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Yes 2024-07-11 20:45 active 1109 0 3023470851152472 đŸ“ČSearch [8821] or [Her Alpha's Orders] in Wehear APP to listen to the full version Jo-anne POV<br /> <br /> For a year now, Jo-anne had been Mated to the future Alpha of the Eclipsed Moon Pack. She had tried for a year to learn about him, do the things that he liked, was being taught by his own mother how to be the Luna of the pack, for when the time came.<br /> <br /> It didn’t matter to Westley how much she tried, he didn’t care, never asked her anything. He hated being Mated to her. No matter how many times he demanded to know why she did this to him, Jo-anne could not answer him. She did not know anymore than he did, about their Marking and Mating.<br /> <br /> She had woken up in a bed next to him, Marked and Mated by him, she had been the first to wake up. Her body had ached all over, and there was considerable pain between her thighs, had stumbled out of the bed after shoving an arm off of her, she’d had bruising to both her wrists and her inner thighs and there were bite marks all over her body. <br /> <br /> That was all she knew about it. When she had looked at the man in the bed her heart had, damned near stopped beating, Westley Carlton, the future Alpha of her pack’s sleeping body on the bed. Had been more than horrified. She had no memory of what happened to her.<br /> <br /> Her father, Heath, had come bursting into the hotel room, looking frantic and worried, had likely been looking for her. She could see it was daylight outside, must have been missing all night. He had taken one look at her bruised state and started yelling at Westley. He’d woken up with the bang of the room door, her father was demanding answers as to why he would Mark and Mate his daughter<br /> <br /> Westley, who had been staring at the man quite taken aback, had turned and looked around the room, landed his green eyes on her, looked more than shocked to see her standing there desperately trying to pull her clothes on, gotten out of the bed as he’d touched his neck his eyes had widened and then he’d yelled at her “What did you do to me?”<br /> <br /> Jo-anne had burst into tears. She didn’t know what had happened. This couldn’t be her fault, she’d never even had a boyfriend. She had just woken up like he had.<br /> <br /> Her father was still ranting and West, who yelled at him to shut the hell up, as he’d found his pants and yanked them on. To West’s shock and hers, her father had not shut up, he’d pointed a finger right at West, right in his face and snapped at the future Alpha of their pack.<br /> <br /> “You’re in the wrong here. I will see to it you are made to honour what you have done to my daughter.”<br /> <br /> West had punched him right in the face, to Jo-anne’s horror, and stormed off out of the room. Leaving her father lying on the ground bleeding from his nose. She had run over to him and helped him up. “Dad, are you okay?” she’d asked.<br /> <br /> “Don’t worry Jo-anne. Alpha Damien will make this right. I assure you.” He’d taken her right to the Alpha’s office. Alpha Damien had looked at Jo-anne, the state of her. The Mark on her neck, he could smell his son Westley on her and asked her to sit down and explain what had happened.<br /> <br /> Sitting had been very uncomfortable and she’d nearly cried in pain. Damien had noted it, called for the packs doctor. He’d already heard West’s side, the man was standing in the room glaring at her the whole time, uncaring for her pain, it seemed. Jo-anne had told her Alpha she didn’t know, woke up like this in a bed with West, that she had no memory of what had happened or how she had gotten there.<br /> <br /> she had been informed she&#039;d been missing feared kidnapped <br /> <br /> “Honey, you been missing for days.”<br /> <br /> “That’s true.” Alpha Damien had told her “four days, in fact, we have had search parties out looking for you. West and Terrence even out there looking for you.”<br /> <br /> “Well, now we know why he never found her.” her father had grated out angrily.<br /> <br /> “I did not take her,” West had yelled.<br /> <br /> Alpha Damien quietened them down, and sighed again. Her father had stood and told Alpha Damien that West was now responsible for her. He had to take her as his Mate whether he liked it or not. Or he would report the boy&#039;s actions to the Alpha Council himself, so the boy could be punished to the full extent of the wolfen laws.<br /> <br /> Her father was not much in this pack, a simple border patrol man, but he had stood his ground on his daughter&#039;s behalf, the law on his side. West had yelled that it was ridiculous to make him stay Mated to the girl seeing as neither of them knew how it had happened.<br /> <br /> At that point, her stepmother, Karen, had come running into the office with the pack doctor following her, looked at her state, gasped and tears had spilled down her face. Surprised Jo-anne quite a bit, they had not really gotten along since she was like 12, not hatred or anything just didn’t get along. “Who did what to my little girl?” she demanded to know hugging her gently and then told her it was all going to be okay.<br /> <br /> There had been a lot of yelling while the pack doctor had checked her over in the Alphas private bathroom, he’d sighed apologised for her current state, wasn’t even his fault, she’d nearly cried, not even West had apologised. He’d given her some pain killers and told her though her wolf was young she would be able to heal her up good as new in a few days.<br /> <br /> Alpha Damien had come to the decision that Westley must honour what he had done. Regardless that it seemed neither of them could explain it, she’d been moved into his room that afternoon as his Mate, not that he had been happy about it.<br /> <br /> Now she sat on the balcony railing eating her breakfast, a piece of fruit, alone as always, <br /> <br /> Today, though she would not be going to her Luna lesson, she no longer saw a point to it. She had asked him to reject her just yesterday. It was the 3rd time she’d asked this year. He’d gone to his father on the matter as she had requested it. He could not and apparently neither could she. His father had said ‘no’ because if the council were informed, and Alpha Damien believed her father would go to them and tell them. West could not only be stripped of his title, he could be punished severely, or if they saw fit to make an example out of him, being that he was Alpha-blooded, could execute him. West had not rejected her on the account of saving his own ass.<br /> <br /> West had Alpha ordered her a week ago to tell him what happened that day, why she’d done this to him. Once again she’d not been able to tell him.<br /> <br /> Jo-anne had focused on her studies from then on, it hurt her every time he alpha ordered her, and it had not been the first time. once she got permission, she could stay on campus. West wouldn’t care at all, would be glad she was gone for a few years. Probably find some she-wolf to fuck while she was away and the minute he did she could reject him, that was her out and she wanted it. Kinda hoping somewhere deep down that’s what was going to happen, as much as she would feel it and be in severe pain. It would get her out of this Mate Bond.<br /> <br /> He had not cared when she stopped attending her Luna lessons, didn’t even question her about why. Never brought it up.<br /> <br /> 6 MONTHS LATER<br /> <br /> West stormed into their room fully ticked off about something and glared right at her. His Alpha aura had rolled right off of him so strong as he stared down at her, she’d bared her neck to him instantly, had no choice but to. But it had not been enough for him. “Why’d you do this to me?” he’d yelled at her, forcing more of his Alpha aura down onto her.<br /> <br /> Jo-anne had been forced down onto her knees, blinding pain ripping through her body. She wasn’t even trying to fight it, knew better by now, but it didn’t matter, it still hurt, even her wolf Clova was now whimpering in pain.<br /> <br /> “I...I didn’t.” she gasped out pain in her voice for all to hear.<br /> <br /> “You did.” he roared at her “I order you to tell me, why you did this to me.” his Alpha aura was being pushed over her in waves one after the other.<br /> <br /> Jo-anne found herself all the way down on the floor, head bowed touching the actual floor, as submissive as one could get, there were tears pouring out of her, blinding pain was ripping inside her head, Clova was howling in pain curled into a tight ball. Pain was pulling at her entire body. “West, I didn’t do this to you.” she answered him he’d used everything he had to compel her to answer him, she couldn’t lie to him, had never lied to him about it.<br /> <br /> Sadly, this was not the first time he had Alpha ordered her to tell him what had happened that day, but this was the first time she felt like it was going to actually kill her. She could smell her own blood, see it on the floor, feel it dripping out of her nose as she lay there bowed so low to him under the force of his will.<br /> <br /> T.J had come bursting into the room yelling at him to look at what he was doing. Reminded him, that she was his Mate, that she couldn’t physically take it. West had not seemed to care at all. It had taken T.J telling him it was going to kill her, if he didn’t stop. Only then had he let go of her and stalked out of their room, slamming the door behind him.<br /> <br /> She’d just lay there on the floor sagged down and sobbed, so much pain wracking her body, she was unable to move. It had been to much this time. T.J always came to her rescue. He was West’s Beta, but had been her friend all her life, couldn’t recall a time he wasn’t there to help her. Always seemed to know when she was in trouble and came running.<br /> <br /> He’d picked her up off the floor and cradled her in his arms in his lap. “He doesn’t mean it, Jo-Jo. He’s just very confused,” he tried to tell her.<br /> <br /> But West was not confused. How many times would it take him doing this to believe her, even under the weight of his Alpha order, she could not answer his question.<br /> <br /> That had been the day, the last time she had spoken to West. He’d not apologised to her, never had, not once. He wanted answers and she couldn’t give them to him. Jo-anne had buried herself in her studies and had already applied to the university she wanted, was just waiting for her letter of acceptance or rejection. She had stayed away from him when and where ever she could. Couldn’t really hate him, he’d never physically laid a hand on her, their situation, neither of them wanted, but were forced to be in, due to the wolfen laws that would see him stripped of his title.<br /> <br /> She’d woken up one morning a month after he’d order her so low she thought she was going to die, to find him close to her. It was a little odd, he never slept next to her and since that day she had, stayed well on her side of the bed, on the edge, as far away from him as she could get.<br /> <br /> 3 MONTHS TO HER 18TH BIRTHDAY<br /> <br /> Jo-anne did not get involved in the planning of her 18th birthday party. She hadn’t even talked to a single soul in 4 weeks, she knew people were starting to look at her, but enough was enough. When would it all end? <br /> <br /> She was lying in their bed, had gotten out of the bed and she was just lying there staring out the window. <br /> <br /> “What’s wrong with you Jo-anne?” he’d asked, seemed annoyed with her.<br /> <br /> She’d not replied, he would likely know she was not going to, had yet to say a single word to him since the day he had last Alpha ordered her. Why would today be any different?<br /> <br /> Saw his pack card drop on the bed next to her face, her eyes moved to it briefly, before returning to the window, she could see birds flying about freely, they looked so happy.<br /> <br /> “Get up and go and buy yourself a dress for yourself for the announcement.” he told her “Mother is harping at me about it.”<br /> <br /> Why he thought she would take his card and spend his money was beyond her. She had a pack card of her own, given to her by him the week after she’d been moved in here. She’d never once used it. Had never once even worn the clothes his mother had purchased for her either. They all just hung in the walk-in, tags still on them. She didn’t want his money. Had never wanted this or his money.<br /> <br /> ‘ So free’ she thought as she watched the birds flying around, got up from the bed and pushed out onto the balcony to watch them.<br /> <br /> “what are you doing?” West snapped at her, by the echo in his voice he was in the bathroom. He didn’t like it when she was outside naked for all to see.<br /> <br /> Jo-anne didn’t care, she was going to be free, just like those birds. Put a hand on the railing, climbed up and stepped off without thinking, heard him scream her name, kind of sounded horrified, she thought absently as she flew to freedom. Closed her eyes. “Free.” she whispered. Could feel her wolf panic inside her mind and force shift her to try and take the blunt force of their impact to the ground. She was tougher and stronger and more likely to survive a 4-story fall to the hard ground below. Heard her wolf Clova howl in pain and then there was blessed oblivion.<br /> <br /> Jo-anne woke up in the pack hospital broken and wolf-less it seemed. West was sitting next to her bed. She didn’t look at him, didn’t need to, to know it was him, could smell him, knew it was him. Why he was there? She didn’t know! Stared at the ceiling.<br /> <br /> She spent a month in that hospital bed, peaceful, got to sleep all by herself every night. West visited every day, morning, afternoon and night. Not once did she look at him, not once did she speak to him. He didn’t try to touch her, just sat and, from what she could tell, just stared at her. She kept her eyes closed when he visited or just stared at the ceiling blankly. She liked the white ceiling was like a white blanket around her mind.<br /> <br /> T.J visited every day too. He held her hand and talked to her, told her repeatedly that everything was going to be very different from now on. That things would be better. Sometimes begged her to talk to him. She did not, not even when he pleaded sadness, etching his every word. She did not talk to anyone.<br /> <br /> Was returned to West’s room for continued bed rest when she was allowed to leave the hospital, really did not want to be there. But it seemed she had no choice. Was still his Mate.<br /> <br /> The doors to his balcony were nailed shut, from what she could tell, all the windows too, there would be no repeat of her 4-story drop to the ground, it seemed, she was caged in now.