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.

a yawn. Being pregnant made me especially tired lately,

Leo took a single moment to sit next to me and caress my

at my expense. It was a horrible feeling watching your husband be

streams of electricity. This weather was no match for the dedication Leo had to Charlotte. The

in a small voice preparing for the worst of reactions when I see his face turn cold and stern. He pulls his hand away almost as if I had

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

years but when it comes to

safety in this weather.” And knowing Charlotte has 24 hour dedicated medical staff and Nannie’s, I

words became coal, choking in my throat. I’m not a person made for confrontation. It made

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

look at the clock on the nightstand and see that it’s well past 3 AM now. Not

emotions and not break down in tears. But the tears had escaped as I sobbed silently,

course of our marriage. Charlotte would make certain to call Leo on every occasion and important moment of my marriage. And she would succeed every time. Leo would run to her side, leaving me to feel

up together from a very young age. They were inseparable until Charlotte was involved in an accident that left her unable to walk. I’m not exactly what happened being

had happened, but they would never tell me as they much less enjoyed having to utter a single word to me. They hated me for reasons I

in the eyes of my

quilt, trying to soothe and collect myself as I pull out a pregnancy test I had hidden in the