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She Was Reborn to Put Me in Prison

She Was Reborn to Put Me in Prison

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Reborn

Tragic Love

Plot Twists

Homewrecker

Girl Power

Male POV

Marriage

Family Emotions

Revenge

Before our marriage, my wife was the kind of woman everyone envied. She was strikingly beautiful and had graduated from a top university. Young as she was, she had already made a name for herself in finance, with a brilliant career ahead of her. I hated women like her: independent, proud, sharp-edged, decisive, and strong-willed. She was the dazzling center of attention wherever she went. So I set about systematically grinding away every last edge she had. After the wedding, I used "taking care of the family" as an excuse to pressure her into leaving a key position in a fast-rising career. I took control of her bank accounts and tamed her into a docile cat that only knew how to say yes. Then I deliberately crushed her confidence, vetoing every decision she made, nitpicking even the smallest daily tasks. I belittled her abilities in front of others and dismissed everything she contributed. Over and over, I wore down her willpower and pride until she had given up every piece of herself. I even made her the CFO of my company and dumped documents on her to sign, ensuring she would be the one to take the fall. I thought I could never lose. Until federal agents knocked on my office door and slapped a stack of evidence on my desk. "Mr. Tyler Hayes, you'll need to come with us." I frowned, flipped through the evidence, and froze. No wonder she had become so obedient. Looking back, the signs had been there all along.

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Chapter 1

Chapter 1

"You're back? You're late tonight."

Her voice was soft as she reached out to take my suit jacket.

I sidestepped her hand and tossed the jacket onto the couch.

"Busy day at the office." I loosened my tie.

I walked over to the dining table and sat down. All my favorite dishes were laid out, still at the perfect temperature.

I picked up my spoon, tasted the seafood chowder, and immediately frowned.

"Too salty. What the hell is this?" I dropped the spoon onto the table with a clatter.

She tensed up instantly, standing by the table, not knowing what to do with her hands.

"Tyler, I'm sorry... I'll remake it right now."

Her eyes were filled with panic, like a schoolgirl caught doing something wrong.

A fierce sense of satisfaction filled me, but I kept scolding her.

"Forget it, it's drinkable! Just pay attention next time. You can't even handle something this simple. What am I keeping you around for?"

She nodded quickly and sat across from me.

She ate in tiny, timid bites, not daring to say another word.

I watched her and liked what I saw.

Three years ago, when I first met her, she was nothing like this.

Back then, she was an auditor. She wore a perfectly tailored suit and stilettos when she came to discuss a business partnership.

Her eyes were bright as stars then, and she spoke with crisp, clear logic.

Even when I threw deliberately difficult questions at her, she answered every one without missing a beat, poised and self-assured.

That was when I first thought it: a woman that sharp, that proud...

If I could keep her at home, grind away every edge she had, and make me the center of her world, that would be interesting.

Winning her over didn't take much effort.

I had just started my business then, with some seed money and a decent car.

I was generous, and with a few carefully rehearsed sweet lines, she quickly fell for me.

She had been raised in a strict family, had barely dated, and was trusting by nature.

She took everything I said at face value, convinced I was the man she could spend her life with.

I was the one who proposed.

The day I got down on one knee, I held her hand and said,

"Elena, quit your job and let me take care of you! Corporate life is brutal. Stay home, keep the house nice, spend time with me. It's better than dealing with difficult clients all day.

"All the money will be yours to manage. Just relax and enjoy life."

She cried happy tears and nodded yes.

Looking back now, she was laughably naive.

Once a woman has her own career and independent income, she's impossible to control.

