers tightened around my phone.
“I love you so much and you sister means nothing to me. If I’d met you first, I would’ve married you instead.”
The words shattered what little was left of me.
My hands trembled as I finished recording. Then, finally, I spoke, my voice eerily calm, detached, nothing like the storm inside me.
“So this is what you’ve been doing behind my back?” I said coldly. “Sleeping with my sister. In my damn house. Don’t you feel even a little ashamed, or are you that shameless?”
Asher froze, scrambling for excuses almost instantly. His breath caught. He hadn’t heard me approaching, and I stood so close, I could see their naked bodies clearly. “Ruby, it was a mistake. It didn’t mean anything I said, trust me. This is the first time…”
“Please,” he stuttered. “It was just a one-time mis..”
I laughed at how ridiculous that sounded. “A mistake? You’ve been making this ‘mistake’ for years, haven’t you?”
Scarlett was still on her knees when she started crying. “Ruby, please forgive me. It was just a moment of weakness. I didn’t mean to hurt you.”
I turned my gaze on her, fury burning behind my eyes. “Moment of weakness? You’re my sister. And all because of a man, you betray me like this?”
Asher tried to speak again, but I shut him down immediately. “No, Asher. You’ve said enough. Now listen.”
I stepped closer, my chest aching. “I believed in us. I believed we had love and trust in this marriage. Turns out, I was the only one holding onto that illusion.”
Scarlett sniffed. “I know I was wrong. I shouldn’t have done this. I’m sorry. Please don’t hate me for this.”
“I don’t,” I replied quietly. “If anything, you did me a favor. At least someone was satisfying my husband while I was away. He never wanted me in his bed but clearly, he wants you.”
She stared at me, stunned. “Wait… you’re not angry? You caught us like this, and you’re fine with it?”
Asher had always avoided intimacy with me. After our wedding night, we barely touched each other, it has only been twice in an entire year. There was always an excuse. Too tired. Not in the mood.
I had blamed stress. Work. Anything but the truth.
The truth was simple: he never wanted me. I knew that from the way he ignored me even when I tried so hard to please him in bed.
Scarlett tried to stand, but her knees gave out. She cried out as she fell forward, hitting the floor hard. Her knees had always been weak since childhood.
When I did not give her a reaction, she grew uncomfortable and began to have serious doubts about her dramas. The way I was looking at her could tell all she needs to know in this moment! I didn't have a single fuck to give.
Asher rushed to her instantly, panic written all over his face. “Scarlett! Are you hurt?”
I scoffed. “I never imagined the two of you would stab me in the back like this. I’m honestly amazed.”
But he wasn’t listening. He was already holding her, brushing her hair back, murmuring comforts. I watched with a strange mix of disgust and emptiness.
That was the moment I understood, he never loved me. Not even a little.
And I felt foolish for believing otherwise all these years. For giving him a huge part of my life and letting him deceive me right under my nose.
And for my sister, I honestly didn't even know what to feel but I wasn't also surprised.
Finally, I spoke again. “You know what? You’re perfect for each other. Truly. You both enjoy lies and drama. I wish you happiness.”
Scarlett’s tears stopped instantly. She looked at me carefully now, her eyes sharp. “What are you saying?”
I shrugged. “I’m saying you should be together. Clearly, that’s where you both belong. As for the sex? I don’t care. Keep going if you want. You’re adults so that's on you.”
Asher looked lost, confused. He’d expected me to scream, or cry and ask why he'd treat me like this, anything but my calm indifference.
I turned toward the door, then paused. “I was planning a romantic dinner for our anniversary,” I added coolly. “But I’ll cancel it. You two can have dinner instead. Or better still, continue with the sex.”
Then I faced him one last time.
“And Asher,” I said evenly, “My lawyer will reach out with a divorce paper, you better sign them.”
