My Husband Wants to Ruin Me? Fine—I’ll Just Team Up with His Mistress’s Ex! Chapter 04

My Husband Wants to Ruin Me? Fine—I’ll Just Team Up with His Mistress’s Ex! Chapter 04

My mind went completely blank

You fuck-

Chill. I’m just looking out for you,” she chuckled.

After all, your parents looked down on Sean because he was broke. Now, their daughter served him for seven years and they’re osing their home. Pretty fair trade, right?”

The line went dead.

gripped my phone, my entire body shaking with pure rage.

sat on the station floor until my legs went dead.

When I finally stood up, I nearly crashed.

My phone buzzed. A text from my bank:

Your credit card payment is past due. Please pay immediately.]

opened it Sean had maxed out my secondary card.

ighty thousand dollars.

[e’d promised it was just for a short-term business cash-flow issue.

had trusted him.

collapsed against the wall, sobbing hysterically.

don’t even remember the ride back to our apartment.

ut when I reached the door, my key didn’t work.

he smart lock had been re-programmed.

he neighbor’s door clicked open.

Mrs. Higgins looked at me with pure pity.

Dh, Susan… Your mother-in-law came by yesterday with a moving truck. She said the place is being sold.”

shid down against the locked door. My phone vibrated nonstop.

orty three missed calls from debt collectors.

hen, a text from Sean:

Let’s make this clean. I listed the apartment. Your stuff is on my mom’s porch. Get it or it goes to the dump.]

took a cab straight to his mother’s house.

The moment I saw the front yard, I let out a dry laugh.

My clothes, shoes, and makeup were dumped in a trash pile on the lawn, covered in muddy footprints.

His mother opened the door.

She crossed her arms with a smug sneer.

Perfect timing. Pack up your garbage and get off my property. You’re ruining the neighborhood view.”

She scoffed.

Don’t look at me like that, Susan. You’re barren. Vivian gave him a son the second she came back, and she’s already bringing

nillion-dollar clients to his company. What did you bring?”

How much did she buy you for?”

My voice was deadly quiet. “Are you her lapdog now?”

Her face twisted in rage.

he raised her hand to slap me, but Sean stepped out and caught her wrist.

Susan, stop it!” Sean snapped. “She’s an old woman. Why are you picking a fight?”

looked at him.

or seven years, I loved this man.

Now, he was just a stranger with a familiar face.

You and I both know where that three million came from,” I said softly. He flinched.

The mansion? Keep it. The eighty grand you stole from my card? Consider it a parting gift.”

took a step back, grabbing a handful of my ruined clothes and shoving them into her trash can.

But remember this, Sean. From this moment on, you and I are completely dead to each other.”

Sean let out a massive sigh of relief.

He actually looked smug, like he’d finally handled a nuisance.

Oh, one more thing,” I smiled, holding up my phone.

t displayed the picture of their happy little family outside the villa.

I just sent this to someone”

ean’s smile Vanished. “Who?”

Vivian’s ex-husband.”

ean froze solid.

You knew she got a divorce,” I whispered, leaning in. “But did you ever bother to check what her ex actually does for a living?”

Susan!” Sean roared, panic bleeding into his face.

Sean,” I backed down the porch steps. “You said I’m only good for cooking and cleaning.”

locked eyes with him.

Now watch how a ‘useless housewife’ burns your entire life to the ground.”

turned and walked away.

My phone chimed with an encrypted email.

I got the photo. Let’s meet.]

nside the coffee shop, I finally met Vivian’s ex-husband. usband.

He pushed a glass of water toward me as I sat down.

Sutton,” he introduced himself, his voice smooth and detached.

Susan.”

He studied me for a moment, then let out a cold, sharp smile.

Do you know how I ended up married to Vivian?”

shook my head.

She married me while carrying my late brother’s kid. My brother died in a car crash, and she immediately put her claws into me, laiming the baby needed a father.”

le swirled the ice in his glass.

net worth and ran back to this country to be with Sean.”

I put up with her crap for three years. Then she secretly drained half my ne

You knew about Sean?”

Only since last week.”

le dropped the photo I had sent him onto the table.

Your husband is a special kind of stupid.”

le slid a heavy manila envelope over to me.

Vivian’s bank statements, Sean’s corporate accounts, and the entire paper trail of their asset hiding.”

opened it. The data was glaring.

he three million dollars from my account had been drained in twenty-eight separate transactions, all wired directly to Vivian.

But that wasn’t all.

ean’s corporate statements from the past three months showed a massive deficit. He was three million in the red.

here were also hotel logs, wire transfer receipts, and an audio file.

pressed play on his laptop.

Babe, just transfer the cash first,” Vivian’s voice cooed through the speaker.

Once that useless housewife is out of the picture, we’ll sell the mansion and move down south.”