LOGINEloise thought she had it all: a devoted husband, a beautiful home, and a life full of love. But behind Julian’s charming smile was a man capable of unimaginable cruelty. Over the years, he betrayed her in every possible way—manipulating her, stealing her family’s trust, and even taking away their unborn child. The man she married was not the man she thought she knew. For seven years, Eloise endured his lies and schemes, all while quietly planning how to protect herself. When she finally discovers the truth about her parents’ deaths and Julian’s dark actions, she realizes that survival and revenge are the only options. Just when Eloise thinks she is alone in her battle, Drax enters her life. The boy who once tormented her in high school—her bully, her nemesis is now a confident and irresistible billionaire. He challenges her, makes her laugh, and awakens feelings she thought she had buried long ago. Torn between the man who destroyed her life and the man who ignites her heart, Eloise must navigate love, trust, and danger. Can she escape Julian’s control and find happiness with Drax, or will the past continue to haunt her?
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At 10 p.m., I had just laid down to go to sleep when I suddenly received a call from an unknown number in this city.
On the phone, a woman with a clear and pleasant voice asked me. "Your husband is so good in bed!"
I was completely baffled. I was just about to ask her who she was and how she knew how good my husband was in bed.
But the call had already been disconnected, leaving a busy tone.
I thought it was just a prank and didn't pay much attention to it.
But as soon as I put down my phone, it dawned on me: if it was just a prank, how could she have known my number?
Just as I was pondering this, I received another video text message, from the same unknown number that had called me earlier.
A text message followed.
"You don't believe me? Well then, take a good look at your husband Julian’s true colors."
After a few seconds of blankness, I curiously clicked play.
Immediately, a series of a woman's moaning sounds came from my phone, sounding particularly loud against the backdrop of the quiet bedroom, which startled me so much that I quickly turned the volume down!
After recovering from the shock, I glanced at the scene. It was a typical hotel room with a large bed, and men's and women's clothes were scattered all over the floor, their pale bodies entangled with each other.
The only way I can describe the scene was utterly obscene and violent!
I was furious. I thought to myself, who was so bored as to send me pornographic videos in the middle of the night!
Just as I was about to turn it off, a familiar voice drifted out from the video.
"Little vixen, twice already, isn't that enough?"
I felt like I'd been doused with cold water; I jolted awake and immediately stared intently at my phone screen.
"Are you trying to suck me dry?" Then, the man's face appeared on the screen— he was patting the woman's ass, saying with particular smugness.
I was completely stunned; my limbs and body went numb!
The man in the video was my husband— Julian, who was currently on a business trip in Moscow!
As if struck by lightning, my mind instantly lost the ability to think.I forced myself to calm down and watched the video several times.
I eventually determined that the video was not fabricated. Even the shooting time in the upper right corner showed that it was taken tonight, just a few minutes ago.
In other words, my husband used a business trip as an excuse to have sex with his mistress in a hotel!
Looking at Julian’s face in the video, a face I would recognize even if burnt to ashes, I felt utterly heartbroken.
Julian had called me late at night, saying that this client was too difficult to deal with, and that the contract definitely wouldn't be signed unless he drank himself into submission tonight.
He apologized to me with deep remorse, "Baby, I'll fly back as soon as I sober up tomorrow morning. Giving birth is a big deal for you, and I have to be by your side."
In recent years, due to the pandemic, the overall economic environment has been poor, and business has been difficult. Many startup owners have lost a lot of money. Although my husband had lost some money, it wasn't too bad.
After I got pregnant, he said he had to work hard to create good living conditions for our baby, so he worked much harder than before, often drinking until he blacked out and missing his flight home, ending up stranded in other places.
I felt sorry for him constantly entertaining clients for the sake of the company's profits, so I told him not to rush and to come back after he had rested.
I was only 39 weeks pregnant, not even my due date yet, so I told him not to worry. Looking back now, my understanding and consideration were a complete joke.
Were those days when he got drunk and missed his flight really just for business dinners?
I was the kind of person who couldn’t tolerate any flaws, so I immediately did the first thing my mind could bring up.
I called his phone but he hung up after it rang twice!
Then he sent a w******p voice message.
"I'm busy with social engagements and can't answer the phone right now. I miss you so much!"
Socializing?
So you're socializing in bed with other women?
I was filled with grief and anger, and just as I was about to call again, that person sent me a new video.I didn’t know how much courage it took for my trembling fingers to click on the second short video.
In the transparent glass bathroom, Julian was taking a shower, with two used condoms lying on the carpet.
"Babe, you're so bad. You lied to your wife again, saying you were out of town for a social event." The mistress deliberately gave a close-up shot and even asked in the video.
"If I didn't lie to her, how would I have time to spend with you?"
"Isn't she about to give birth? Aren't you going back to be with her?"
