All Chapters of After the Divorce, My Ex-Husband Repents Behind Bars for Life: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

The hemorrhaging knocked me out cold for another full day.When I came to, Leon happened to be pushing the door open. He rushed to me, panic on his face, and gripped my hand tight.I could see the lipstick print on his collar, plain as day."You were fine, so how did you suddenly start bleeding out like that? Do you have any idea how terrified I was?"Sweat beaded across his forehead, and his eyes were rimmed with red.He looked so heartbroken and devoted that anyone watching would have sworn he loved me to death.I pulled my hand back and wiped it on the sheet like it was filthy, then told him, "Let's get a divorce.""What?"He stared at me, disbelief in every line of his face. "Over a lump of dead tissue, you want a divorce?""Elodie, when did you turn into someone this unreasonable?!"He had more to say, but his phone suddenly rang.He glanced at the caller ID, then looked back at me. "I already told you, we lost the kid, we can have another. But if you're going to keep using my lov

When I got back to the estate, I found Mia sitting on the sofa with four or five servants fussing around her.The whole act made it look like she already considered herself the mistress of the house.My brow furrowed. "Who told you that you could stay here?""I did."Leon came down the stairs, crossed to Mia's side, and said to me like it was the most natural thing in the world, "Elodie, Mia's pregnant, and the baby is mine, so for now she's going to stay here and rest.""She killed my child, and now she gets to rest under my roof? I will not let that little bastard be born!" I put on a show, acting like I'd snapped, and lunged to grab Mia.Leon shoved me away and planted himself in front of her. "Elodie, that's enough. You can't have children now, so I need an heir. Don't worry, I'll keep your condition a secret for you. Once Mia delivers, I'll put the child under your name. She won't threaten your place as Donna."And suddenly I found the whole thing absurd.So his breakdown when he

After that scene, Leon was truly wary of the influence I'd rooted so deeply in the family.Sure enough, the moment he left the hospital, he went off to a private club with his right-hand man, Jack.What they didn't know was that the club, from top to bottom, was crawling with my informants.Jack: "Don, as long as Elodie's still around, you'll never sit securely as the family's one and only power. Today she defied you in front of everyone, and a whole crowd of elites threw themselves in to shield her. Let this drag on and it'll cost you your position."Leon: "Of course I know she can't be allowed to stay. But after everything, she's been with me so long..."Jack: "Don, this is no time to drown in sentiment. You have to root out the threat before it grows!"Leon: "What do you have in mind?"Jack: "We use Elodie's infertility as the opening. Divorce her on those grounds, then find a pretext to strike her name from the family for good.""On top of that, under the banner of purging traitors

Leon had just gotten out of Mia's bed when a knock came at the door."What is it?" Leon opened the door to find the butler holding a pure white gift box."Don, the Donna asked me to give this to you."Leon looked at the box and smugly curled his lips. "Jack was right. A woman shouldn't be allowed too much power. Look at this. It's barely past midnight and she can't wait for me to come celebrate her birthday with her."Leon took the box.Suddenly thunder rolled outside the window. Leon's brow furrowed, and an inexplicable unease rose in him.He opened the box. Inside were only two things: a medical report and a voice recorder.The report stated plainly that the one who couldn't have children was him.Leon's frown drew tighter and tighter. Then he picked up the recorder.The instant he pressed play, Jack's voice came through, crystal clear.The color drained from Leon's face, and even the hand holding the recorder was trembling.He grabbed his coat and ran out like a madman, questioning

That shot back then missed my heart by an inch and nearly took my life, but thanks to Cole watching over me day and night without rest, I was wrenched back from the hands of death.Once I'd recovered, Cole took me to an estate by the sea.It was a home he had prepared for me long in advance.It was exactly as he'd promised. The courtyard was full of red roses in vivid bloom, and a private climate-controlled greenhouse, untouched by the seasons, held plump and juicy fresh strawberries.Every day I watched the sea at sunrise and the flowers at sunset, my life plain and steady and at peace.Until one day, when a former subordinate came to visit, I heard from him how Leon was faring.The once lofty Don was now caged like a stray dog in that tiny cell, and every day he tried every way he could think of to end his own life.But how could I ever let him have his wish.After all, death was far too kind to him.So I picked out a stack of everyday photos and had a prison guard pass them along to