All Chapters of REBORN: From Housewife to Empress.: Chapter 1 - Chapter 6

Odessa would die today.She did not know that. Her thoughts were completely immersed in something else as she clutched her purse, lowered herself into her car, and turned on the engine. Her heart hammered loudly against her ribs.The only thing she felt was anger, all the pent-up anger that had built over her years as Tristan's wife.Was she a wife? She was a slave. She was the reason he was what he was today. She had built the company from the ground up, but nobody would believe her if she told them. They would call her a bitter woman, lying because she had found out her husband was cheating.Tears stung her eyes, and she quickly brushed them aside.She thought about how she had spent this morning wiping her own blood off the ground.Her child was gone, and she was left to deal with it alone.She had pulled out her phone to call her husband even though her hands were trembling and tears blurred her vision.When he finally picked up, he was out of breath, as if he had been running.He

Odessa sat in the living room, still dazed by the fact that she was actually back six months before she died.The door pushed open and Tristan walked in, his tie loose and his suit jacket in his arms.Odessa felt her heart drop.She forced a warm smile when his eyes landed on her.They were cold. How long had he been looking at her like that? The emptiness behind his eyes made her uneasy.Why hadn't she noticed it before?The hope she held for him had made her see things that weren't there and ignore things that were.Like the lipstick stain on his collar.He spoke before she did."I'm sorry I wasn't home last night. I slept in the office. I got carried away."Odessa tried to hide her disgust. How many times had she accepted his blatant lies wrapped as apologies?"It's fine," she said, but her voice cracked. She cleared her throat immediately.He walked up to where she sat and placed a kiss on her cheek.She could smell her perfume.She wanted to scrub the skin where he had kissed her

Odessa quickly ran through replies that would steer the conversation where she wanted it to go."None that I know of," she said.Silas placed both hands in his pockets and exhaled sharply."Why do you let him do it? Loyalty or stupidity?""Do what?" she asked.He narrowed his eyes, his gaze lingering on her face.Odessa could feel her breathing intensify.Then he turned to walk away. Odessa felt her heart drop.No, no. He was supposed to give her a card. What had she done wrong?He paused and turned back to her. He pulled out his card and placed it in her palm."I think you should go where your talents are appreciated."Silas's eyes remained on the card. He did not expect a call from her. She looked like she was exactly where she wanted to be.Still, it pained him that an idiot like Tristan would get to take her work and pass it off as his own.The few minutes he had spent with the man had been more than enough for him to understand what was going on.She rose to her feet, the card be