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She Was Reborn to Put Me in Prison
She Was Reborn to Put Me in Prison
Penulis: Vague

Chapter 1

Penulis: Vague
"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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  • She Was Reborn to Put Me in Prison   Chapter 12

    Just before they put me in the car, a memory surfaced.The day she quit her job three years ago, I had asked her, "You won't regret this?"Her back was turned to me. I hadn't paid attention at the time.I assumed she had said, "No regrets."Only then did I realize her "How could I?" hadn't been acceptance at all. She had already been planning exactly how to play me.I whipped my head around. The handcuffs rattled.At the end of the hallway, she had her back to me, about to step into the office.But as if she had eyes in the back of her head, she raised her right hand and gave me a small, casual wave.All the evidence proved my guilt. The court sentenced me to eight years.Elena got her divorce and walked away with the majority of the assets, including the house.She returned to public accounting and later passed the bar exam.She dedicated herself to advocacy for women trapped in abusive marriages, especially survivors of financial abuse.She helped them untangle their finances, gather

  • She Was Reborn to Put Me in Prison   Chapter 11

    So I had been caught in this carefully laid trap from the very beginning?"I endured it for three full years. The obedience was an act. The timidity was a performance. The ignorance was a lie. I needed you to drop your guard, step by step.""Those signatures..." My voice was shaking. "The documents you signed for me... you recorded all of it?""Every time you sweet-talked me into signing, every promise that it was for the family, every assurance that you'd handle everything... I recorded it all. Madison backed up the original records for every falsified entry and every diverted fund. Together, it makes a complete paper trail. You're not getting out of this."I thought I had tamed her into a house cat. I never imagined she had been the hunter all along, waiting to close the net."Why..." I looked at her, grasping for one last excuse."We've been married all these years. Do you really have to ruin me completely? Fine, I admit I was a little hard on you sometimes. But everything I did was

  • She Was Reborn to Put Me in Prison   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

  • She Was Reborn to Put Me in Prison   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

  • She Was Reborn to Put Me in Prison   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

  • She Was Reborn to Put Me in Prison   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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