Bella only found out her husband Adam had betrayed her when she was already pregnant. Not only did he take everything from her, but he even twisted the knife of betrayal upon divorcing her right after she had given birth. Now, all she could do is grit her teeth and walk away. However, the truth shed light on both parties, and Adam soon realized the misunderstandings and misfortunes that had coated their relationship from the very start. Determined to get her back, he promised to pursue her no matter how hard she refuses him. He wanted another chance. She wanted him gone. Would they ever mend their broken trust or would both of them live forever in regret?
"Adam, please let my father go. The company and the money are all yours, just let him go, please!"
Bella Mu's knees rubbed against the tiled floors as her small hands clutched the man's sleeves tightly. Tears ran down her cheeks as her voice trembled.
A bony middle-aged man was lying on the bed behind her. The heart monitor beeped through the chaotic silence, and she couldn't help but clutch his sleeves even tighter.
Adam Qin snorted. "Let him go? And my family? Did he let them go then?"
Shaking off Bella Mu's grip, he stomped up to the middle-aged man and grabbed a hold of his collar. Regardless of the man's weak figure, he shook him. "Darren Mu, have you ever thought about what had happened?
Do you remember the day you took away our company and then forced my parents into debt? Their blood is in your hands! You're the one who pushed my father to jump off the building."
Darren Mu was so weak that his chest heaved violently from the harsh grip. He wheezed out, "You! Who are you?"
A hint of sadness flashed in Adam Qin's eyes, and his smile grew even crueler. "Do you remember the Qin Family? Your good old friend?"
Darren Mu's eyes widened in shock, and the past rushed back to him. The machine must've detected the sudden emotional fluctuation from the patient's heart and gave out a warning beep. Just then, a band of doctors and nurses quickly hurried over.
However, as they pushed the door open, they heard a reverberating voice from the inside of the room, "Get out!" Suddenly, they all went to a halt, unsure of what to do.
Seeing this, Bella Mu quickly scrambled to her feet and raced towards them. "Doctors, nurses, please," she stuttered out. "Please help him. My father..."
The doctors could only stare at her awkwardly. However, one look at Adam Qin's frightening gaze, they could only grit their teeth and leave. The hospital had been receiving countless sponsorships from the Qin Group every year. At this point, they couldn't afford to offend him.
When the door closed, Bella Mu cried out desperately. Knowing that she had no other choice, she returned back to Adam Qin and knelt down. "Please, please let my Dad go. He has cancer." She hiccupped. "He doesn't have that much time left."
Adam Qin approached the old man indifferently, whispering into his ear, "See? Do you see your own daughter begging me like a dog? Are you happy?
Darren, you'd better live longer to see how much I can torture her." He snarled, "Go on. Open your eyes and look at her! In four months, she will birth my child. Would you like to guess what would happen to them?"
Darren Mu couldn't say another word. Instead, he struggled to open his eyes and stare at his beautiful daughter. He remembered spoiling her so much ever since she was a little girl. Now, everything was ruined.
Although he deserved this, there was no need for his daughter to lose all her dignity at the sight of this beast.
"Stand... Up..."
he stuttered out, before going into a series of coughs, but that went completely unnoticed by Bella Mu. She was too busy trying to convince the man to let her father go.
Staring at their desperate reaction, Adam Qin resisted the urge to laugh radically. "Oh, this is just the beginning," he cooed.
All of a sudden, the noisy instruments attached Darren Mu's body gave out multiple cries. Finally, the old man managed to sit up as he glowered at his daughter, despising himself more for seeing such a piteous sight.
"Stand up!" he cried.
"Dad!" Suddenly, the young woman collapsed onto the tiled floorings. Translucent liquid pooled beneath her.
Suddenly, it seemed as if hundreds of things had happened in one go. She could hear faint shouts of, "Mr. Adam, Miss Bella's amniotic fluid has broken. She's about to give birth!"
A wave of pain coursed through her abdomen as she yelled out, clutching the sides of her bed. "Congratulations, Sir. It's a boy," one of the nurses announced.
"A woman like you will never be qualified to stay by Adam's side. You'd better get out of here as fast as you can."
At the voice, Bella Mu quickly snapped out of her memories as a baby's cry echoed in her ears. Struggling to sit up, she quickly lifted the quilt from her frail body and got out of bed.
As soon as she got up, her legs trembled from the sudden weight, and she found herself falling back onto the cushions. At this time, a woman came walking in. Upon seeing what had become of her, she quickly rushed over and helped Bella Mu back onto the bed.
"What are you doing? You still haven't recovered yet!" she snapped. "Get back to bed."
"Sally, I heard the baby crying," Bella Mu said faintly, grabbing her friend's wrist. She refused to lie back. "I–I have to find him. I'm going to find him..."
