The Wife He Threw Away

I never thought this day would come. I’ve imagined a lot of things that could go wrong in my marriage, but I never even imagined that it would come to this. And I never thought I would see it with my own eyes. But there it was— a picture of my husband holding another woman close, smiling in ways he never smiled at me. To make it worse, it was not just any woman. It was Eva Sterling. “Multibillionaire, Lucian Dhark, reunites with superstar, Eva Sterling.” When I first read the headline, I was so shocked I could barely stand on my feet . For a moment, it felt like the world was spinning. The name ‘Eva Sterling’ haunted me. Eva was the woman who lived on magazine covers and television screens, the golden girl admired by the whole world. I grew up watching Eva on TV, in my tiny dorm room, wondering how someone could look so flawless. How someone could be so wanted. She always seemed so perfect, so untouchable and glamorous, almost as if she wasn’t part of the same wor

I wanted to stay home.My whole body felt heavy and hollow. The doctor’s words would not stop ringing in my head. It felt like my eyes were burning with tiredness. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Lucian turning away from me after hearing the doctor’s words… Earlier that day, Lucian’s assistant had sent me a reminder:“Your presence is required at the Dhark Foundation Gala.”In other words, I had to go to the event, with or without Lucian. My whole life, I’ve been taught that the good wife shows up. So I dressed up, put on faint makeup, and I showed up. But I regretted coming to the Gala as soon as I stepped in. The photographers barely glanced in my direction as I stepped out of the car. Their cameras swung past me, settling instead on a woman in a red dress. They screamed her name and the camera lights flickered endlessly. It was just Claire Moreau after all. If Lucian had accompanied me, it would have been a completely different story. Inside the ballroom, golden chandelie