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It's Never a Good Idea to Share a Wife
It's Never a Good Idea to Share a Wife
Sweet Tea Nini

Chapter 1

Sweet Tea Nini
My daughter, Annie Crain, didn't understand what I meant. She looked up at me with wide, innocent eyes. "So… Is Mommy coming with us?"

I forced a bitter smile and shook my head. "She's found someone she loves here. She's not coming with us."

Annie licked her lips, her little face full of confusion. "Can't we give her one more chance? She promised she'd take me to kindergarten tomorrow."

I swallowed the ache in my throat. "Alright. We'll give her one more chance."

After I tucked Annie into bed, I opened the news article again.

The man and woman gazed into each other's eyes in the photo, tenderness and love written all over their faces.

It was then that I finally accepted the truth. The woman who had promised to spend forever with me had fallen in love with someone else.

I opened the train booking app and stared at the next available ticket back to Avalon. The earliest departure was seven days from now.

It was the very same day my wife, Jenna Birch, and Zach Corey were getting married.

Without another moment's hesitation, I booked two tickets home before heading to the bathroom to wash up.

By the time I came out, Jenna had just returned.

The rich scent of lavender drifted toward me, and I frowned.

It had been over six months, yet I still couldn't get used to the fragrance she always carried home after being with Zach.

Jenna paused, her arms half-open as if she meant to hug me. Instead, she poked playfully at my abs. "Still upset?"

I took a step back, meeting the tender look in her eyes. "Can you stop seeing Zach? I don't want to share you with another man. And I don't want you carrying his child."

I'd said those words more times than I could count over the past six months. Every time, the answer had been the same.

Jenna didn't get angry. Instead, she let out a quiet, weary sigh.

"Enzo, don't be like this. You know why I have to do this. The only way I can officially inherit the Birch family fortune is if I give birth to Zach's son—the Birch family's eldest grandson."

"Then, let's get divorced." The words scraped against my throat, but I forced them out anyway. They'd been weighing on my heart for far too long.

Jenna blinked, clearly caught off guard.

"Where is this coming from?" she asked, frowning. "You agreed to this arrangement in the first place."

She wasn't wrong. I'd been the one who gave my consent.

But six months ago, we'd agreed on something entirely different. The plan was for her to conceive through IVF—not by sleeping with Zach.

At first, Jenna had kept her distance, treating Zach with the same cold indifference she'd always shown the man who had once humiliated her.

But as time went on, she started seeing him more and more. What began as once a month became twice a week. Now, she was with him almost every day.

I'd long since lost count of how many nights I'd spent waiting for her to come home or lain awake alone, staring at the empty side of the bed.

When I didn't answer, Jenna let out another quiet sigh. "You know my family's never approved of our marriage. Now that I finally have a chance to reclaim my place in the family, how am I supposed to walk away from it?"

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  • It's Never a Good Idea to Share a Wife   Chapter 11

    What Jenna had done to Annie and me was unforgivable. But there was still one last thing she owed us.I brought Annie home. When she woke up, I placed a rolling pin in her hands."Go on," I said quietly. "Hit her. Make her pay for what she did to you that night." But what harm could a little girl possibly do?Annie was just too kind. She never lifted the rolling pin.Instead, she looked quietly at Jenna, her eyes brimming with tears. "Mommy, you promised you'd come to my kindergarten with me. But you went to be with Mr. Corey instead. You hit me so hard that day.""I thought… if you just hugged me, I'd forgive you. But you never came to see me. Not even when I was in the hospital. That's when I realized you weren't my mommy anymore. "My mommy loves me. She'd never hurt me. Ms. Birch… I hate you."Jenna's shoulders slumped under the weight of Annie's words. Tears spilled down her face as she opened her mouth, desperate to explain.But there was nothing she could say.In the

