All Chapters of The Undesired Wife and Her Hidden Heir: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Maya’s POVI woke up by 7:00 Am to see Carter already dressed. He took one look at my pale face and the dark circles under my eyes, but didn’t say anything.The man who had started to reciprocate my feelings little by little in the past few months had suddenly vanished.He cleared his throat. "I’m going to the hospital to see Brooke. I think you should come too. You haven’t been to visit her yet. It’s not a good look on you. Besides, she’s been asking for you.”The last thing I was in the mood for was visiting anyone, least of all Brooke.I felt nauseous and tired from lack of sleep, but Carter was right, so I freshened up and followed him to the hospital.Brooke was sitting in bed when we got her VIP hospital room, looking as beautiful as ever, although she was noticeably slimmer.A little boy with thick, dark curls, exactly like Carter's, sat on the floor, playing with a toy car.My heart sank when I saw the child. I had been hoping that this would be one of Brooke’s elaborate lies

Maya’s POVBy noon the following day, the Davis mansion was a beehive of activity.Moving trucks filled the driveway, carrying furniture and boxes of designer clothing that Ashley had ordered for Brooke and Leo.Brooke supervised the whole thing, standing in the foyer like she owned the place and giving orders on where this or that should go. I felt like a stranger in my own home.“Oof! I’m so hungry. Maya, go make me something to eat,” Brooke ordered later that afternoon.I was watching my favorite show in the living room alone when this rude request came. I pretended I didn’t hear her.“Are you deaf? I said go make me something to eat, or is this how you treat your visitors?”“First of all, you are no visitor of mine. We have a cook. Go tell them you're hungry, or better yet, go tell Carter who invited you here in the first place,” I retorted angrily.Her mouth fell open in shock. Three years ago, before she disappeared, I was practically her personal maid and would never have dared

Maya’s POV“We need to talk,” Carter said without preamble. Those famously dreaded four words caused my heart start to beat faster.“Yes. My parents came visiting today,” I told him.“So I heard.”“They brought this,” I slid the divorce agreement across to him.He took one look at it and, to my horror, I saw relief on his face. Oh, God! So it was true that they had talked to him about the divorce, and he had agreed.He didn’t say anything, though. Instead, he stared at it for a long time. I held my breath, hoping desperately that he would choose us.Finally, he sat down heavily and brought out a checkbook from his drawer. Then he scribbled something on it and slid it across the desk to me.It was a check for five million dollars. Tears immediately welled up in my eyes. I desperately blinked them back.“Wh … what is it for?” I stammered."Consider it compensation for the three years of your life that you spent with me,” he told me.I gazed at him through watery eyes. “Just like that, C

Carter’s POVI woke up in Brooke’s bed with no idea how I got there.My whole body felt sluggish, my mouth tasted strangely metallic, and my head throbbed dully.In short, I felt like complete crap, and to top it off, I was stark naked. What on earth had I done?Then the memory of the dimly lit hotel room and the muscular, half-naked man on top of the woman I called my wife came flooding back.A sharp, unfamiliar ache gripped my chest, catching me completely off guard. I wasn’t in love with Maya. I never had been. So why did my chest feel so tight at her betrayal?The bathroom door opened, and Brooke walked out, wrapped in a bathrobe."Good morning, sleepyhead," she cooed, sitting on the edge of the bed.I cleared my throat. “Brooke... why am I in your room like... like this?"She raised her eyebrows and smiled. "Don't panic, Artie. Nothing happened.”"Really? Then why don't I have any clothes on?" I asked, racking my brain to remember what had happened. My memory was foggy.“You were

Maya’s POV"Are you sure about this, Maya?" Lucas asked, looking at me with concern as our private jet landed. "You can still change your mind, you know. Your brand is already a global legend. You don't have to walk back into the lion's den to prove anything."“I’m sure, Lucas. Besides, I'm not trying to prove anything to anyone. There’s a lot more going on under the surface that needs to be handled.” I replied, my eyes resolute.I had told him about my past connection to Carter, but I kept the details of my revenge strategy to myself for now.I had waited so long to get justice for my Mom, and using Carter’s platform was the fastest way to pull the rug from under the Miller family.We checked into our hotel, and at noon, two luxury cars arrived to take us to the Davis Group building.Memories came rushing back as I walked into the main lobby, and I shook my head, unable to believe how unfairly I had been treated. Back then, I was ‘forbidden’ to visit without prior notice.On the rare