Chapter 1

It was midnight, and the raindrops were pounding the window.

Inside a house, a man said coldly, “sign the divorce papers! As compensation, I will give you 100 million dollars in alimony.”

“Did I do something wrong again, Bruce?” asked Joanna Haynes timidly. She had always been a humble servant in front of him.

“Roxy’s back, and she doesn’t want to see you! It’s time for our marriage to end. So you have to go!” Bruce Everett said, crossing his long legs and leaning back on the couch. He was as handsome as a classical Greek sculpture, but the look on his face was as cool as ever.

Joanna’s pale lips quivered as if she had fallen into the icy water. She asked with shock, “You’re divorcing me because she’s back? Is our marriage nothing but a joke to you?”

“You were not the one I wanted to marry in the first place, and you drove Roxy away two years ago with your dirty tricks. Now that she’s back, I won’t make the same mistake. Hurry up and sign the papers! 100 million dollars for two years of your pathetic life. You should consider it a bargain.” Bruce had always been good at hurting her with words.

“I… What will happen if I don’t sign them?” Joanna asked bitterly.

“Suit yourself. I have ways of making you disappear. Legally or not, no one will notice.”

As heir to the richest family in the Greyport city, Bruce had always been capable of doing whatever he liked. Who would dare to stand up to him anyway?

Two years ago, Joanna’s family decided to get connected with the Everetts by marriage.

However, at the engagement banquet of Bruce and Roxanne, Joanna’s step–sister, the man was drugged. Later in the lounge, Bruce mistook Joanna for Roxanne, and they slept with each other.

The next day, the scandal of the Haynes group’s eldest daughter hooking up with her brother–in–law was all.

over the newspaper.

Roxanne Haynes‘ mental state broke, and she was sent to a nursing home abroad for treatment.

Everyone took Joanna as the most shameless homewrecker, pointing fingers at her for sleeping with her brother–in–law.

Bruce hated her even more and decided that Joanna was the one who drugged him and climbed onto his.

bed.

family and the Haynes family shared a friendship for generations. Moreover, this marriage was

elders of both families, Raymond Haynes and Margaret

two years of marriage had

return, she got more humiliation and

wanted a divorce? She’d

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them, but I

that Joanna was thinking

a scheming woman, could only care

like I’m the worst woman in the world, and I’ve had enough! I’m your wife, and I want you to call out my name while sleeping with me for the last time. I am Joanna, not Roxanne!” For the first time, Joanna was screaming

name! He had sex with her simply to punish and humiliate her. There was no love in it

nonsense. There’s someone waiting for

snorted with self–mocking laughter.

was Roxanne who was waiting for him

patient enough for another

being threatened the most. His thin lips curled into a sneer. A few seconds later, he replied, “Fine, I’ll do it. But don’t you regret

stand up, seized her by the

And then…

were ripped apart…

not even give her

Joanna cried, shutting her

as ruthless as ever,

or not. Or maybe watching her suffer simply

Good! Very good!

man’s cruelty to her for the

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