The sound cut deeper than the stitches.
I stared at him, waiting for shame to appear. None did. He wore a navy suit, fresh cologne, and the cold expression of a man who had practiced cruelty in the mirror.
He dropped a folder onto my hospital blanket.
“Sign the divorce,” he said.
My fingers curled around the edge of the sheet. “Here?”
“Where else?” His eyes swept over me with disgust. “You’re too ugly now, Evelyn. You should be grateful I’m making this clean.”
Celeste stepped closer, her perfume choking the room. “Adrian wants a fresh start. A public one.”
One of my babies whim
“You planned this,” I whispered.
“No,” he said. “I upgraded.”
Celeste smiled and lifted the Birkin slightly. “He has excellent taste.”
The nurse at the door froze, horrified. Adrian noticed and turned charming. “Family matter.”
The nurse left reluctantly.
I looked down at the papers. Divorce petition. Custody agreement. Property waiver. A neat little execution, printed in twelve-point font.
“You want me to sign away the house?” I asked.
“Our house,” he corrected. “But not for long.”
My heart slowed.
That was the first mistake he made. He thought pain made me stupid.
I picked up the pen. Adrian’s smile widened.
Then I set it down.
“No.”
His expression hardened.
“Don’t be dramatic,” he snapped. “You have no job. No money. Three infants. My lawyers will bury you.”
I looked at Celeste, then at the bag, then back at him. “Is that what your lawyers told you?”
His jaw tightened.
After I gave birth to our triplets, my husband walked into my hospital room with his mistress
PART 2
Two days later, I brought my sons home.
Or at least, I tried to.
The moment the taxi stopped in front of the estate, my stomach dropped.
The locks had been changed.
Workers carried my furniture across the lawn while strangers moved through the house like ants dismantling a corpse. One of my baby swings sat abandoned beside the fountain, half-covered in rainwater.
And standing at the front entrance wearing silk cream pajamas and my wedding diamonds…
…was Celeste.
She smiled when she saw me struggling to lift one of the carriers.
“Oh,” she said sweetly. “You actually came back.”
Behind me, one of the babies began crying.
I stared at the house in disbelief. “What did you do?”
Celeste lifted a folder casually. “Transferred ownership finalized yesterday morning. Adrian said you’d probably make this emotional.”
My knees nearly buckled.
That house was supposed to belong to our children someday.
The nursery.
The hand-painted ceilings.
The library I built during my pregnancy.
Gone.
Just like that.
Then Adrian appeared behind her holding a champagne glass.
“Evelyn,” he sighed impatiently, “don’t create a scene in front of the staff.”
The staff.
As if I were some unstable stranger instead of the woman who nearly died giving birth to his sons.
“You threw your newborn babies out of their home,” I whispered.
“No,” he corrected coldly. “I removed you.”
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