<br /> <br /> Found herself not only in bed with him, but with his body pressed up against hers and his arms around her every night. Could only have been Volt. West would never touch her like that. His wolf had loved Clova and he probably missed his Mate. West should have just rejected her and been done with it. At least he had not once tried to have sex with her.<br /> <br /> Woke up mid-morning the day before her official announcement as the future Luna to find what, under normal circumstances, would have been the most beautiful black mermaid style dress hanging on the walk-in door, crystals on the bodice, pretty like diamonds, she thought absently as she stared at them. Lots of ruffles and feathers, layers upon layers of them from the knee down. It was a strapless dress.<br /> <br /> But looking at it, all she could think, was there is my funeral shroud to wear for the rest of my life, one I don’t want. One she knew West didn’t want either. It was hanging there the colour of that dress said it all, black, the colour of that dress represented nothing but the darkness that surrounded them both.<br /> <br /> She had found a way out, or thought she had, only to survive it somehow. <br /> <br /> No! she would not wear that dress, got up out of the bed where she had laid for the past two months, picked up the letter of acceptance where she was going to live on campus. <br /> <br /> West had delivered it, brought it right to her, told her she had gotten into the university of her choice when she had not opened it, he had. Actually said something nice to her for the first time ever during their Mate Bond. <br /> <br /> That had been the only time he’d said anything remotely nice to her. He’d told her, he was proud of her, that she had worked hard, and it had paid off. He’d been sitting on the bed next to her, her eyes had remained fixed on the other side of the room. Jo-anne had not cared to look at him for the past three months, felt nothing at all, not even anger, not sadness, just nothing.<br /> <br /> Now as she stood there looking at that dress all dark and black, hated it. She would not wear it. Walked over to her walk-in and got dressed, in something other than pyjamas for the first time since leaving the hospital. Packed her one suitcase, the same one she came with. She would leave with just what she had come with, had never wanted anything from him, except maybe his heart. Maybe. But had never gotten that, couldn’t even get him to like her. He never would.<br /> <br /> Stood staring at the dress, she didn’t know how long for, then just suddenly yanked it off the hanger, walked over to the fireplace and shoved it in there, and lit the thing on fire, stood and watched it burn. Then took her suitcase and put it in her car and drove away from the pack-house.<br /> <br /> The packs gates were closed. She pulled up and looked at the guard. He looked at her a little more than shocked. No one had seen her in months. “Open the gate.” she told him. He couldn’t actually say no, she was Mated to the future Alpha and, as of tomorrow, was supposed to be the future Luna to this pack.<br /> <br /> Jo-anne watched as the gate opened, saw the guard frown as he looked in the backseat and saw her one suitcase there. She said nothing. Pressed down on the accelerator the moment the gates were open for her to pass through, and drove out. Got only 20 feet when there were suddenly two guards running in front of her car.<br /> <br /> Here it is, she knew this would happen, she’d not left that bedroom in two months, not spoken to anyone the whole time. Now she was driving her car with a suitcase in the back. They had mind-linked West to tell him she was leaving pack territory and he’d told them to stop her.<br /> <br /> Well, she was old enough to be the future Luna and could finally do as she pleased, including reject him.<br /> <br /> “Stop the car.” one of them was yelling at her. They were both standing with their hands on the hood. Now she had stopped, she didn’t want to injure them. Put the car in park, pulled the hand brake on and got out, left it running though. Leaned on her car and waited. It didn’t take long to hear his car coming or for him to get out and slam the door. <br /> <br /> Angry. What else is new, it’s how he always was with her. <br /> <br /> Couldn’t remember a single time he’d ever even once smiled at her. Probably was handsome, she wouldn’t know. He’d never looked at her with anything other than irritation or anger.<br /> <br /> “Where are you going?” he demanded to know.<br /> <br /> Jo-anne turned to look at him. This would be the first time she had turned her eyes on him in three months, not since she had stepped off his balcony. She looked at him, felt nothing as she looked into his dark green eyes, no regret, no love, no sadness, not even anger, just nothing. “I’m leaving West.” she told him calmly, they were the first words she had spoken to him in six months, since the last time he’d Alpha ordered her so bad, T.J had, had to stop him before it killed her.<br /> <br /> “You’re leaving...6 hours before your officially the future Luna.”<br /> <br /> “Yes,” she nodded, “I’m done West.” she was amazingly calm, she thought to herself. There was no animosity to her words, she wasn’t trying to hurt him. She was setting him free, as well as herself. “ You don’t love me. No matter how hard I tried to please you, you couldn’t even like me. You never will.”<br /> <br /> “Jo-anne,” he sighed, seemed less angry with her, that was new.<br /> <br /> “No West.” she shook her head slowly “It’s time and you know it. You told me, throughout our entire Mate Bond. It’s all my fault. I’m to blame. You
voiced this many times.” she reminded him calmly of all the things he’d ever told her. She was not looking for a fight, just laying it all out for him to see that she had heard him.<br /> <br /> “Jo-anne please it’s..” almost sounded like he was pleading with her.<br /> <br /> Unlikely, she dismissed it with a wave of her hand to cut him off. Not something she’d ever done before. “Don’t bother West, it’s just a lie.”<br /> <br /> “Your party is all set. You’ll officially be announced as the Future Luna to this Pack. Tomorrow...and you’re choosing now to leave!” he was back to being angry again. Angry, she’d had the gall to cut him off likely.<br /> <br /> “Yes.” she nodded.<br /> <br /> “I won’t let you.”<br /> <br /> She tilted her head ever so slightly to the right, he won’t let her. Pursed her lips for a moment and then a sad smile touched her lips, she couldn’t understand him. He didn’t want her, had never wanted her, not for a single second. For two whole years she’d been a burden to him, the person who had ruined his life. <br /> <br /> Breathed a deep sigh and looked right at him “I, Jo-anne Morris, formally reject you Westley Carlton, as my Mate.” she stated calmly. It didn’t even hurt, she thought, I am really done. It was supposed to cause one pain. But nothing, she felt nothing.<br /> <br /> Saw his green eyes fill with anger, and she could feel it coming off of him in waves. “I won’t accept it.” he snarled at her.<br /> <br /> “Then that, is your problem, West. I am done. Accept it, don’t accept it.” she shrugged. “I am leaving, to get my degree and live, a normal life. Whether you choose to live in pain by not accepting this, is up to you.”<br /> <br /> Jo-anne could already feel his Mark burning off of her neck, she had made her decision, and though he had yet to accept it, it appeared the goddess was on her side and releasing her whether he liked it or not.<br /> <br /> Her rejection of him was what they both wanted realistically. West had only, never said the words, because his father had not allowed him to.<br /> <br /> Jo-anne turned to get in her car. LEARN_MORE https://wehearfm.com/market/advertise?utm_source=f 108444628907968 Wehear-Story https://facebook.com/100092550603244 728 2 821,947,280,031,356 2024-07-11 02:00 person_profile eligible 0 0 NONE 0 1 1 0 Learn more 0 Wehear-Story 120208298537510582 wehearfm.com NONE video https://wehearfm.com/market/advertise?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign={{campaign.name}}&af_c_id={{campaign.id}}&af_adset={{adset.name}}&af_adset_id={{adset.id}}&af_ad={{ad.name}}&af_ad_id={{ad.id}}&af_channel={{site_source_name}}&placement={{placement}}&firstOpenTestGroup=GO_PLAYER&ads=8821 2024-07-10 06:52 https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.35426-6/450437687_461625876631812_7217410466349882291_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s60x60&_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=c53f8f&_nc_ohc=Jz_cysNZz4MQ7kNvgFNOxbl&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.xx&oh=00_AYAGhHbY_u38N_0vPKCjaz6yTUw3tQBUajHfoqdQkXiZdw&oe=66967805 person_profile 0 Wehear-Story https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.35426-6/450305035_494739366351661_2997579321216400352_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=c53f8f&_nc_ohc=p6b7_pyHS7gQ7kNvgHfXqQY&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.xx&oh=00_AYCQEG7bDSrMsQ0ZATENgewJ-Lvs6LiiVOeeqXVUmC9FQQ&oe=669675A1 0 3 Wehear-Story 0 0 2024-07-11 02:00 View Edit
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No 2024-07-11 20:45 active 1109 0 401690159567369 Atada por el amor: La ternura de mi marido discapacitado CreĂ­a que su esposa se casĂł con Ă©l por su riqueza, a pesar de que era lisiado. Planeaba utilizarla y luego divorciarse de ella. Inesperadamente, despuĂ©s del matrimonio, se enamorĂł perdidamente de ella. Su esposa querĂ­a divorciarse todos los dĂ­as, ÂĄpero Ă©l solo querĂ­a mimarla!<br /> =====<br /> &quot;Kaelyn sabe lo de nuestra boda y ahora amenaza con tirarse de un edificio. Sabes que ha estado deprimida, Âżverdad? Tengo que ir a salvarla&quot;, dijo Theo Ward con impaciencia, apartando a Elyse Lloyd de un empujĂłn. <br /> &quot;ÂĄHoy es el dĂ­a de nuestra boda! ÂżQuĂ© se supone que debo hacer si te vas ahora? Recuerda que Kaelyn Bennett ya te ha traicionado antes. Te ha causado tanto dolor, Âżpor quĂ© todavĂ­a te preocupas por ella?&quot;. <br /> Debido a la fuerza que ejerciĂł, ella se torciĂł el tobillo. Mientras se desplomaba en el piso, estirĂł desesperadamente la mano para retenerlo. <br /> <br /> La expresiĂłn de Theo se volviĂł aĂșn mĂĄs frĂ­a. &quot;No estĂĄs en posiciĂłn de juzgar lo que pasĂł entre Kaelyn y yo. A pesar de sus defectos y del sufrimiento que me causĂł, no te puedes comparar con ella&quot;. <br /> <br /> Un dolor agudo atravesĂł el corazĂłn de Elyse al darse cuenta de que su novio nunca habĂ­a dejado de pensar en Kaelyn. Para Ă©l, ella nunca serĂ­a tan importante como esa mujer. <br /> <br /> &quot;ÂżQuĂ© hice para merecer esto? ÂżPor quĂ© me tratas asĂ­? Por favor, espera hasta que termine la boda. Estamos a punto de intercambiar anillos. Puedes irte despuĂ©s&quot;. <br /> <br /> Theo esquivĂł la mano extendida de Elyse y le dijo con voz despectiva: &quot;Te preocupa mĂĄs esa ceremonia que la vida de una persona. No tienes corazĂłn. Tenemos que aplazar la boda&quot;. <br /> <br /> Ignorando su rostro pĂĄlido, el hombre se alejĂł del altar decorado, indiferente a las miradas perplejas y preocupadas de los invitados. <br /> <br /> Cuando el novio se marchĂł, la multitud se sumiĂł en el caos. <br /> <br /> &quot;ÂĄNo, por favor, no me dejes, Theo! ÂżQuĂ© voy a hacer sin ti?, gritĂł Elyse, con la voz entrecortada, sentada en el piso. <br /> <br /> Su cuerpo tembloroso y las lĂĄgrimas que arruinaban su maquillaje daban lĂĄstima. El hombre al que amĂł durante tres años habĂ­a elegido, sin dudarlo, a otra mujer en lugar de a ella en el dĂ­a de su boda. Aunque le embargaba el sufrimiento de Kaelyn, parecĂ­a indiferente a la profunda sensaciĂłn de pĂ©rdida y humillaciĂłn de Elyse, dejĂĄndola abandonada en el altar. <br /> <br /> A su alrededor, innumerables pares de ojos lo presenciaron; algunos invitados se burlaban de ella, otros expresaban su simpatĂ­a y muchos se regodeaban. Elyse nunca habĂ­a experimentado semejante tormento.<br /> <br /> Su padre, Lanny Lloyd, se acercĂł y, en lugar de consolarla, la reprendiĂł con dureza: &quot;ÂĄNi siquiera puedes retener a un hombre! ÂĄQuĂ© inĂștil!&quot;. <br /> <br /> Tras sus duras palabras, se marchĂł con su esposa, Glenda, sin mirar atrĂĄs. <br /> <br /> Su hermana, Mabel, saliĂł de entre la multitud con una sonrisa burlona. &quot;Vaya, quĂ© vergĂŒenza, Elyse. Tu novio huyĂł y ahora eres la burla de todos. Me avergĂŒenzo de ti. ImagĂ­nate cĂłmo se sienten mamĂĄ y papĂĄ&quot;.<br /> <br /> Con esas palabras, se dio la vuelta y tambiĂ©n se fue. <br /> <br /> Uno a uno, todos los miembros de la familia de Elyse se alejaron, dejĂĄndola completamente sola. <br /> <br /> Al principio, los parientes y amigos de Theo se sintieron responsables; pero al ver la reacciĂłn de la familia Lloyd, todo rastro de culpabilidad desapareciĂł. <br /> <br /> &quot;Ni siquiera sus propios padres la apoyaron. Parece que no es todo culpa de Theo&quot;. <br /> <br /> &quot;SĂ­, si fuera una buena mujer, Âżpor quĂ© la dejarĂ­a su prometido?&quot;. <br /> <br /> &quot;ÂżElla lo engañó? ÂżQuĂ© otra cosa harĂ­a que su novio la dejara asĂ­?&quot;. <br /> <br /> Los murmullos crĂ­ticos de los invitados que la rodeaban se hicieron cada vez mĂĄs fuertes y ĂĄsperos. <br /> <br /> De repente, Elyse escuchĂł ruidos cerca. Al girarse, vio a un hombre de traje sentado solo en una silla de ruedas. <br /> <br /> El oficiante, con nerviosismo, preguntĂł: &quot;ÂżDĂłnde estĂĄ su novia?&quot;. <br /> <br /> SecĂĄndose las lĂĄgrimas, Elyse parĂł a un empleado que pasaba por su lado y preguntĂł: &quot;Ese hombre es el novio, Âżverdad? ÂżDĂłnde estĂĄ su prometida?&quot;. <br /> <br /> El trabajador la mirĂł y respondiĂł: &quot;No vino. EscuchĂ© que era porque no podĂ­a soportar su discapacidad&quot;. <br /> <br /> &quot;ÂżY Ă©l ha estado esperando aquĂ­ todo este tiempo?&quot;. <br /> <br /> El empleado asintiĂł. <br /> <br /> El novio en la silla de ruedas se encontraba de espaldas a Elyse y los separaba una distancia considerable, asĂ­ que ella no pudo ver su expresiĂłn; pero empatizĂł con el dolor del rechazo. Ambos eran desafortunados y abandonados. <br /> <br /> Tras un momento de reflexiĂłn, una mirada decidida apareciĂł en los ojos de la joven. Aunque habĂ­a amado a Theo durante tres años, Ă©l la traicionĂł. ÂżPor quĂ© iba a seguir siĂ©ndole fiel? Se dio cuenta de que ya no lo necesitaba en absoluto. <br /> <br /> Cuando se puso en pie, los invitados que habĂ­an estado susurrando y burlĂĄndose de ella se quedaron en silencio. Todas las miradas se centraron en ella cuando se levantĂł el dobladillo del vestido y se dirigiĂł con confianza hacia el novio abandonado. <br /> <br /> La visiĂłn de una novia con un vestido blanco acercĂĄndose dejĂł a sus invitados atĂłnitos. <br /> <br /> Al oĂ­r los susurros a su alrededor, el hombre de la silla de ruedas se girĂł despacio. <br /> <br /> Elyse se detuvo y contemplĂł al apuesto joven, en cuyos ojos apareciĂł un destello de sorpresa. Luego le tendiĂł la mano y le dijo: &quot;Hola, me enterĂ© de que necesita una novia. Mi prometido acaba de dejarme. ÂżQuĂ© tal si nos casamos?