“That child is mine. And so are you,” he commanded, his viper-green eyes pinning her in place.

Grace couldn’t believe that he—Carlos Benjamin, her new CEO and eight years her junior—was the father of her unborn baby.

“You can go back to that deadbeat you call a husband, or you can come with me and have everything.”

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For the last five years of her marriage, Grace Preston, 32, believed she was broken. She couldn’t have a child, and her deadbeat husband, Charles, never let her forget it, calling her useless while she worked tirelessly to fund his failed acting career. He didn’t just break her spirit; he shattered her trust by cheating on her with her own sister.

Heartbroken, Grace fled to her office late one night, seeking solace at the bottom of a bottle. She wasn’t alone. A beautiful, blond-haired man was there, nursing his own wounds.

He never told her his name, but he offered her a night of oblivion. Fueled by whiskey and a desperate need for revenge, she gave in to her darkest desires, pulling the willing stranger into her web.

In her drunken haze, she thought, “If my husband can have his fun, then so can I.”

She never worried about protection, convinced she was barren. Until a month later, when a positive pregnancy test trembled in her hands. Grace Preston, the ‘barren’ wife, was pregnant.

In a single night, the stranger gave her what Charles couldn’t in five years.
Now Carlos has made his claim, pulling her into a world of immense power and lethal secrets. Will Grace escape her toxic marriage only to be trapped in this captivating young billionaire’s golden cage? Or is trading one prison for another a mistake that will cost her more than just her heart?


I frowned at Carlos's ridiculous suggestion. "Why would I return to that deadbeat man? I thought you were smart, Carlos. Why are you getting stupid ideas?"


"I'm just a little suspicious," Carlos replied. "You've been in love with that man for so long, it's not impossible for you to return to his useless ass for the sake of old love."


My blood boiled instantly. How dare he accuse me of something so revolting? "You're overthinking. I'm not an idiot, Carlos. That man has given me NOTHING but suffering and heartbreak for years."


I started counting Charles's endless flaws on my fingers. "He doesn't do household duties, he doesn't have a job, and he leeches on everything that I own so far. Yet, he still had the audacity to cheat on me." I could have gone on for hours listing that loser's failures.


"Do you think Grace Preston, a woman with a good career, investment, and even property of my own will keep a deadbeat husband like Charles?"


Chapter 100 - Chapter 100 A Familiar Kind Of Trash