Chapter 1 All because 1 refused to let my husband's first love be my bridesmaid. That night, they drugged me and left me half-naked on the pool table. These sick bastards mocked, measuring my legs with their cues and even pouring icy beer over me. 'Hole in one!" Some asshole whistled. "Damn, a naked beauty like this on the table-no wonder your shots are on fire, haha!" Chloe Bennett-Lucas's precious first love-held up her phone to film, laughing mockingly. Face it, honey. A substitute will always be cheap. Look at you now-lying here, like a whore to play." ucas Grant thought those drugs would wipe my memory clean. He spent the whole night humiliating me, just to please his darling little princess. What he didn't know was-I'm naturally immune to ether compounds. The second I came to, I wiped my tears and speed-dialed the abortion clinic. Time to show these monsters what happens when you mess with the WRONG woman! On the table, I whimpered in agony. Chloe pouted softly: All I wanted was walking down the aisle with Lucas, and this cheap knockoff had the nerve to tell me no!" ucas Grant wrapped his arm around her, blew a lazy smoke ring: She upset Chloe, so obviously she needed to some punishment." His crew lost their shit laughing. Relax, we'll have your wife begging like a baby in no time! Seriously though, bro, how do you train her to be such a good little pet?" Lucas chuckled: I throw her some sexy toy and tell her it's romantic. Dumb bitch eats it up every time." Damn, Lucas! Always thinking of Chloe! But what if she grows a brain and tries to divorce you?" Lucas smirked, nailing the eight ball in one smooth shot. "What brain? She's just some nobody orphan who got lucky with me. Pregnant and used up after tonight-who else would touch her?" 'Seriously, pregnant chicks smell nasty. I can barely stand touching her." "Tonight's just a reminder that being my wife doesn't make her better than Chloe!" "Lucas, those sex toy deliveries you had sent to school in clear packaging, making her lose that teaching award-that was your master plan for Chloe, wasn't it?" Lucas's hand slid down Chloe Bennett's waist, grinning. "The fix was already in anyway. But I had to trash her reputation first-couldn't have people talking shit about Chloe when she won." Chloe pouted dramatically. "She made me look stupid in front of everyone, saying my answers were wrong! Lucas just put the bitch in her place!" My chest tightened. I flashed back to dozens of sex toy packages scattered across the school entrance-parents looking at me like I was diseased. My heart shattered watching my best students flee my classroom. But I never suspected he'd planned my humiliation. The laughter echoed while my world crumbled. Lucas pulled out a stack of photos, scattering them across my naked body. 'Jake, blast these in the parent chat. I want Eva Mitchell's teaching career dead and buried, completely out of Chloe's way." 'Holy shit, these are from her classroom! Full-on, and her face is totally visible!" Those crazy parents are gonna freak out!" Their sick laughter crescendoed while tears streamed down my face. Lucas used to be different. [wo years ago, his mother Eleanor begged me to help him before that car crash put her in a coma. abandoned my UN interpreter dreams, working myself to the bone teaching international classes. Back then, Lucas was perfect-every morning he'd bring me perfectly brewed throat tea before class. thought it was just herbal blend. Until I caught him early one morning, measuring fritillaria powder on a tiny scale, prescription note spread beside him. He smiled up at me, and I was completely gone. Our wedding night revealed Lucas wasn't just hung-the man was hungry in bed. He bought endless toys, loved dragging me into empty classrooms after hours. thought the thrill of getting caught turned him on, never realizing he was building evidence to destroy me for Chloe... 'Lucas, what if she apologizes to Chloe tonight? Still posting these?" Lucas didn't blink. "Hell yes. You should've seen Chloe sobbing when she got booted from the wedding party. She saved my mom's life at that crash site-I won't let anyone hurt her." Chloe's eyes shifted away guiltily, forcing a weak smile. Jake Miller's face twisted with rage as he slammed his cue down. Chapter 1 That dumb bitch actually thinks she can mess with Lucas's precious angel? Time to pay up!" Brutal pain exploded through me before everything went black. Next morning, I woke in my marriage bed, nightgown perfectly arranged. Lucas had already left for work. His signature throat tea sat cooling on the nightstand-three years of this mor I buried my face in the pillows and wept before dialing the wedding coordinator with shaking fingers. "Keep everything for Chloe. Cancel the bride."