Chapter One

The house was quiet, the scent of roses lingering in the air and the candlelight casting a soft glow in the living room just like she wanted. The maids had done a wonderful job with the décoration.

Everything was perfect just as she had planned.

Today marked another year of her marriage with the love of her life, Daniel Davids. The man she believed would be her forever. In her hands was a bottle of vintage wine which was a symbol of love, trust, and commitment.

She had rushed home early, excited to surprise him. She had texted earlier to ask when he would be returning but he let her know that he would be running late due to some meetings but, Renee didn’t complain. She was in fact happy that she had enough time to prepare for their anniversary dinner.

She made her way to the bedroom door which was slightly opened, smiling from ear to ear but as she neared it, her face fell and her knees buckled.

Her husband, Daniel was naked, his clothes scattered on the ground as he thrusted into a blonde-haired woman whose face she couldn't see. The sound of their skin slapping against each other feels like a blunt knife being twisted into Renee’s heart.

Daniel whispers something into the woman’s ears and she giggles. She then turns around, swaying her buttocks seductively, and finally sits on his legs.

Renee freezes and her eyes widen as the woman’s face finally comes into view and is revealed to be none other than her sister, Chloe.

It was bad enough that her husband was cheating on her but it was a bigger slap on the face that it was her sister and even worse, on their matrimonial bed and their wedding anniversary.

She should have burst in. She should have screamed or broken something. She should have gone in and pulled her sister’s hair like an angry wife but, she didn't. Instead, she stood at the door watching them with tears in her eyes.

Something in her suddenly snaps and she pulls out her phone, taking a video of them as evidence.

A few thrusts from her husband and they both collapse on the bed, coiled up against each other.

“Does Renee know you fuck this good?” She asked with a coy smile.

“Renee? Please don’t ruin this moment by mentioning her. That woman is nothing but bad news.” Daniel ruthlessly says and sits up so he can kiss Chloe.

“You’re all I want to think about right now, Chloe. It's already bad enough that I have to spend the whole night with her.” He added, shaking his head in disgust and Chloe’s smile widened.

“That’s all I want to hear.” A satisfied smile spreads across Chloe’s face and she grabs him by his neck, leaning in to kiss him.

Seeing this, Renee decides that she has had enough and she moves away from the door, her eyes filled with unshed tears.

Leaning quietly against the wall, she wondered where things had gone wrong. She wondered when things went south in her and Daniel’s relationship.

They had made love just this morning and he had confessed his undying love for her, promising to spend forever with her so how did all of that change in seven hours?

“You said you loved me, Daniel?” She sobbed quietly. “Why? Why would you do this? And with Chloe?” Her vision had become blurry and her heart broke.

She loved Daniel.

“You…you said you were happy.”

Or has it always been a lie?

She met Daniel a few days after her eighteenth birthday where it was revealed that her birth parents who died in an accident when she was only six years old, owned a billion-dollar company that had now been passed down to her.

She still remembered his angelic face when he saved her from her bullies at prom night.

That was the night she fell in love with him and since then, she had loved no other!

He was her first love…after her father.

But, like all good things, that didn’t last and her father was taken from her six years after her birth.

After the death of her parents, she was taken in by the O’Neils, her parent's best friends who took care of her and raised her alongside their daughter, Chloe. Because of this, when it was revealed that she was actually a rich heiress, she took it upon herself to take care of all their financial need and make sure they never lacked a thing.

She even used her influence to get Chloe into the modeling industry and help Daniel start his own company. She built their dreams but they shattered her world in return.

Suddenly, something snapped in Renee and she was immediately filled with rage, the feeling of betrayal seeping in more than ever. The hurt and pain in her now that overpowering every good that had been done.

It was only a handful.

She had sacrificed everything for them and was even willing to give her life for them but they repayed her with a betrayal.

A very hurtful one.

Seething in anger, she stood to her feet and walked as fast as her legs could carry her, each step reminding her of the betrayal she had just witnessed. As she walked past the dining room, the candle that had been set up for their anniversary dinner flickered until it gave up.

Maybe that signified the end of their marriage.

Renee didn't stop walking until she was outside the mansion’s gate where she let out a scream she had been holding.

She clenched her fists so tightly, her fingernails digging so hard into her flesh that it almost drew blood but, that was nothing compared to the pain she felt in her chest.

Was this what betrayal felt like?

She was the fool for trusting Daniel all in the name of love. Now, the calm, devoted wife was dead. All that was left was a woman who refused to be broken by the people she loved. She had no business being with a man who could cheat on her so ruthlessly and still fool her by pretending to be a loving husband.

Fingers trembling and tears gushing out of her eyes she took out her phone and dailed the number of the last person she trusted.

“H-hey, Priya.” She sniffed. “I’m getting a divorce. Please help me get the documents ready.”