He said nonchalantly. "What's so special about a woman giving birth? I'll go back and take care of her, so she won't have to suffer."
"You bastard, is it because your wife is pregnant and it's inconvenient for you to touch her, that you're so unsatisfied? Tonight you almost smashed her to pieces."
"She's nowhere near as good as you," Julian scoffed disdainfully. "Even if she weren't pregnant, I wouldn't bother touching her."
"Liar! You can't even be bothered to touch her, how could she be pregnant? Is the child in her belly from some random guy?"
He remained silent.
The woman then asked, "So, Julian, when exactly are you going to get a divorce?"
Julian said in a flattering tone. "Baby, don't rush, okay? It's not the right time yet. I will never break my promise to you."
The woman was a little angry. "Then tell me, when is 'right time'?"
"Wait for her..."
The video ends abruptly here.
Even though I knew it was a trap set by the mistress to deliberately provoke me, I still fell into it.
Only today did I realize that my husband, Julian, whom I have loved for many years and who has always portrayed himself as the perfect husband, has such an unknown side.
Tears streamed down my face, and my heart was breaking.
The doctor advised me to rest in bed, so he sternly told me to quit my job and focus on my pregnancy.
He would always comfort me by saying that if he cheated on me, I would smash him to pieces and paste the pieces into the walls or throw them into the sewer, so that he would never have a good death in his next life or the life after that.
I was confident that while men all over the world may cheat, my husband would never!
My past self was ridiculous, wasn't it?
On the day I left for St Kilda, I sent a message to Shane, asking him to prepare for a possible lawsuit or maybe more than one.But as usual there was no reply.I wasn’t surprised. Shane was always distant and serious; we talk far less than with Jamie. But I understood. He was a top lawyer in high demand. Handling the small stuff himself? Unlikely. Luckily, Jamie was his assistant, so communicating through her works just as well.Julian drove himself in the BMW 7 Series I had given him.The car hummed along the highway, and Whitney Houston’s I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY played on repeat.As we neared the entrance, he turned to me.“Eloise, do you still remember this song?”I smiled faintly. “I remember. It was our first Christmas together. You learned to sing it just for me.”He looked out the window for a moment, a wistful expression softening his features. “Don’t you think it would be wonderful to go back to the past?”I suppressed a snicker. Go back to the past?Julian, if I could
“I can’t touch Rite, and I can’t touch the family,” I said slowly, my voice calm but cold. “But that doesn’t mean I’ll just swallow this anger. After I deal with Julian, I’ll think about the rest later. I refuse to believe that in this world, good can’t prevail over evil. That shouldn’t be the case… don’t you think?”Josh studied me carefully. “Does Genny know about your plan?” he asked. “Or have you kept it from everyone?”“Oh, you already figured it out?” I joked lightly as I leaned back in my chair. “I just didn’t want to drag everyone into trouble. Genny is my best friend. Of course she wouldn’t want me putting myself in danger.”I paused, then added, “But I don’t hide things from her. I told her that Julian is taking me to St. Kilda Resort. Coincidentally, one of her ex‑boyfriends works there as a product manager. He should be able to help me a little.”Josh frowned. “If you’re going to St. Kilda, Julian must already have a detailed plan,” he said. “Even if you bring bodyguards,
Three days later, Josh sent a message in the group chat saying that Rite’s lawyer wanted to settle the matter.We were the ones who started the fight, yet the other party suddenly said they would not pursue it. They only asked that both sides agree not to cause trouble for each other again.Josh asked in the group chat,“Miss Vale, should we agree to their request?”The moment I saw the message, I couldn’t stop myself from sneering. My fingers moved quickly across the screen.Demands? What right does she have to make demands? She should be begging.Genny was even angrier than I was. Her messages came one after another in the group chat.“The Johnson family has no shame at all! Let her try to be arrogant again. I can easily find a few marketing accounts and destroy her reputation! That bitch actually dares to make demands? What terrible luck!”I replied calmly, “We refuse her demands. Let her think carefully about why I hit her first. If she wants to go to court, I’ll wait for the good
Julian explained that Rite said that letting him go wasn’t possible for the time being. Wasn’t it because he was worried about his wife finding out when he got home? Simple, just change the shampoo. Later, Rite replaced all the toiletries in the house with the ones you bought, exactly the same.“Rite is very clingy. When I go on business trips, she almost always comes with me. She even asks me if I feel like I have a little family? Does she think having an affair is exciting? When you go back to your home and have sex with your wife at night, when you look at her face beneath you, do you feel like you’re having sex with me?”I suspect that Rite really did say those things to Julian given her shameless attitude when she’s with me, it was understandable she would.I asked Julian, "So what was your answer to Rite?"Julian said, "To be honest, wife, I was very scared… but I also admit that having an affair is exciting. But I also felt extremely guilty because of it. I was very fortunate






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