CHAPTER 1The maroon satin dress felt like a noose tightening around Vivienne Sterling’s self-confidence. Standing before the large mirror in the restroom of a luxury hotel downtown, she stared at her reflection with restrained breaths.One hundred fifty-eight centimeters tall, eighty kilograms in weight. Two years ago, when she walked down the wedding aisle, her body had been slim and well cared for, with a bright smile that had once made Dominic pause for a moment. But two years of living in a cold marriage filled with rejection changed everything. Stress, depression, and the loneliness that gnawed at her soul drove Vivienne to seek comfort in food until her body swelled out of control.Ironically, after two years of marriage, let alone having a child, Dominic had never even touched her once. The man treated her as nothing more than an outdated decoration, a humiliating virgin wife.“Are you planning to hide in here until the event is over, Vivienne?”That cold baritone voice shatte
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