All Chapters of Bride of Retribution: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

9 Chapters

Chapter 1

The man on the other end of the line was silent for a long moment before he spoke.“Annalise Wright, the heir of the Snow family is only allowed to be widowed, never divorced.“If you choose to marry me, there will be no room for regret.”I lowered my eyes. “Mm, I won’t regret it.”Levi Snow and I were childhood friends. We were betrothed by our families when we were young, and we had always gotten along well. That was until I met Finn Yeaton and fell in love with him. I then gradually grew distant from Levi.Levi stayed silent for a while, then spoke again in his deep voice.“I’ll give you a month to wrap up things with your ex. After that, we’ll get married.”When the call ended, I clutched my phone, unable to calm my thoughts.I had to be hospitalized because of a premature placental abruption.Levi never visited, but he arranged a caretaker for me and even hired a lawyer to draft the divorce papers, ensuring I received the greatest possible share of the assets.He had s

Chapter 2

I let out a self-deprecating laugh.“Finn, I said I want a divorce. Do you understand?”He sneered.“Annalise, you’ve been with me for five years. I’ve had my fill playing with you, inside and out, to your ruin. You’ve even had a miscarriage now. Who knows if you can still bear children? Once you leave me, who would want a barren old hag like you?”“Let me remind you once more—you’re still Mrs. Yeaton. Now that there’s a child in the picture, you don’t have to suffer through the pain of childbirth. Isn’t that a good thing?“Clear your head and think it through before you speak to me again.”The call abruptly ended.I put down my phone.The two nurses exchanged looks, glancing at me.“You’re Mr. Yeaton’s wife?”I replied calmly, “Not for much longer.”The young nurse was furious.“How disgusting! I thought he was such a devoted man, but he’s actually with his mistress, watching over her while she gives birth. And his wife—who had a miscarriage and lost so much blood—is hospi

Chapter 3

Finn then dropped his cutlery in front of so many people and left in a hurry, leaving behind a table full of awkward guests, including my parents.Another unforgettable incident was after my miscarriage. I was suffering from unbearable abdominal pain due to complications from the miscarriage, and I pressed the nurse call bell. All the while, he was in another hospital room, carefully cradling his child and humming a clumsy yet so tender off-key lullaby—a tenderness I had never seen before. He had even named the child Dylan Yeaton, a name I had chosen for my own unborn child that carried all my hopes and love.That name was instead given to his illegitimate son, while my child did not even have a tombstone erected. It vanished from this world without a trace, as though it never existed.Then, on the day that I was discharged, the Yeatons held a small homecoming gathering at the old residence without my knowledge.Beaming with joy, they gathered around the baby, checking him out fr

Chapter 4

I took the divorce papers out of my bag and handed them to Finn.“Stop dragging this out. Sign it.“Otherwise, I don’t mind letting the entire Yeaton family make tomorrow’s headlines. You wouldn’t want everyone to find out how you and your mistress teamed up to assault your wife, who recently miscarried, and forced her to accept your illegitimate child, would you?”Finn’s voice turned cold as he said, “Can you stop making a scene? Is this little thing really worth such a fuss?”I said nothing and pushed the divorce papers further toward him.Irritation surging within him as he stared at the blood at the corner of my lips and the resolve in my eyes.“Fine, Annalise! You’re really something!” he roared.He then snatched up a pen and, without even glancing at the document, scrawled his signature furiously on the dotted line.“There! I’ve signed it! Just as you wished! Now get out! Take your things and get out of the house! I want to see how far a barren, discarded woman like you c

