The Billionaire Husband's Betrayal by Nancii Agosto

Chapter 1: Claire’s POV

At 3 AM, I had awoken to the ringing of a phone, rustling of the sheets and the thunder humming outside my bedroom window.

It didn’t take long to recognize the ringtone I heard and understand what was happening in that moment.

That was Charlotte’s ringtone.

Charlotte was my husband Leonardo’s childhood sweetheart, and she had made a habit of calling my husband to her side at every opportunity even in the most impromptu hours of the night.

And Leo had made a habit of being completely available after every call – explaining why he had personalized her ringtone in the first place.

I listen at his side silently, waiting for the moment he would refuse to run to her side. A wishful thought I knew would never come to fruition.

“Don’t cry, I’ll be there soon.” After a few simple words, Leo quickly got up and prepared to go out. He hadn’t noticed I had been listening or conscious at the moment.

yawn. Being pregnant made me especially tired lately,

to me and caress my face. His touch was

at my expense. It was a horrible feeling watching your husband be readily available for another woman at her beck and

see the faint rain littering the sill and the sky lighting with streams of electricity. This weather was no match for the dedication Leo had to Charlotte. The dedication I longed for as

better to head out in the morning?” I say in a small voice preparing for the worst of reactions when

be so selfish?” He says this coldly, an accusation he had used prior, also for the benefit

comes to

worry about your safety in this weather.” And knowing Charlotte has 24 hour dedicated medical staff and

mean it in that way, Leo.” I say this as the words became coal, choking in my throat. I’m not a person made for confrontation.

You just didn’t mean for me to hear it.” He seethed at me. I curled my knees close to my chest as I watched him change his clothes

the nightstand and see that it’s well past 3 AM now.

and not break down in tears. But

and these reactions when it came to Charlotte over the course of our marriage. Charlotte would make certain to call Leo on every occasion and important moment of my marriage.

Charlotte was involved in an accident that left her

me as they much less enjoyed having to utter a single word to me. They hated me for reasons I still don’t know. What I do know

mine in the eyes of

collect myself as I pull out a pregnancy test I had hidden in the nightstand. A clear indication that a baby was on the