&quot;. <br /> <br /> CapĂ­tulo 2 Ella tramaba algo<br /> &quot;Me llamo Elyse Lloyd. Si le parece bien, podemos casarnos hoy mismo&quot;, propuso la chica con firmeza. <br /> <br /> Su audaz declaraciĂłn dejĂł a todos los presentes estupefactos, y varias personas sacaron sus celulares para captar el momento. <br /> <br /> &quot;Señorita Lloyd, ÂżestĂĄ segura de esta decisiĂłn? Dada mi discapacidad, puede que no pueda ofrecerle un futuro prometido&quot;, respondiĂł el hombre sin ocultar su condiciĂłn, y la animĂł amablemente a reconsiderarlo. <br /> <br /> &quot;Ya lo decidĂ­&quot;, respondiĂł la joven con determinaciĂłn. <br /> <br /> &quot;Soy Jayden Owen&quot;, se presentĂł. Al ver su determinaciĂłn, el joven le tomĂł la mano mientras le decĂ­a: &quot;Me preocupa que mĂĄs adelante se arrepienta de esta decisiĂłn&quot;. <br /> <br /> Elyse prefiriĂł no responder. Estaba segura de sĂ­ misma. Hasta entonces, solo pensaba en casarse con Theo, quien nunca correspondiĂł a su amor. Ahora, ya no le importaba quiĂ©n era su cĂłnyuge. <br /> <br /> Tras una breve ceremonia y completar rĂĄpidamente los trĂĄmites necesarios en la Oficina de Asuntos Civiles, Elyse y Jayden se unieron como esposos. Con el certificado de matrimonio en la mano, la chica sintiĂł un gran alivio. <br /> <br /> Theo le habĂ­a roto el corazĂłn y estaba decidida a no volver con Ă©l. En cuanto a la reacciĂłn de su padre, aunque ella ya no podĂ­a unirse a la familia Ward, Ă©l tenĂ­a otra hija. <br /> <br /> ConocĂ­a demasiado bien a su hermana pequeña Mabel. Siendo alguien movida solo por la codicia, ÂżcĂłmo iba a resistir la tentaciĂłn de convertirse en la esposa de Theo y en miembro de la familia Ward? Por lo tanto, casarse con Jayden era la escapatoria perfecta para que Elyse escapara de las garras de su familia. Ya no tenĂ­a intenciĂłn de volver a casa. <br /> <br /> Mientras ella miraba pensativa el certificado de matrimonio, Jayden le preguntĂł: &quot;ÂżQuĂ© te preocupa? ÂżTe arrepientes de casarte con un discapacitado?&quot;. <br /> <br /> Elyse sacudiĂł la cabeza, agarrĂł la silla de ruedas y contestĂł: &quot;Creo que fue una buena decisiĂłn&quot;. <br /> <br /> Jayden sonriĂł, aunque sus ojos delataban un atisbo de escepticismo y desconfianza. ÂżCĂłmo podĂ­a una mujer querer casarse de verdad con un invĂĄlido? PensĂł que ella solo estaba fingiendo, una actuaciĂłn que no durarĂ­a para siempre. <br /> <br /> Pero necesitaba una esposa momentĂĄnea para distraer a su familia mientras Ă©l perseguĂ­a sus propios objetivos. Por lo tanto, decidiĂł seguirle el juego por el momento. <br /> <br /> Elyse ayudĂł a Jayden a subir al automĂłvil y se dirigieron a su casa. Era una propiedad lujosa, con jardĂ­n, piscina, mayordomo vestido de traje y sirvientas uniformadas. <br /> <br /> Al pisar la elegante alfombra de lana, Elyse se dio cuenta de que su nuevo esposo distaba mucho de ser comĂșn. <br /> <br /> El mayordomo, Driscoll Lee, se acercĂł a ellos con respeto y preguntĂł: &quot;Señor Owen, Âżes esta su esposa?&quot;. <br /> <br /> Al contemplar la magnĂ­fica mansiĂłn y recordar el nombre completo de su marido, Elyse se dio cuenta de repente de quiĂ©n era. <br /> <br /> Los Owen eran la familia mĂĄs influyente de la ciudad, y Jayden destacaba entre ellos por su perspicacia para los negocios asĂ­ como por su excepcional talento. Era uno de los hombres mĂĄs ricos y poderosos. Sin embargo, tras un accidente automovilĂ­stico un año antes que le costĂł las piernas, Ă©l se habĂ­a alejado de la atenciĂłn pĂșblica y sus logros anteriores quedaron olvidados. <br /> <br /> Entonces, Âżse habĂ­a casado con el legendario Jayden Owen? <br /> <br /> Elyse recordaba haber oĂ­do rumores sobre su compromiso con una chica de la familia Foster. Se suponĂ­a que la novia que habĂ­a desaparecido el dĂ­a de su boda era ella. <br /> <br /> Al oĂ­r el nombre completo de Jayden, Elyse no habĂ­a pensado mucho en eso. Si hubiera sabido antes sus orĂ­genes, no habrĂ­a tenido el valor de proponerle matrimonio. <br /> <br /> Aunque Jayden notĂł la sorpresa y el pĂĄnico en el rostro de la chica, permaneciĂł en silencio. Dudaba que realmente no lo hubiera reconocido. DespuĂ©s de todo, su discapacidad era bien sabida. <br /> <br /> &quot;Ella es Elyse Lloyd, mi esposa. A partir de ahora, serĂĄ la anfitriona de este lugar&quot;, la presentĂł Jayden con firmeza. <br /> <br /> &quot;Joanna Foster escapĂł porque no deseaba casarse con un hombre discapacitado&quot;, añadiĂł sin titubear. <br /> <br /> &quot;ÂżLa señorita Foster no fue a la boda?&quot;, preguntĂł Driscoll, asombrado. <br /> <br /> La familia Foster habĂ­a estado ansiosa por forjar una uniĂłn con los Owen a travĂ©s del matrimonio, presionando para que Jayden se casara con Joanna. No obstante, el dĂ­a de la boda, la novia habĂ­a desaparecido. ÂżNo era esto una humillaciĂłn deliberada a Jayden? <br /> <br /> Driscoll sintiĂł compasiĂłn por Ă©l y lo consolĂł: &quot;Señor, quizĂĄs sea lo mejor que se haya ido. Parece que, despuĂ©s de todo, usted ha encontrado a la persona adecuada&quot;. <br /> <br /> Elyse no habĂ­a mostrado ninguna resistencia a la discapacidad de Jayden y estaba dispuesta a casarse con Ă©l. Eso sin duda era importante. <br /> <br /> CapĂ­tulo 3 Él podĂ­a caminar<br /> Mientras Elyse contemplaba las piernas de Jayden, una profunda simpatĂ­a la invadiĂł. Él, que antes estaba en la cĂșspide del Ă©xito, ahora parecĂ­a muy vulnerable. Su novia lo habĂ­a dejado plantado en el altar debido a su discapacidad, un gesto que carecĂ­a de cualquier atisbo de respeto. La traiciĂłn debiĂł de herirlo mĂĄs profundamente de lo que ella podĂ­a imaginar. <br /> <br /> Tras acercarse a Jayden con sinceridad, la joven le tomĂł la mano y lo tranquilizĂł: &quot;No te preocupes. Ahora somos marido y mujer. CuidarĂ© de ti el resto de nuestras vidas&quot;. <br /> <br /> La expresiĂłn de Jayden se endureciĂł. ÂżEsta mujer hablaba en serio, comprometiĂ©ndose a cuidarlo por tiempo indefinido? DudĂł de sus intenciones, sospechando que no era mĂĄs que una muestra superficial de empatĂ­a. <br /> <br /> En silencio, Jayden llevĂł su silla de ruedas al estudio del primer piso. <br /> <br /> &quot;Lo lamento&quot;, dijo Driscoll, al percatarse de la tensiĂłn. &quot;Desde su accidente, ha estado algo mĂĄs temperamental&quot;. <br /> <br /> Elyse respondiĂł comprensiva: &quot;No pasa nada. Lo comprendo&quot;. <br /> <br /> ReconociĂł que cualquiera en su situaciĂłn podrĂ­a experimentar esos cambios, y enseguida, siguiĂł a Driscoll escaleras arriba. <br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> En el estudio, un hombre calvo llamado Vinny Bailey, vestido con una camisa negra ajustada que resaltaba su musculatura, encendiĂł respetuosamente un puro para Jayden. <br /> <br /> &quot;Señor, Joanna se ha ido al extranjero&quot;, informĂł. &quot;La familia Foster estĂĄ buscando una soluciĂłn&quot;. <br /> <br /> &quot;Me quitaron treinta millones y cinco grandes proyectos. ÂżEs asĂ­ como me lo pagan?&quot;. <br /> <br /> Jayden exhalĂł una nube de humo con indiferencia, pero su tono estaba teñido de determinaciĂłn. &quot;Si no doy ejemplo, los demĂĄs pensarĂĄn que soy un pusilĂĄnime. Es hora de que los Foster aprendan la lecciĂłn&quot;. <br /> <br /> &quot;ÂżQuiere que traigamos de vuelta a Joanna?&quot;, preguntĂł Vinny. &quot;Y sobre su nueva esposa, ÂżdeberĂ­amos presentĂĄrsela a nuestros hombres?&quot;. <br /> <br /> &quot;No hace falta&quot;, respondiĂł Jayden, con voz firme mientras agarraba un documento y se acercaba a la ventana. <br /> <br /> La silla de ruedas ya no era mĂĄs que un accesorio en un rincĂłn, ignorado mientras Ă©l se movĂ­a con una destreza asombrosa. El documento que tenĂ­a en las manos detallaba la vida de Elyse desde su infancia hasta sus años universitarios, incluido su pasado romance con Theo. <br /> <br /> Hojeando las pĂĄginas, Jayden comentĂł: &quot;Una mujer corriente. Se casĂł conmigo solo por mi fortuna&quot;. <br /> <br /> En el pasado, los Owen habĂ­an declarado su intenciĂłn de encontrar una esposa adecuada para Jayden, principalmente para asegurar la continuidad de su linaje. Tras su anuncio, la mayorĂ­a de las familias acomodadas dudaron en vincularse mediante el matrimonio, excepto los Foster. Tras elevar su estatus social casando estratĂ©gicamente a sus hijas, vieron otra oportunidad. Su objetivo estaba claro: cambiar a la chica por sustanciosos beneficios econĂłmicos y recursos. <br /> <br /> Vinny tambiĂ©n no percibiĂł otra motivaciĂłn para el matrimonio de Elyse con Jayden que la ventaja monetaria. Sin embargo... <br /> <br /> &quot;En un principio iba a casarse con Theo Ward&quot;, mencionĂł de forma casual. <br /> <br /> &quot;ÂżWard? ÂżLa conocida familia Ward?&quot;. Jayden enarcĂł una ceja, intrigado. <br /> <br /> &quot;SĂ­, pero parece que el prometido cambiĂł de opiniĂłn y huyĂł para reunirse con su exnovia despuĂ©s de una llamada repentina&quot;, continuĂł Vinny. <br /> <br /> Luego especulĂł: &quot;Tal vez ella se casĂł con usted por rencor a Theo Ward&quot;. <br /> <br /> El joven dejĂł de rebuscar entre sus documentos y mirĂł a Vinny, molesto. &quot;EstĂĄs simplificando demasiado las cosas. Al casarse conmigo, tiene mucho mĂĄs que ganar. Esa es la verdadera razĂłn por la que me eligiĂł, a pesar de mi invalidez&quot;. <br /> <br /> Jayden era consciente de que tal vez Elyse aĂșn no le hubiera revelado sus verdaderas intenciones, pero le resultaba indiferente el interĂ©s de ella en su fortuna. <br /> <br /> Necesitaba una esposa para satisfacer las expectativas familiares, y si las motivaciones de esa mujer eran puramente financieras, eso simplificarĂ­a cualquier posible separaciĂłn futura. <br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> Mientras tanto, Elyse estaba tumbada en la cama, consultando su celular. Y pronto se fijĂł en los temas de tendencia. <br /> <br /> &quot;Novio se fugĂł por su exnovia&quot;. <br /> <br /> &quot;Novia se casa con un extraño para enfurecer a su novio fugitivo&quot;. <br /> <br /> Mientras se desplazaba por los comentarios, constatĂł que el pĂșblico encontraba todo el escenario asombroso y criticaba las acciones de ambas partes por actuar de forma irracional. <br /> <br /> No obstante, la polĂ©mica habĂ­a puesto el nombre de Elyse en el centro de atenciĂłn. Algunos comentaristas incluso habĂ­an desenterrado sus antecedentes como violinista en una orquesta, descubriendo vĂ­deos de sus actuaciones anteriores. <br /> <br /> Ensimismada, la joven estaba viendo los vĂ­deos cuando Theo la llamĂł. &quot;ÂżDĂłnde estĂĄs, Elyse? Vamos a vernos y a hablar&quot;. <br /> <br /> CapĂ­tulo 4 ÂżCon quiĂ©n te casaste<br /> Mientras Elyse bajaba las escaleras hacia la entrada de la residencia, Driscoll se acercĂł a ella con evidente preocupaciĂłn. <br /> <br /> &quot;Es bastante tarde. ÂżAdĂłnde va? ÂżQuiere que le consiga un auto?&quot;, le preguntĂł. <br /> <br /> &quot;No, gracias. VolverĂ© pronto&quot;, respondiĂł la joven. <br /> <br /> Driscoll la vio marcharse antes de dirigirse al estudio. <br /> <br /> Elyse, que habĂ­a acordado reunirse con Theo, llamĂł a un taxi y se puso en camino. <br /> <br /> Quince minutos mĂĄs tarde, entrĂł en una cafeterĂ­a, donde enseguida vio a Theo, que estaba muy animado, escribiendo mensajes en su celular. Un destello de sarcasmo cruzĂł sus ojos cuando se acercĂł y se sentĂł frente a Ă©l. <br /> <br /> Theo levantĂł la vista y su expresiĂłn se ensombreciĂł de inmediato. &quot;ÂżPor quĂ© llegas tan tarde? ÂżTienes idea del tiempo que llevo esperando?&quot;, se quejĂł. <br /> <br /> Elyse se sintiĂł muy decepcionada. A pesar de su larga historia juntos, la actitud dominante de Theo hacia ella contrastaba con su comportamiento con Kaelyn. <br /> <br /> Ella lo amĂł, creyendo que podrĂ­a soportar cualquier cosa por Ă©l. Pero ya se daba cuenta de lo equivocada que estaba. Si no se amaba a sĂ­ misma, ÂżcĂłmo podĂ­a esperar que alguien mĂĄs lo hiciera? <br /> <br /> &quot;Si no quieres esperar, puedes irte&quot;, replicĂł ella con frialdad. <br /> <br /> Theo, sorprendido por su respuesta, se mostrĂł cada vez mĂĄs molesto. &quot;EstĂĄs resentida por lo que pasĂł en la boda, Âżverdad? Comprendo tu enfado, pero, Âżno puedes ser mĂĄs comprensiva y razonable? Me fui porque Kaelyn estaba en una situaciĂłn desesperada, deprimida y pensando en suicidarse&quot;. <br /> <br /> &quot;Puedes irte con quien quieras. No hace falta que me expliques nada, ya no me importa&quot;, afirmĂł Elyse, indiferente. <br /> <br /> Theo no creĂ­a que a ella le diera igual. Llevaban tres años juntos y todo el mundo sabĂ­a cuĂĄnto lo amaba. PensĂł que su indiferencia no era mĂĄs que el resultado de su enojo. Y estaba seguro de que podrĂ­a resolverlo con facilidad. Unas palabras dulces y ella volverĂ­a a Ă©l. <br /> <br /> &quot;No es para tanto. RegresĂ© contigo despuĂ©s de ocuparme de todo, Âżno? VisitarĂ© a tus padres pronto y podremos empezar a planear la boda de nuevo...&quot;, declarĂł Ă©l, intentando arreglar las cosas. <br /> <br /> &quot;No hace falta&quot;, lo interrumpiĂł Elyse. <br /> <br /> &quot;ÂĄÂżQuĂ©?!&quot;. <br /> <br /> &quot;No habrĂĄ boda&quot;, sentenciĂł la chica con el rostro desprovisto de emociĂłn. &quot;Terminamos&quot;. <br /> <br /> &quot;ÂżPor quĂ© sigues molesta? Me fui en la boda, pero volvĂ­ por ti. ÂżNo puedes perdonarme?&quot;. Theo frunciĂł el ceño, desconcertado. <br /> <br /> &quot;ÂżPerdonarte? ÂĄÂżPerdonarte por abandonarme por otra mujer?!&quot;. Elyse golpeĂł la mesa con la mano, alzando la voz. &quot;ÂżTienes idea de lo que he pasado desde que te fuiste? Tu familia me insultĂł, a pesar de que fuiste tĂș quien me dejĂł en el altar... ÂĄpor otra mujer!&quot;. <br /> <br /> &quot;ÂĄElyse Lloyd!&quot;, gritĂł Theo, enfurecido. &quot;Da igual lo que digan los demĂĄs. ÂżNuestra relaciĂłn de tres años no es lo suficientemente fuerte como para que confĂ­es en mĂ­?&quot;. <br /> <br /> &quot;ÂĄTres años, y sin embargo nunca olvidaste a tu exnovia!&quot;, contraatacĂł Elyse, con el rostro marcado por la decepciĂłn. &quot;PensĂ© que estarĂ­amos juntos para siempre, pero parece que tres años era el lĂ­mite. Se acabĂł. EstĂĄ claro que no somos el uno para el otro&quot;. <br /> <br /> Mientras hablaba, sacĂł un anillo de su bolso y lo dejĂł sobre la mesa: el mismo con el que Ă©l le habĂ­a pedido matrimonio. RecordĂł la alegrĂ­a que ella sintiĂł entonces, ahora ensombrecida por la tristeza. <br /> <br /> Elyse mirĂł a Theo por Ășltima vez, cerrando en su mente el capĂ­tulo de los tres años que habĂ­an pasado juntos. TomĂł su bolso y se marchĂł sin vacilar. <br /> <br /> Theo se quedĂł perplejo. ÂżRealmente Elyse estaba terminando con Ă©l? Siempre la habĂ­a considerado sumisa, con una familia que dependĂ­a de la suya. ÂżCĂłmo podĂ­a marcharse asĂ­? <br /> <br /> Humillado, la persiguiĂł, la agarrĂł del hombro y le dijo con furia: &quot;ÂĄNo tienes derecho a ponerle fin! Recuerda que el negocio de tu padre depende de los Ward. Sin mĂ­, tu familia no tiene nada. ÂĄVuelve y nos casaremos dentro de unos dĂ­as para compensar lo de hoy!