  • It's Never a Good Idea to Share a Wife   Chapter 10

    A crowd quickly gathered around us. Many of them were parents of Annie's classmates."Hey! What do you think you're doing?" one of them shouted. "You can't just snatch someone else's child in broad daylight!""Exactly!" another chimed in. "Everyone knows Annie's mother has passed away. Who do you think you're fooling?"The parents quickly stepped in, forming a barrier between Jenna and us."Go," one of them urged. "We'll handle this."I nodded my thanks, took Annie's hand, and left.…I'd underestimated how persistent Jenna could be.By the time I'd finished making dinner, the doorbell rang. When I opened the door, Jenna was standing outside, her face bruised and swollen. "Can we talk?" she asked."Give me half an hour."Without waiting for a response, I closed the door.Annie looked up from her dinner. "Daddy, who was at the door?""Just a stranger," I said.She simply nodded and went back to eating.After dinner, I settled Annie in her room and put on a cartoon for he

  • It's Never a Good Idea to Share a Wife   Chapter 9

    The orphanage was right next to a kindergarten, with an elementary school just a short walk away.I decided to settle down there for good and enrolled Annie in the kindergarten. I used the money I'd managed to save before I got married to buy a small apartment so I could be closer to her.The deed was in my name. The moment I held the title deed in my hands, I realized I finally had a home again. A tiny home, less than 400 square feet. Just Annie and me.After graduating, I worked as a designer for a few years. When Jenna gave birth to Annie, she threw herself into work and barely had time for the baby.So, I quit my job and took over everything at home.I went to several job interviews in the county, but every one of them ended in rejection. Ironically, the offer I finally received came from the local branch of a publicly listed company.There was just one condition. During my three-month probation period, I'd have to deliver a proposal that proved I deserved the job.Compared

  • It's Never a Good Idea to Share a Wife   Chapter 8

    Jenna remembered how overwhelmed she'd been when she first became a mother.Annie had opened her eyes to Jenna's face first. And when she finally learned to talk, the very first word she uttered was "Mommy".But somewhere along the way, Jenna had thrown herself into establishing her company—chasing investors, chasing success—until she'd forgotten two people were waiting for her at home.After returning to the Birch family, she'd been consumed by thoughts of revenge against everyone who had once humiliated her.And when it came to Zach, he was nothing more than the foolish infatuation of youth. She'd mistaken something beneath her feet for something beyond her reach. Jenna stood frozen outside her front door, her hand refusing to reach for the doorknob.She pinned my chat back to the top before sending me a message, asking where Annie and I were. The message never went through.Panic gripped her. She shoved the front door open, only to find that the house was empty.As she bent

  • It's Never a Good Idea to Share a Wife   Chapter 7

    Zach was supposed to be the man Jenna had always wanted to marry. But at the very last moment, she hesitated. She couldn't remember what she'd ever loved about Zach.Once, she'd been nothing more than a stray—an unwanted bastard with no known father, someone everyone looked down on and kicked aside.When she finally learned who her biological father was, she'd rushed to find him, convinced she'd finally found where she belonged.Instead, he denied she was his daughter and couldn't wait to throw her out.Zach happened to be visiting the Birch family that day. With a casual smile, he'd said, "Keep her. She can stay around as a pet, if nothing else."Back then, Jenna had only heard the first part. She'd ignored the contempt dripping from the rest of his words.But just before they exchanged vows at the present, the memory came flooding back. Zach had never seen her as an equal—never even as a person. To him, she'd always been nothing more than a stray he could toy with whenever he

  • It's Never a Good Idea to Share a Wife   Chapter 6

    Meanwhile, Jenna glided through the hotel ballroom in an elegant designer gown, making the rounds among the business elite.The wedding itself was merely a means to an end. More than a celebration, it was an opportunity to strengthen connections and foster powerful allies.As for Zach… He was simply another symbol of her success.Just as she lifted her glass for another toast, her hand suddenly shook, splashing red wine across her gown.An inexplicable sense of unease gripped her. It was as if something important had slipped beyond her grasp.Jenna scanned the ballroom, her gaze sweeping across the crowd. Nothing seemed out of place.Then, her phone vibrated in her pocket. She took it out and opened her messages. Scrolling past the pinned conversations, her eyes landed on the latest message from me.It read, "Instead of spending a lifetime making each other miserable, let's forget each other while we still can. I hope you'll be happy. Annie and I will disappear from your lives f

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