Semua Bab One Hundred Betrayals, One Final No: Bab 1 - Bab 10

Midnight in Mayrelle City. Snow filled the sky.I clutched the divorce agreement in my palm and didn't feel cold at all.A message popped up on my phone—from my sister.Just as expected. He had rushed off again to be with her.Maisie: [Adele, your husband and I have run out of condoms. Can you bring some over for us?]Maisie: [Carthorpe Hotel, Room 1206. Make sure they're ultra-thin.]I stared at the photo she sent. Lucius's eyes were heavy with desire.My heart felt as though a thorn had been driven straight into it.I went back home and listed every piece of jewelry he'd given me over the years on an auction site.While sorting through them, I realized that the sapphire necklace from today—he had given me an identical one before.How perfunctory, Lucius.After everything was listed, Lucius called."Come to the hotel," he said. "There are a lot of reporters downstairs. I don't want to get photographed."After all these years of marriage, he had always been extremely cauti

Over the next five days, Lucius came to the hospital to see me from time to time.To my surprise, I even saw in him a sense of responsibility—as a husband, and as a father.In three years of marriage, those five days were the only time we resembled a normal couple.That illusion lasted until the night before my discharge, when he walked into the ward with Maisie's hand looped through his arm."Adele, I heard you're pregnant. Congratulations," she said.Her tone was light, but her pupils flickered sharply.I knew that look.Every time she planned to hurt me, she wore that same expression.Instinctively, I covered my stomach and spoke in an icy voice. "What are you doing here?"Hearing the hostility in my tone, Lucius sighed."Maisie is just worried about you. Adele, why are you being so aggressive?""Shouldn't I be?" I let out a cold laugh. "She's bullied me since we were children. And now, she's even stolen my husband.""Adele!" Lucius raised his voice. "Stop talking nonsen

Third-person POV"Mr. Martin, what are we supposed to do? The reporters have surrounded the building. They're just waiting for you to go downstairs!"Lucius sat on the sofa, his expression so dark it looked ready to kill."Have you found out who leaked it?"The secretary hesitated. "It's probably… Mrs. Martin. After all…"After all, the only person who knew about all one hundred of his affairs was Adele.Deep down, Lucius already had his suspicions. But hearing it confirmed still made his anger explode. He smashed the glass in his hand."That woman!" he roared. "She's vicious! So she realized she couldn't keep me anymore and decided to take revenge, didn't she?!"His chest heaved violently as he shouted at the secretary, "Find her! Pull every single surveillance recording from the hospital! Even if you have to turn this entire city upside down, you must bring her back to me!"The subordinates were too frightened to lift their heads. They had never seen their boss this enraged.

Adele's POVThe scandal involving Lucius blew up so badly that even I, thousands of miles away in a foreign country, heard about it.On the television screen, he stood surrounded by countless microphones.His brows were drawn tight, his face deathly pale, yet he had nowhere to vent his anger.It was the first time I had ever seen him look so utterly defeated.Curled up on the sofa, I chewed on potato chips and watched with keen interest.Then the doorbell rang.The new travel planner had arrived.Since coming to this country, Baercheqe, my life had been nothing but indulgence.In the mornings, the servants woke me and attended to everything. At noon, I enjoyed a lavish table of delicacies all by myself. In the afternoons, I basked in the sun in the endless back garden.The days were lazy and comfortable. I no longer had to live in fear of Lucius's new lovers or sink into quiet heartbreak.When I thought about it that way, all the grievances I'd endured by his side in exchang

Ricky and I had a wonderful time in Anegy.The only regret was that, because of the pregnancy, I couldn't climb the pyramids. After Ricky came back down, though, he told me all about what it was like inside, describing everything so vividly that he had me laughing the whole time.While we were on our way to the third city, my parents called.The moment I answered, they launched into a furious tirade, accusing me of causing Maisie's baby to die.That was when I learned that Lucius had forced Maisie to have an abortion.I didn't say a word. I hung up immediately.Then I blocked all of them.If not for my parents' indulgence growing up, Maisie would never have dared to bully me like that. I once believed that getting married and starting a new family would make everything better. Instead, I fell into a deeper hell.The man I loved joined forces with the people I hated and tormented me until I was barely alive.Damn it. Just thinking about them dragged my mood down again.Suddenl