บททั้งหมดของ The Don Cheated on Me While I Was Pregnant: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 9

Susie lay beneath Charles, half-naked.When she saw me, she screamed. Charles froze, then yanked the blanket over her.He put himself between us, shielding her with his body."Why didn't you tell me you were coming home?" Charles snapped before he could stop himself. A second later, he softened his tone.My throat tightened. I could barely make a sound.I stared at how ridiculous he looked and let out a humorless laugh."So you'd have time to hide her?"Then I turned to leave.Charles panicked. He leaped out of bed, caught up with me, and grabbed my wrist. "It's not what it looks like.""Let me explain. I just wanted to see whether I'd still cheat. That's the only reason I brought her here."I took a breath and kept my voice steady."Well, now you know. You cheated.""Just listen. I had to find out if I'd still cheat so I'd know what to do from now on. Besides, Susie was having a bad day, so I let her come over."Charles scrambled to explain himself.I didn't let it show, but inside, I

I opened the safe, took everything out, sorted through it, and put it in a drawer.The first time I caught him cheating, he'd dropped to his knees and begged for my forgiveness.To win back my complete trust, he gave the combination only to me. I held his fate in my hands, so after I forgave him, I trusted him completely.That trust was exactly what gave him the chance to cheat again.I owned plenty, but I packed only the valuables.I packed one suitcase, wheeled it into the living room, and took one last look around.That was when my phone rang.I picked up. It was my mother.She sounded frantic, and I could tell she was fighting to keep her voice steady. "Serena, your father's been kidnapped. They want a ransom, and I don't have enough money. If we don't pay right away, they'll kill him! You have to do something."Fear gripped me, and I started to shake."Okay. I'm coming home now. Send me the kidnappers' account and the ransom amount."I dragged my suitcase out the door. As soon as

I opened my mouth and reached for the papers, ready to tear them up.But the next second, Susie waved a hand, and two bodyguards barged into the ER. I leaped up to stop them.The ER door had already slammed shut.I screamed for my mother through the glass. She lay inside, barely alive.The bodyguards already had a syringe ready.I screamed until my voice cracked. "Don't! Get away from her! Don't touch her! Stop!"At last, I grabbed Susie and begged, "I'll sign! I'll sign!"I scrawled my name across the divorce papers.Susie looked over the signed papers, satisfied. Inside the ER, the bodyguards waited for her order.She smiled. "I said I'd consider it. Well, I've considered it. I don't want you to have anyone left."Then she gave the bodyguards a look.They plunged the needle straight into my mother's heart. My eyes widened, and all the blood drained from my face.I screamed as the heart monitor flatlined.The bodyguards walked out the moment it was done. I grabbed Susie by the shoulde

Susie paused, and her smile froze. "Seven more months," she said, dazed. "Did you forget?"Charles stood up and nodded. "Right. I'll send a few maids over. That should be more than enough help. If you need anything else, call me. Work's been crazy lately, so I won't have time to stay with you."With that, Charles headed out.Susie went pale. She flinched and opened her mouth to say something.But the door had already closed.Charles left Susie's place and drove straight back to the estate.He sat in the car for an hour before he finally went inside.Before opening the front door, Charles had rehearsed everything he planned to say. He knew how he'd comfort me and explain the situation with Susie.But when he stepped inside, the house was completely silent.He searched everywhere, but I was gone. Upstairs, he noticed the bullet lodged in the bedroom door and suddenly remembered me standing there a few days earlier, white as a sheet.Only then did fear grip him.That bullet could have gon

I found news about Charles online.Photos and videos of Charles had been released. The Marino family had been completely dismantled, with more than a hundred members arrested.Charles received the harshest punishment of them all.He was sentenced to death for money laundering, human trafficking, illegal gambling, and ordering hits.A reporter interviewed him on video. He looked broken. In only three months, his eyes had become bloodshot, dark circles had settled beneath them, and he'd lost a great deal of weight.The reporter asked about his greatest regret.His eyes reddened. He'd kept his head down the entire time, but now he looked straight into the camera as the color drained from his face.After struggling to speak for a long moment, he finally said, "I wronged someone. She was right to divorce me. I was wrong.""She's the only person I ever truly wronged. I never meant to hurt her or our baby. If Susie hadn't lied to me...""I don't know whether she'll ever see this, but I still