&quot;. <br /> <br /> &quot;ÂĄSuĂ©ltame!&quot;. Elyse se defendiĂł con ferocidad y gritĂł con desafĂ­o asĂ­ como con frustraciĂłn: &quot;ÂĄEstoy casada, deja de molestarme!&quot;. <br /> <br /> &quot;ÂĄÂżY quĂ© si estĂĄs casada?! ÂĄSiempre me pertenecerĂĄs!&quot;. En cuanto lo pronunciĂł, se quedĂł inmĂłvil y preguntĂł incrĂ©dulo: &quot;ÂżQuĂ© dijiste? ÂżCĂłmo que estĂĄs casada? ÂżCon quiĂ©n?&quot;. <br /> <br /> Mientras Ă©l estaba aturdido, Elyse se soltĂł de su agarre. Se dio la vuelta y se sorprendiĂł al ver a su esposo sentado tranquilamente en una silla de ruedas a pocos metros detrĂĄs de ella. <br /> <br /> &quot;ÂĄJayden!&quot;, exclamĂł. <br /> <br /> CapĂ­tulo 5 ÂżPuedes estar de pie<br /> &quot;ÂżNo lo dejĂ© claro? Estoy casada. Se acabĂł. Este es mi esposo&quot;, declarĂł Elyse, moviĂ©ndose rĂĄpidamente al lado de Jayden y agarrĂĄndolo del brazo con firmeza. <br /> <br /> La mirada de Theo se desviĂł hacia Ă©l, pero no lo reconociĂł. Con una mueca, se burlĂł: &quot;Para vengarte de mĂ­, Âżte casaste con un minusvĂĄlido?&quot;. <br /> <br /> ExtendiĂł la mano con autoridad y ordenĂł: &quot;ÂĄElyse, ven aquĂ­! Te lo compensarĂ© cuando volvamos&quot;. <br /> <br /> Pero la joven lo mirĂł como si fuera un extraño. <br /> <br /> &quot;ÂżMe oĂ­ste? ÂĄVen aquĂ­!&quot;. La voz de Theo se elevĂł con frustraciĂłn. <br /> <br /> Reflexionando sobre el pasado, Elyse era consciente de que una vez habrĂ­a corrido a su lado sin dudarlo. Lo amĂł durante tres años, con sentimientos sinceros y profundos. Ahora, la intensidad de su afecto no hacĂ­a sino aumentar el dolor de su traiciĂłn. <br /> <br /> Al pensar en su primer cumpleaños despuĂ©s de ser novios, Elyse recordĂł que querĂ­a celebrarlo junto al mar. Para complacerla, Theo le habĂ­a comprado una cĂĄmara, prometiĂ©ndole capturar bellos momentos. <br /> <br /> Sin embargo, justo cuando estaban a punto de subir al aviĂłn, Kaelyn, que se habĂ­a lesionado en un rodaje, llamĂł a Theo. <br /> <br /> Sin pensĂĄrselo dos veces, Ă©l abandonĂł a Elyse en el aeropuerto, convirtiendo lo que se suponĂ­a que iba a ser una ocasiĂłn feliz en el cumpleaños mĂĄs decepcionante que habĂ­a vivido nunca. <br /> <br /> Theo habĂ­a prometido una vez asistir a la primera actuaciĂłn de Elyse con su orquesta, pero al final se ausentĂł. Ella pasĂł toda la noche esperĂĄndolo, solo para descubrir al dĂ­a siguiente que se habĂ­a perdido la funciĂłn porque Kaelyn se emborrachĂł en una cena mientras intentaba conseguir un papel. Preocupado por que pudieran aprovecharse de ella, se quedĂł a su lado. <br /> <br /> Durante todos esos tres años habĂ­a sido el protector de Kaelyn, aunque jamĂĄs ofreciĂł el mismo amparo a Elyse, su novia. Este cĂșmulo de decepciones alcanzĂł su punto ĂĄlgido en la boda. La joven sabĂ­a que merecĂ­a amor y respeto; no abandono. <br /> <br /> &quot;Ahora soy la esposa de Jayden. Mi lealtad es para Ă©l&quot;, declarĂł Elyse, con la voz llena de determinaciĂłn. <br /> <br /> &quot;ÂĄElyse Lloyd!&quot;, gritĂł Theo. <br /> <br /> Pensaba que Elyse le guardaba rencor e inventaba historias para vengarse de Ă©l. Entonces intentĂł agarrarla de la mano, pero Jayden intervino rĂĄpidamente, bloqueĂĄndolo. Theo luchĂł por liberarse, sin conseguirlo. El hecho de que no pudiera vencer a un hombre discapacitado lo enfureciĂł aĂșn mĂĄs. <br /> <br /> &quot;ÂĄSuĂ©ltame!&quot;, exigiĂł, molesto y furioso. <br /> <br /> &quot;No quiere irse contigo. ÂżNo puedes entender eso?&quot;, replicĂł Jayden con calma. <br /> <br /> Mantuvo el agarre hasta que Theo gritĂł de dolor. <br /> <br /> &quot;Recuerda eso, Elyse. ÂĄTe arrepentirĂĄs!&quot;, escupiĂł Theo, con un tono lleno de humillaciĂłn, mientras miraba a la chica, luego se alejaba furioso. <br /> <br /> Al verlo marcharse, una sonrisa amarga se dibujĂł en el rostro de Elyse. SabĂ­a que Theo no perdonarĂ­a fĂĄcilmente la vergĂŒenza, pero para ellos ya no habĂ­a vuelta atrĂĄs. <br /> <br /> &quot;Vamos a casa, Elyse&quot;. <br /> <br /> &quot;De acuerdo&quot;. <br /> <br /> DespuĂ©s de ayudar a Jayden a entrar en el automĂłvil, se sentaron en silencio, cada uno ensimismado en sus propios pensamientos y evitando adrede cualquier discusiĂłn sobre Theo. <br /> <br /> &quot;ÂżCĂłmo sabĂ­as que estaba aquĂ­?&quot;, preguntĂł Elyse de repente, con curiosidad. <br /> <br /> Sin girarse para mirarla, Jayden contestĂł: &quot;Driscoll mencionĂł que no era seguro que estuvieras sola a estas horas, asĂ­ que vine a recogerte&quot;. <br /> <br /> Aunque habĂ­a sospechado que ella tramaba algo, resultĂł que solo estaba viendo a su exnovio. Esta revelaciĂłn lo dejĂł un poco decepcionado. <br /> <br /> &quot;Ya que te casaste conmigo, deberĂ­as terminar con Ă©l. Los miembros de mi familia son estrictos y no puedo encubrirte si descubren que sigues viendo a otro hombre&quot;. <br /> <br /> &quot;No volverĂ© a verlo. Me reunĂ­ con Ă©l para devolverle el anillo&quot;, respondiĂł Elyse, asintiendo con firmeza. <br /> <br /> Jayden prefiriĂł no hacer mĂĄs comentarios. Consideraba que mientras ella respetara sus principios, deberĂ­a ser libre de tomar sus propias decisiones. <br /> <br /> Al llegar a casa, Elyse notĂł que Jayden se dirigĂ­a directamente al despacho una vez mĂĄs. Movida por la curiosidad, preguntĂł a Driscoll: &quot;ÂżPor quĂ© estĂĄ siempre en el estudio?&quot;. <br /> <br /> &quot;El estudio no solo es su lugar de trabajo, sino que tambiĂ©n se ha convertido en un santuario para su alma&quot;, explicĂł Driscoll. <br /> <br /> &quot;ÂżY por quĂ© no vuelve a su habitaciĂłn?&quot;. <br /> <br /> &quot;Lo hace a veces, pero no sabemos cuĂĄndo. Prefiere que no nos preocupemos demasiado por Ă©l&quot;. <br /> <br /> Entonces Driscoll se marchĂł. <br /> <br /> DespuĂ©s de refrescarse en su habitaciĂłn, Elyse se preparaba para ir a la cama, pero sus pensamientos se quedaron en los acontecimientos del dĂ­a con Jayden. Se dio cuenta de que, a pesar de su carĂĄcter reservado, Ă©l se preocupaba de verdad por su seguridad. <br /> <br /> SintiĂ©ndose agradecida y con ganas de expresarle su aprecio, saliĂł de la habitaciĂłn y se encaminĂł hacia el estudio. Cuando se acercĂł, se dio cuenta de que la puerta estaba entreabierta, arrojando una pizca de luz al pasillo. <br /> <br /> Elyse la empujĂł con cuidado y, para su sorpresa, vio al joven de pie. JadeĂł y preguntĂł: &quot;Jayden, Âżpuedes caminar?&quot;. <br /> <br /> ......<br /> <br /> &quot;TĂș necesitas una novia, yo necesito un novio. ÂżPor quĂ© no nos casamos?&quot; Ambos abandonados en el altar, Elyse decidiĂł casarse con el extraño discapacitado del lugar de al lado. <br /> <br /> CompadeciĂ©ndose de su estado, ella jurĂł malcriarlo una vez que se casaran. 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Yes 2024-07-11 20:45 active 1109 0 828177835614947 🔞Click to read on📜The Return Of His Unrivaled Ex-Wife 📜 After their divorce, Bruce thought Joanna was going to keep harassing him or at least make a scene.<br /> Unexpectedly, the next day, Joanna moved out. She took nothing with her but her IDs, not even the bank card that had 100 million dollars in it.<br /> And in these four years, there had been no news of her at all. It had been four years.<br /> She just disappeared from his world completely.<br /> Until four years later, Joanna came back with her sons and another man.<br /> Even though they were divorced, Bruce still felt cheated on and even betrayed.<br /> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> It was midnight, and the raindrops were pounding the window.<br /> Inside a house, a man said coldly, &quot;sign the divorce papers! As compensation, I will give you 100 million dollars in alimony.&quot;<br /> &quot;Did I do something wrong again, Bruce?&quot; asked Joanna Haynes timidly. She had always been a humble servant in front of him.<br /> &quot;Roxy&#039;s back, and she doesn&#039;t want to see you! It&#039;s time for our marriage to end. So you have to go!&quot; 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.<br /> Joanna&#039;s pale lips quivered as if she had fallen into the icy water. She asked with shock, &quot;You&#039;re divorcing me because she&#039;s back? Is our marriage nothing but a joke to you?&quot;<br /> &quot;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&#039;s back, I won&#039;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.&quot; Bruce had always been good at hurting her with words.<br /> &quot;I... What will happen if I don&#039;t sign them?&quot; Joanna asked bitterly.<br /> &quot;Suit yourself. I have ways of making you disappear. Legally or not, no one will notice.&quot;<br /> 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?<br /> Two years ago, Joanna&#039;s family decided to get connected with the Everetts by marriage.<br /> However, at the engagement banquet of Bruce and Roxanne, Joanna&#039;s step-sister, the man was drugged. Later in the lounge, Bruce mistook Joanna for Roxanne, and they slept with each other.<br /> The next day, the scandal of the Haynes group&#039;s eldest daughter hooking up with her brother-in-law was all over the newspaper.<br /> Roxanne Haynes&#039; mental state broke, and she was sent to a nursing home abroad for treatment.<br /> Everyone took Joanna as the most shameless homewrecker, pointing fingers at her for sleeping with her brother-in-law.<br /> Bruce hated her even more and decided that Joanna was the one who drugged him and climbed onto his bed.<br /> Yet, the Everett family and the Haynes family shared a friendship for generations. Moreover, this marriage was meant to deepen the connection.<br /> Hence, the elders of both families, Raymond Haynes and Margaret Everett, insisted on Bruce and Joanna getting married.<br /> The past two years of marriage had been a living hell for Joanna.<br /> Her tolerance and affection did not make it any better. In return, she got more humiliation and torture. Joanna was exhausted, both mentally and physically.<br /> So what if Bruce wanted a divorce? She&#039;d had enough anyway!<br /> &quot;Fine, I&#039;ll sign them, but I have a request.&quot;<br /> &quot;Spit it out then!&quot; Bruce believed that Joanna was thinking about more money!<br /> After all, that was what she, a scheming woman, could only care about.<br /> &quot;I want you to sleep with me as a real lover does for once. For the past two years, every time you&#039;ve been with me, you&#039;ve called out Roxanne&#039;s name. Yeah, you&#039;ve made me feel like I&#039;m the worst woman in the world, and I&#039;ve had enough! I&#039;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!&quot; For the first time, Joanna was screaming hysterically and trembling with anger.<br /> Each time in the past two years, Bruce would deliberately call out the wrong name! He had sex with her simply to punish and humiliate her. There was no love in it at all!<br /> &quot;Oh, stop the nonsense. There&#039;s someone waiting for me downstairs...&quot;<br /> Joanna snorted with self-mocking laughter.<br /> Then it probably was Roxanne who was waiting for him downstairs!<br /> &quot;She can wait a little longer. She&#039;s been waiting for two years, and I think she can be patient enough for another few minutes. Do what I said or not. Suit yourself. I don&#039;t mind the media writing stories about me again!&quot;<br /> Bruce hated being threatened the most. His thin lips curled into a sneer. A few seconds later, he replied, &quot;Fine, I&#039;ll do it. But don&#039;t you regret it, Joanna!&quot;<br /> Bruce jerked to stand up, seized her by the blouse, and pulled her over violently.<br /> And then...<br /> Her stockings were ripped apart...<br /> The man did not even give her a warning before hurting her!<br /> &quot;AH!&quot; Joanna cried, shutting her eyes in pain!<br /> Bruce was as ruthless as ever, almost cruel.<br /> He never cared if it hurt her or not. Or maybe watching her suffer simply pleased him!<br /> Good! Very good!<br /> She would remember this, remembering the man&#039;s cruelty to her for the rest of her life.<br /> &quot;Joann. Oh, Joann. Are you happy now?&quot;<br /> He finally called her name as he was on top of her.<br /> Though it was quite a humiliation, she could finally get rid of the depression that haunted her for two whole years.<br /> Joanna felt tears streaming down her cheeks as she said in a heartbroken tone, &quot;Bruce Everett! I won&#039;t love you anymore!&quot;<br /> Bruce had heard what she said but chose to ignore it. He caught her jaw contemptuously, looked down at her face, and sneered!<br /> She was... beautiful!<br /> This woman had such a pretty and innocent face, but her mind was filled with filth and schemes.<br /> That was why her so-called love for him would only make him sick.<br /> &quot;Sign the divorce papers, take the money, and leave Greyport forever!&quot;<br /> Having said that, Bruce left without looking back, leaving her lying on the floor in a mess.<br /> Two months later...<br /> In a hospital.<br /> &quot;Congratulations, Ms. Haynes, you are pregnant with more than one. But I suggest you give up one or two of the fetuses, or there will be too many at risk!&quot;<br /> Giving up?<br /> No, she would not take away the right to live from any of her children!<br /> It was her baby and hers alone! One way or another, she was gonna give birth to them and raise them right...<br /> <br /> ##Chapter 2 The Return Of Joanna<br /> Four years later.<br /> In the intensive-care unit of a hospital.<br /> &quot;I&#039;m sorry, we tried everything we could, but Raymond isn&#039;t getting any better. You should go inside and bid farewell to him!&quot;<br /> Shaun Haynes frowned worriedly and said, &quot;Doc, will you please try something else? If my father can&#039;t make it, all the properties of the Haynes family will be bequeathed to the government... oh, what to do... none of us have even seen Joanna over the years. Damn it, and my father, too. We don&#039;t know what he was thinking. How could he ignore his grandsons who keep him accompanied every day while only caring for that wretched daughter of mine!&quot;<br /> Everyone in the Haynes family was miserable these days.<br /> Raymond, Shaun&#039;s father, drafted an odd will on his deathbed.<br /> He left 51% of the Haynes Group to his eldest granddaughter, Joanna. As for the other members of the Haynes family, they would inherit only 10%.<br /> In other words, Joanna would become the largest shareholder of the Haynes Group.<br /> Yet, according to the additional condition to the will, if Joanna did not show up before Raymond&#039;s death, all the properties of the Haynes family would go straight to the government.<br /> So, the Haynes family had been looking for Joanna desperately for these days.<br /> However, it was like Joanna had disappeared from the world!<br /> No one ever heard from her and saw her even once since she and Bruce got divorced.