LOGINRiley Anderson built her life on the illusion of a perfect marriage, only to watch it crumble when the man she loved chose her sister instead. Betrayed, humiliated and discarded, she should have walked away quietly, crying from how poorly she got treated by the man she gave up everything for, but Riley isn’t ready to surrender the life, the name, or the power she fought to build and keep. If love couldn’t bind him, maybe revenge will.
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Riley's Pov
My first mistake was going to Claire's house to cry my eyes out before her to see what marriage did to me.
The second mistake I made was allowing her to drag me down here to get drunk, and the last mistake for the day was sitting down here and eyeing another man who was not my husband.
I knew I shouldn't be doing this even when I was drunk. I shouldn't be here in a bar in the first place. I shouldn't be taking shaky steps towards the elegant Aiden Cole, whose grey eyes remained on my cleavage.
I shouldn't have made it to his side. I shouldn't have leaned in for a kiss on his delicate, juicy-looking lips, nor should I have wrapped my arms around his neck.
I shouldn't sit down on his dick, strangle him with my butt, and eat up his lips aggressively like I was doing.
It was not my fault, my husband made me do it.
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Weeks ago...
"Let's welcome Riley Spears, our guest speaker today on our show HOW TO KEEP YOUR DESTINED HUSBAND AS A PERFECT WIFE." The main presenter welcomed me in, and everyone went into a jubilant mood. Shouting on top of their voices.
I stepped into the camera of the TV show, and with my perfectly practiced smile on my lips. They were expecting to see a perfect woman for a show like this, and a perfect woman they would see.
"Please, Mrs Spears, greet the people watching you from home." I was told.
"Hello, everyone watching from home, it's me again, Riley Spears, the living example of a perfect wife for a perfect husband."
The presenters smiled and clapped.
"Today, I've come with another one of the packaged tips on how to be a perfect wife for your husband, the type of wife that would get your husbands locked in your embrace all day long."
"Oh, I know the citizens watching us would be so anxious right now, they can't wait for you to begin. If they are like me, I would grab a notebook and pen to jot down the points." One of the presenters said smilingly.
"But you are not with any of the things you mentioned, sweetheart." The other presenter said to her.
"Shut up." She scolded and they all laughed.
I took my stage again, "So, as I have said, the first tip I have for you all today is to always smile," I pointed my index fingers to my lips, and repeated, "Smile."
"A wise man once said that when you let out a radiant smile, there are two things involved. One, you spread happiness. Two, people return your smile, and love blooms."
"Wow! I've never heard of that before." One of the presenters said to me, and I smiled at her. "I'll start using that."
"There is another way to keep your husband, this is mostly used when you go out together to parties, meetings, or any gatherings with many people. Normally, in such gatherings, wives are not to disgrace their husbands. Husbands tend to hate wives who disgrace them in front of their friends, business partners, or relatives, so to be a perfect wife, you have to know how to be perfect in front of other people. You have to know how to keep your perfect smile, wave a little when interacting with others, and speak smartly."
"Again, after knowing how to keep the husband proud in front of other people at home, you have to know how to cook and take care of your husband, show your husband that you have nobody else. Try to make him see himself as a god, and with that, you will create a perfect husband out of your husband through your perfect nature. Thank you."
"Oh my goodness! That's the best tips we have ever had for a while, thank you for those, Mrs Riley Spears."
I smiled at them with a delicate fake smile.
The truth was that everything was a lie. My life was not perfect, nor was my marriage. All the things I said to the people listening to me, I did them at home, but that didn't make my husband look at me twice. I was empty inside and broken.
I never knew how I could tell the people that everything I was saying about my perfect marriage was nothing but a fabricated lie. How was I to tell them that with these tips you cannot win your husband's heart like I couldn't win mine?
It felt like a dream to me when I walked down the aisle to meet my husband who was at the altar waiting for me on our wedding day. I had always wanted him, but I never thought he felt the same way for me, and I never minded.
Even with that, I went to the wedding with him. It was not an easy task to win him over and when I did, I felt that I had achieved everything in my life, until after the wedding.
During the wedding, I noticed my husband was not smiling. He did not look mad, but he was void of any emotions. He looked like he didn't want me. What was I thinking when I had it in my mind that my love was enough for both of us? I understood that it was a little bit too late to regret and it hurts me so bad.
"Thank you for coming to our Show, Mrs Riley Spears. Do well to come by again next time when we invite you, and this is the end of the show with Mrs Riley Spears, on our Show, HOW TO KEEP YOUR DESTINED HUSBAND AS A PERFECT WIFE."
I saw that that was the clue for me to return home. When I got out of the TV station, my driver was waiting for me. I entered the car and brought out my phone, desperately wishing that I must have missed a call from my husband because I spent a little bit too long at the TV station. The program was delayed but there was no call at all from him
I did not let it pull me down. I returned home to make dinner, and it was later at night before my husband returned from work. He did not spare me a little glance. He went to his room to rest for the night, while I returned to my room to cry myself to sleep.
RILEY’S POVThe apartment felt too quiet.Not the comfortable quiet Claire and I were used to, the kind where music hummed in the background and someone inevitably burned something in the kitchen.This quiet was different. Heavy.I stood in the kitchen doorway, staring at the clock on the wall. The second hand ticked steadily forward like it was mocking the way I kept glancing toward the front door.Aiden should’ve been home by now. He hadn’t told me where he was going earlier, just that he had “something to handle.” His voice had been neutral when he said it, but there had been tension sitting under the words.I noticed things like that, especially with him.I had tried not to ask questions. I had been trying very hard lately not to push him into corners he didn’t want to stand in.Still… something about the way he left had unsettled me. The lock finally turned.I straightened immediately, my heart jumping slightly.The door opened and Aiden stepped inside.The moment I saw his fa
RILEY’S POVThe apartment felt too quiet.Not the comfortable quiet Claire and I were used to, the kind where music hummed in the background and someone inevitably burned something in the kitchen.This quiet was different. Heavy.I stood in the kitchen doorway, staring at the clock on the wall. The second hand ticked steadily forward like it was mocking the way I kept glancing toward the front door.Aiden should’ve been home by now. He hadn’t told me where he was going earlier, just that he had “something to handle.” His voice had been neutral when he said it, but there had been tension sitting under the words.I noticed things like that, especially with him.I had tried not to ask questions. I had been trying very hard lately not to push him into corners he didn’t want to stand in.Still… something about the way he left had unsettled me. The lock finally turned.I straightened immediately, my heart jumping slightly.The door opened and Aiden stepped inside.The moment I saw his fa
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