"Even if you do want to find your baby, you can't now. You still need to recover." Seeing her friend's desperation, Sally Lin could feel a lump rising to her throat. She turned away, not wanting to see the piteous state her best friend was in. "How can you find him if you're still so weak? Get some rest first, please."
What else could she do?
The woman's words was like a slap in the face. Bella stiffened under her grip as continuous tears rolled down her cheeks.
The moment she had given birth to her baby, the Qin Family quickly drove her out. The only reason why she was living now was because of Sally Lin's kindness, yet more than a month had past, and she still hadn't recovered. If she went there to the mansion and asked for her son, she would receive nothing but humiliation and insincerity. What else could she do?
Staring at her torn expression, Sally Lin sighed in frustration. She hated how ruthless the Qin Family was, and she couldn't help but feel sorry for what her friend had to go through.
However, no matter how much she wanted to rip the man's face off, she steadied her anger and moved closer. Right now, Bella would need all the comfort she could find. "Have a good rest," Sally Lin suggested. "Once you recover, we can go find them together. Is that okay?"
Bella didn't answer. Instead, she leaned against the edge of the bed and bit on her wrists. Hatred was poured out of her heart, washing her bones and body with the vengeance in her soul.
After crying for a while, the woman gradually fell asleep. Sally Lin tucked her in and left a note by the bedside table, preparing to go out. She still had to deal with numerous company issues from the amount of contracts she needed to look over.
When the door closed, Bella suddenly opened her eyes.
After waiting for a while, she slowly got up and crept up to the window. Once the coast was clear, she began to put on her clothes.
She was going to find Adam and take her son back! She would see her son over her dead body!
She didn't even wait for a single minute before she rushed down the stairs. Once she had hailed a taxi from the roadside, she quickly requested that the driver take her to the Qin Family's villa as fast as he could.
When they arrived, she could see the villa from across the street. Just as she was about to rush in, she froze. If she casually went in like this, she would most likely be driven out. If she wanted to get close to her child, then she had no other choice but to sneak in.
A bitter smile slithered into her lips. Fortunately, she had lived here for many years and knew the place like the back of her hand. Sneaking in wouldn't be difficult.
Thinking of this, she tiptoed to the back of the villa. After months of living with the man, she knew for a fact that he didn't like having many people in his home, so he usually kept a nanny. It was around noon now, so the nanny must've been in the kitchen.
As she gingerly entered from the back door, Bella cautiously looked around her, trying to figure out her next move. However, before she could even take a step forward, voices rang out from the living room.
"Adam, I'll be going shopping tomorrow. Will you be coming with me?"
"Tomorrow afternoon."
"Great! I'll set it up now."
Bella knew very well who the man was, but she was unfamiliar with the woman's voice. Not being able to help herself, she took a step towards the living room. Sure enough, she could make out a figure of the coquettish woman leaning intimately against Adam's arms.
She staggered backwards, only to hit the wall heavily. The vase by the corner was knocked down by her hands, and the sound of the crashing porcelain attracted their attention.
"What happened?" He looked back.
Widening her eyes, Bella hurried to hide inside one of the rooms by the right. Adam had assumed that the noise must've been made by the nanny, but seeing as she didn't answer, he grew even more suspicious.
When he caught sight of the broken fragments all over the tiles, his face grew unnaturally dark. "Come out!" he shouted coldly, facing the storage room in front of him.
Hearing the noise, Bella had to cover her mouth to keep herself from gasping out. A few seconds had passed, and Adam still didn't hear any response. Out of anger, he kicked the door open, only to see the exposed bottom half of Bella's figure.
"What are you doing here?"
Seeing as she had been discovered, she figured that there was no use in hiding her purpose anymore. "I want to see the baby."
A mocking smile threaded across the man's lips as he squinted. "Baby? Whose baby?"
"Mine!" She took a step forward.
Adam reeled back in disgust, as if the person in front of him had a virus. "Don't pretend to be so piteous," he sneered. "How about this? I'll give you one minute to leave. Otherwise, don't blame me for being merciless."
Bella's heart ached at the sight of the man's face. She blinked back the unshed tears, and she tried her best to steady her unstable footing. Her poor recovery from giving birth only caused her to collapse onto the ground.
"Adam..."
"You dare call his name? Don't be so shameless!" The woman approached the pair as she snorted in disdain.
"Is it considered betrayal to develop feelings for your best friend's boyfriend? What about when fate intervenes, and he turns out to be your destined mate? You might think it's luck and thank the moon goddess for such a twist of fate. That's what I believed until the love of my life uttered those dreaded words: 'I want a divorce!' As I stared at the pregnancy test in my hands, I realized it was better to keep my secret to myself. My name is Violet, and this is my story."
