My husband threw divorce papers at me in front of his pregnant mistress and told me to sign quietly before security escorted me out. 4
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Chapter 4 / 5
CHAPTER 5 — THE COUNTERATTACK
CHAPTER 5 — THE COUNTERATTACK
Lucas didn’t surrender.
Men like him never do.
Within days, he tried lawsuits.
Media manipulation.
Financial freezes.
But every move collapsed before it landed.
Because every system he touched—
I had already invested in.
Every ally he called—
was already mine.
One morning, he showed up at my office alone.
No suit jacket.
No arrogance.
Just exhaustion.
“You destroyed me,” he said.
I corrected him.
“No.”
“You did that yourself.”
He laughed bitterly.
“So what now? You ruin me completely?”
I looked at him for a long moment.
Then answered:
May you like
“I don’t need to.”
“That’s the difference between us.”