Chapter 5

Furious beyond reason, Finn snapped completely. He shoved away the people around him and stormed into the middle of the road. With arms flung wide, he blocked the white Rolls-Royce Phantom that was slowly approaching him.“Stop! Stop the car!“Annalise! Get out of the car right now!”His roar tore through the cheerful wedding music, each word seethed through clenched teeth.“Who said you could dress like this?! Who gave you the right to marry someone else?! Get out here!”The once cherished family portrait had already been thrown carelessly onto the roadside like a piece of trash.The wedding car screeched to a halt, and the air was thick with tension.Onlookers quickly gathered, whispering among themselves. Their murmurs stung at Finn’s frayed nerves like countless tiny needles. “What’s going on? Isn’t that man married with a kid? Why is he crashing someone else’s wedding?”“How shameless! He's causing such a ruckus in the middle of someone else’s wedding.”“Oh, this is g

Chapter 6

“It was nothing more than another disgusting lie made up by you, Mr. Yeaton. It was all just to keep me under control and to save the last shred of dignity for your family.”Right then and there, Finn’s mind went completely blank. He stood there rooted in place. The memories of that night with Louise—the drunken haze and their physical intimacy—had all come flooding back to him like water breaking through a dam. He refused to believe it.“No! Listen to me!”The words burst out of him almost instinctively. A surge of panic seized him as he desperately wanted to deny and salvage the situation.“She’s lying to you! That child really was conceived through IVF, and I swear on my honor! There’s nothing between me and her, and I would never touch a woman like her! Annalise, she’s jealous of you. She’s trying to drive us apart! You can’t believe her! Just come back to me, and we—”A soft sneer slipped through my lips, silencing his frantic excuses all at once.All I could see as I lo

Chapter 7

Louise’s heart lurched into her throat under Finn’s gaze, and her smile was frozen in place. “Last time…” said Finn in an eerily calm tone. “What you said to Annalise… Was it true?”…“W-what… What are you talking about, dear?”Louise’s eyes darted nervously. Her arms tightened protectively around the baby as she took a step back. Her voice trembled slightly, laced with a touch of grievance as she spoke again.“Did Annalise say something to you again? A woman like her can’t even keep a man, yet still goes around stirring up trouble…”“I asked you a question!”Finn suddenly took a step forward. His tall frame exuded an overwhelming presence, instantly engulfing Louise in his shadow.“That night with the heavy rain! We were drunk! Did you or did you not crawl into my bed?! How the hell was Dylan conceived?! Answer me!”Louise shuddered violently in fear, and the baby in her arms broke into a loud, sharp wail.“Yes, it’s true! So what?!”Her head snapped up, and her shrill voi

Chapter 8

“You’d better not regret this, Finn!”Clutching the crying baby, Louise hurried away. The once high-and-mighty Mr. Yeaton now sat on the ground like a child for everyone to see. From my final cold stare and Levi’s mocking with his wedding band to Louise’s venomous accusations and the baby’s piercing cries, Finn had these replaying in his head. Countless voices and visuals tore violently through his chaotic mind. With his head clutched tightly between his hands, he wept in silence. He was done for.Everything was over. …Months later, Levi slid a report across the table toward me. “The results are in,” he said in a low voice.My gaze fell on the bold title on the cover of the report: DNA Paternity Test Report.“Based on the DNA analysis, the father, Finn, and the son, Dylan, are excluded from a biological parent-child relationship.”“That must’ve been quite the surprise for him,” I said with a mocking smile. “That old lover classmate of Louise was not exactly tight

Chapter 9

The hospital diagnosed Finn with late-stage pancreatic cancer. It was incurable, and only death awaited him. Claudia called me, begging, “I know I was wrong before, but Finn has realized his mistakes now. He doesn’t have much time left, and his only wish is to see you once more.”When I arrived at the hospital to see Finn, who once stood high and mighty, the man had now grown so thin that he was almost unrecognizable. His face was sunken and his cheekbones protruding, leaving no trace of the handsome man that he used to be. He was staring blankly at the ceiling until he heard my voice. He then turned toward me. The moment he saw me, a spark flickered in his gaze.Right after, though, he glanced at his own shriveled body and gave a self-deprecating smile. He was tugging the blanket higher over himself, not wanting to witness him in such an embarrassing state.“Annalise, thank you for still being willing to come see me. I must look terrible now, don’t I?“I honestly regret it.

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