Greedy God-Sister のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 10

The key sat in the lock. I had just been about to turn it.Laughter drifted from inside the house, bright and sharp. Each word they uttered stabbed straight into my ears."Keith, you're so good to me! This is limited edition. I've been looking everywhere, but I couldn't find it."Caroline Jenkins' voice was syrupy sweet, the exact tone my husband, Keith Collins, loved most.My voice had always been cool and quiet. I could never fake such soft, clingy sweetness.I used to think he loved me because I was different, with my calm, detached edge.Until the day I accidentally overheard him joking with his friends."Silvia's great in every way. It's just her personality and her voice. They're too bland. It's kind of tasteless."Since that moment, those words had lodged inside me like a tiny thorn. Every time I opened my mouth to speak, there was a trace of hesitation, a hint of quiet insecurity.I took a deep breath, but the tightness in my chest did not ease.Then, I shoved the doo

As soon as I walked out of the bank, my phone lit up with a flood of messages from Keith.[Silvia, aren't you coming home? I know you're mad, but Mom's old. Don't take it out on her.][Caroline's making Mom's favorite meatloaf. I have to help her, so I can't pick you up. Just take a cab home.]When I did not respond, a note of impatience crept into his messages. [Silvia! Are you done throwing a fit yet? Why do I have to beg you over and over just to get you to come home?]I turned my phone off.I saw him as I arrived at the office building on Monday morning.Keith was leaning against his car. Dark circles shadowed his eyes, and he looked worn out, like he had not slept.The moment he saw me, he crushed his cigarette and walked over quickly."Silvia, why haven't you come home these past few days?"I answered calmly, "Didn't you tell me not to come back? I did exactly what you wanted, yet you're unhappy?"Keith was speechless.It took him a while to find his voice again."S

"The money you've been sending to Caroline every month is money I saved by cutting back on everything. I stopped myself from buying even a single piece of new clothing!"When you were paying for Caroline to live her carefree life, did you ever think about me for even one second?"Keith looked stunned, like he had been hit too hard to react.The more I spoke, the more my emotions slipped out of control. My voice started to tremble."Last year, when my mom got sick and needed surgery, I begged you to take some money out to save her life. But you told me we didn't have any money!"You gave Caroline the money that could have saved her. Just $50,000 more, and she might have lived…"That had been the most helpless moment of my life.The doctor said the surgery had a high success rate, but there was an extra cost. I had emptied all my savings and still came up $50,000 short. I went to Keith, desperate, asking for help. He told me calmly that all the money in the joint account had been

"Shut up!" Keith snapped.The entire room fell silent.I lifted my head and stared straight at him. "Keith, you were with her the day my mom had surgery?"His eyes flickered."You were out shopping with her, weren't you? You had turned off your phone and missed more than a dozen calls from the hospital asking for the payment."A wave of shock rippled through his coworkers watching nearby."Oh my god, is that true? That's inhumane!""He played with his mother-in-law's life for his mistress’ sake…"The whispers pushed Keith over the edge. His face twisted with anger and humiliation."So what if I was? Silvia, do you have to humiliate me like this? Can't you stand seeing me happy?"I let out a hollow laugh. "Keith, it took me until today to realize just how disgusting you are."Caroline jumped in, her voice suddenly sharp as she pointed at me. "Don't you dare put all the blame on Keith!"She let out an icy laugh, her tone cutting. "You were the problem from the very beginning.

In the days that followed, Keith lived in a constant state of conflict.On one hand, he could not stop thinking about Silvia. He kept going through their old photos again and again, as if he were trying to hold on to something that was already gone.On the other hand, he had to face the growing expectations of his mother and Caroline.His mother treated Caroline like a doll, handling her with extreme care and giving in to everything she wanted, afraid she might upset her in the slightest.Caroline stopped hiding her true ambitions.She began walking in and out of the master bedroom openly, using the things Silvia had left behind. She even started hinting to Keith that once the baby was born, it would be time for them to have the wedding.The thought left Keith feeling suffocated, forcing him to confront something he had never fully admitted before: he did not love Caroline, and what he felt for her was nothing more than guilt over his mistake and a sense of responsibility toward