All Chapters of I Watched Him Marry My Replacement : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Amelia Carter knew something was wrong the moment the ballroom went silent.Not the ordinary silence that came when a speech was about to begin.This was different.Conversations died one after another, as though an invisible hand had swept across the room.Amelia slowly lowered her champagne glass.She had been standing near the enormous windows of the Vaughn Hotel for almost twenty minutes, pretending she wasn’t checking the entrance every few seconds.Her husband was late.Again,she shouldn’t have been surprised.Damian Vaughn had been late to their wedding.Late to their first anniversary dinner.Late to her father’s funeral,And tonight, on the evening of the Vaughn Foundation’s biggest charity gala of the year, she had once again arrived alone.Five years of marriage had taught Amelia not to expect much from her husband.Still, a small part of her had hoped tonight would be different.She hated herself for that hope.“Mrs. Vaughn?”Amelia turned,A middle-aged woman stood behind her, smiling p

Damian’s gaze remained fixed on Amelia.Especially on the hand she had instinctively placed over her stomach.For one dangerous second, Amelia wondered if he knew.Then she lowered her hand.“What are you doing out here?” he asked.“Leaving.”His expression hardened.“You’re coming home with me.”Amelia almost smiled,home.That word sounded absurd coming from him.“I don’t think I have a home there anymore.”“You’re still my wife.”“Am I?”Damian went silent.Amelia stepped closer.“Because tonight, I watched my husband introduce another woman as the mother of his child.”His jaw tightened.“Sophia and I”“I don’t want an explanation.”“You should hear me out.”“No.”Her answer was immediate.For once, Damian looked genuinely surprised.Amelia had spent years listening to him.Tonight, he could listen to her. “I’ve defended you when people called our marriage a joke. I’ve made excuses for your absence. I’ve sat alone at dinners because you were always too busy. I convinced myself that you were s

Amelia didn’t sleep.By the time the taxi stopped outside the small apartment building she’d rented months ago and never expected to use, the sky over New York had begun to lighten.She sat in the back seat for several seconds, staring at the message on her phone.Your father never betrayed the Vaughns.It shouldn’t have affected her this much.She had spent years accepting the story.Her father had made a reckless business decision.The Vaughns had lost millions. The Carter name had been ruined.And somehow, Amelia had been left to carry the shame.Then, five years ago, the Vaughns had offered a solution.Marriage,she had accepted.Not because she loved Damian,not then.She had simply believed it was the only way to protect what remained of her family.Somewhere along the way, she’d made the mistake of falling in love with him.And now she was paying for it,Amelia finally stepped out of the taxi,her hand instinctively moved toward her stomach.She stopped,she still hadn’t told Damian.And after

Amelia stared at the man in front of her“Destroy both families?” she repeated. “What does that mean?”The man glanced toward the entrance.“We don’t have time for this.”“Then make time!” Her voice cracked. “You appear out of nowhere, tell me my father knew this day would come, and expect me to leave without an explanation?”His expression softened, but only for a moment.“You have your father’s eyes.”Amelia frowned. “Don’t talk about my father as if you knew him.”“I knew him better than you think.”“Then tell me what happened to him.”The man looked down at the photograph in her hand.“Your father made a deal with Richard Vaughn. A deal that was supposed to protect their businesses and secure their families’ futures.”“Richard Vaughn is Damian’s father.”“I know who he is.”“Then what went wrong?”“Greed.”The answer came without hesitation.Amelia shook her head. “My father lost everything before he died. His company collapsed, his partners abandoned him, and people whispered that he’d

Damian’s final words followed me long after I left the storage facility.She’ll discover why you married her, I hated that sentence.Not because I believed it, but because a small, unwelcome part of me wondered whether there was something I had never known about the man I had spent five years loving.I climbed into a taxi and gave the driver my address.My phone vibrated before we reached the main road.Damian: We need to talk,I stared at the message.Me: We already did,his reply came almost immediately.Damian: Not about this.Me: Whatever it is, you can tell your wife.Three dots appeared, disappeared, then appeared again.Damian: This isn’t about Sophia.I locked my phone.For five years, Damian had perfected the art of making me wait. Wait for his attention. Wait for an explanation. Wait for the smallest indication that I mattered,I was done waiting.When I reached my apartment, I locked the door behind me and placed my handbag on the table,the envelope was still there.So was the flash