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 POVThe morning after The disgusting memories refused to leave my head.Maya … the woman I called my wife, with a practically naked, muscular man on top of her.Bile rose in my throat, and a sharp, unfamiliar ache gripped my chest.It caught 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?I sat up in bed, suddenly realizing that I was stark naked.At the same time, the master suite bedroom door opened, and Brooke came in, wrapped in a bathrobe."Good morning, sleepyhead," she cooed, sitting on the edge of the bed and looking down pointedly at my exposed crotch.I threw the covers over my lap. She raised her eyebrows and smiled."Don't panic, Artie. I’ve already seen everything down there... and done worse than just looking, with them. Several times, if I might add.”“Where’s Maya?” I asked her, ignoring the joke.Her smile faltered. “Um, I don’t know. I haven’t seen her today, I think. How are you feeli

Maya’s POVI took a deep breath as the jet touched down on the city I left five years ago.Lucas was looking at me with concern. "Are you sure about this, Maya? 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," he asked.He was right, but my mind was made up.I had my own reasons why I wanted to accept this proposal, and it had to do with my former family, but I didn’t tell Lucas that.“I’m sure, Lucas. Also, I'm not trying to prove anything to anyone. This collaboration will be great for the brand,” I replied, my eyes determined.He still didn’t look convinced, but he nodded in agreement.Anyway, we were already here, so we had to go through with it.The city looked pretty much the same.We checked into our hotel, and at exactly noon, two luxury cars arrived to take us to the Davis Group building.Memories came rushing back as I walked into the main lobby, most of them unpleasant.I shoo