It's Never a Good Idea to Share a Wife のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 10

My daughter, Annie Crain, didn't understand what I meant. She looked up at me with wide, innocent eyes. "So… Is Mommy coming with us?"I forced a bitter smile and shook my head. "She's found someone she loves here. She's not coming with us."Annie licked her lips, her little face full of confusion. "Can't we give her one more chance? She promised she'd take me to kindergarten tomorrow."I swallowed the ache in my throat. "Alright. We'll give her one more chance."After I tucked Annie into bed, I opened the news article again.The man and woman gazed into each other's eyes in the photo, tenderness and love written all over their faces.It was then that I finally accepted the truth. The woman who had promised to spend forever with me had fallen in love with someone else.I opened the train booking app and stared at the next available ticket back to Avalon. The earliest departure was seven days from now.It was the very same day my wife, Jenna Birch, and Zach Corey were getting ma

"You're coming, right?" I asked.Jenna smiled. "I made a promise to Annie. Of course I'll be there."The front door clicked shut, and silence settled over the house. She'd made plenty of promises to me, too. She hadn't kept a single one.I grabbed a few paper towels and crouched down to wipe away the trail of water Jenna had left across the floor.I'd always hated messes. And I was done holding on to someone who'd become tainted in my eyes.But what about Annie? She was still so young. She still looked at her mother with the unquestioning love and hope only a child could have.Thinking about the promise I'd made her before bed, I knew there was no chance I'd be sleeping tonight.I gave up trying, picked up my phone, and started scrolling through my Instagram feed. The newest post was from Zach.The caption read, "Someone out there will always love every side of you—even the difficult ones."Attached was a screenshot of a bank transfer of several thousand dollars.A bitter s

"She's your daughter too!" I shot back. "You know Annie better than anyone. Do you really think she'd hurt someone for no reason?"We'd known Annie was a little angel long before she was born.Jenna never suffered a single bout of morning sickness during her pregnancy. And after Annie came into the world, she was the easiest baby anyone could ask for.She hardly ever cried. Even when she was hungry or needed changing, she'd do no more than let out the tiniest little whimper.The nurses at the hospital all doted on her, saying she'd been such a gentle, well-behaved baby that it made their hearts ache.Yet, one carefully planted remark from Zach was all it took for Jenna to decide that Annie was a disobedient, ill-mannered child.Ignoring my attempts to stop her, she dragged Annie over to Zach. "Apologize to him."Annie was sobbing so hard she could barely breathe. "Mommy… I didn't push Mr. Corey. I really didn't! He pinched me first. It hurt. I told him to stop, but he yelled at

Zach was supposed to be the man Jenna had always wanted to marry. But at the very last moment, she hesitated. She couldn't remember what she'd ever loved about Zach.Once, she'd been nothing more than a stray—an unwanted bastard with no known father, someone everyone looked down on and kicked aside.When she finally learned who her biological father was, she'd rushed to find him, convinced she'd finally found where she belonged.Instead, he denied she was his daughter and couldn't wait to throw her out.Zach happened to be visiting the Birch family that day. With a casual smile, he'd said, "Keep her. She can stay around as a pet, if nothing else."Back then, Jenna had only heard the first part. She'd ignored the contempt dripping from the rest of his words.But just before they exchanged vows at the present, the memory came flooding back. Zach had never seen her as an equal—never even as a person. To him, she'd always been nothing more than a stray he could toy with whenever he

The orphanage was right next to a kindergarten, with an elementary school just a short walk away.I decided to settle down there for good and enrolled Annie in the kindergarten. I used the money I'd managed to save before I got married to buy a small apartment so I could be closer to her.The deed was in my name. The moment I held the title deed in my hands, I realized I finally had a home again. A tiny home, less than 400 square feet. Just Annie and me.After graduating, I worked as a designer for a few years. When Jenna gave birth to Annie, she threw herself into work and barely had time for the baby.So, I quit my job and took over everything at home.I went to several job interviews in the county, but every one of them ended in rejection. Ironically, the offer I finally received came from the local branch of a publicly listed company.There was just one condition. During my three-month probation period, I'd have to deliver a proposal that proved I deserved the job.Compared