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A Betrayed Wife Left To Die? She Rose As The Tech Empress
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4 Chapters
Chapter 7 Her Disgusting Act img
Chapter 8 There's Nothing Left To Believe img
Chapter 9 You Are Both Shameless img
Chapter 10 Cristian Was Slapped img
Chapter 11 Where Is The Thirty Million img
Chapter 12 A Deal img
Chapter 13 I'm Doing This For Your Uncle Arthur img
Chapter 14 Wouldn't It Be Simpler Without It img
Chapter 15 Moving Out img
Chapter 16 Allergic To Mango img
Chapter 17 There Was Nothing Left To Say To Him img
Chapter 18 Twenty-Two Days Remaining img
Chapter 19 Do You Really Have No Shame img
Chapter 20 Do You Ever Stop Making A Scene img
Chapter 21 Don't Make Me Wait Too Long img
Chapter 22 Could It Be That You're Expecting img
Chapter 23 Don't Start A Fire In Here img
Chapter 24 Hypocrisy And Stupidity img
Chapter 25 Someone Else Will Do The Same To You img
Chapter 26 If I Don't Protect Her, Then Nobody Will img
Chapter 27 She Stopped Waiting img
Chapter 28 Don't Tell Me You're Working Here Part-Time img
Chapter 29 A Shameless Homewrecker img
Chapter 30 Then Terminate Her Employment img
Chapter 31 Only Seven Days Remaining img
Chapter 32 Stay Away From Emma's Boyfriend img
Chapter 33 No One Believed She Was Really Sick img
Chapter 34 She Stopped Trying To Please Them img
Chapter 35 I'm A Bad Girl Who Never Gets Enough img
Chapter 36 The Wife He Refused To Believe img
Chapter 37 One Man Doubted Her, Another Waited img
Chapter 38 They Thought She Was Cheating img
Chapter 39 Three Days To Repay Thirty-Five Million img
Chapter 40 Which Is More img
Chapter 41 Twenty Million Dollars img
Chapter 42 Someone Important img
Chapter 43 Ms. Hudson's Abilities Are Outstanding img
Chapter 44 How Can You Be So Ungrateful img
Chapter 45 What Does That Have To Do With Me img
Chapter 46 Completely Unreasonable img
Chapter 47 He Saw The Medical Report img
Chapter 48 An Idea Born Of Pain img
Chapter 49 I'm Your Guardian img
Chapter 50 He Gave Her Jewelry To Another Woman img
Chapter 51 Are The Two Of You Together img
Chapter 52 The Heir Of The Wheeler Family Protected Her img
Chapter 53 That Kind Of Strength Was Rare img
Chapter 54 Fortunately, It Wasn't Too Late img
Chapter 55 She's Been Acting Completely Different Lately img
Chapter 56 Picking Up Leftovers img
Chapter 57 Emma And Adrian's Relationship img
Chapter 58 When Concern Turned Into Anger img
Chapter 59 You Know Exactly What Your Real Purpose Is img
Chapter 60 She's R img
Chapter 61 Leaving The Past Behind img
Chapter 62 An Unexpected Morning img
Chapter 63 A Guilty Conscience img
Chapter 64 Wasn't That Humiliation Enough img
Chapter 65 Sneak Around All You Want img
Chapter 66 No Right To Call Herself Our Sister img
Chapter 67 Have You Truly Done That img
Chapter 68 Acting Like Shameless Cowards img
Chapter 69 Have You Forgotten Basic Manners img
Chapter 70 You're Our Little Princess img
Chapter 71 The Divorce Certificates Are In img
Chapter 72 Never Go Easy On A Scumbag Like Him img
Chapter 73 They Thought She Would Make A Scene img
Chapter 74 He Ate From Her Bowl Without Hesitation img
Chapter 75 I'll Completely Cut Ties With Them img
Chapter 76 Nothing More Than Strangers To Her img
Chapter 77 Dinah Can't Afford A Record Like This img
Chapter 78 Since When Did That Happen img
Chapter 79 What Exactly Is Your Relationship With Kevin img
Chapter 80 You'll Always Be The Mistress img
Chapter 81 They Thought They Had Already Won img
Chapter 82 Then We Will Wait And See The Outcome img
Chapter 83 Are You Questioning My Professional Judgment img
Chapter 84 We're Nothing To Each Other Now img
Chapter 85 Are You Shopping For Your Girlfriend img
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Chapter 4 An Unexpected Encounter

Looking over Roselyn's choices, Frank couldn't hide his dissatisfaction. "Why are you only eating this? A salad and soup won't do anything for you. You've lost too much weight. Get something proper."

