Semua Bab My Lying Wife in Disguise: Bab 1 - Bab 8

Diana scooped Tobias up without a moment's hesitation, her eyes full of concern."Sweetheart, how did you get hurt so badly?"Then she rounded on me."How are you supposed to be watching these kids? If something happens to Tobias, can you even take responsibility for that?"She didn't spare our daughter a single glance.I stared at the familiar face hiding behind that stranger's mask, and something bitter twisted at the corner of my mouth. She'd hurt her own flesh and blood to protect someone else's son. This was the woman I'd torn my family apart to marry.Tobias shot my daughter a provoking look and piped up."Mommy! She hid your photo and pushed me, and now my knee really hurts."Every servant in the room turned on my daughter and me with open contempt, looking ready to lay hands on us themselves. That was how it always went. Because Diana and Marcus treated us like dirt, the staff had picked up the habit too, until my daughter and I had become fair game for anyone in the ho

"After all these years, how much have you even been paid working for our family? And you're telling me it's worth less than some ratty old suit? Don't be so ungrateful!" Diana snapped.Pain broke me out in a cold sweat, and I glared at Diana with everything I had.Five years side by side, and she'd played the stranger this whole time, watching me suffer for love, watching me sink into poverty. Did that feel good to her?Something flickered behind Diana's eyes, a flash of reluctance she couldn't quite hide.Gritting through the pain, I forced open the drawer of the nightstand, reaching for the compensation money the military had given me. A second later, Diana snatched the card right out of my hand.She looked at me, her tone heavy with meaning. "This doesn't belong to you. I'll hold onto it for you."I stared at her, furious. "How does it not belong to me? My wife is dead! I've spent five years raising our daughter alone, and I can't even touch my own compensation money? Do you h

My fists clenched as I searched desperately along the texture of Diana's skin, but there was nothing. Not a single flaw to be found.The lead officer's patience was clearly running out, and Diana couldn't quite hide the triumph creeping into her expression.I let out a breath and admitted the truth."I'm sorry, Sir. I couldn't find where the mask is. But that just proves my skills aren't good enough. It doesn't prove she isn't wearing one."On one side stood his star subordinate; on the other, the husband of a fallen comrade. The scales had already tipped in Diana's favor.I took a deep breath. "I want a paternity test. If it proves my daughter shares blood with her, that proves she's Diana Winslow."The lead officer waved a hand, impatient. Before long, a car had taken all of us to the hospital.My daughter was still hooked up to an IV in her hospital room. The fifty thousand dollars I'd earned as best man had been just enough to cover her treatment.Diana froze at the sight o

"I messed up, and I'm so sorry. Can't we give our daughter a real family? I really didn't know Marcus was that vicious. I thought he was a good man..." Diana pleaded.I laughed coldly. How much of that regret was even real?She just wasn't used to being the one left behind, after a lifetime of leaving others. Back then, she'd had it both ways—cradled in another man's arms, savoring the thrill of cheating right under her husband's nose, while also watching me run myself ragged for her parents and her daughter, basking in the satisfaction of it. Now that both of those pleasures had been stripped away, she wanted to crawl back to that cozy old life.She was dreaming.When I wouldn't budge, Diana went after our daughter instead. She bought a pile of toys and showed up at her hospital room."Sweetheart, Mommy's back! Aren't you happy? Mommy went somewhere very, very far away, but now Mommy's come back for you!"My daughter just looked at her like a stranger and shook her head."You'r