All Chapters of The Wife He Replaced : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Chapter 1: I blinked.Once.Twice.But the scene in front of me refused to disappear.Was I seeing right? Has my mind been playing tricks on me ? My doubts faded But the longer I stared…The more real it became.The excitement that had carried me all the way to the top floor slowly drained out of my body. My fingers slackened, and the papers in my hand slipped slightly at my side.“Congratulations. You’re pregnant.”The doctor’s voice echoed faintly in my head.distant, meaningless, drowned out by the violent pounding of my heart.Because right in front of me…My husband was holding another woman.Her..The redhead I knew all too well.The same woman who had humiliated him… abandoned him at the altar… and disappeared without a trace.And yet..There she was. Pressed against his chest like she had never left.And there he was.Holding her like I had never existed.I stood frozen outside the glass door of his office, forced to witness everything in painful clarity. There was no curtain, no sh

Chapter 3 Everything hurt..Every time I regained some semblance of consciousness, the throbbing began until it turned into a pounding within my head. I tried to force my eyes open but to no avail. I knew I was in the hospital by the smell and the incessant beeping from a monitor. I wanted to look around and demand to know if my unborn baby was okay but no effort of mine was significant and before I could try again, I felt ba needle prick the inside of my arm before I fell back in to a deep sleep.Hours, days, perhaps weeks may have gone by but I couldn't I couldn't tell. When I woke up this time , my eyelids opened with great ease allowing me to look at the white walls of the hospital room I had been held in . The fluorescent lighting struck my eyes but I blinked a few times until my orbs adjusted to the light. I did a quick scan of my surroundings. The ward I was in had been a private one seeing as my bed was the only one in here. The monotone coloured curtains were pulled apar

Chapter 5. No… please… Victor”I jerked awake, my chest rising and falling rapidly as the nightmare clung to me like a shadow I could never outrun.My fingers gripped the bedsheet tightly. After five years… it still felt so real.The pain.The betrayal.The way he chose her… without thinking twice.I shut my eyes. Took a few deep breaths.It was over.It had been over for years.His name still had power over me.I got out of bed. Headed to the kitchen needing something to ground me. I poured myself a cup of coffee and the bitter smell slowly brought me back to reality.Five years.Five years since I left New York.Five years since I left him.Five years since I left everything behind.Dubai gave me a life. A quieter one.I built myself from scratch.I became a coach then got promoted and now I'm the head of my department.A life I fought hard for.A life that had nothing to do with Victor Vale. At least… that's what I kept telling myself.“Mummy?”My daughter's small voice broke through my thou

Chapter 7. Rita’s povThe moment the plane landed my chest felt tight.New York.After five years it still felt the same. It was cold.It was heavy.It was unforgiving.I sat still for a moment after everyone else got up, my fingers holding the armrest as if the plane could keep me in place. I told myself I could do this. I said it in my head like I meant it. I had to do this.I did not have a choice anymore. “ Rita” Ethan called .I looked up to see him watching me carefully with that look I knew too well."We have landed, " he said softly."I know, " I replied, forcing a smile. He did not push me to talk.He never did when he knew I was not ready.He stepped aside. Let me go first. I stood up. Took one step then another. Each step felt heavier than the last. The air outside the airport felt different.It was sharp and familiar in a way I did not want it to be. I put on my sunglasses not because I needed to. Because I wanted to hide my eyes from the memories that were coming back.Cars w

Chapter 9: Rita’s POVI felt it before I saw her.That feeling. Like something bad was crawling under my skin. The kind that makes you think danger is near before you even realize it.I slowed down. The marble floor beneath my heels sounded loud. Too exposed. The air inside the Vale Group building felt thick and suffocating…. Familiar.No.Not here.Not today. I looked up slowly.There she was. Kate. Standing a feet ahead dressed in elegant clothes that screamed wealth and control. Her red hair fell perfectly over her shoulders, her lips painted in that bold shade I remembered too well. She hadn’t changed.If anything… She looked sharper. Deadlier.Her gaze locked onto mine.. Everything inside me went still. For a second, five years disappeared.I was the woman who built a life in Dubai.I was the woman who survived.I wasn't that same girl again. Standing at the bottom of those stairs… bleeding… helpless.My fingers curled slightly at my sides. No.Not anymore.I straightened my shoulde