She threatened the Maguire Family to give her an explanation, or she would withdraw all investments and cancel all cooperation.

His father and mother humbly apologized to me. They said Dwayne was just confused for a moment, misjudging people, which was why he was misled by Sienna.

They urged me to give Dwayne another chance for the sake of our child. "You know, your husband isn't a bad person. He's just been too protected by his family since childhood, making him a bit naive."

"For the sake of us, the Maguires, please forgive him this once."

Keeping mistresses and having extramarital affairs was nothing new in our circle. However, someone as shameless and unethical as Dwayne was a first.

His father and mother, Thomas Maguire and Christy Maguire, couldn't afford to lose face.

I couldn't swallow this insult either.

On some points, they were merely nouveau riche. To put it bluntly, I was the one supporting their entire family.

Over the years, I had handled nearly every major and minor matter concerning the household.

The Maguire Family's business, employing over a hundred people, entirely relied on the Ridley Family's financial support.

Whether from the perspective of status, feelings, or interests,

they all didn't want Sienna to replace me as the madam of the Maguire Family.

But no matter how much the Maguire Family tried to persuade me, Dwayne was like a madman, insisting on being with Sienna.

He smashed the furniture in the house, the decorations we bought for our wedding and everything related to us.

He shouted at me in front of the pastor. "You don't understand, you don't understand anything!"

"All you people care about is money, how could you understand the resonance between my soul and Sienna's?"

"Since fate brought us together, I will overcome all difficulties to be with her."

"No age, status, or interests can stop us from loving each other!"

Dwayne became the romantic poet in his own writing. He became Romeo, who was willing to risk everything for love. He regained his lost youth and rediscovered the thrill of his younger days.

He completely forgot about his wife, who had been with him through thick and thin.

In order to express his determination towards Sienna, he moved out of his home.

He bought her a luxurious villa, which he named DnS Residence. And so they lived together openly and legitimately.

The years of hard work and multiple test tubes had already exhausted my body. The successive blows had further worsened my condition.

When I was four months pregnant, I was forced to be hospitalized for bed rest.

My parents were so worried about me that they couldn't eat or sleep. They stood firmly by my side, declaring, no matter the outcome, the Ridleys and the Maguires would be irreconcilable enemies.

That divorce battle back then was incredibly dramatic.

The entire business world was thrown into chaos.

The newly rich clashed with the old-money.

The wife and the mistress tore into each other.

But as the chaos hit its highest point, everything ended in an instant — my parents had a car accident.

The investigator in charge said it was caused by fatigue driving and no one could be held responsible. Yet others whispered to me that Dwayne had deliberately hired a hitman to kill them, all for that bitch, Sienna.

I never knew what the so-called truth was.

The thing I remembered was anger and grief overwhelmed me. Seeing my parents in a coma and seeing Sienna's relentless provocations, I grabbed a knife, intending to take those two scumbags down with me.

But I couldn't even get inside the Maguire Family's house.

Thomas and Christy, who had been begging me to forgive their son just a while ago, had now completely changed their tune. They took Susan's hand and slipped their family heirloom jade bracelet onto her wrist.

"She's the rightful daughter-in-law of the Maguires."

"A hen like you, who can't lay eggs, shouldn't be sitting in this position."

Sienna did have a good luck. She got pregnant with Dwayne's child before I did.

I kept it a secret on purpose, only to wait until the pregnancy was stable and the baby's gender was confirmed.

For several years of marriage, I had placed 100% trust in Dwayne. I had completely forgotten how ruthless a man could be when his heart had changed.

While I was hospitalized to prevent miscarriage ....

While I was taking care of my parents ....

Dwayne, along with his peers in the same industry, sought to destroy my family.

He had long since begun an affair with Sienna. He had already been plotting to set up a big scheme for a long time.

The Ridley Family’s businesses had been largely taken over by the Maguire Family over the years since our marriage.

The senior executives were observing the situation, waiting for their chance to strike and the pillar industry was teetering on the brink of collapse.

I, who had long lost any use, kicked out of the Maguire Family.

At that time, Dwayne still had some affection for me. He agreed to pay me compensation to part ways amicably.

"I know you love children and I also know it's not easy to get pregnant at your age."

"Consider this money as my compensation to you. Don't contact me again in the future."

I should have stabbed him to death, but I still had something on my mind. I told myself, there was plenty of time, I had to survive first.

Sienna, on the other hand, still refused to let me go.

She put on a show, getting rid of her baby and framing me. And with her fake tears, she shattered the last vestige of affection the man had for me.

In the eighth year of our marriage, on the cold and windy winter night, Dwayne personally sent me to prison.

I was sentenced to three years in prison for intentional assault.

In the first year, he filed for divorce. He took away the child I had cherished and risked my life to give birth to.

In the second year, the company went bankrupt. In the hospital, my parents passed away tragically due to unpaid medical bills and I never even got to see them one last time.

In the third year, I set free from prison early for good behavior. With all my savings, I buried my parents together.

That day was the winter solstice, with heavy snow falling. Dwayne lit fireworks across the city to propose to Sienna.

In that bustling night, I was the only one filled with loneliness.

I stood by the river, trying to jump, till the fireworks illuminated the scar on my belly. I, then, remembered that I still had a son.

I wished to see him one last time.

To my surprise, when I arrived at the Maguire Family, I saw my son, Noah Maguire, kneeling on the ground, scavenging for food from trash.

A two- or three-year-old boy, looked emaciated and shabby. He couldn't even speak, all he knew was to lie on the ground and bark like a dog.

Seeing me come, a group of people eagerly tossed him to me like trash.

They couldn't tolerate an ex-wife who was completely useless to them, nor could they tolerate a child born weak and sickly. From that moment on, this burden to the Maguire Family became my only reason to live.

Noah and I depended on each other for survival. I did everything I could to raise him until he was eight years old. In the end, last year, I buried this little life with my own hands.

Fate was not even on my side, torturing and shackling me and I had no choice but to endure, between love and hate, between life and death.

I was forced to make peace with myself and opened this hamburger and fries small shop.

The cigarette burned out, then I casually flicked the ash and responded, my tone flat, "Noah is buried next to my parents', but you have no right to see them."

Dwayne remained silent for a long time. Until he finally mustered up the courage to step forward.

But as he turned around, he knocked over my phone on the table.

The screen lit up and Sienna's voice came through the video.

"Yes, the incident back then was something I deliberately set up."

"Happiness is something you have to fight for yourself. How could I possibly genuinely like an older man?"

“What I like is this life of comfort and ease I have now.”

"What's wrong with saying I love him? As long as he gives me money, I'll do anything!"

Dwayne's hand clenched slightly once again.

How ridiculous!

The lover he cherished in exchange for abandoning his wife and children didn't love him. The partner he spoke a lot of things didn't understand him.

Yet, for the sake of such a woman, he caused his wife's family to be destroyed and his eldest son to die with his eyes wide open in disbelief.

I watched how his gaze shifted from shock to despair, how his expression changed from pain to contortion, how he hesitated several times, unable to muster the courage to speak.

And then, when he finally mustered the courage to step forward,

A familiar voice came from outside.