“How can you do this to me, Zane?!” I ask in a heartbroken and devastated tone as tears roll down my cheeks in torrents. “I stood by your side when everyone else left you! Hell, I donated my skin to you!” I say in a frantic tone as I try desperately to understand the reasons behind his actions. “Stop being pathetic, Zara. You have lost the one thing that made you useful: your beauty, and in turn, your modelling career. The only woman who can secure my inheritance is Elora. You were only good while you lasted.” Zane says with a sneer on his lips. “It's over between us,” Zane says with a tone of finality. __________________________ Zara Smith, blinded by love, abandons her heiress legacy and hides her identity to marry an illegitimate billionaire heir, Zane Wesley. After getting into an accident staged by his step-siblings, he urgently needs saving. Despite being informed of all she had to lose, she donates parts of her skin to heal him. When Zane no longer sees a need for her, he divorces her and marries another heiress to secure his inheritance. Three years later, she returns and is determined to bring Zane down. To do this, she reclaims her legacy and... forms an alliance with her all-along silent investor and billionaire heir, Leo Armstrong. Watch them ruin the cheating couple—piece by piece!
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Sex wasn’t the same anymore. Nothing has been the same since –
My thoughts were interrupted when my phone dinged. I rushed to check it, hoping it was a message from him, maybe to wish me a happy birthday, but it was from an anonymous number. Confusion had taken over my expression as I clicked the videotape he or she had sent to me. At first glance, I did not know how to react. It looked like my husband was dancing and romancing another woman in a setting that seemed to be a club. But Zane would never do such a thing. He would never hurt me that way. Taking a better look, my heart sank in an instant as I realized it was my husband for real! A blonde-haired lady was rubbing her body on his while his hand caressed her body, then she turned around and KISSED HIM! My phone fell from my hand, everything went silent. All I could hear was the slow beating of my heart. My chest tightened. I struggled to breathe as I stared at the video, the terrible act went on without an end, their tongues kept sliding into each other’s mouths. He was busy making out with another woman while I was stuck at home, still healing from the transplant three weeks ago.. I gave up everything for him, my life, my legacy, my body, everything. But apparently, I was wrong to have trusted him. This wasn’t the man I married, or at least I had hoped he wasn’t, but I had been seeing the signs.. Every single night, I waited to embrace him, but he returned home drunk. I tried to question him as to why he was so late, but he ignored me. He would just grumpily respond, telling me that he was too busy with work to even attend to his phone unless it was a call from a contractor. I thought the accident was still taking a toll on him. I made excuses for him, thinking he loved me too. I hoped he would stop being so nonchalant and return to the charming prince he was. A sudden sob tore through me, letting out all the pain I had ignored and kept buried for weeks. I did not know how long I had been there, but I sat there, crying like a little child who had misplaced herself from her parents. Just then, the door opened, and Zane walked in. “I’m sure you fucked your so hard that you forgot today was my birthday,” I said, anger hinting at my tone. “Why do you sound like that?” He asked, noticing the change in my demeanor tonight. “Why?” I asked him, the pain inside of me causing my entire body to throb. ‘ How could you do this to me? I thought you were still tired from the accident, but why did you have to hurt me like this?” My voice broke as fresh tears poured down my face. He squinted his eyes, looking confused, and was about to speak, but I had no time for puny games, so I showed him the video on my phone. The moment realization hit him, his brown eyes grew empty of all emotions, and his shoulders slouched slightly. So I was right, that woman was the work he had to do every single night, leaving me alone at home like his dog and not his wife. Just the thought of it caused my heart to grow heavy, and more tears flushed down my face. “How did you get that video?” He asked me, his thick brow arching. “Does it even matter how I got it? Is that what is important to you here?!” I raised my voice at him. “Is it the fact that I got the video you should focus on or the fact that the video even exists?!” How could you do this to me, Zane?!” I asked in a heartbroken and devastated tone as tears rolled down my cheeks once again, in torrents. “I stood by your side when everyone else left you! Hell, I donated my skin to you!” I said in a frantic tone as I tried desperately to understand the reasons behind his actions. “Stop being pathetic, Zara. You have lost the one thing that made you useful: your beauty, and in turn, your modelling career. The only woman who can secure my inheritance is Elora. You were only good while you lasted.” Zane said with a sneer on his lips. “It's over between us,” Zane said with a tone of finality. He turned to go upstairs but stopped abruptly. “I had hoped to allow you recover from the transplant and take your time to do whatever the fuck you want to around here but since it has come to this”. He bent over to take out a folder from his bag. “Here are our divorce papers. Sign it and get the fuck out of my house”. The silence echoed with thunderous rage while Zane stood there and watched me, calm and cold with emotionless eyes. My hands were shaking terribly, trying to get a grasp of the stack of papers he thrust into my hands. My eyes tearily scanned through the pages to be sure this wasn’t a prank. It was my birthday after all. He could be pulling a stunt. “I don’t care if you sign it now or not”. Zane said He dragged me by the shoulder, along with my shoes that were scattered on the floor where I was sobbing. I was too weak to resist his grasp. Too weak from trying to process everything that just happened today, on my birthday. “Now get out of my life and don’t come