Cut off her financial lifeline, make her completely dependent on me, and she'll be obedient forever, never daring to leave.
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12 Chapters
Chapter 1
"You're back? You're late tonight."Her voice was soft as she reached out to take my suit jacket.I sidestepped her hand and tossed the jacket onto the couch."Busy day at the office." I loosened my tie.I walked over to the dining table and sat down. All my favorite dishes were laid out, still at the perfect temperature.I picked up my spoon, tasted the seafood chowder, and immediately frowned."Too salty. What the hell is this?" I dropped the spoon onto the table with a clatter.She tensed up instantly, standing by the table, not knowing what to do with her hands."Tyler, I'm sorry... I'll remake it right now."Her eyes were filled with panic, like a schoolgirl caught doing something wrong.A fierce sense of satisfaction filled me, but I kept scolding her."Forget it, it's drinkable! Just pay attention next time. You can't even handle something this simple. What am I keeping you around for?"She nodded quickly and sat across from me.She ate in tiny, timid bites, not daring to say an
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Chapter 2
The first year of marriage was my golden window for taming her.I took away her bank cards and put her on a fixed allowance of $360 a month.Groceries, household supplies, anything she wanted for herself. It all came out of that.At first, she wasn't used to it. She said she wanted to replace her usual skincare products.They cost about $200, so she asked me for extra money.I threw the household bills down in front of her."Do the math yourself! HOA fees, gas, electric, water... you think any of that is free? I'm out there killing myself, and you're at home living it up. Just use drugstore brands. You're home all day. Who are you putting on makeup for?"Her eyes turned red instantly, and she lowered her head. "I understand."After that, she never bought anything expensive again.When her former coworkers invited her to dinner, she told me three days in advance.She said she'd be going to a department get-together and would be back by eight.I said she could go. Then that afternoon, I
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Chapter 3
Recently, I discovered that her best friend, Madison Reed, had been helping her set up a burner Instagram account.I didn't blow up on the spot. I just saved the screenshots and then gave her the silent treatment for two straight weeks.I also cut off her allowance. I started buying all the groceries myself, making sure she didn't have a single dollar of cash.At first, she tried to win me back, cutting up fruit for me and drawing my bath. I ignored all of it.Eventually, she cracked. She knocked on the door of my home office in the middle of the night.Her eyes were swollen from crying, and she choked out the words."Tyler, it was my fault. I won't contact Madison anymore. Please stop ignoring me, okay?"I sat in my chair and finally looked at her."Then tell me what you did wrong.""I shouldn't have followed Madison behind your back. I shouldn't have gone against what you said."Her voice shook badly."And?""I shouldn't have... made that burner account behind your back."Only then d
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Chapter 4
I named her as the company's CFO.I brought home a thick stack of documents for her to sign.She flipped through them, then hesitated."What are these? I can't make sense of most of them. Could I get in trouble for signing them?"I sat beside her, wrapped my arm around her shoulder, and gave it a gentle squeeze."Don't be silly. What could go wrong? It's routine company paperwork, just a formality. You're my wife. Having my own wife as CFO puts my mind at ease. Relax. I've got everything covered. Even if something did come up, I'd handle it all. I would never let you take any of the heat."She still hesitated, biting her lip without speaking.My expression turned cold. I let go of her and leaned back on the couch. "What? You don't trust me? We're married. Would I do anything to hurt you? Why do you think I'm working so hard to build this company? It's for this family, for you. You won't even do this one small thing for me. Are you waiting for my company to go under?""No, that's not...
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Chapter 5
After that, signing documents became her daily routine.Sometimes it was promissory notes, sometimes personal guarantees, sometimes vaguely worded authorization forms.I used a different excuse every time."The bank needs this." "It's for a client due-diligence review."At first she would still flip through a couple of pages. Eventually she stopped looking altogether.She would pick up the pen, sign, push the documents back, and go back to reading her book or staring into space.I noticed she had started going into the home office late at night.But she just sat there quietly, looking through those documents.I didn't think much of it. After all, she didn't know the first thing about finance.Elena grew more docile by the day, and quieter.Her life had shrunk to cooking, cleaning, and waiting for me to come home. She had become a pretty but useless ornament.One night, I came back from a client dinner past two in the morning. The living room TV was still on, its volume barely audible,
