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FROM HIS SILENT WIFE TO HIS GREATEST REGRET

FROM HIS SILENT WIFE TO HIS GREATEST REGRET

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last updateLast Updated : 2026-07-30
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Winning Back the Wife

CEO

Divorce

Mercy had loved Bradley Cornell for a long time. Bradley came from a powerful and wealthy family, and he was supposed to marry another woman he loved. On the wedding day, that woman ran away with another man, leaving Bradley embarrassed in front of everyone. To stop the scandal from spreading, Mercy stepped forward and agreed to marry Bradley. She had admired him quietly for years, so even though the marriage started suddenly, she hoped that if she stayed by his side and treated him well, he might slowly come to love her. But the marriage never became warm. Bradley treated Mercy politely but without affection. He spent most of his time working and rarely came home early. When he did come home, he acted distant. Mercy felt more like a stranger living in his house than his wife. Still, Mercy stayed loyal. She waited for him every night and tried to take care of everything for him. She believed that one day he would notice her efforts.

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CHAPTER 1

“Did you ever, even for one moment, think you could love me?” Mercy asked softly, her voice full of hope as she looked at Bradley’s hard and serious face.

“Don’t make me laugh, Mercy. Everything between us was only for pleasure and business.”

With a sad heart, she signed the divorce papers, still holding a small hope that one day she would meet a man who would truly love her and see how special she was.

Mercy

On a quiet night at Serenity Pines Estate, the place I have lived in for three years, the small click of the door told me my husband had arrived. My husband is Bradley Cornell, who is competing to become the president of Luminary Productions, a big entertainment company.

I stood up from the sofa where I always waited for him and looked at the clock on the wall. It was already very late. It was one in the morning.

The heavy wooden door slowly opened, and Bradley walked in with shaky steps. The strong smell of alcohol came into the room before he did. His arm was resting on the shoulder of his assistant, Alexander Davies.

“What happened to him?” I asked Alex.

“Madam, I’m very sorry. Something happened. Boss Bradley drank too much tonight,” he said quietly. He did not explain anything else like he usually did, even though I wanted to ask more questions because Bradley had been coming home drunk many times lately.

“Please help me. Let’s take him to the bedroom.”

Alex and I carried Bradley to the room together. His body was much bigger and heavier than mine, and I felt like my bones would break from the weight. I was also sure I would get bruises on my arms.

Both Alex and I were breathing hard when we finally placed Bradley carefully on the bed.

“Th-thank you!”

Alex gave a small smile and walked toward the door to leave Serenity Pines Estate. We rarely talked, just like I rarely talked with my husband Bradley.

I slowly removed Bradley’s shoes and socks while my face felt hot with embarrassment. After that, I tried to take off his polo shirt, which was something I could only do because he was unconscious.

How long had I been having these secret thoughts about him? He was my husband, very close to me physically but still very far away in his heart. We both followed an unspoken rule not to interfere in each other’s lives.

When I finally managed to pull off his polo shirt, he suddenly vomited. The terrible smell filled the room. My stomach turned and I almost vomited too. I tried very hard to stop myself while tears of frustration filled my eyes.

We do not keep servants in this house because I prefer it that way. However, maids from the Cornell family house come three times every week to help clean Serenity Pines Estate.

I cleaned the messy and sour vomit he left beside the bed.

Three years ago, my mother-in-law said that a woman’s duty was to serve her husband. I hoped that if I did my duty well, Bradley would notice me or maybe see that I truly loved him.

While I gathered the cleaning tools to wipe the floor, tears filled my eyes because the situation felt heavy in my heart.

How long must I keep living like this? How long will I wait for the love I give to my husband to finally come back to me?

But Bradley is the man I love so much. I have already given up many things for him. Can his sickness and drunken mess really be the thing that breaks my heart?

After carefully scrubbing the floor and making sure no bad smell remained in the room, I walked to the wardrobe to find his pajamas.

Inside one cabinet, I saw a beautiful box that I had never noticed before. Curious, I opened it and saw a very lovely necklace with a shining blue sapphire surrounded by small diamonds.

Tomorrow is our third wedding anniversary, and the thought made me feel excited. Could this be Bradley’s surprise gift for me?