<br /> &quot;The way I see it, that girl is simply going against us on purpose! No one knows where the hell she has been for all those years!&quot;<br /> Shaun&#039;s second wife, Ingrid Haynes, was cursing furiously, and her face twisted a little.<br /> Back then, she, with the twins in her belly, kicked Joanna and Joanna&#039;s mother out of the family. Then Ingrid gave birth to her third son, thinking that her position in the family was absolutely secured.<br /> She had never expected that she would have nothing in the end.<br /> Of all three children of hers, the old man still favored that Joanna girl.<br /> &quot;Dad, Mom, Grandpa&#039;s awake!&quot;<br /> &quot;Joann... my Joanna...&quot; Raymond had been in a coma for more than a dozen days. His hours were numbered.<br /> And before his death, his only concern was for his eldest granddaughter, Joanna.<br /> Joanna had been missing for four years, and that worried Raymond so much. He even suspected that Ingrid might have somehow murdered his beloved granddaughter.<br /> &quot;Dad, aren&#039;t Rick, Ryan and Roxy all your grandchildren? Your will is not fair! You basically leave nothing to them! They might as well just go out on the street and beg for a living if you insist on donating everything to the government!&quot;<br /> &quot;Joann... Let me see Joann. You won&#039;t get a penny before that...&quot;<br /> Ingrid shouted in a low voice, &quot;It&#039;s been four years, Raymond! Who knows where she&#039;s gone? Plus, if she really cares for you, how can she not show up to see you for the last time?&quot;<br /> A hint of impatience crossed Roxanne&#039;s eyes, and she couldn&#039;t help but ask, &quot;Bruce, do you know where my sister has been?&quot;<br /> Bruce froze because he did not know the answer to this question.<br /> Four years ago, after their divorce, Bruce thought Joanna was going to keep harassing him or at least make a scene!<br /> Unexpectedly, the next day, Joanna moved out. She took nothing with her but her IDs, not even the bank card that had 100 million dollars in it.<br /> And in these four years, there had been no news of her at all. Of course, as proud as Bruce was, he never contacted her either.<br /> It had been four years!<br /> Still, Bruce didn&#039;t believe she would let go so easily! He had prepared so many plans to get rid of her as long as she showed up. Yet it turned out that he didn&#039;t need any of them!<br /> She just disappeared from his world completely.<br /> &quot;Joann... Joann!&quot;<br /> &quot;Oh, come on, Grandpa&#039;s dying! Go get the doctors...&quot;<br /> The ECG monitor told everyone that Raymond&#039;s heartbeat was stopping. In tears, his family members all gathered around the bed!<br /> They were crying, not for Raymond&#039;s approaching death, but for the properties that were about to be donated!<br /> Tap, tap, tap...<br /> From the hospital corridor came the sound of high heels!<br /> Creak.<br /> The door of the ward was pushed open.<br /> The one who came in was wearing a custom-made white suit! A limited-edition bag was in her hands, and the oversized sunglasses covered most of her face. Her slender legs were long enough, but the high-heeled shoes brought them out even more.<br /> She walked in with the ice-cold-beauty sort of vibe, seeming to cause the temperature in the ward to drop a few.<br /> &quot;Who is this woman? Did we know her? Who allowed her to be here?&quot;<br /> &quot;It&#039;s me. I&#039;m here to see my grandpa!&quot; Joanna took off her sunglasses slowly and walked towards the bed.<br /> &quot;Joanna!&quot; The others all gasped.<br /> She had changed so much.<br /> Her long dark hair that she used to keep straight had become curly brown. It used to reach her waist, but now the end of it was dancing around her shoulder. She had changed completely from the next-door sweet girl to a mature, sexy career lady!<br /> What was even more remarkable was that Joanna appeared to be much fitter than before. Meanwhile, the innocence in that pair of eyes had also been emptied. By simply looking into her eyes, one could tell that she must have experienced a lot in the past years!<br /> &quot;Joanna? Oh, finally, Joanna! The Haynes family will be ruined if you don&#039;t show up...&quot;<br /> For the first time ever, all the members of the Haynes family were so glad to see Joanna.<br /> &quot;I&#039;m sorry, grandpa. I&#039;m sorry I&#039;m late!&quot;<br /> &quot;Joann,&quot; Raymond called out and hardly opened his eyes, &quot;I&#039;m glad that you are safe and alive. Oh, I can finally be relieved...&quot;<br /> With that, Raymond reached out, but the next second, his hand fell back on the bed weakly, his head tilted, and his eyes shut!<br /> Beep!<br /> The ECG was beeping, declaring Raymond&#039;s death!<br /> &quot;Grandpa? Grandpa!&quot; Joanna called out, tears rolling down her cheeks.<br /> She knew that her grandpa was the only Haynes that ever cared about her!<br /> &quot;Ah, come on, stop those fake tears! You would have been here long ago if you ever cared about grandpa! Now that it&#039;s time to talk about inheritance, you came?&quot; said Shaun&#039;s eldest son, Derick. The sarcasm in his tone was obvious.<br /> He had never taken Joanna as his elder sister, and now that she was the biggest beneficiary of Raymond&#039;s legacy, Derick hated Joanna even more!<br /> &quot;Enough of that. Call someone and get the funeral arranged first!&quot; said Shaun. Reasonably grieving as he patted Joanna on the shoulder. &quot;Joann, now that you&#039;re back, move back home!&quot;<br /> Ingrid&#039;s lips curled in disdain, but she was saying merrily, &quot;That&#039;s right, come and live with us! Also, your grandfather made a will on his deathbed. He wants you to inherit 51% of the Haynes Group. The illness must have confused his brain. How could he leave such a large enterprise to a girl who knows nothing about it? Joann, you&#039;re still young and dumb. Just let your father continue to run the business.&quot;<br /> Ingrid said it as if Joanna was meant to follow her instructions. Deep down, Ingrid was convinced that Joanna was just as stupid as her mother!<br /> By the time Joanna moved back to their house, she would be in Ingrid&#039;s full control.<br /> Joanna was expressionless. She said coldly, &quot;I don&#039;t want to think about that right now. I just want to take care of grandpa first.&quot;<br /> &quot;Yeah, yeah, you&#039;re right on this. Raymond&#039;s funeral is the most important thing now. Everything else can be postponed.&quot;<br /> <br /> ##Chapter 3 Jaydon Grimm<br /> It was late afternoon after the mortuary house picked up Raymond&#039;s body.<br /> Joanna walked out of the hospital with the others.<br /> &quot;Where do you live? My driver will give you a ride!&quot; Bruce said. His voice was kind of hoarse because Joanna had not spoken to him once before this.<br /> Joanna smiled politely and shook the car keys in her hand. &quot;Thanks, but I drove here.&quot;<br /> The indifferent look on her face made it look like she was simply being polite to a total stranger.<br /> Yet Roxanne took it that Bruce was hitting on Joanna. Her face fell, and quickly, she held Bruce&#039;s arm affectionately, saying, &quot;Joann, why don&#039;t you move back in with us? At least, you don&#039;t have to be alone, and...&quot;<br /> &quot;It&#039;s easier for me to stay in a hotel. Bye!&quot; Joanna waved politely and headed for the underground parking.<br /> Soon, a silver Bentley pulled out of the parking lot, and it roared off while in front of the crowd.<br /> &quot;It seems that my sister has been living a good life these years! She could enjoy such a rich life without any help from the family.&quot;<br /> Bruce did not reply.<br /> During the four years when Joanna had been gone, for various reasons, Bruce did not marry Roxanne. Moreover, with these four years, he realized that Roxanne was simply not the one for him.<br /> The only reason that he did not break up with Roxanne was because of his family. The Haynes family was a wealthy one, but it was nothing compared with the Everetts. However, the elders of both families were close friends. That was why the Everett family had always been taking care of the Haynes family.<br /> Except for that, there was another crucial reason. Ten years ago, Bruce nearly drowned while he swam, and it was Roxanne who saved him. Ever since then, he swore that he would love and protect this girl for the rest of his life.<br /> &quot;Joann has always been striving since she was just a kid. She is smart and good with men, too. See her fancy clothes and car? She must have hooked up with some wealthy fellow again. Unlike her, Roxy, you are always stupid and innocent, and people all try to take advantage of you.&quot; Ingrid seemed to be praising Joanna, but it was not hard to recognize what she was implying.<br /> &quot;Mom, what are you talking about?&quot;<br /> &quot;Oh, I just want you to learn from Joann. Do you see how good she&#039;s been doing? Girls like her are never for us to be worried about wherever she goes. There aren&#039;t many girls as smart as her anymore.&quot;<br /> Bruce somehow was a little upset. &quot;Ingrid, Roxy, I must go now. I have an important meeting tonight.&quot;<br /> &quot;Yeah, sure. Drive safe, alright?&quot; said Ingrid with a flattering smile, afraid of offending her daughter&#039;s promising husband-to-be.<br /> Bruce said nothing more, turned around, and got into a car...<br /> Having watched Bruce&#039;s car disappear, Roxanne stamped her foot in anger. She complained, &quot;It&#039;s all your fault, Mom! You should never have put that bitch Joanna in Bruce&#039;s bed six years ago. Bruce never mentions marrying me again. And now that Joanna&#039;s back, what are we gonna do?&quot;<br /> Ingrid gritted her teeth grumpily. What her daughter complained about was what Ingrid regretted the most.<br /> She had it all well-designed six years ago.<br /> First, she had Joanna drugged. Then she sent the girl straight to Bruce&#039;s room, convinced that Bruce was too drunk to do anything.<br /> After that, Ingrid informed a group of Paparazzi, suggesting they write a drama about how Joanna threw herself in her brother-in-law&#039;s arms. Ingrid did so because she was expecting that once Joanna had brought dishonor to the family, the girl would be deprived of the right of inheritance.<br /> Yet she did not expect that it would backfire.<br /> Bruce actually slept with Joanna.<br /> And then things got out of her hands. Under the pressure of Raymond Haynes and Margaret Everett, Bruce ended up getting married to Joanna.<br /> Thinking of this, Ingrid said, &quot;I did it for you, silly girl. Damn it, all because of your grandfather! That old shit has always favored that Joanna. Well, now that the old man&#039;s dead, let&#039;s see who can stand up for her this time&quot;<br /> &quot;But mom...&quot; Roxanne was still worried.<br /> Even though Bruce had been good to her for years, she could see the frigidity in his eyes.<br /> The man seldom smiled ever since he divorced Joanna.<br /> Over the years, he had totally become a workaholic. Sometimes it took three or two months for Roxanne to see him around once.<br /> &quot;Don&#039;t worry. That idiot Joanna is just as stupid as that dead mother of hers. We are falling out with her right now. Not until she gives up her share of the inheritance first...&quot;<br /> Ten days later, it was Raymond&#039;s funeral.<br /> It was drizzling rain. All members of the Haynes family had arrived at the cemetery except for Joanna. On top of that, the finest people in Greyport also showed up to pay their respects.<br /> Not to mention the reporters that were gathering outside the cemetery.<br /> After all, Raymond Haynes was quite a big shot in Greyport. So, of course, his funeral was well-focused.<br /> &quot;I heard Raymond willed the eldest daughter of the Haynes family to inherit the Haynes Group.&quot;<br /> &quot;Oh, my god, that girl is really shrewd. She seduced her brother-in-law six years ago and forced her sister to leave. Then she became the one marrying into the Everett family instead of her sister, and now she&#039;s the director of the Haynes Group. That&#039;s impressive!&quot;<br /> &quot;Ha! So what? She&#039;s just a scheming woman. She was kicked out by the Everett family, wasn&#039;t she? Such a woman is simply disgusting.&quot;<br /> Ingrid was overjoyed when hearing the whispers of the crowd. Trying hard to maintain the sad look on her face, she said, &quot;May I have your attention, please? First of all, I&#039;d like to thank you all for coming to Raymond&#039;s funeral, and...&quot;<br /> A reporter cut in, &quot;Mrs. Haynes, is it true that Joanna is going to take over the Haynes Group as the new leader?&quot;<br /> Ingrid paused before replying, &quot;I&#039;m not gonna be disturbed by other things on this extremely distressing day. But for a company as big as the Haynes Group, one man&#039;s word alone can&#039;t take effect. We need a board meeting to pick the right executive director.&quot;<br /> &quot;Mrs. Haynes, why isn&#039;t Joanna here on such an important day?&quot;<br /> &quot;Ha, that&#039;s the question you should ask her...&quot;<br /> While she was saying, outside the cemetery suddenly came the sounds of engines.<br /> A stretch limo was making its way into the cemetery, followed by a fleet of Mercedes.<br /> &quot;Look at that license plate. It seems to be Mr. Grimm&#039;s car!&quot; The reporters went all excited and rushed towards the Rolls-Royce.<br /> Yes, that car belonged to Jaydon Grimm.<br /> There were two well-known wealthy young men in Greyport. One of them was Bruce Everett, and the other was Jaydon Grimm.<br /> He was the second son of the casino magnate in Venturas City, and he also ran an entertainment company called Starlight Media. Several new top stars in the showbiz were all artists under his company&#039;s control.<br /> Unlike Bruce, who kept a low profile, Jaydon had always been a man of publicity.<br /> The doors of the Rolls-Royce were opened slowly, and Jaydon stepped out first.<br /> &quot;Wow, it&#039;s really Mr. Grimm!&quot; The press swarmed forward like flies smelling blood.<br /> After Jaydon got out of the car, he turned to the other side and helped a woman who was dressed all in black out of the car like a real gentleman.<br /> &quot;Is this...? 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Yes 2024-07-11 20:45 active 1109 0 477968024991385 🔞Click to read on📜The Return Of His Unrivaled Ex-Wife 📜 After their divorce, Bruce thought Joanna was going to keep harassing him or at least make a scene.<br /> Unexpectedly, the next day, Joanna moved out. She took nothing with her but her IDs, not even the bank card that had 100 million dollars in it.<br /> And in these four years, there had been no news of her at all. It had been four years.