Alle Kapitel von The Heiress He Threw Away: Kapitel 1 – Kapitel 4

Mabel’s Point of View:My hand shook as I held the phone against my ear, my cheek damp with sweat from how tightly I had pressed it against my face.The woman had just said, “He loves me more.”I tried to speak, but the words seemed to get stuck somewhere in my throat. My eyes wandered around the dining room, searching for something I couldn't even name.The candles had burned almost completely down. The food I had spent hours preparing sat untouched, cold and unappetizing. The cake I had fussed over all afternoon was still sitting in the middle of the table, the little decorations I had carefully placed around it looking ridiculous now.A few minutes ago, I had been worried that Dexter had forgotten our anniversary.Now I was trying to understand how another woman had ended up on his phone at midnight, telling me that my husband loved her more.What was I supposed to do with that?I had spent the entire day making everything perfect for him. His favorite food. His favorite color. His

Chapter 4Mabel's Point of ViewMy fingers tightened around the divorce papers until the pages crumpled beneath my grip.Pregnant?The word echoed in my head until it became almost meaningless.Tears stung my eyes, blurring the words on the paper. I had thought cheating was the height of betrayal. I had thought there was nothing worse than finding out my husband had been sleeping with your best friend.But a pregnancy?He had gotten her pregnant.“Shocked?” Dexter asked, his voice cutting through the silence. “What were you expecting? That I'd stay married to a barren woman like you?”The words hit harder than I expected.I stared at him, searching his face for even a trace of the man I had married. The man who used to look at me like I was the only woman in the world. The man who never raised his voice at me, who used to make me believe I was safe with him.He was gone.Or maybe I had simply been stupid enough to believe he existed.“What didn't I do for you?” I asked, my voice break