All Chapters of Redemption Was Never Mine: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

After ending my call with my father and sending him my location, I pushed open the front door.The absurd scene in the living room came into clear view through the half-closed gap.Those rats were in the luxury apartment I had bought with my own blood, sweat, and tears. What was even more nauseating was that my mother-in-law, Mabel Lloyd, was clutching Daisy's swollen hand, her wrinkled face grinning from ear to ear.Ethan carefully fed Daisy spoonfuls of imported manuka honey pudding. "Daisy, you've worked so hard carrying on our family line. Eat more, build up your strength."Daisy lowered her head shyly and dabbed at her lips. The massive diamond ring on her ring finger caught the light, its glare stinging my eyes. I clenched my fist, only to feel the old burn scars on the back of my hand, remnants from years of running a food truck at the farmers' market."Nicole is just a filthy food vendor! How is she worthy of your status as a CEO now that the company's gone public?" Mabe

As I drank in his sanctimonious expression, I couldn't help but let out a mocking laugh. "Didn't you just say the house was too small? I'm making space for you now."Ethan froze for a moment, his brows knitting together as irritation and warning flashed across his eyes. "Nicole, don't you think you're overdoing it? I've been exhausted dealing with the company's IPO. I don't have time to entertain your tantrums. "Where can you even go after leaving me? Back to the farmers' market to run your food truck?"Before he could finish, Daisy came stumbling over, one hand on her belly. She was even wearing my silk nightgown. Her eyes were red, her expression pitiful. "Nicole… are you upset because of me? You know what? You're right. It's all my fault. I should've just died earlier. I can't be a burden anymore. If it'll stop you two from arguing, I can give up the baby and leave the house right away…"Ethan fell for it immediately. A trace of pity flickered in his eyes. Still, that pity tu

The entire cathedral fell silent in an instant.Ethan's legs gave out beneath him. He collapsed to his knees, his lips trembling. He was so terrified that he was unable to utter a single word.Meanwhile, I stood beside my father with his suit jacket draped over my shoulders. The jacket was embroidered faintly with gold thread, glinting menacingly under the lights as I coldly looked down at the man I had once given everything to. Now, he looked like nothing more than a spineless heap of filth."She's my long-lost daughter. Who do you think you trash are to bully her like this?" Dominic's icy voice echoed through the cathedral. He took a document from one of his bodyguards and flung it straight at Ethan's face without even glancing at it. "Open your eyes and take a good look. This is proof that she's a Spencer."The DNA report landed lightly in front of Ethan, but it weighed on him like a mountain.The crowd erupted. The wealthy women who had been mocking me just moments ago, st

I stayed in the presidential suite my father had arranged for me for the next two weeks. I spent my days in a simple routine of signing off on the asset transfer documents my lawyer sent over one after another.Ethan's company stock had plummeted by 85%. The shareholders turned on him as a group, forcing him off the board and casting him aside like yesterday's trash. At the same time, a joint investigation team from the IRS, the SEC, and the police officially moved into the company. What awaited him was up to 15 years behind bars.Now that he had nowhere left to go, he finally snapped. He began bombarding me with calls and messages.In the beginning, he tearfully begged me to take him back. He would reminisce about the days when we struggled together, barely getting by. He said he knew he was wrong and pleaded with me to spare him, for the sake of the five years we had shared.When I didn't respond, he shifted to threats. He said I had pushed him to the brink and that he wouldn't

I didn't reply. Instead, I blocked the number without a second thought.A week later, my assistant stormed into my office. She was absolutely frothing at the mouth as she slammed a tablet onto my desk. "Ms. Spencer, look at this! That bastard's gone completely insane online!"On the screen, an account named "The Devoted Ex-Husband Abandoned by an Heiress" had posted a thousand-word-long, tearful accusation.Ethan painted himself as a loyal husband who had been used and discarded by a successful capitalist. He turned me into a cold-hearted woman who climbed higher and then turned her back on him by sending her own lover to prison.He recounted our past at the farmers' market with dramatic sorrow, every word hinting that I had destroyed him just to latch onto my wealthy biological father.Content farms smelled the traffic instantly and reposted it like crazy, each headline more sensational than the last.'The Truth Behind the Imprisoned CEO: A Real-Life Betrayal Story''Spencer He