Todos los capítulos de Leaving With Full Custody of Their Future: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 9

At first, the betrayal hurt me. I'd argued bitterly with Simone about it. That only changed six months ago, the third time I caught her cheating.Simone had impatiently slipped on her robe and grabbed me by the jaw. "You need to know your place, Caleb Rowland. You only managed to latch onto my family because you got me pregnant. Other than that, you're nothing."At that very moment, something inside me shattered for good.From then on, I stopped confronting her. I stopped kicking up a fuss. I even took the initiative to stay out of the way whenever she brought other men home—not because I had resigned myself to my fate, but because I finally understood the rules of the game.I bent down and pressed a gentle kiss to Ally's forehead. She smelled faintly of milk. It was now the only scent in this house that didn't make me sick to my stomach.I leaned close to her ear, my voice soft as I murmured, "Don't worry, Ally. One day, the entire Jamison fortune will be ours."…My in-laws, F

"It'll be enough for now," I said quietly to Larry before looking out the window. "You know, Larry, sometimes you must be willing to give up everything to get what you truly desire."Larry tightened his grip on the steering wheel. "I just hope you won't regret this someday."I wouldn't. I'd taken with me the only biological heir the Jamisons would ever have.…Two years was enough time for a lot of things to change. Ally and I lived in a small apartment on the east side of the city. During the day, I took her to preschool and went to work at the hospital. At night, I cooked, played with her, and put her to bed.It was a modest life, but also a peaceful one.Simone and Mark got married just three months after the divorce. They had a lavish wedding ceremony, and the media gushed that age hadn't been an obstacle to their fairytale romance.In the photos, Mark wore a bespoke tuxedo, while Simone held his arm, her smile refined. It was a smile I hadn't seen in a very long time.A

"Sign this," I said to Simone.It was an equity transfer agreement to transfer 10% of Jamison Corporation's shares to me."Are you crazy?" Simone glared at the document, her voice rising. "You want me to give up shares in Jamison Corporation? That's a threat to our legacy!"I looked at her. "As it happens, the continuation of your family's legacy hinges on my daughter. You only have two options. Sign the agreement, and I'll use my position as a shareholder to secure Ally's future inheritance. Or you refuse, and you can watch as your extended family slowly but surely seize everything for themselves."Simone's fingers trembled, the carefully manicured nails tapping lightly against the desk."I'll give you three days to think it over." I pushed the agreement toward her. "By the way, I have a gift for you."I took another folder out of my desk drawer. It was stuffed with a ton of photos featuring Mark's bedroom adventures with both genders, the timeline spanning from two years ago to

"But that was a long time ago," I said to Simone before closing the door behind me, walking away from the once-proud woman who was now completely crushed.Simone and Mark's divorce was finalized in the blink of an eye. There was barely any division of property. The terms in their prenuptial agreement were iron-clad, ensuring that Mark would walk away with nothing.He tried to fight it, but the Jamisons made it clear to him that if he continued to cause trouble, they would make the explicit photos of him and his medical records public.Mark ended up vanishing from Avoncrest. It was like he never existed.Simone's symptoms kept recurring. The herpes had caused long-term damage to her immune system, and combined with the psychological blow, it left her completely broken.After she missed her third board meeting, Frank and Eunice came to see me. This time, it wasn't at the hospital. It was at the small apartment I owned.Eunice swallowed her pride and even seemed somewhat awkward."