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CHAPTER 1“Did you ever, even for one moment, think you could love me?” Mercy asked softly, her voice full of hope as she looked at Bradley’s hard and serious face.“Don’t make me laugh, Mercy. Everything between us was only for pleasure and business.”With a sad heart, she signed the divorce papers, still holding a small hope that one day she would meet a man who would truly love her and see how special she was.MercyOn a quiet night at Serenity Pines Estate, the place I have lived in for three years, the small click of the door told me my husband had arrived. My husband is Bradley Cornell, who is competing to become the president of Luminary Productions, a big entertainment company.I stood up from the sofa where I always waited for him and looked at the clock on the wall. It was already very late. It was one in the morning.The heavy wooden door slowly opened, and Bradley walked in with shaky steps. The strong smell of alcohol came into the room before he did. His arm was resting
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CHAPTER 2To calm my mind, I tried not to think too much about what I had just heard about Mayra coming back.I went back to my house chores, trying to focus on cleaning. A few hours later, Mrs. Thompson’s daughter came by with her three children. The kids ran happily across the shiny floor and jumped on the couch, leaving dirty marks everywhere. After eating a few snacks, they soon left with their mother.When I looked at the clock again, it was already two in the afternoon. The ladies finally finished their card game. They left orange peels, biscuit wrappers, and empty cups scattered on the table and floor, not caring about the mess they made.One by one they walked out of Serenity Pines Estate. Just before leaving, my mother-in-law turned to me and said, “Oh, I almost forgot. Bradley asked me to remind you about tonight’s dinner at the Heritage Harvest Hotel. Don’t forget.”After saying that, she walked toward the black Mercedes-Benz waiting outside while the driver held the door o
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CHAPTER 3“I gave you this job! We spent millions on this movie, and now the audience says the story is confusing. On top of that, the lead actress is involved in scandals and people are complaining!” My father shouted loudly in his big office.“Fix it!” he yelled again while throwing papers at me that had been neatly placed on his desk just a moment ago.I tightened my fist and walked out of his office.Problems kept happening again and again at Luminary Productions, and every single time my father pushed all the responsibility onto me.This had become normal between us at work. Even when he was the one who created the problems, he still blamed me because I was supposed to become the next president of production. According to him, it was my duty to see problems before they happened.But when would he finally give me that position?I had already been learning under him for two years, yet nothing seemed to change.Most days I almost lived inside the office. I worked hard just to satisf
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CHAPTER 4MercyBradley held my arms very hard. His fingers pressed into my skin. It felt like he was holding a stranger, not his wife. His face was dark with anger, like he did not know me anymore.His grip hurt so much. My bones felt weak, like they could break. I did not know what he was thinking. I never knew what went on in his mind, and that always scared me.As he pulled me down the big stairs, his chest moved fast with anger.“Bradley, please calm down! I… I didn’t do anything!” I cried. Tears ran down my face. Outside, heavy rain was falling, just like my tears.When he dragged me out of Serenity Pines Estate, the cold rain hit my body. Every drop felt sharp and cold. My head still felt strange from the drug the kidnappers forced on me before. My eyes were blurry and my mind felt slow.“No, Bradley!” I begged. I hoped he would stop and listen to me. I needed him to believe me. I was not guilty. Someone set me up.But his voice was cold.“Stay there!” he said and pushed me out
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The next day moved slowly and fast at the same time. Morning was fittings and fabric and sketches and the normal chaos of running a fashion brand. But my mind kept drifting to 8 PM. To a restaurant I didn’t know. To a man I barely knew. Tayo noticed. He always noticed. “You’re distracted,” he said when I pinned a hem wrong for the third time. “Usually you’d have my head for that.”I forced a laugh. “Long night.”He didn’t push. He just took the pin from my hand and fixed it himself. “Whatever it is, you’ve got this, boss. You always do.”I nodded, but I wasn’t sure. I hadn’t had “this” in six years. Not really. I’d had survival. I’d had work. I’d had Lily. But “this” — the thing where I chose something for myself, not because I had to, but because I wanted to — that was new. Lily called at lunch. Her voice was bright and loud, and it filled the hole in my chest that I pretended wasn’t there. “Mama! We made paper flowers today, and Miss Amina said mine was the prettiest!“You did so
