Semua Bab He Hides a Ring, I Drain His Wallet: Bab 1 - Bab 10

The air-conditioning in the Clover Club card room was running full blast, and the shuffling of cards at our table drowned out every other sound."Sierra, look at this! That bastard Ethan!"My best friend, Wendy Lawson, shoved her phone in my face. On the screen was a photo that hurt to look at.It showed a yacht by the river and a crowd of elegantly dressed people. My husband, Ethan Fuller, was down on one knee, slipping a huge diamond ring onto his secretary Yvette Shelton's finger.The caption read, "Here's to the rest of our lives."In an instant, the table went so quiet that the only sound left was the hum of the air conditioner."Isn't… Isn't that Mr. Fuller?" Mrs. Walton, who was sitting across from me, covered her mouth. "He and Ms. Shelton… Is this… Is this a proposal?""A proposal? That's not even the half of it!" Wendy snapped, her chest heaving with anger as she pointed at Jordan Yancey, who was beaming in the photo. "Look at these men. They all teamed up to make a

"It hurts… our baby…" Yvette groaned in pain, clutching the front of Ethan's shirt and gasping weakly as tears rolled down her cheeks.Ethan didn't spare me another glance. He scooped Yvette up in his arms and bolted out the door.The front door slammed shut behind them with a deafening bang.The house fell into a deathly silence.I sat quietly on the couch, looking at the spot where they'd just been standing.A long while later, my phone screen suddenly lit up with a new message.It was from Yvette.The photo she sent was shocking—rumpled sheets, tangled limbs, and the familiar profile of a man, his face buried in a woman's neck.The message that came with it was even more cutting."Ethan is beside me right now, Ms. Jameson. He says he'll do right by me and our baby. After all, he's tired. He doesn't want to be around a cold woman who couldn't even keep her baby."Cold?I stared at those words and suddenly felt like laughing. So that was how he described me to other people.

Over the next few days, I went about my life as usual, as if that farce outside my door had never happened.Wendy, on the other hand, called three times a day to report on what Ethan and Jordan were up to."Listen to this, Sierra. That idiot Jordan actually went along with Ethan, and now he's helping him figure out how to move his assets!"He even bragged to me about it, going on about how it's all for one and one for all. Give me a break! More like a couple of crooks in cahoots. I hope they both get struck by lightning!"…Two days later, Mr. Carter called me, his tone serious."Ms. Jameson, things aren't looking too good. The asset list Mr. Fuller's side submitted is full of holes, but according to the company's books, they recently incurred a huge debt to an outside party. It's drained most of their working capital. "If we file for divorce now, the apparent drop in the company's value could seriously affect your settlement. We also need to establish whether he's claiming any

They didn't resort to insults. Instead, they let the evidence speak for itself.Mrs. Bennett posted a screenshot of Yvette's Instagram post from a month ago. It was a photo of her partying at a club, with the caption, "Single and loving it. Let's drink till we drop!"The post was dated a month earlier.Then, Mrs. Morgan posted several photos of Yvette smoking at different dinner gatherings, smiling brightly. Her behavior hardly matched her claims of putting her baby first.One of our friends even dug up Yvette's old social media account from her college days.On that account, she posted her "achievements" of juggling several men at once, claiming she was broke as an excuse to get them to buy her designer handbags and other expensive gifts.Wendy delivered the final blow by tagging Yvette."Ms. Shelton, you keep saying you're doing all this for your baby. When you were out partying, smoking, and drinking, did you ever think about your 'innocent baby'? Or do you think the baby is

"Enough with your crocodile tears. Do you think this is over?"I walked to the coffee table, grabbed a thick envelope, and slammed it down in front of him."Take a look. This is a copy of what I submitted to the court. I have investigated all the shady business you and Jordan have done—asset transfers, fabricated debts. I have solid evidence for all of it."Ethan's head snapped up. His hands trembled as he opened the envelope. The moment he pulled out the documents, all color drained from his face."How… how did you get these internal financial records?" he asked."Did you forget? I was the one who kept the books when the company just started. I recorded every single transaction myself. Do you think keeping me at home, away from the office, would cut me off from the outside world?"You forgot about the suppliers you offended with your arrogance. You forgot about the longtime employees whose bonuses you withheld." I looked down at him. "All of this was a 'gift' from them.""No, S