Chapter 11

I stated, "You claim you took a shortcut because you wanted to give me a better life. Your shortcut was taking our joint savings to fund a wedding with another man, get pregnant with his child, and use his family to climb the social ladder. "What about after you made it? What were you going to do with me? Do you intend to give me a payout to get rid of me or keep stringing me along as your dirty little secret of an ex-husband? "You ought to stop making yourself sound so full of deep affection and stop treating me like a fool, Queenie. Your version of love is entirely worthless and completely filthy."I immediately hung up after saying that and had Mom block her number as well.Queenie tried to show up at my apartment complex later, but the security guards stopped her. She then went to my part-time workplace to confront me, but I directly called the police to handle it. She seemed to finally understand that I would never change my mind after that, no matter what.I saw her again

Chapter 12

That friend, Peter Lowe, was a former college classmate of mine. He reached out to me the second he heard about my divorce. He told me he had been wanting to partner up with me for a long time because he knew how hardworking and creative I was.I felt as if my life had been rebooted. I went back to school, reconstructed my social circle, and rediscovered my own identity. I was no longer someone's husband or in-law—I was simply Hunter Chamberlain.I would receive sporadic updates about Queenie through mutual acquaintances or online sources. She wasn't doing well. She had lost her job, she had ruined her reputation, and she was basically blacklisted from her industry in the city. She tried her hand at sales and food delivery, but she was too proud for entry-level work and unqualified for anything higher, all while still drowning in debt. She apparently accidentally hit someone while working delivery once and had to cough up a bunch of money, which just piled onto her troubles.She t

Chapter 13

I also thought about Adam, who had once been so dependent on me, yet whom I had never seen again following the debacle of the wedding.I detested Queenie, but I couldn't bring myself to abandon an elderly man and a young child in their time of need.I did my best to keep it together and sound calm, asking, "Are you at the hospital right now, Adam? I need you to send me the hospital's address. You have nothing to be afraid of. I'll handle the money situation. "You should take good care of Oscar first. I'll get things sorted out right away.""A-Are you serious, Hunter?" Adam sounded completely shocked and incredibly grateful."I am, so get on it," I said before I hung up.I sat in my chair and remained silent for a few minutes. I knew logically that I was done with them and that Queenie should clean up her own mess, but emotionally, Oscar was still someone I had looked after for a year and would gently call out to me, and Adam was someone who had depended on me.In the end, I jus

All Chapters of Wife's Secret: She Never Left the City: Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13