All Chapters of My Lying Wife in Disguise: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

8 Chapters

Chapter 1

I don't remember how I made it back to the servants' quarters.For five years now, Marcus Kane had made a habit of tormenting my daughter and me right in front of Diana Winslow, and Diana always took his side, punishing us without ever asking what actually happened.So that was it. She was proving her loyalty to Marcus.Numb with despair, I pushed open the door and heard my daughter's cry for help."Daddy! Daddy, it hurts!"Inside the room, Marcus's son, Tobias Kane, was shoving a huge wedge of peanut cake down my daughter's throat.She was allergic to peanuts.I rushed over and pulled the two children apart. A second later, Tobias's palm cracked across my face, and he spat at me."You're nothing! Just some filthy driver, and you think you can stop me?"My mom's the richest woman in the country! Without her, you two beggars would've starved to death years ago!"Forget the cake—if she told you to eat garbage off the ground, you'll have to do it!"When I didn't react fast enou

Chapter 2

Diana scooped Tobias up without a moment's hesitation, her eyes full of concern."Sweetheart, how did you get hurt so badly?"Then she rounded on me."How are you supposed to be watching these kids? If something happens to Tobias, can you even take responsibility for that?"She didn't spare our daughter a single glance.I stared at the familiar face hiding behind that stranger's mask, and something bitter twisted at the corner of my mouth. She'd hurt her own flesh and blood to protect someone else's son. This was the woman I'd torn my family apart to marry.Tobias shot my daughter a provoking look and piped up."Mommy! She hid your photo and pushed me, and now my knee really hurts."Every servant in the room turned on my daughter and me with open contempt, looking ready to lay hands on us themselves. That was how it always went. Because Diana and Marcus treated us like dirt, the staff had picked up the habit too, until my daughter and I had become fair game for anyone in the ho

Chapter 3

Diana led the two children to the edge of the pond and egged Tobias on."Go on! Mommy's got your back!"Tobias, puffed up like a proud little rooster, kicked my daughter straight into the water.She was terrified of water.I broke free from the servants holding me back and dove in after her like a madman. Underneath the surface, her face had gone white, but she didn't dare struggle, too afraid that fighting back would cost her father his job.As I fought to drag her back to the surface, I could still hear Diana praising Tobias from the bank."Good job, baby! Remember that. From now on, if anyone bullies you, hit them. If you kill them, Mommy will pay for it."That night, my daughter's fever spiked into pneumonia, and she slipped into unconsciousness. A few more strands of my hair turned grey overnight.The doctor looked at me with pity."Right now, the most important thing is giving her a reason to fight. Is there anyone she cares about?"I closed my eyes and called Diana any

Chapter 4

"After all these years, how much have you even been paid working for our family? And you're telling me it's worth less than some ratty old suit? Don't be so ungrateful!" Diana snapped.Pain broke me out in a cold sweat, and I glared at Diana with everything I had.Five years side by side, and she'd played the stranger this whole time, watching me suffer for love, watching me sink into poverty. Did that feel good to her?Something flickered behind Diana's eyes, a flash of reluctance she couldn't quite hide.Gritting through the pain, I forced open the drawer of the nightstand, reaching for the compensation money the military had given me. A second later, Diana snatched the card right out of my hand.She looked at me, her tone heavy with meaning. "This doesn't belong to you. I'll hold onto it for you."I stared at her, furious. "How does it not belong to me? My wife is dead! I've spent five years raising our daughter alone, and I can't even touch my own compensation money? Do you h

Chapter 5

Marcus and Diana both froze. It turned out these were her former subordinates, from before she started this current company.The group marched in and fixed Diana with a cold stare."Someone's reported you for bigamy. Come with us."The room dissolved into chaos."Bigamy? Wait, does that mean she really did cheat?""Was the best man telling the truth after all?""Come on, I don't buy it. She and Marcus have been head over heels for years. There's no way this is bigamy—somebody's obviously setting her up.""I think so too!"The group escorted Diana over to where I stood, still pleading my case to the lead officer. Her face darkened the moment she saw me."Can he just leave me alone already?"Sir, he's clearly slandering me. I let him work as my family's driver for years, and now he's trying to use it against me!"I only took pity on him and gave him the job in the first place. I had no idea he'd lose his mind and start telling everyone I'm his wife. He must be desperate for a

Chapter 6

My fists clenched as I searched desperately along the texture of Diana's skin, but there was nothing. Not a single flaw to be found.The lead officer's patience was clearly running out, and Diana couldn't quite hide the triumph creeping into her expression.I let out a breath and admitted the truth."I'm sorry, Sir. I couldn't find where the mask is. But that just proves my skills aren't good enough. It doesn't prove she isn't wearing one."On one side stood his star subordinate; on the other, the husband of a fallen comrade. The scales had already tipped in Diana's favor.I took a deep breath. "I want a paternity test. If it proves my daughter shares blood with her, that proves she's Diana Winslow."The lead officer waved a hand, impatient. Before long, a car had taken all of us to the hospital.My daughter was still hooked up to an IV in her hospital room. The fifty thousand dollars I'd earned as best man had been just enough to cover her treatment.Diana froze at the sight o

Chapter 7

A few officers looked from Diana to Francesca and back again. "Frankie..."Francesca reached out and patted their shoulders, smiling warmly. "Look at you, all grown up already!"A few people's eyes went red on the spot.Diana's old excuse—that she'd damaged her voice and it had simply changed—didn't hold up anymore. She looked like nothing so much as a clumsy fraud now, scrambling for an explanation, but every excuse she reached for had a hole in it.Marcus stared at Francesca like he was looking at death itself. When he thought no one was watching, he started backing away, one careful step at a time. Francesca caught him instantly."Marcus? Where do you think you're going? I'm back. Aren't you happy to see me?"She flashed him a chilling grin, all teeth.With everyone watching in confusion, she went on, "That shell finding me wasn't a coincidence back then. It was deliberate. Someone planted a tracker on my belongings and passed my location to the enemy."And who might that

Chapter 8

"I messed up, and I'm so sorry. Can't we give our daughter a real family? I really didn't know Marcus was that vicious. I thought he was a good man..." Diana pleaded.I laughed coldly. How much of that regret was even real?She just wasn't used to being the one left behind, after a lifetime of leaving others. Back then, she'd had it both ways—cradled in another man's arms, savoring the thrill of cheating right under her husband's nose, while also watching me run myself ragged for her parents and her daughter, basking in the satisfaction of it. Now that both of those pleasures had been stripped away, she wanted to crawl back to that cozy old life.She was dreaming.When I wouldn't budge, Diana went after our daughter instead. She bought a pile of toys and showed up at her hospital room."Sweetheart, Mommy's back! Aren't you happy? Mommy went somewhere very, very far away, but now Mommy's come back for you!"My daughter just looked at her like a stranger and shook her head."You'r

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