All Chapters of My Wife's Other Family: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Danny freaked and dragged me into a corner. "Jerome, it's not what it looks like. Just go home, okay? A few days—No, tomorrow—I'll explain everything. There's nothing going on with Lia. The kid isn't mine. There are people everywhere, Jerome. Don't make a scene. Please!"'Lia.'Said like that—like they were close—and he still claimed nothing was going on?"Get lost."I swiped my private card and headed upstairs.My head was buzzing. I just needed Talia in front of me, telling the truth."Talia, get out here!"I kicked the door open.Nothing.Just silence.Danny rushed up, baby in his arms, and grabbed me. "Jerome, Talia's still in a meeting. Can we talk after she's done?"I shook him off. "Talk about what? How you've been sleeping with my wife behind my back—and had two kids with her?"A sleepy little boy wandered out and ran straight to him, all clingy."Daddy, I wanna see my sister! Mommy said she's making potato salad and baked ribs tonight. She can't break her promise!

"Wait—ha! Did I hear that right?" Talia cracked up, laughing till her eyes watered. "Jerome, you sleepwalking or what? You just said you're the chairman of this hotel? Why not claim every hotel in this city while you're at it?"She slipped her phone away and waved at the crowd, annoyed."So he's insane. Get him out. Security's a joke if someone like this can walk in. If I find out who let him in, they're fired. Oh—and grab him a couple dinner rolls on the way out. Call it Danny's final debt paid."Guards closed in. I didn't move."This hotel isn't hers to run. You don't want the fallout from touching me." My tone made them pause.Talia snapped at them, voice sharp. "What's wrong? You scared of a crazy person? I'm the general manager here—what are you afraid of?"That did it. The guards moved in.Right as they reached for me—"Stop!"A man stepped out of the conference room.Martin Webster.My company's rep. He was here to lock in next quarter's biggest deal with Talia. I'd e

Talia froze for a second, then looked us over—and burst out laughing, pointing straight at me."No wonder, Jerome. No wonder you're acting so bold today." She smirked. "So you found yourself some old woman to back you up. Seriously? You've got zero standards—you'll take anything."Her gaze flicked to Naomi. "And you even had her pretend to be the Director of the Business Compliance Bureau. What, you think I'm stupid?"Go on. Name your price. You just want money, right? Say it, take it, and get out."The staff started whispering."So that's the deal—he came here to make a scene for cash. Didn't work, so he brought in fake backup. Too bad Ms. Sweeney's too smart for that.""She doesn't even look that old. And she's in on this scam? Seriously..."Hearing them, Talia straightened, smug again.She looked Naomi up and down, pure disdain. "I'm giving you one last chance. Apologize, walk out, save yourself the embarrassment. Otherwise, when the cops show up, you won't be able to handle

The baby's cries echoed down the hall, making Danny flinch.He mumbled, "The boy... sperm bank. I used the commission from that deal you signed to pay for it. Slipped the doctor some cash, told you it was a routine check, but it was insemination. You're healthy. It worked the first time."Talia looked ready to rip him apart."And this one?" she snapped, eyes bloodshot, pointing at the baby."That donor wasn't cheap either. I wanted to save money... so I had my cousin come by a few times, and then... it just happened... And you—don't say that. They're your kids. Your blood."The crowd gasped. No one expected that from quiet, mild Danny."Dude's cold. Got her pregnant by two different men and still played dad. That's wild.""And she never noticed the kids didn't look like him?"Talia screamed and lunged. "You set me up, you bastard!"Danny dodged. The boy nearby got shoved down the stairs.Blood spread across the floor.The kid lay still. No one knew if he'd make it.Talia di

I couldn't make sense of it. Was it really just about kids? After all these years, did everything my family did mean nothing?For a child, she cheated—and kept pushing Grandpa back into relapse.Talia went quiet, then laughed."Jerome, you'll never get it!" Her eyes were bloodshot. "You never had to fight for anything. The stuff I clawed for years to get—you just handed over with a word. Your charity? It suffocated me. You hear me?"Her voice shot up. "That internship I nearly killed myself for—you handled it with one call. That project I spent three months landing—I wanted to celebrate, and you just smiled and handed me a year's salary."What was I to you? Worse than a stray dog? Every second you reminded me—no matter how hard I worked, I'd never match one move, one word from you. And that old man—always sending jewelry. What, to mock me for not being able to afford it?"Her voice shook. "But I couldn't even be mad. I had to smile and take it. So I kept pushing—again and again—j