All Chapters of Outbid for My Own Wife: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

The second I tapped "Leave Auction," Vivian Sterling called."Withdraw your request."Her tone was so flat, you'd think I'd submitted a report with a typo.I held Ollie tighter and looked at the bruised needle marks on the back of his little hand."I can't.""IT can restore your account. Register again. Don't make everyone else wait because of you."I actually laughed.Our son was scheduled for his preoperative assessment the next morning, and all she cared about was losing one bidder in her precious auction."Vivian, Ollie is supposed to have heart surgery tomorrow."Two seconds of silence."I know.""The doctors need both parents here to sign the paperwork. Come home tonight.""I'll be there before nine tomorrow. Blake just moved, and he can't get everything unpacked by himself. I'll come back when we're finished."I glanced at the clock. Eleven forty at night."Doesn't he have a family?"Her voice turned icy."Miles, you already quit the auction. That means you don't

I took a screenshot and sent it to Vivian."This is what you call fair?"She replied almost immediately. "He bid more.""He just took $120,000 from Ollie's surgery fund. Now he's using the money you gave him to outbid me. That counts?""Once the money's in his account, it's his. You can raise your bid. Don't complain about the rules just because you're losing."I looked at the $300 left in my account and put my phone away.Vivian missed the preoperative briefing the next day, exactly as expected.Dr. Hollis pulled up Ollie's results. "His mother's family history is essential, and both parents need to acknowledge the risks of this procedure."I sent Vivian every page of the paperwork.Read. Read. Read.No reply.Half an hour later, Blake sent a photo. Vivian was painting the walls of his studio, her white shirt splattered blue."Stop pestering her, Miles. Vivian promised to help me finish the walls."I shut off my phone and signed the documents alone.She didn't show up on

Raymond arrived at the hospital that night.He didn't ask about the company shares first. He stood on the other side of the observation window, looking at Ollie for a long time."Where's Vivian?""With Blake."His face darkened. He took out his phone.Vivian answered promptly. "Dad? What's wrong?""Your son is in surgery. Where the hell are you?""Blake couldn't breathe. I'll come as soon as he's settled.""Get back here. Now."Raymond ended the call and faced me."Miles, if you return the shares, I can rein Vivian in. But making her leave the marriage with nothing isn't realistic."I pushed a folder toward him."I own twenty-seven percent of Sterling Group. Seven years ago, when the company was about to collapse, my father risked everything he had to save it. Those shares belong to the Carver family."I trusted Vivian, so I never exercised my voting rights."I connected my phone to the room's display and showed him the bidding records, account statements, and hospital pa

On the day of the board vote, Vivian was suspended from every position she held.Her auction platform was shut down at the same time.Before it went offline, Raymond disclosed the administrative logs to every user on the platform.The supposedly fair system had one hidden rule: "Account: Blake Ellison. Automatically overrides every other winning bid."Her mother, Eleanor; her business partner, Grant Hale; and even senior executives who'd paid large amounts to secure meeting time had all been pushed aside for Blake.Grant terminated their partnership on the spot. Several executives jointly demanded a full audit.Blake went online to claim Vivian's husband was persecuting him and that every payment he received had been a willing gift.He also uploaded a recording of Vivian saying, "Miles won't leave. He'll make a fuss and then come back on his own."Overnight, the internet turned on her.This time, the anger was directed at Vivian, not me.She spent an entire night outside the

Blake eventually confessed to forging the medical opinion and rigging the auction's administrative system, and he paid back every cent he'd taken.During the investigation, he handed over extensive message logs.Every time Vivian leaked my balance to him, every time she made him permanent priority, it was there in black and white.It took only three pages of evidence to silence her.The first was a message sent on Ollie's parent day."Miles can only bid $300. Offer $900. Then he'll understand that my time isn't a free perk that comes with marriage."The second was the payment record after Ollie's diagnosis.Vivian had first credited Blake's account with $3,000, then directed him to bid $2,250.The third was an administrator command entered the night before Ollie's surgery."No matter how much Miles bids, declare Blake the winner."The judge asked Vivian whether she disputed any of it.She sat at the defendant's table, her face ashen."No."At last, she admitted that every