Before Roselyn could respond, Frank reached for the menu and added several warm dishes she used to enjoy.

As the meal went on, Janice kept filling Roselyn's plate, making sure each serving was something she liked.

Despite that, Roselyn barely touched the food. After a few bites, she found it hard to continue.

Janice caught on right away. "Roselyn, what's the matter? Does it not taste good?"

Roselyn gave a small shake of her head. "It's fine, really. I had something earlier, so I'm not very hungry."

In truth, her condition had taken away her appetite, but she kept that to herself to avoid worrying them.

Not long after, a dull discomfort spread through her stomach. Roselyn pushed her chair back and stood. "I'll step out for a bit," she said before heading toward the restroom.

As she passed the smoking lounge, familiar voices reached her ears. They belonged to people who often stayed around Adrian.

"Adrian, you're staying out tonight again? Didn't your wife start calling you already?" one of them said.

"Knowing her, she definitely did. Adrian probably shut her down right away."

"She used to watch his every move. Anyone would get tired of that. No surprise he lost interest. After so long, there's nothing left."

"Come on, Emma's on a different level. Looks, figure, family, everything. Anyone would pick her."

Their careless tone made it clear Adrian had never tried to stop them from speaking like that.

Lowering her head, Roselyn let out a quiet laugh at herself and turned away.

Inside the lounge, Adrian sat with his head lowered, a cigarette between his fingers. Through the drifting smoke, a familiar figure caught his eye.

Without hesitation, he stubbed the cigarette out and stepped outside.

His sudden move made the others follow, each putting out their cigarettes as they went after him.

"Roselyn," Adrian called sharply. "So this is your new move now? Calling wasn't enough, so you decided to trail after me?"

The people around him went still, glancing at one another with unease.

None of them had expected her to appear here.

Roselyn's brother, Cristian Hudson, had specifically chosen a private VIP room to keep Emma's birthday dinner quiet. Roselyn's presence disrupted that sense of control.

No one could tell how much Roselyn had already heard.

Roselyn halted where she stood, and a sudden ache tightened in her chest.

Without warning, a memory came back. There was a time when Adrian had stood in front of her, shielding her without hesitation.

That version of him overlapped with the man in front of her now. He once cared deeply for her.

At some point, that love shifted into irritation and distance.

Taking a slow breath, Roselyn composed herself before turning back with a faint smile. "You're mistaken. I came here to eat. You're not the reason I'm here."

Roselyn moved to leave for the restroom, but Adrian reached out and caught her arm.

Adrian's patience snapped. "Roselyn, do you have to do this here? I'm meeting people for work. You're making things uncomfortable."

Without raising her voice, Roselyn pulled her arm free. "What exactly did I do?"

Even something as simple as walking to the restroom was now considered a problem. The thought almost made her laugh.

When she saw the shift back then, Roselyn held on to Adrian and wouldn't let go.

She knew what it felt like to be loved, so when that feeling disappeared, she recognized it right away.

Trying to force things back to how they used to be had been her mistake.

That wouldn't happen again.

A shift passed over Adrian's face, and his gaze turned even colder.

Sensing the tension, Adrian's friends quickly stepped in, trying to ease the situation.

"Roselyn, don't take it the wrong way. We're really just here for work."

Roselyn gave a small nod. "Alright. Then go ahead and continue."

Without waiting for anything else, Roselyn turned and walked off.

Once she faced away from them, a faint, mocking smile appeared on her lips.

Whether he was talking business or sharing something more personal with another woman no longer held any weight for her.

After one month, Adrian would simply become someone from her past.

As she disappeared from view, the group stood there, still unsettled.

"Adrian, she's always watching you closely."

"You might want to follow her and fix this before it gets worse."

Adrian looked toward where Roselyn had left, his irritation building. He took another cigarette from the pack, and someone stepped in to light it.

Taking a deep drag, he exhaled sharply. "Enough. Drop it."

After a few moments, the tension eased. Adrian turned around and headed back into the private room as though nothing had happened.

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