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Chapter 6
I frantically tried to reach Vanessa. After all, our relationship had gone well beyond professional.Ever since she joined the company, I had started working late far more often.Every evening, she had some new thrill planned for us before helping me clean up those ugly accounts.Under the office lights, the curve of her profile was beautiful.She had more allure than Elena, stuck at home with nothing to offer but housework.I thought no man alive was luckier than me. Elena was docile and obedient, never a word of complaint, the perfect wife.Vanessa was passionate and sexy, never made unreasonable demands, and could handle every problem in the books.One night, Vanessa and I stayed together until the early hours before I went home.Elena was waiting on the couch, as usual.TV on, fast asleep.I walked over and looked at her curled-up form, and suddenly felt nothing. Even the way she slept was so small and timid.Vanessa, on the other hand, always sat across from me with a smile, raise
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Chapter 7
The evidence from IRS Criminal Investigation was spread out in front of me. The biggest item was the very transaction Vanessa had helped me with.She had said, "Mr. Hayes, this round-trip transaction is too conspicuous! We need to build a complete set of procurement records to support it."I left everything in her hands. In just one week, she assembled the full package.Contracts, purchase orders, invoices, bills of lading, delivery confirmations... every last piece.She even forged the vendor signatures and letterheads flawlessly.I went over it again and again. If I hadn't known it was fabricated, I would have believed it was legitimate.I thought the whole thing had blown over. I never imagined it would bring this much trouble.My mind raced, trying to figure out who was trying to take me down."Agent, please! I think there may be some misunderstanding. Our company operates within the law. The books are clean. I can't imagine anyone reporting us.""The evidence is right here. We'll
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Chapter 8
Even as they led me away, I was still trying to talk my way out."The CFO handled all of this. I had no idea! I only deal with business operations. She managed all the finances. I didn't know anything!""You mean Elena Harper?" The investigator looked at me, something odd in his eyes."She is the CFO, yes. But we have a complete paper trail proving that every falsified account and every diverted fund was created at your direction. And the whistleblower who came forward under her own name... was her.""What did you say?" I stood there as if struck by lightning."That's impossible! She doesn't know anything! She can't even read a financial statement—"The words died in my mouth as the office door opened.Elena walked in.She wasn't wearing her usual shapeless house clothes. She had on a sharply tailored black suit.Her hair was pulled back clean and neat. Light makeup. Her eyes calm and razor-sharp.How had she turned back into the same sharp, formidable woman I remembered from the first
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Chapter 9
What shocked me even more was the person standing behind her... Vanessa?When had the two of them even met?!No, maybe it wasn't Vanessa. Maybe the resemblance was only superficial.But why was the other woman looking at my wife with such warmth, such intimacy? The way she gazed at Elena was tender and affectionate.My thoughts scattered. I pointed at them, my voice trembling."You two... what is..."Elena looked straight at my panicked face without the slightest reaction. There was only indifference in her eyes."Surprised?"Her voice was soft, her tone detached."The passionate affair, the secret lover you thought was yours... it was nothing more than one piece of a plan I had carefully set in motion."Vanessa stepped forward, standing beside Elena, shedding every ounce of warmth she had ever shown me.Her eyes were cold. Not a trace of the intimacy remained."Sir, I never loved you. From the very first day I got close to you, my job was to keep track of every dirty thing you did."M
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Chapter 10
When she spoke, her voice was steady, stripped of every trace of the timidity and submission she once wore."Let me introduce myself properly. Elena Harper, CPA. The truth is, I've already died once at your hands!"I frowned and took a step back."What the hell are you talking about? Have you lost your mind?""You've always been the crazy one." She stared at me coldly."In my last life, I listened to you. I quit my job and became your live-in maid. You took my bank cards and cut off every friend I had. You froze me out and tore me down, step by step, until there was nowhere left to turn! When the accounts blew up, you pinned every charge on me and said I had done it all on my own. I had no way to defend myself. My reputation was destroyed. In the end, you drove me to take my own life."Her tone was so flat she could have been telling someone else's story, but the hairs on the back of my neck stood on end."I was only thirty-two when I died." She looked me in the eyes."Even in my final
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