All Chapters of She Was Reborn to Put Me in Prison: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

The first year of marriage was my golden window for taming her.I took away her bank cards and put her on a fixed allowance of $360 a month.Groceries, household supplies, anything she wanted for herself. It all came out of that.At first, she wasn't used to it. She said she wanted to replace her usual skincare products.They cost about $200, so she asked me for extra money.I threw the household bills down in front of her."Do the math yourself! HOA fees, gas, electric, water... you think any of that is free? I'm out there killing myself, and you're at home living it up. Just use drugstore brands. You're home all day. Who are you putting on makeup for?"Her eyes turned red instantly, and she lowered her head. "I understand."After that, she never bought anything expensive again.When her former coworkers invited her to dinner, she told me three days in advance.She said she'd be going to a department get-together and would be back by eight.I said she could go. Then that afternoon, I

I named her as the company's CFO.I brought home a thick stack of documents for her to sign.She flipped through them, then hesitated."What are these? I can't make sense of most of them. Could I get in trouble for signing them?"I sat beside her, wrapped my arm around her shoulder, and gave it a gentle squeeze."Don't be silly. What could go wrong? It's routine company paperwork, just a formality. You're my wife. Having my own wife as CFO puts my mind at ease. Relax. I've got everything covered. Even if something did come up, I'd handle it all. I would never let you take any of the heat."She still hesitated, biting her lip without speaking.My expression turned cold. I let go of her and leaned back on the couch. "What? You don't trust me? We're married. Would I do anything to hurt you? Why do you think I'm working so hard to build this company? It's for this family, for you. You won't even do this one small thing for me. Are you waiting for my company to go under?""No, that's not...

I frantically tried to reach Vanessa. After all, our relationship had gone well beyond professional.Ever since she joined the company, I had started working late far more often.Every evening, she had some new thrill planned for us before helping me clean up those ugly accounts.Under the office lights, the curve of her profile was beautiful.She had more allure than Elena, stuck at home with nothing to offer but housework.I thought no man alive was luckier than me. Elena was docile and obedient, never a word of complaint, the perfect wife.Vanessa was passionate and sexy, never made unreasonable demands, and could handle every problem in the books.One night, Vanessa and I stayed together until the early hours before I went home.Elena was waiting on the couch, as usual.TV on, fast asleep.I walked over and looked at her curled-up form, and suddenly felt nothing. Even the way she slept was so small and timid.Vanessa, on the other hand, always sat across from me with a smile, raise

Even as they led me away, I was still trying to talk my way out."The CFO handled all of this. I had no idea! I only deal with business operations. She managed all the finances. I didn't know anything!""You mean Elena Harper?" The investigator looked at me, something odd in his eyes."She is the CFO, yes. But we have a complete paper trail proving that every falsified account and every diverted fund was created at your direction. And the whistleblower who came forward under her own name... was her.""What did you say?" I stood there as if struck by lightning."That's impossible! She doesn't know anything! She can't even read a financial statement—"The words died in my mouth as the office door opened.Elena walked in.She wasn't wearing her usual shapeless house clothes. She had on a sharply tailored black suit.Her hair was pulled back clean and neat. Light makeup. Her eyes calm and razor-sharp.How had she turned back into the same sharp, formidable woman I remembered from the first

When she spoke, her voice was steady, stripped of every trace of the timidity and submission she once wore."Let me introduce myself properly. Elena Harper, CPA. The truth is, I've already died once at your hands!"I frowned and took a step back."What the hell are you talking about? Have you lost your mind?""You've always been the crazy one." She stared at me coldly."In my last life, I listened to you. I quit my job and became your live-in maid. You took my bank cards and cut off every friend I had. You froze me out and tore me down, step by step, until there was nowhere left to turn! When the accounts blew up, you pinned every charge on me and said I had done it all on my own. I had no way to defend myself. My reputation was destroyed. In the end, you drove me to take my own life."Her tone was so flat she could have been telling someone else's story, but the hairs on the back of my neck stood on end."I was only thirty-two when I died." She looked me in the eyes."Even in my final