<br /> She just disappeared from his world completely.<br /> Until four years later, Joanna came back with her sons and another man.<br /> Even though they were divorced, Bruce still felt cheated on and even betrayed.<br /> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> It was midnight, and the raindrops were pounding the window.<br /> Inside a house, a man said coldly, &quot;sign the divorce papers! As compensation, I will give you 100 million dollars in alimony.&quot;<br /> &quot;Did I do something wrong again, Bruce?&quot; asked Joanna Haynes timidly. She had always been a humble servant in front of him.<br /> &quot;Roxy&#039;s back, and she doesn&#039;t want to see you! It&#039;s time for our marriage to end. So you have to go!&quot; 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.<br /> Joanna&#039;s pale lips quivered as if she had fallen into the icy water. She asked with shock, &quot;You&#039;re divorcing me because she&#039;s back? Is our marriage nothing but a joke to you?&quot;<br /> &quot;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&#039;s back, I won&#039;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.&quot; Bruce had always been good at hurting her with words.<br /> &quot;I... What will happen if I don&#039;t sign them?&quot; Joanna asked bitterly.<br /> &quot;Suit yourself. I have ways of making you disappear. Legally or not, no one will notice.&quot;<br /> 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?<br /> Two years ago, Joanna&#039;s family decided to get connected with the Everetts by marriage.<br /> However, at the engagement banquet of Bruce and Roxanne, Joanna&#039;s step-sister, the man was drugged. Later in the lounge, Bruce mistook Joanna for Roxanne, and they slept with each other.<br /> The next day, the scandal of the Haynes group&#039;s eldest daughter hooking up with her brother-in-law was all over the newspaper.<br /> Roxanne Haynes&#039; mental state broke, and she was sent to a nursing home abroad for treatment.<br /> Everyone took Joanna as the most shameless homewrecker, pointing fingers at her for sleeping with her brother-in-law.<br /> Bruce hated her even more and decided that Joanna was the one who drugged him and climbed onto his bed.<br /> Yet, the Everett family and the Haynes family shared a friendship for generations. Moreover, this marriage was meant to deepen the connection.<br /> Hence, the elders of both families, Raymond Haynes and Margaret Everett, insisted on Bruce and Joanna getting married.<br /> The past two years of marriage had been a living hell for Joanna.<br /> Her tolerance and affection did not make it any better. In return, she got more humiliation and torture. Joanna was exhausted, both mentally and physically.<br /> So what if Bruce wanted a divorce? She&#039;d had enough anyway!<br /> &quot;Fine, I&#039;ll sign them, but I have a request.&quot;<br /> &quot;Spit it out then!&quot; Bruce believed that Joanna was thinking about more money!<br /> After all, that was what she, a scheming woman, could only care about.<br /> &quot;I want you to sleep with me as a real lover does for once. For the past two years, every time you&#039;ve been with me, you&#039;ve called out Roxanne&#039;s name. Yeah, you&#039;ve made me feel like I&#039;m the worst woman in the world, and I&#039;ve had enough! I&#039;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!&quot; For the first time, Joanna was screaming hysterically and trembling with anger.<br /> Each time in the past two years, Bruce would deliberately call out the wrong name! He had sex with her simply to punish and humiliate her. There was no love in it at all!<br /> &quot;Oh, stop the nonsense. There&#039;s someone waiting for me downstairs...&quot;<br /> Joanna snorted with self-mocking laughter.<br /> Then it probably was Roxanne who was waiting for him downstairs!<br /> &quot;She can wait a little longer. She&#039;s been waiting for two years, and I think she can be patient enough for another few minutes. Do what I said or not. Suit yourself. I don&#039;t mind the media writing stories about me again!&quot;<br /> Bruce hated being threatened the most. His thin lips curled into a sneer. A few seconds later, he replied, &quot;Fine, I&#039;ll do it. But don&#039;t you regret it, Joanna!&quot;<br /> Bruce jerked to stand up, seized her by the blouse, and pulled her over violently.<br /> And then...<br /> Her stockings were ripped apart...<br /> The man did not even give her a warning before hurting her!<br /> &quot;AH!&quot; Joanna cried, shutting her eyes in pain!<br /> Bruce was as ruthless as ever, almost cruel.<br /> He never cared if it hurt her or not. Or maybe watching her suffer simply pleased him!<br /> Good! Very good!<br /> She would remember this, remembering the man&#039;s cruelty to her for the rest of her life.<br /> &quot;Joann. Oh, Joann. Are you happy now?&quot;<br /> He finally called her name as he was on top of her.<br /> Though it was quite a humiliation, she could finally get rid of the depression that haunted her for two whole years.<br /> Joanna felt tears streaming down her cheeks as she said in a heartbroken tone, &quot;Bruce Everett! I won&#039;t love you anymore!&quot;<br /> Bruce had heard what she said but chose to ignore it. He caught her jaw contemptuously, looked down at her face, and sneered!<br /> She was... beautiful!<br /> This woman had such a pretty and innocent face, but her mind was filled with filth and schemes.<br /> That was why her so-called love for him would only make him sick.<br /> &quot;Sign the divorce papers, take the money, and leave Greyport forever!&quot;<br /> Having said that, Bruce left without looking back, leaving her lying on the floor in a mess.<br /> Two months later...<br /> In a hospital.<br /> &quot;Congratulations, Ms. Haynes, you are pregnant with more than one. But I suggest you give up one or two of the fetuses, or there will be too many at risk!&quot;<br /> Giving up?<br /> No, she would not take away the right to live from any of her children!<br /> It was her baby and hers alone! One way or another, she was gonna give birth to them and raise them right...<br /> <br /> ##Chapter 2 The Return Of Joanna<br /> Four years later.<br /> In the intensive-care unit of a hospital.<br /> &quot;I&#039;m sorry, we tried everything we could, but Raymond isn&#039;t getting any better. You should go inside and bid farewell to him!&quot;<br /> Shaun Haynes frowned worriedly and said, &quot;Doc, will you please try something else? If my father can&#039;t make it, all the properties of the Haynes family will be bequeathed to the government... oh, what to do... none of us have even seen Joanna over the years. Damn it, and my father, too. We don&#039;t know what he was thinking. How could he ignore his grandsons who keep him accompanied every day while only caring for that wretched daughter of mine!&quot;<br /> Everyone in the Haynes family was miserable these days.<br /> Raymond, Shaun&#039;s father, drafted an odd will on his deathbed.<br /> He left 51% of the Haynes Group to his eldest granddaughter, Joanna. As for the other members of the Haynes family, they would inherit only 10%.<br /> In other words, Joanna would become the largest shareholder of the Haynes Group.<br /> Yet, according to the additional condition to the will, if Joanna did not show up before Raymond&#039;s death, all the properties of the Haynes family would go straight to the government.<br /> So, the Haynes family had been looking for Joanna desperately for these days.<br /> However, it was like Joanna had disappeared from the world!<br /> No one ever heard from her and saw her even once since she and Bruce got divorced.<br /> &quot;The way I see it, that girl is simply going against us on purpose! No one knows where the hell she has been for all those years!&quot;<br /> Shaun&#039;s second wife, Ingrid Haynes, was cursing furiously, and her face twisted a little.<br /> Back then, she, with the twins in her belly, kicked Joanna and Joanna&#039;s mother out of the family. Then Ingrid gave birth to her third son, thinking that her position in the family was absolutely secured.<br /> She had never expected that she would have nothing in the end.<br /> Of all three children of hers, the old man still favored that Joanna girl.<br /> &quot;Dad, Mom, Grandpa&#039;s awake!&quot;<br /> &quot;Joann... my Joanna...&quot; Raymond had been in a coma for more than a dozen days. His hours were numbered.<br /> And before his death, his only concern was for his eldest granddaughter, Joanna.<br /> Joanna had been missing for four years, and that worried Raymond so much. He even suspected that Ingrid might have somehow murdered his beloved granddaughter.<br /> &quot;Dad, aren&#039;t Rick, Ryan and Roxy all your grandchildren? Your will is not fair! You basically leave nothing to them! They might as well just go out on the street and beg for a living if you insist on donating everything to the government!&quot;<br /> &quot;Joann... Let me see Joann. You won&#039;t get a penny before that...&quot;<br /> Ingrid shouted in a low voice, &quot;It&#039;s been four years, Raymond! Who knows where she&#039;s gone? Plus, if she really cares for you, how can she not show up to see you for the last time?&quot;<br /> A hint of impatience crossed Roxanne&#039;s eyes, and she couldn&#039;t help but ask, &quot;Bruce, do you know where my sister has been?&quot;<br /> Bruce froze because he did not know the answer to this question.<br /> Four years ago, after their divorce, Bruce thought Joanna was going to keep harassing him or at least make a scene!<br /> Unexpectedly, the next day, Joanna moved out. She took nothing with her but her IDs, not even the bank card that had 100 million dollars in it.<br /> And in these four years, there had been no news of her at all. Of course, as proud as Bruce was, he never contacted her either.<br /> It had been four years!<br /> Still, Bruce didn&#039;t believe she would let go so easily! He had prepared so many plans to get rid of her as long as she showed up. Yet it turned out that he didn&#039;t need any of them!<br /> She just disappeared from his world completely.<br /> &quot;Joann... Joann!&quot;<br /> &quot;Oh, come on, Grandpa&#039;s dying! Go get the doctors...&quot;<br /> The ECG monitor told everyone that Raymond&#039;s heartbeat was stopping. In tears, his family members all gathered around the bed!<br /> They were crying, not for Raymond&#039;s approaching death, but for the properties that were about to be donated!<br /> Tap, tap, tap...<br /> From the hospital corridor came the sound of high heels!<br /> Creak.<br /> The door of the ward was pushed open.<br /> The one who came in was wearing a custom-made white suit! A limited-edition bag was in her hands, and the oversized sunglasses covered most of her face. Her slender legs were long enough, but the high-heeled shoes brought them out even more.<br /> She walked in with the ice-cold-beauty sort of vibe, seeming to cause the temperature in the ward to drop a few.<br /> &quot;Who is this woman? Did we know her? Who allowed her to be here?&quot;<br /> &quot;It&#039;s me. I&#039;m here to see my grandpa!&quot; Joanna took off her sunglasses slowly and walked towards the bed.<br /> &quot;Joanna!&quot; The others all gasped.<br /> She had changed so much.<br /> Her long dark hair that she used to keep straight had become curly brown. It used to reach her waist, but now the end of it was dancing around her shoulder. She had changed completely from the next-door sweet girl to a mature, sexy career lady!<br /> What was even more remarkable was that Joanna appeared to be much fitter than before. Meanwhile, the innocence in that pair of eyes had also been emptied. By simply looking into her eyes, one could tell that she must have experienced a lot in the past years!<br /> &quot;Joanna? Oh, finally, Joanna! The Haynes family will be ruined if you don&#039;t show up...&quot;<br /> For the first time ever, all the members of the Haynes family were so glad to see Joanna.<br /> &quot;I&#039;m sorry, grandpa. I&#039;m sorry I&#039;m late!&quot;<br /> &quot;Joann,&quot; Raymond called out and hardly opened his eyes, &quot;I&#039;m glad that you are safe and alive. Oh, I can finally be relieved...&quot;<br /> With that, Raymond reached out, but the next second, his hand fell back on the bed weakly, his head tilted, and his eyes shut!<br /> Beep!<br /> The ECG was beeping, declaring Raymond&#039;s death!<br /> &quot;Grandpa? Grandpa!&quot; Joanna called out, tears rolling down her cheeks.<br /> She knew that her grandpa was the only Haynes that ever cared about her!<br /> &quot;Ah, come on, stop those fake tears! You would have been here long ago if you ever cared about grandpa! Now that it&#039;s time to talk about inheritance, you came?&quot; said Shaun&#039;s eldest son, Derick. The sarcasm in his tone was obvious.<br /> He had never taken Joanna as his elder sister, and now that she was the biggest beneficiary of Raymond&#039;s legacy, Derick hated Joanna even more!<br /> &quot;Enough of that. Call someone and get the funeral arranged first!&quot; said Shaun. Reasonably grieving as he patted Joanna on the shoulder. &quot;Joann, now that you&#039;re back, move back home!&quot;<br /> Ingrid&#039;s lips curled in disdain, but she was saying merrily, &quot;That&#039;s right, come and live with us! Also, your grandfather made a will on his deathbed. He wants you to inherit 51% of the Haynes Group. The illness must have confused his brain. How could he leave such a large enterprise to a girl who knows nothing about it? Joann, you&#039;re still young and dumb. Just let your father continue to run the business.&quot;<br /> Ingrid said it as if Joanna was meant to follow her instructions. Deep down, Ingrid was convinced that Joanna was just as stupid as her mother!<br /> By the time Joanna moved back to their house, she would be in Ingrid&#039;s full control.<br /> Joanna was expressionless. She said coldly, &quot;I don&#039;t want to think about that right now. I just want to take care of grandpa first.&quot;<br /> &quot;Yeah, yeah, you&#039;re right on this. Raymond&#039;s funeral is the most important thing now. Everything else can be postponed.&quot;<br /> <br /> ##Chapter 3 Jaydon Grimm<br /> It was late afternoon after the mortuary house picked up Raymond&#039;s body.<br /> Joanna walked out of the hospital with the others.<br /> &quot;Where do you live? My driver will give you a ride!&quot; Bruce said. His voice was kind of hoarse because Joanna had not spoken to him once before this.<br /> Joanna smiled politely and shook the car keys in her hand. &quot;Thanks, but I drove here.&quot;<br /> The indifferent look on her face made it look like she was simply being polite to a total stranger.<br /> Yet Roxanne took it that Bruce was hitting on Joanna. Her face fell, and quickly, she held Bruce&#039;s arm affectionately, saying, &quot;Joann, why don&#039;t you move back in with us? At least, you don&#039;t have to be alone, and...