She was a world-renowned divine doctor, the CEO of a publicly traded company, the most formidable female mercenary, and a top-tier tech genius. Marissa, a titan with a plethora of secret identities, had hidden her true stature to marry a seemingly impoverished young man. However, on the eve of their wedding, her fiance, who was actually the lost heir to a wealthy dynasty, called off the engagement and subjected her to degradation and mockery. Upon the revelation of her concealed identities, her ex-fiance was left stunned and desperately pleaded for her forgiveness. Standing protectively before Marissa, an incredibly influential and fearsome magnate declared, "This is my wife. Who would dare try to claim her?"
Lindsey's fiancé was the devil's first son. Not only did he lie to her but he also slept with her stepmother, conspired to take away her family fortune, and then set her up to have sex with a total stranger. To get her lick back, Lindsey decided to find a man to disrupt her engagement party and humiliate the cheating bastard. Never did she imagine that she would bump into a strikingly handsome stranger who was all that she was currently looking for. At the engagement party, he boldly declared that she was his woman. Lindsey thought he was just a broke man who wanted to leech off her. But once they began their fake relationship, she realized that good luck kept coming her way. She thought they would part ways after the engagement party, but this man kept to her side. "We gotta stick together, Lindsey. Remember, I'm now your fiancé. " "Domenic, you're with me because of my money, aren't you?" Lindsey asked, narrowing her eyes at him. Domenic was taken aback by that accusation. How could he, the heir of the Walsh family and CEO of Vitality Group, be with her for money? He controlled more than half of the city's economy. Money wasn't a problem for him! The two got closer and closer. One day, Lindsey finally realized that Domenic was actually the stranger she had slept with months ago. Would this realization change things between them? For the better or worse?
After three years of loveless marriage, Kira was slapped with divorce papers. She has shown him her unrequited love throughout her entire marriage with him, but he decided to turn blind eyes all because of his lover. Distraught and heartbroken, Kira choose to sign the divorce papers with bitter heart. But then and there, she promised herself that when she's back, he will come crawling to her, but she will make him pay for hurting her. Join Kira as she transform to a wealthy heiress and soared as the CEO of a multi-billion-dollar empire, a remarkable healer and make her ex-husband pay!
Elodie took a deep breath and knocked, the sound echoing in the quiet corridor. A moment of silence passed, broken only by the pounding of her heart. Finally, the door snicked open, revealing a surprised Dashiell. 'Can't you see the Do Not Disturb sign? We don't want-' His initial frown quickly morphed into confusion at the sight of his wife. 'What are you doing here?' he demanded. 'Your girlfriend invited me,' Elodie replied, her voice laced with icy calm. She tried to peer past him, but his broad frame blocked the view. A saccharine voice chimed in from within the room. 'Elodie? Oh dear, we didn't mean for you to find out this way. It's just that-' Elodie cut her short. 'Oh please, Selene. Spare me the fake apologies. You wouldn't have sent me all those texts if you didn't want me to know.' Dashiell shifted uncomfortably, his face a mask of annoyance. 'What texts?' Elodie stepped past him, taking in the luxurious suite with a sardonic smile. The king-sized bed, the scattered rose petals, the lingering scent of sex – it all painted a vivid picture of their betrayal. She looked up at Dashiell, her gaze unwavering. 'I want a divorce.' ****** Dashiell lived a life of luxury, surrounded by the best things money could buy. But when a car accident left him vulnerable, he met Elodie, a seemingly ordinary woman who nursed him back to health. Mistaking her for just another employee, Dashiell entered into a loveless marriage with her solely for convenience. However, fate had a different script in store. Elodie, the 'ordinary nurse,' held a secret more precious than any diamond: she was the sole heiress to Northstar, a vast and powerful enterprise. Unaware of her true identity, Dashiell cast her aside when his ex-girlfriend returned, leaving Elodie humiliated. But Elodie was not one to be easily broken. She shed the facade of the meek nurse, reclaiming her rightful inheritance and stepping into the role of Northstar's CEO. Now, the woman Dashiell discarded was the one holding the reins of power. As Elodie thrives in her new role, Dashiell is consumed by regret. He finally sees Elodie for the extraordinary woman she truly is, realising the depth of his mistake. But will his remorse be enough to win back the heart he so carelessly discarded?
Kaelyn devoted three years tending to her husband after a terrible accident. But once he was fully recovered, he cast her aside and brought his first love back from abroad. Devastated, Kaelyn decided on a divorce as people mocked her for being discarded. She went on to reinvent herself, becoming a highly sought-after doctor, a champion racer, and an internationally renowned architectural designer. Even then, the traitors sneered in disdain, believing Kaelyn would never find someone. But then the ex-husband’s uncle, a powerful warlord, returned with his army to ask for Kaelyn’s hand in marriage.