Divorce? Just Not Yet Darling!
"You unworthy riffraff! I can see you've grown wings", Mrs Caroline, my mother in-law snapped, focusing every ounce of her strength as she addressed me with disdain. "Who gave you the right to talk to my daughter in such manner? Because we gave you the privilege to sit at table with us?"
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Bella's only mistake in life was offering herself as Alex's bride after Linda, his betrothed, ditched him on their wedding day. She thought it was an opportunity for the man she's always loved since college, to finally notice her and fall for her.
But her fantasy crumbled into three years of being treated like trash by a husband who saw her as nothing but a stand in, and a family she constantly shrunk herself for, like her entire existence was a debt she owed them.
She finally snapped out of her reverie when the Hayes sweetheart, Linda returned, determined to claim Alex back. But this time, with darker intentions.
Bella demands a divorce, but strangely, Alex refuses to let her go — a plan spoiler to Linda's scheme. He traps Bella in a dangerous deal—one that keeps her in his bed, his home… and under his control for as long as ever. Now the man who once pushed her away is the same man burning to keep her. But Bella is no longer the woman who begged for his love, neither the one scared to walk away even if it destroys the entire Hayes.