&quot;<br /> &quot;It&#039;s easier for me to stay in a hotel. Bye!&quot; Joanna waved politely and headed for the underground parking.<br /> Soon, a silver Bentley pulled out of the parking lot, and it roared off while in front of the crowd.<br /> &quot;It seems that my sister has been living a good life these years! She could enjoy such a rich life without any help from the family.&quot;<br /> Bruce did not reply.<br /> During the four years when Joanna had been gone, for various reasons, Bruce did not marry Roxanne. Moreover, with these four years, he realized that Roxanne was simply not the one for him.<br /> The only reason that he did not break up with Roxanne was because of his family. The Haynes family was a wealthy one, but it was nothing compared with the Everetts. However, the elders of both families were close friends. That was why the Everett family had always been taking care of the Haynes family.<br /> Except for that, there was another crucial reason. Ten years ago, Bruce nearly drowned while he swam, and it was Roxanne who saved him. Ever since then, he swore that he would love and protect this girl for the rest of his life.<br /> &quot;Joann has always been striving since she was just a kid. She is smart and good with men, too. See her fancy clothes and car? She must have hooked up with some wealthy fellow again. Unlike her, Roxy, you are always stupid and innocent, and people all try to take advantage of you.&quot; Ingrid seemed to be praising Joanna, but it was not hard to recognize what she was implying.<br /> &quot;Mom, what are you talking about?&quot;<br /> &quot;Oh, I just want you to learn from Joann. Do you see how good she&#039;s been doing? Girls like her are never for us to be worried about wherever she goes. There aren&#039;t many girls as smart as her anymore.&quot;<br /> Bruce somehow was a little upset. &quot;Ingrid, Roxy, I must go now. I have an important meeting tonight.&quot;<br /> &quot;Yeah, sure. Drive safe, alright?&quot; said Ingrid with a flattering smile, afraid of offending her daughter&#039;s promising husband-to-be.<br /> Bruce said nothing more, turned around, and got into a car...<br /> Having watched Bruce&#039;s car disappear, Roxanne stamped her foot in anger. She complained, &quot;It&#039;s all your fault, Mom! You should never have put that bitch Joanna in Bruce&#039;s bed six years ago. Bruce never mentions marrying me again. And now that Joanna&#039;s back, what are we gonna do?&quot;<br /> Ingrid gritted her teeth grumpily. What her daughter complained about was what Ingrid regretted the most.<br /> She had it all well-designed six years ago.<br /> First, she had Joanna drugged. Then she sent the girl straight to Bruce&#039;s room, convinced that Bruce was too drunk to do anything.<br /> After that, Ingrid informed a group of Paparazzi, suggesting they write a drama about how Joanna threw herself in her brother-in-law&#039;s arms. Ingrid did so because she was expecting that once Joanna had brought dishonor to the family, the girl would be deprived of the right of inheritance.<br /> Yet she did not expect that it would backfire.<br /> Bruce actually slept with Joanna.<br /> And then things got out of her hands. Under the pressure of Raymond Haynes and Margaret Everett, Bruce ended up getting married to Joanna.<br /> Thinking of this, Ingrid said, &quot;I did it for you, silly girl. Damn it, all because of your grandfather! That old shit has always favored that Joanna. Well, now that the old man&#039;s dead, let&#039;s see who can stand up for her this time&quot;<br /> &quot;But mom...&quot; Roxanne was still worried.<br /> Even though Bruce had been good to her for years, she could see the frigidity in his eyes.<br /> The man seldom smiled ever since he divorced Joanna.<br /> Over the years, he had totally become a workaholic. Sometimes it took three or two months for Roxanne to see him around once.<br /> &quot;Don&#039;t worry. That idiot Joanna is just as stupid as that dead mother of hers. We are falling out with her right now. Not until she gives up her share of the inheritance first...&quot;<br /> Ten days later, it was Raymond&#039;s funeral.<br /> It was drizzling rain. All members of the Haynes family had arrived at the cemetery except for Joanna. On top of that, the finest people in Greyport also showed up to pay their respects.<br /> Not to mention the reporters that were gathering outside the cemetery.<br /> After all, Raymond Haynes was quite a big shot in Greyport. So, of course, his funeral was well-focused.<br /> &quot;I heard Raymond willed the eldest daughter of the Haynes family to inherit the Haynes Group.&quot;<br /> &quot;Oh, my god, that girl is really shrewd. She seduced her brother-in-law six years ago and forced her sister to leave. Then she became the one marrying into the Everett family instead of her sister, and now she&#039;s the director of the Haynes Group. That&#039;s impressive!&quot;<br /> &quot;Ha! So what? She&#039;s just a scheming woman. She was kicked out by the Everett family, wasn&#039;t she? Such a woman is simply disgusting.&quot;<br /> Ingrid was overjoyed when hearing the whispers of the crowd. Trying hard to maintain the sad look on her face, she said, &quot;May I have your attention, please? First of all, I&#039;d like to thank you all for coming to Raymond&#039;s funeral, and...&quot;<br /> A reporter cut in, &quot;Mrs. Haynes, is it true that Joanna is going to take over the Haynes Group as the new leader?&quot;<br /> Ingrid paused before replying, &quot;I&#039;m not gonna be disturbed by other things on this extremely distressing day. But for a company as big as the Haynes Group, one man&#039;s word alone can&#039;t take effect. We need a board meeting to pick the right executive director.&quot;<br /> &quot;Mrs. Haynes, why isn&#039;t Joanna here on such an important day?&quot;<br /> &quot;Ha, that&#039;s the question you should ask her...&quot;<br /> While she was saying, outside the cemetery suddenly came the sounds of engines.<br /> A stretch limo was making its way into the cemetery, followed by a fleet of Mercedes.<br /> &quot;Look at that license plate. It seems to be Mr. Grimm&#039;s car!&quot; The reporters went all excited and rushed towards the Rolls-Royce.<br /> Yes, that car belonged to Jaydon Grimm.<br /> There were two well-known wealthy young men in Greyport. One of them was Bruce Everett, and the other was Jaydon Grimm.<br /> He was the second son of the casino magnate in Venturas City, and he also ran an entertainment company called Starlight Media. Several new top stars in the showbiz were all artists under his company&#039;s control.<br /> Unlike Bruce, who kept a low profile, Jaydon had always been a man of publicity.<br /> The doors of the Rolls-Royce were opened slowly, and Jaydon stepped out first.<br /> &quot;Wow, it&#039;s really Mr. Grimm!&quot; The press swarmed forward like flies smelling blood.<br /> After Jaydon got out of the car, he turned to the other side and helped a woman who was dressed all in black out of the car like a real gentleman.<br /> &quot;Is this...? 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Yes 2024-07-11 20:45 active 1109 0 1208706143899950 🔞Click to read on📜The Return Of His Unrivaled Ex-Wife 📜 After their divorce, Bruce thought Joanna was going to keep harassing him or at least make a scene.<br /> Unexpectedly, the next day, Joanna moved out. She took nothing with her but her IDs, not even the bank card that had 100 million dollars in it.<br /> And in these four years, there had been no news of her at all. It had been four years.<br /> She just disappeared from his world completely.<br /> Until four years later, Joanna came back with her sons and another man.<br /> Even though they were divorced, Bruce still felt cheated on and even betrayed.<br /> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> It was midnight, and the raindrops were pounding the window.<br /> Inside a house, a man said coldly, &quot;sign the divorce papers! As compensation, I will give you 100 million dollars in alimony.&quot;<br /> &quot;Did I do something wrong again, Bruce?&quot; asked Joanna Haynes timidly. She had always been a humble servant in front of him.<br /> &quot;Roxy&#039;s back, and she doesn&#039;t want to see you! It&#039;s time for our marriage to end. So you have to go!&quot; 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.<br /> Joanna&#039;s pale lips quivered as if she had fallen into the icy water. She asked with shock, &quot;You&#039;re divorcing me because she&#039;s back? Is our marriage nothing but a joke to you?&quot;<br /> &quot;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&#039;s back, I won&#039;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.&quot; Bruce had always been good at hurting her with words.<br /> &quot;I... What will happen if I don&#039;t sign them?&quot; Joanna asked bitterly.<br /> &quot;Suit yourself. I have ways of making you disappear. Legally or not, no one will notice.&quot;<br /> 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?<br /> Two years ago, Joanna&#039;s family decided to get connected with the Everetts by marriage.<br /> However, at the engagement banquet of Bruce and Roxanne, Joanna&#039;s step-sister, the man was drugged. Later in the lounge, Bruce mistook Joanna for Roxanne, and they slept with each other.<br /> The next day, the scandal of the Haynes group&#039;s eldest daughter hooking up with her brother-in-law was all over the newspaper.<br /> Roxanne Haynes&#039; mental state broke, and she was sent to a nursing home abroad for treatment.<br /> Everyone took Joanna as the most shameless homewrecker, pointing fingers at her for sleeping with her brother-in-law.<br /> Bruce hated her even more and decided that Joanna was the one who drugged him and climbed onto his bed.<br /> Yet, the Everett family and the Haynes family shared a friendship for generations. Moreover, this marriage was meant to deepen the connection.<br /> Hence, the elders of both families, Raymond Haynes and Margaret Everett, insisted on Bruce and Joanna getting married.<br /> The past two years of marriage had been a living hell for Joanna.<br /> Her tolerance and affection did not make it any better. In return, she got more humiliation and torture. Joanna was exhausted, both mentally and physically.<br /> So what if Bruce wanted a divorce? She&#039;d had enough anyway!<br /> &quot;Fine, I&#039;ll sign them, but I have a request.&quot;<br /> &quot;Spit it out then!&quot; Bruce believed that Joanna was thinking about more money!<br /> After all, that was what she, a scheming woman, could only care about.<br /> &quot;I want you to sleep with me as a real lover does for once. For the past two years, every time you&#039;ve been with me, you&#039;ve called out Roxanne&#039;s name. Yeah, you&#039;ve made me feel like I&#039;m the worst woman in the world, and I&#039;ve had enough! I&#039;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!&quot; For the first time, Joanna was screaming hysterically and trembling with anger.<br /> Each time in the past two years, Bruce would deliberately call out the wrong name! He had sex with her simply to punish and humiliate her. There was no love in it at all!<br /> &quot;Oh, stop the nonsense. There&#039;s someone waiting for me downstairs...&quot;<br /> Joanna snorted with self-mocking laughter.<br /> Then it probably was Roxanne who was waiting for him downstairs!<br /> &quot;She can wait a little longer. She&#039;s been waiting for two years, and I think she can be patient enough for another few minutes. Do what I said or not. Suit yourself. I don&#039;t mind the media writing stories about me again!&quot;<br /> Bruce hated being threatened the most. His thin lips curled into a sneer. A few seconds later, he replied, &quot;Fine, I&#039;ll do it. But don&#039;t you regret it, Joanna!&quot;<br /> Bruce jerked to stand up, seized her by the blouse, and pulled her over violently.<br /> And then...<br /> Her stockings were ripped apart...<br /> The man did not even give her a warning before hurting her!<br /> &quot;AH!&quot; Joanna cried, shutting her eyes in pain!<br /> Bruce was as ruthless as ever, almost cruel.<br /> He never cared if it hurt her or not. Or maybe watching her suffer simply pleased him!<br /> Good! Very good!<br /> She would remember this, remembering the man&#039;s cruelty to her for the rest of her life.<br /> &quot;Joann. Oh, Joann. Are you happy now?&quot;<br /> He finally called her name as he was on top of her.<br /> Though it was quite a humiliation, she could finally get rid of the depression that haunted her for two whole years.<br /> Joanna felt tears streaming down her cheeks as she said in a heartbroken tone, &quot;Bruce Everett! I won&#039;t love you anymore!&quot;<br /> Bruce had heard what she said but chose to ignore it. He caught her jaw contemptuously, looked down at her face, and sneered!<br /> She was... beautiful!<br /> This woman had such a pretty and innocent face, but her mind was filled with filth and schemes.<br /> That was why her so-called love for him would only make him sick.<br /> &quot;Sign the divorce papers, take the money, and leave Greyport forever!&quot;<br /> Having said that, Bruce left without looking back, leaving her lying on the floor in a mess.<br /> Two months later...<br /> In a hospital.<br /> &quot;Congratulations, Ms. Haynes, you are pregnant with more than one. But I suggest you give up one or two of the fetuses, or there will be too many at risk!&quot;<br /> Giving up?<br /> No, she would not take away the right to live from any of her children!<br /> It was her baby and hers alone! One way or another, she was gonna give birth to them and raise them right...<br /> <br /> ##Chapter 2 The Return Of Joanna<br /> Four years later.<br /> In the intensive-care unit of a hospital.<br /> &quot;I&#039;m sorry, we tried everything we could, but Raymond isn&#039;t getting any better. You should go inside and bid farewell to him!&quot;<br /> Shaun Haynes frowned worriedly and said, &quot;Doc, will you please try something else? If my father can&#039;t make it, all the properties of the Haynes family will be bequeathed to the government... oh, what to do... none of us have even seen Joanna over the years. Damn it, and my father, too. We don&#039;t know what he was thinking. How could he ignore his grandsons who keep him accompanied every day while only caring for that wretched daughter of mine!&quot;<br /> Everyone in the Haynes family was miserable these days.<br /> Raymond, Shaun&#039;s father, drafted an odd will on his deathbed.<br /> He left 51% of the Haynes Group to his eldest granddaughter, Joanna. As for the other members of the Haynes family, they would inherit only 10%.<br /> In other words, Joanna would become the largest shareholder of the Haynes Group.