nd immediately, the silence

hat window flickered with activity. Messages flooded in, a torrent of

n't let anger blin

eacting. Selena and

, let's talk. This i

owed. Family? Care

For years, she had played the perfect wife, the flawless hostess, the loyal par

d

ed their

ooks and photographs of a happier time. She pulled out a file labeled

nd financial maneuvers designed to siphon her wealth into the pockets of Rael's fa

ion then-a cold,

e would give them a ba

and her lawyer for a private meeting. The room wa

teady but fierce. "It's about manipulation, greed, and theft. I wi

e filled with admiration, other

ry glow of her conquest. But even she could sense the shifting wind

regret, Rael confided in Selena, "Tenaya isn't just

augh, but inside,

xt phase. She would strike where it hurt most-the

ard was set, one q

se herself i

le isn't against your enemies-but ag

ever. Tenaya's once-bright world was now shadowed by suspic

wn life-smiling at social events, bu

ven Rael's distant relatives who resented Margot's iron grip over the family fortune. Every p

viewing documents in her stud

worn-no longer the confident man she had ma

quietly, "we nee

Years of love and trust warred w

you wan

e this

et to say that. Not after what you did.

was weak. I made mistake

doesn't hide in shadows. Love doesn'

her phone buzzed. It wa

We need

s heart

t Rael, cold

whatever happens next..

t Selena face-to-face. The

onfident woman who had stolen a husband,

elena whispered. "I ne

urned. "Then wh

thought I deserved a chance to be happy. A

" Tenaya scoffed.

the weight of betraya

-they promised me everything if I played their game.

han just a broken marriage-it was a c

cold clarity settle over her

s the