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Chapter 1

The man I shared a bed with for the past five years had a legally wedded wife and two children. To make things worse, he had been secretly dosing me with contraceptives all this time! Now, I was pregnant with a child he would never acknowledge as his.-I wandered out of the company like a lost soul. Victoria Winston was the heiress to the Winston business empire. I was more than familiar with that name. Daniel Hudson had ranted about her more than once. “Victoria is arrogant just because she’s rich! I’ll never marry her, not even if I go broke!“Emma, you’re the only one in the world who understands me. None of those rich heiresses actually love me!“The board of directors is putting the pressure on me now, so we should keep our marriage a secret. I’ll publicly introduce you as my wife once I gain control over the entire company.”What a joke, all of it. His children were old enough to go to school now. Everything I had done over the past five years amounted to nothing.I woke

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Chapter 2

In my bedroom, I quietly packed my clothes. The mirror reflected my haggard face and the perfume Daniel had given me. He said it was a limited edition scent he had purposely brought back from Paris.How ironic.“Emma.” Daniel’s voice came from behind me, startling me. The perfume bottle slipped from my hands and shattered on the floor.“Watch out!” He rushed over to me and grabbed my hand to check for scratches. The light of the chandelier shone on his frown of worry, like that of an investment banker staring at the stock market. He finally heaved a sigh of relief when he saw I was unhurt, calling out the door. “Maria! Come and clean the floor. We can’t let Emma get hurt!”His acts of concern used to move me, but after overhearing his conversation with his mother, his pretense only made me sick to my stomach.“Don’t you have dinner with the board of directors tonight?” I stared at his reflection in the mirror, my tone calm.He began to fidget with his tie. It was his habit when

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Chapter 3

Daniel was extremely efficient. That morning, he soothed me gently by the bed, saying he could not defy the board of directors. By noon, our apartment was a flurry of activity — The butler bought children’s toys, the cleaner prepared the guest room, and the chef asked about the children’s dietary preferences.I watched them coldly and returned to my room to pick up the luggage I had already packed. When I got to the lift lobby, a cup came flying at me.The burning hot latte scalded my skin through my silk blouse.“Mean lady!” A little boy stood on the stairs, holding another cup.The girl next to him aimed a phone camera at me. “Mom was right. We should teach wretches like her a lesson so she gets away from Dad!”Another cup shattered at my feet, sending shards flying everywhere.I tried to dodge, but a woman stood behind me.Victoria looked down on me, wearing a full suit of high-end brand. “Aren’t you Daniel’s girlfriend? Why do you look so pathetic?”She emphasized the word

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Chapter 4

Contraceptives? I looked at Daniel in shock, shaking. “What contraceptives?”Daniel avoided my gaze and fidgeted with his tie. “What matters is, you can’t possibly be pregnant.”I stared at him and suddenly understood. The “vitamins” he gave me every day, supposedly imported from Switzerland, were contraceptives. No wonder the doctors kept saying my hormone levels were too low to conceive. I even took supplements and did yoga every day to reduce my stress, all in the hopes of having a baby.Three months ago, I stopped taking the vitamins because I was worried about their contents. Ironically, my caution foiled his careful plan.The pain in my belly intensified. Blood rushed out from between my legs. I looked at the red blossoming on my white dress and finally understood what was happening.I grabbed his hand desperately. “I’m begging you… Call the ambulance…”Daniel hesitated, but Victoria quickly interrupted him. “I studied medicine at Johns Hopkins University, but I’d never s

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Chapter 5

I was not dead, of course. They would never know that the cremated body was just a nameless Jane Doe in the hospital morgue.When I woke up, I was in a private hospital in Geneva, with the snowy Alpine peaks outside my window.The nurse who was changing my IV drip was moved to tears when she saw I was awake. “You’re finally awake, Miss Harris! You’ve been unconscious for a month!”I stared at the snow outside, my memories gradually returning to me. My father’s comrade had reached me in time. He used his special connections to transfer me out of the hospital, fake my death, and take me away from the country. I could only walk after resting two months in Switzerland. The woman I saw in the mirror was reduced to skin and bones… but she was still alive.I had planned to leave New York with my baby, but they had to kill even that dream of mine. I rubbed my flat belly, thinking of the life it once held.Hatred surrounded my heart like thorny vines, torturing me every day. Whenever I

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Chapter 6

I began to customise a detailed revenge plan. First of all, I needed a new identity. Robert used his contacts in the FBI to get me a new set of ID. From now on, I was Susan Harris, an investment consultant who just returned to the States from London. “The Winstons have been looking for an overseas investment consultant.” Robert pointed at the recruitment notice on the screen. “With your abilities, landing the job will be a cinch.”I carefully analyzed the Winstons’ financial records and found many interesting loopholes. They were not particularly skilled at money laundering, with large amounts of money flowing to the Cayman Islands under so-called “art investments” and “charity donations”.“Is this evidence enough?” I asked.“Enough for the FBI to start a case,” Robert said. “But we need more evidence from the inside.”I smiled. “Then I’ll be their inside woman.”For the next month, I desperately studied financial products and international taxes. I only slept four hours a day

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Chapter 7

It happened to be Christmas on the day I secretly returned to New York.Fifth Avenue was covered in lights, Macy’s was playing cheerful music… and the Hudson Fund’s office building was enveloped in storm clouds.“Mr. Hudson hasn’t worked properly in months,” the barista at the café whispered to me. “Apparently, he’s locked himself up in his office, staring at old photographs.”I felt nothing but disgust. He did not give a hoot about me back when I was alive, but now he was pretending to be a grieving lover.Was I supposed to be happy that I broke his heart at the cost of my life? What about my child? Who was going to avenge the baby who never even got to see the world?I stood across the street from the building, watching as a luxury car pulled up in front of the entrance. Victoria should be heading back to Switzerland soon, but the children had not officially registered at a school in New York yet. As I watched, Victoria got out of the car, wearing sunglasses. She then walk

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Chapter 8

I then sent the DNA report and Victoria’s abortion record to Daniel’s office anonymously. As I expected, he started desperately gathering proof of her crimes once he read the documents. Those two conmen were tearing at each other’s throats.The next morning, the Hudson Fund suddenly halted all their business and ordered all employees to leave the building. Daniel walked to the conference room, wearing a black suit and holding a file.Victoria was already waiting in the conference room, immaculately dressed and smiling smugly. Her grin froze when she saw the file in Daniel’s hands.“Victoria, we need to talk.” Daniel’s voice was eerily calm. He put the DNA report on the table. “Jack and Sophia aren’t my kids.”Victoria had gone pale, but she tried to stay calm. “That report is fake. Where did you get it?”“I tested them myself. Three times.” Daniel smirked coldly. “I went to three different labs, but the results were the same. Their biological father is your classmate from Harvar

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Chapter 9

Victoria lost her mind not long after she was sent to the women’s prison. The prison doctor said she had serious schizophrenia, talking to herself every day as though her children were still with her.The children wound up with a horrible foster family. After losing their wealth and gaining a name as the children of a criminal, they were bullied every day at school.Daniel was sentenced to twenty-five years in jail. As a former Wall Street executive, he was tormented every day. The prisoners who went bankrupt due to financial crimes took out their anger on him.Within a year, he was paralyzed from the waist down due to a spinal injury from the repeated beatings. He spent every day staring at the ceiling in a daze. The nurses said he kept calling a name in his sleep — “Emma”.The Winstons had all their assets confiscated for money laundering. Their hotel empire came crashing down overnight.The Hudson Fund also went bankrupt over the insider trading scandal. The investors they ha

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