<br /> Yet, according to the additional condition to the will, if Joanna did not show up before Raymond&#039;s death, all the properties of the Haynes family would go straight to the government.<br /> So, the Haynes family had been looking for Joanna desperately for these days.<br /> However, it was like Joanna had disappeared from the world!<br /> No one ever heard from her and saw her even once since she and Bruce got divorced.<br /> &quot;The way I see it, that girl is simply going against us on purpose! No one knows where the hell she has been for all those years!&quot;<br /> Shaun&#039;s second wife, Ingrid Haynes, was cursing furiously, and her face twisted a little.<br /> Back then, she, with the twins in her belly, kicked Joanna and Joanna&#039;s mother out of the family. Then Ingrid gave birth to her third son, thinking that her position in the family was absolutely secured.<br /> She had never expected that she would have nothing in the end.<br /> Of all three children of hers, the old man still favored that Joanna girl.<br /> &quot;Dad, Mom, Grandpa&#039;s awake!&quot;<br /> &quot;Joann... my Joanna...&quot; Raymond had been in a coma for more than a dozen days. His hours were numbered.<br /> And before his death, his only concern was for his eldest granddaughter, Joanna.<br /> Joanna had been missing for four years, and that worried Raymond so much. He even suspected that Ingrid might have somehow murdered his beloved granddaughter.<br /> &quot;Dad, aren&#039;t Rick, Ryan and Roxy all your grandchildren? Your will is not fair! You basically leave nothing to them! They might as well just go out on the street and beg for a living if you insist on donating everything to the government!&quot;<br /> &quot;Joann... Let me see Joann. You won&#039;t get a penny before that...&quot;<br /> Ingrid shouted in a low voice, &quot;It&#039;s been four years, Raymond! Who knows where she&#039;s gone? Plus, if she really cares for you, how can she not show up to see you for the last time?&quot;<br /> A hint of impatience crossed Roxanne&#039;s eyes, and she couldn&#039;t help but ask, &quot;Bruce, do you know where my sister has been?&quot;<br /> Bruce froze because he did not know the answer to this question.<br /> Four years ago, after their divorce, Bruce thought Joanna was going to keep harassing him or at least make a scene!<br /> Unexpectedly, the next day, Joanna moved out. She took nothing with her but her IDs, not even the bank card that had 100 million dollars in it.<br /> And in these four years, there had been no news of her at all. Of course, as proud as Bruce was, he never contacted her either.<br /> It had been four years!<br /> Still, Bruce didn&#039;t believe she would let go so easily! He had prepared so many plans to get rid of her as long as she showed up. Yet it turned out that he didn&#039;t need any of them!<br /> She just disappeared from his world completely.<br /> &quot;Joann... Joann!&quot;<br /> &quot;Oh, come on, Grandpa&#039;s dying! Go get the doctors...&quot;<br /> The ECG monitor told everyone that Raymond&#039;s heartbeat was stopping. In tears, his family members all gathered around the bed!<br /> They were crying, not for Raymond&#039;s approaching death, but for the properties that were about to be donated!<br /> Tap, tap, tap...<br /> From the hospital corridor came the sound of high heels!<br /> Creak.<br /> The door of the ward was pushed open.<br /> The one who came in was wearing a custom-made white suit! A limited-edition bag was in her hands, and the oversized sunglasses covered most of her face. Her slender legs were long enough, but the high-heeled shoes brought them out even more.<br /> She walked in with the ice-cold-beauty sort of vibe, seeming to cause the temperature in the ward to drop a few.<br /> &quot;Who is this woman? Did we know her? Who allowed her to be here?&quot;<br /> &quot;It&#039;s me. I&#039;m here to see my grandpa!&quot; Joanna took off her sunglasses slowly and walked towards the bed.<br /> &quot;Joanna!&quot; The others all gasped.<br /> She had changed so much.<br /> Her long dark hair that she used to keep straight had become curly brown. It used to reach her waist, but now the end of it was dancing around her shoulder. She had changed completely from the next-door sweet girl to a mature, sexy career lady!<br /> What was even more remarkable was that Joanna appeared to be much fitter than before. Meanwhile, the innocence in that pair of eyes had also been emptied. By simply looking into her eyes, one could tell that she must have experienced a lot in the past years!<br /> &quot;Joanna? Oh, finally, Joanna! The Haynes family will be ruined if you don&#039;t show up...&quot;<br /> For the first time ever, all the members of the Haynes family were so glad to see Joanna.<br /> &quot;I&#039;m sorry, grandpa. I&#039;m sorry I&#039;m late!&quot;<br /> &quot;Joann,&quot; Raymond called out and hardly opened his eyes, &quot;I&#039;m glad that you are safe and alive. Oh, I can finally be relieved...&quot;<br /> With that, Raymond reached out, but the next second, his hand fell back on the bed weakly, his head tilted, and his eyes shut!<br /> Beep!<br /> The ECG was beeping, declaring Raymond&#039;s death!<br /> &quot;Grandpa? Grandpa!&quot; Joanna called out, tears rolling down her cheeks.<br /> She knew that her grandpa was the only Haynes that ever cared about her!<br /> &quot;Ah, come on, stop those fake tears! You would have been here long ago if you ever cared about grandpa! Now that it&#039;s time to talk about inheritance, you came?&quot; said Shaun&#039;s eldest son, Derick. The sarcasm in his tone was obvious.<br /> He had never taken Joanna as his elder sister, and now that she was the biggest beneficiary of Raymond&#039;s legacy, Derick hated Joanna even more!<br /> &quot;Enough of that. Call someone and get the funeral arranged first!&quot; said Shaun. Reasonably grieving as he patted Joanna on the shoulder. &quot;Joann, now that you&#039;re back, move back home!&quot;<br /> Ingrid&#039;s lips curled in disdain, but she was saying merrily, &quot;That&#039;s right, come and live with us! Also, your grandfather made a will on his deathbed. He wants you to inherit 51% of the Haynes Group. The illness must have confused his brain. How could he leave such a large enterprise to a girl who knows nothing about it? Joann, you&#039;re still young and dumb. Just let your father continue to run the business.&quot;<br /> Ingrid said it as if Joanna was meant to follow her instructions. Deep down, Ingrid was convinced that Joanna was just as stupid as her mother!<br /> By the time Joanna moved back to their house, she would be in Ingrid&#039;s full control.<br /> Joanna was expressionless. She said coldly, &quot;I don&#039;t want to think about that right now. I just want to take care of grandpa first.&quot;<br /> &quot;Yeah, yeah, you&#039;re right on this. Raymond&#039;s funeral is the most important thing now. Everything else can be postponed.&quot;<br /> <br /> ##Chapter 3 Jaydon Grimm<br /> It was late afternoon after the mortuary house picked up Raymond&#039;s body.<br /> Joanna walked out of the hospital with the others.<br /> &quot;Where do you live? My driver will give you a ride!&quot; Bruce said. His voice was kind of hoarse because Joanna had not spoken to him once before this.<br /> Joanna smiled politely and shook the car keys in her hand. &quot;Thanks, but I drove here.&quot;<br /> The indifferent look on her face made it look like she was simply being polite to a total stranger.<br /> Yet Roxanne took it that Bruce was hitting on Joanna. Her face fell, and quickly, she held Bruce&#039;s arm affectionately, saying, &quot;Joann, why don&#039;t you move back in with us? At least, you don&#039;t have to be alone, and...&quot;<br /> &quot;It&#039;s easier for me to stay in a hotel. Bye!&quot; Joanna waved politely and headed for the underground parking.<br /> Soon, a silver Bentley pulled out of the parking lot, and it roared off while in front of the crowd.<br /> &quot;It seems that my sister has been living a good life these years! She could enjoy such a rich life without any help from the family.&quot;<br /> Bruce did not reply.<br /> During the four years when Joanna had been gone, for various reasons, Bruce did not marry Roxanne. Moreover, with these four years, he realized that Roxanne was simply not the one for him.<br /> The only reason that he did not break up with Roxanne was because of his family. The Haynes family was a wealthy one, but it was nothing compared with the Everetts. However, the elders of both families were close friends. That was why the Everett family had always been taking care of the Haynes family.<br /> Except for that, there was another crucial reason. Ten years ago, Bruce nearly drowned while he swam, and it was Roxanne who saved him. Ever since then, he swore that he would love and protect this girl for the rest of his life.<br /> &quot;Joann has always been striving since she was just a kid. She is smart and good with men, too. See her fancy clothes and car? She must have hooked up with some wealthy fellow again. Unlike her, Roxy, you are always stupid and innocent, and people all try to take advantage of you.&quot; Ingrid seemed to be praising Joanna, but it was not hard to recognize what she was implying.<br /> &quot;Mom, what are you talking about?&quot;<br /> &quot;Oh, I just want you to learn from Joann. Do you see how good she&#039;s been doing? Girls like her are never for us to be worried about wherever she goes. There aren&#039;t many girls as smart as her anymore.&quot;<br /> Bruce somehow was a little upset. &quot;Ingrid, Roxy, I must go now. I have an important meeting tonight.&quot;<br /> &quot;Yeah, sure. Drive safe, alright?&quot; said Ingrid with a flattering smile, afraid of offending her daughter&#039;s promising husband-to-be.<br /> Bruce said nothing more, turned around, and got into a car...<br /> Having watched Bruce&#039;s car disappear, Roxanne stamped her foot in anger. She complained, &quot;It&#039;s all your fault, Mom! You should never have put that bitch Joanna in Bruce&#039;s bed six years ago. Bruce never mentions marrying me again. And now that Joanna&#039;s back, what are we gonna do?&quot;<br /> Ingrid gritted her teeth grumpily. What her daughter complained about was what Ingrid regretted the most.<br /> She had it all well-designed six years ago.<br /> First, she had Joanna drugged. Then she sent the girl straight to Bruce&#039;s room, convinced that Bruce was too drunk to do anything.<br /> After that, Ingrid informed a group of Paparazzi, suggesting they write a drama about how Joanna threw herself in her brother-in-law&#039;s arms. Ingrid did so because she was expecting that once Joanna had brought dishonor to the family, the girl would be deprived of the right of inheritance.<br /> Yet she did not expect that it would backfire.<br /> Bruce actually slept with Joanna.<br /> And then things got out of her hands. Under the pressure of Raymond Haynes and Margaret Everett, Bruce ended up getting married to Joanna.<br /> Thinking of this, Ingrid said, &quot;I did it for you, silly girl. Damn it, all because of your grandfather! That old shit has always favored that Joanna. Well, now that the old man&#039;s dead, let&#039;s see who can stand up for her this time&quot;<br /> &quot;But mom...&quot; Roxanne was still worried.<br /> Even though Bruce had been good to her for years, she could see the frigidity in his eyes.<br /> The man seldom smiled ever since he divorced Joanna.<br /> Over the years, he had totally become a workaholic. Sometimes it took three or two months for Roxanne to see him around once.<br /> &quot;Don&#039;t worry. That idiot Joanna is just as stupid as that dead mother of hers. We are falling out with her right now. Not until she gives up her share of the inheritance first...&quot;<br /> Ten days later, it was Raymond&#039;s funeral.<br /> It was drizzling rain. All members of the Haynes family had arrived at the cemetery except for Joanna. On top of that, the finest people in Greyport also showed up to pay their respects.<br /> Not to mention the reporters that were gathering outside the cemetery.<br /> After all, Raymond Haynes was quite a big shot in Greyport. So, of course, his funeral was well-focused.<br /> &quot;I heard Raymond willed the eldest daughter of the Haynes family to inherit the Haynes Group.&quot;<br /> &quot;Oh, my god, that girl is really shrewd. She seduced her brother-in-law six years ago and forced her sister to leave. Then she became the one marrying into the Everett family instead of her sister, and now she&#039;s the director of the Haynes Group. That&#039;s impressive!&quot;<br /> &quot;Ha! So what? She&#039;s just a scheming woman. She was kicked out by the Everett family, wasn&#039;t she? Such a woman is simply disgusting.&quot;<br /> Ingrid was overjoyed when hearing the whispers of the crowd. Trying hard to maintain the sad look on her face, she said, &quot;May I have your attention, please? First of all, I&#039;d like to thank you all for coming to Raymond&#039;s funeral, and...&quot;<br /> A reporter cut in, &quot;Mrs. Haynes, is it true that Joanna is going to take over the Haynes Group as the new leader?&quot;<br /> Ingrid paused before replying, &quot;I&#039;m not gonna be disturbed by other things on this extremely distressing day. But for a company as big as the Haynes Group, one man&#039;s word alone can&#039;t take effect. We need a board meeting to pick the right executive director.&quot;<br /> &quot;Mrs. Haynes, why isn&#039;t Joanna here on such an important day?&quot;<br /> &quot;Ha, that&#039;s the question you should ask her...&quot;<br /> While she was saying, outside the cemetery suddenly came the sounds of engines.<br /> A stretch limo was making its way into the cemetery, followed by a fleet of Mercedes.<br /> &quot;Look at that license plate. It seems to be Mr. Grimm&#039;s car!&quot; The reporters went all excited and rushed towards the Rolls-Royce.<br /> Yes, that car belonged to Jaydon Grimm.<br /> There were two well-known wealthy young men in Greyport. One of them was Bruce Everett, and the other was Jaydon Grimm.<br /> He was the second son of the casino magnate in Venturas City, and he also ran an entertainment company called Starlight Media. Several new top stars in the showbiz were all artists under his company&#039;s control.<br /> Unlike Bruce, who kept a low profile, Jaydon had always been a man of publicity.<br /> The doors of the Rolls-Royce were opened slowly, and Jaydon stepped out first.<br /> &quot;Wow, it&#039;s really Mr. Grimm!&quot; The press swarmed forward like flies smelling blood.<br /> After Jaydon got out of the car, he turned to the other side and helped a woman who was dressed all in black out of the car like a real gentleman.<br /> &quot;Is this...? 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