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I woke up before my alarm. That never happened. For six years, my body was trained to wake up at 4:30 AM, heart pounding, checking the locks, listening for footsteps, for the sound of a car that shouldn’t be there. But this morning, I opened my eyes at 6:12 AM because sunlight was hitting my face and Lily was climbing onto my bed with a crayon in her mouth and a paper flower behind her ear.“Mama, you’re awake!” she whispered like it was a secret, even though she was shouting.I pulled her into my arms and breathed her in. She smelled like toothpaste and the strawberry shampoo she insisted on using, even though it made her hair tangle. “I’m awake, baby. Did you sleep well?”She nodded seriously, like it was important business. “I dreamed about the restaurant you went to. Was the cake good?”I froze for half a second. I hadn’t told her about dinner. But kids notice everything. The late night, the different energy when I came home, the way I’d smiled at my phone before putting it down.
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The next morning I woke up with James’s last text still in my head and the taste of rain on my lips and it felt dangerous to be that soft before coffee. Lily was already awake when I opened my eyes, standing next to my bed with the cupcake she’d saved from Miss Amina’s and her serious face on like she had important news. “Mama, you smell like the restaurant,” she said, holding the cupcake out to me. “And you’re smiling in your sleep.”I took the cupcake because I didn’t know what else to do with my hands. “Did I?”She nodded and climbed onto the bed beside me, tucking her legs under her like she was settling in for a long talk. “Miss Amina said when grown-ups smile in their sleep it means something good happened. Did something good happen?”I looked at her, at the way she trusted me with all her questions, at the way she believed I had answers. For years I’d lied to her about Marcus, about why we left, about why we didn’t have a dad in pictures. I told her stories about brave women a
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Marcus, standing on the sidewalk across from my building, didn’t leave my head for days. Even when he wasn’t there, I kept seeing him in every shadow, every car that slowed down too long, every man in a suit who looked at me a second too long. My body remembered him even when my brain was trying to forget. That’s what six years with him did. He got under your skin and stayed there like a splinter.But this time was different. This time I didn’t go down. This time I called security. This time Lily stood behind me with her hand in mine, and I didn’t shake when I looked at him through the glass. I was scared, yeah. But I wasn’t powerless. Not anymore.James kept showing up at night. Not inside, never inside unless I asked. He’d park across the street and sit in his car with the light off, like a guard dog who didn’t need to bark to let people know the house was protected. I’d see him from my window, and my chest would stop hurting so much. He never asked me to come down. Never texted “le
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The restraining order was just paper but it felt like a wall finallyly went up between me and Marcus and for the first time in six years I could breathe without looking over my shoulder every five seconds, though my body didn’t believe it right away because bodies remember fear longer than minds do and mine still flinched when a car slowed down outside Luminère or when a man’s voice got too loud in the elevator, but James was there for all of that without making me feel broken for it, he just stayed, steady and quiet, like he understood that healing wasn’t a straight line and that some days I’d be strong and some days I’d be a mess and both were okay with him. Lily took to him faster than I expected, which should’ve scared me but didn’t because the way she looked at him was the way she looked at Miss Amina and Tayo and the few people I’d let close, like she could see the good in them without me having to explain it, and when she handed him that crumpled paper flower on the night of h
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Freedom didn’t feel the way I thought it would. I thought it would be loud, like fireworks or a door slamming shut behind Marcus forever, but it was quieter than that, softer, like the first morning I woke up and didn’t check the locks before I checked on Lily, like the first time James texted me good morning and I didn’t read it three times looking for a hidden meaning, like the first time I designed something without wondering if Marcus would think it was good enough. It was small things stacking up until one day I realized the weight in my chest was gone, and I could breathe all the way down to my ribs without hurting.The weeks after court moved slowly and fast at the same time. Slow because I was still learning how to live without waiting for the next bad thing, fast because Luminère was growing in ways I hadn’t planned for and Lily was growing too, shooting up overnight like kids do, and James was growing into my life in a way that didn’t feel forced or rushed but natural, like
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