All Chapters of The Wife He Thought Would Wait: Chapter 1 - Chapter 7

Ethan looked at me, and the smile on his lips only deepened.“Still angry?”He set the roses on the counter and reached out to stroke my hair, just as he used to.“Come on. The three years are over. I came back, didn’t I?”I moved away from his hand.“Mr. Carter, please show some respect. I have a husband.”His hand stopped in midair. He studied my face for several seconds.“You’re really that angry this time?”He did not believe I was married.In his mind, everything I said was simply my way of punishing him for the choice he had made three years ago.Back then, when Vanessa proposed her so-called test at a private members’ club, everyone urged Ethan not to treat his marriage like a game.I was four weeks pregnant at the time.Before we left for the club, Ethan had rested his hand on my stomach and promised to take me to my first prenatal appointment the next morning.But when Vanessa asked whether he dared to divorce me, he hesitated for only a few seconds.“Clara is carrying my chil

Three days later, on Mrs. Carter’s birthday, I did not go to the estate. I did not make the cake Ethan had demanded either.That afternoon, Ethan called me.“Leo is spending time with his family. I’ll bring him back once he’s settled in.”Family?What gave him the right to call the people who had hurt me Leo’s family?When I arrived at the Carter estate, the birthday dinner had not yet begun. The staff were still preparing the garden.I shoved past the people trying to stop me and stormed into the house.“Ethan! Give me back my son!”No one answered.Then I heard Leo screaming from the backyard.“Mommy! I want Mommy!”My heart clenched. I immediately ran toward his cries.Vanessa was holding Leo, with two cats beside her.His face was red from crying. He kept pushing away the black cat in her arms, and an angry rash had already spread across his exposed skin.“Leo is severely allergic to cats! Tell Vanessa to get that animal away from him!”Ethan blocked my path and refused to let me p

The police arrived at the hospital twenty minutes later.Ethan still had not recovered from learning Dante’s identity.“This is impossible.”He stared at me as if he could force the truth to change by finding some trace of a lie on my face.“How could you possibly be married to Dante Moretti?”I did not answer.Three years ago, Ethan had believed I could not survive without the Carter family.Now that he had discovered I was living better than I ever had with him, he still refused to believe it.An officer approached us.“Who took the child without his legal guardians’ permission?”Ethan finally pulled himself together.“I’m the boy’s biological father. I only brought him home for his grandmother’s birthday. This was not a kidnapping.”“He is not Leo’s father.”I handed my phone to the officer.Ethan’s message was still on the screen.【Leo is spending time with his family. I’ll bring him back once he’s settled in.】After reading it, the officer asked for Leo’s date of birth and guardia

During the investigation, Vanessa tried to place all the blame on Ethan.She told the police that Ethan was the one who had decided Leo was his son and that bringing the boy to the Carter estate had been his idea.“I only played with Leo for a little while. I didn’t know his allergy was that severe.”But the recording from Leo’s smartwatch proved that she had heard my warning.Security footage from the estate also showed Leo refusing to go near the cat from the beginning. Vanessa had forced the animal into his arms. Even when he cried for me, she refused to let the staff take him away.Faced with the evidence, she changed her story.“Ethan told me to do it. He said a boy shouldn’t be raised to be so delicate.”When Ethan learned what she had told the police, he remained silent for a long time.For three years, no matter what trouble Vanessa caused, he had always protected her.When she damaged my car, he said she had only recently learned to drive.When she took my necklace, he said sh