back here again,” Zane said as he slammed the door in my face. While I was still trying to process all that had happened, I heard a woman call out his name. I turned and saw a heavily pregnant woman as she walked towards the door. Why did she look like the woman in the video? Oh my God!Leo’s POV I approached Zara’s room, trying to temper the lingering irritation from what just happened at the villa. My knuckles still ached from the punch I landed on Zane’s ugly face, but I had no regrets. I had wished I could do so much more to him for thinking he could get Zara back in such an obscene and degrading manner.A nurse walked past me in a rush, but I managed to stop her. “Hello, can I meet the doctor of the patient in Room 706?”She nodded in a frenzy. “Yes, Yes, Dr Hale,” she said and gave me directions to where I could meet him.I went there and saw a middle-aged woman in a white coat emerging from an office. “Dr Hale,” I called out, after reading the name tag on her coat.She looked up at me with a warm smile. “Yes, how can I help you?”“I heard you’re the doctor overseeing the patient in Room 706. I’d like to know her condition now,” I inquired.“Okay? How are you related to the patient?” she asked, adjusting her glasses.“I’m her husband,” I uttered firmly and wit
Zara’s POVA steady beeping was the first thing I heard. The second was someone breathing over me. Was I dreaming? Was I back in the villa with Zane? My eyelids fluttered open slowly, but the light that seeped through blinded me. My mind was foggy, and my body sore like I had been hit by a truck.And then, like a cruel flood, the horrors of last night returned, ragged and terrifying. Zane’s deep growl as he called my name and came closer. How I continued limping even when all I wanted to do was lie down. I was lucky enough to be saved by a bunny from the bush that distracted Zane. And how I had to limp on the dark road in the middle of the night, having no one to call and no car to hail down. That was all I could remember.I struggled to open my eyes again, but still couldn’t make out the face over me. The person was speaking, but I couldn’t hear anything they said. If it were Zane, I wanted to be prepared to jump off whatever I was lying on.Seconds after, I forcefully jolted up, my
Leo’s POVShe bit her lip as his fists clenched. “She has been pretending the whole time. She wanted Zane to trust her so she could dig out his secrets,” she confessed, her voice barely above a whisper.I clenched my jaw. “What?”“Yes, Leo. She never intended to get back with Zane. It was all part of her revenge,” Mia said calmly.My chest suddenly became heavy as I staggered backwards, unable to believe what she just said. I could literally feel air leave my lungs.“She was…pretending?” I whispered, barely believing it.My eyes flickered sideways rapidly as memories of them together flashed through my mind. I thought I saw them then, but it was now I really saw. She hadn’t exactly looked comfortable. She didn’t look like someone happy in her relationship. But I had been blinded by past betrayals and distrust. Oh shit! I had insulted her, doubted her, and avoided her like a plague, but she was still the same Zara. The Zara I knew, approached and adored if I was being sincere.How lon
Leo’s POVI saw her get into Zane’s car, and I sure as hell wasn’t hallucinating. I had watched from across the road after speaking with a client. She entered into the front seat with a composed expression I couldn’t read. I didn't understand how she could still do that in broad daylight when anyone could have seen them. I acted like I hadn’t seen them and didn’t go after them. I didn’t care if they were fucking their brains out.And so for the past few days, I had been going home later than usual and leaving the house earlier to avoid meeting her. But both of them still had to shove their hideous relationship in my face during the day. I had to accept that I wouldn’t be able to avoid them totally until I was done accomplishing my goals.It was already past 10:00 pm when I was sure she would be home and already in bed, that I pulled up to the driveway. I had even contemplated sleeping in my office on a few occasions, but that would have raised suspicions I do not want.As soon as I
Zara’s POVMy eyes darted around the room, unable to grasp the sight it beheld.What the hell?I blinked rapidly, swallowing emotion, wondering what I would say to him that would still keep me on track. “You can give me your answer when we are done eating,” he finally said, noticing my shock. “But I need it tonight,” he said, rather firmly.Was that a threat? I looked down, my eyes darting sideways, giving him a slight nod.Then he sat down and continued eating like nothing had happened.We both ate in silence, as he glanced at me with a disgusting smile. I returned a forced smile, too. “I want you back, Zara. I made a mistake and have been paying for it since you left. Elora, who I thought was the one for me, was a snake I let into my home,” he said, regret loud in his voice.But that didn’t move me. I never expected his marriage to Elora to amount to anything, but I knew this wasn’t genuine. It was only part of his usual scheme of looking out for himself, especially when he had b
Zara’s POVThe air felt weighty as I stepped into Zane’s white Mercedes-Benz. I could almost choke at the reality that I was back in the car he used to abduct me three years ago. Yet he used this car to pick me up for our date like nothing horrifying happened to me here.“Are you okay?” Zane looked at me, noticing my discomfort.I wanted to scream my lungs out about how I obviously couldn’t be comfortable with him or in his stupid car. I sucked in a deep breath, steadying myself and reminding myself that this was only for a while. I wouldn’t have to put up with this brat any longer than I had to tonight.“I’m okay,” I replied softly, forcing a smile. Then I leaned back into my chair, brushing the discomfort aside.I was certain I was close to the finish line because I needed him to trust me enough to take me to the secret villa, and that worked faster than I had thought. The ride was quiet. I stared out the window as the city lights blurred past us. My mind wasn’t on the romantic mus
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