HARRISON'S POV Maintenance work, leaves on the line, signal failures, point faults… it didn’t matter which excuse they picked. They all meant the same thing—the train was going to arrive late in London. Every few minutes the conductor apologized over the tannoy, his voice crackling through the carriage often enough to keep half the passengers awake.I went to the dining car and bought a cup of tea along with a so-called “gourmet” sandwich, which proved once again how badly certain culinary words had been abused. It tasted of absolutely nothing except mayonnaise.I sat staring out at the darkness rushing past the window while random thoughts kept nudging at the edges of my exhaustion.Missing pieces. New pieces. No pieces at all.There were lies so small they hardly mattered, the sort you could choose to believe or ignore without consequence. Then there were lies that looked harmless on the surface but carried enormous ramifications underneath. And sometimes deception wasn’t about wha
HARRISON'S POV There must have been another case conference sometime in mid-November. I searched for the minutes but found nothing. The police investigation had been suspended, yet the file itself remained open, as though someone wasn’t quite ready to let it go completely.The third file was different from the others. It was heavier, thicker, filled with legal documents, some of them neatly bound with ribbon. I recognized the format immediately. Social Services, convinced that Bobby was at risk, had moved to apply for a permanent care order. Once that decision had been made, the lawyers had stepped in and taken over.“What are you mumbling about?”I looked up. Mel had returned from her shopping, balancing two cups of coffee on top of a thick ledger. She set them down carefully on the desk.“Sorry I can’t offer you anything stronger,” she said with a faint smile. “Remember when we used to smuggle boxes of wine in here at Christmas?”I couldn’t help it, I smiled back. “I remember Boyd
HARRISON'S POV Mel had a clean desk with two piles of paperwork on either side in haphazard columns. Her computer was decorated with stickers, headlines and cartoons. One of them showed an armed robber pointing a gun and saying, "Your money or your life!" The victim replies, "I have no money and no life. I'm a social worker."We're on the third floor of the Social Services Department. Most of the offices were empty for the weekend.The view from Mel's window was of a half-built prefabricated warehouse. She had managed to get me three files, each held together by a loop of red tape. I had an hour before she got back from shopping.I know what to expect. The first rule of intelligent tinkering was to save all the parts. That's what the Social Services do. When they mess about with people's lives they make a careful note of every decision. There would be inter-views, family assessments, psych reports and medical notes.There would be minutes of every case conference and strategy meeting
HARRISON'S POV Social Services kept detailed files on children who had been sexually abused. There had been a time when I’d had full access to them, back when I was still part of the system. That privilege was long gone. Privacy laws saw to that.I needed help now, from someone I hadn’t seen in more than ten years.Her name was Melinda Cossimo, and I wasn’t entirely sure I would recognise her anymore.We arranged to meet in a coffee shop opposite the magistrates’ court.When I had first come to Liverpool, Mel had been a duty social worker. Now she was an area manager, though the modern title was “child protection specialist.” Not many people survived that long in Social Services. Most burned out. The rest exploded.Mel had once been a full-blown punk—spiked hair, ripped denim, distressed leather jackets. She thrived on challenging people, not necessarily because she disagreed, but because she wanted to see whether they could defend what they believed.She had grown up in Cornwall, li
RUBY’S POVFor a moment, neither of us spoke. The air in Harrison’s bedroom suddenly felt too thick to breathe.My eyes stayed glued to the phone in his hand. To the photograph.My stomach twisted violently, it was unmistakably me. Curled slightly on the bed.The silk sheets tangled around my legs.
HARRISON’S POVThe conference room in Grey & Carter Legal was exactly the kind of place people get contracts that will change their lives. Dark wooden panels lined the walls, the long table polished to a mirror finish. The blinds were half drawn against the afternoon sun, leaving the room washed in
RUBY’S POVThe screenshot stayed on my phone long after midnight. I must have stared at it for an hour or maybe two.My father standing beside Harrison’s private jet, the timestamp glared at me like an accusation.My chest felt tight as I walked down the quiet hallway of the mansion, the soft glow
RUBY’S POVThe moment the photos leaked, everything changed around my workplace.By the time I arrived at the studio that morning, the entire building felt like a prison.I stepped out of the elevator and immediately felt it.People standing near the reception desk stopped talking the second they s






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