School District House Exposed Husband Second Love,I Pulled My InvestmentChapter 1

Three in the morning. I'd just finished the final touches on my design draft when a message popped up in the family WeChat group. It was from my mother-in-law: Going to buy this apartment for my grandson. Only the best school district is good enough for him.

Before I could even process what I'd read, she deleted the message.

My whole body went rigid. Every trace of sleep vanished.

During our pre-marriage health screening, Ralph Dickerson had been diagnosed with azoospermia. I was the only person who knew.

To protect his pride, I'd spent three years of marriage telling everyone we were child-free by choice. We couldn't have children. It was impossible.

I reached over and shook the man sleeping beside me. "I heard from a friend that your mom's been looking into school-district apartments?"

Ralph rolled over, half-asleep. "Oh, she's just being nosy. Helping the neighbor's kid look into it. Don't overthink it."

I didn't say another word.

In the dark, I reached for the phone on his pillow. My fingertips were ice-cold as I keyed in his passcode and opened his payment app.

Three months ago, there had been a $50,000 transfer. The memo read: Down payment. Recipient: Lisa Perry.

My hands were shaking as I opened his messages and searched for the name.

At the very top of her social media feed was a crisp, unmistakable ultrasound photo.

The caption read: Baby's going to have a brand-new home the moment he arrives! Daddy bought us a big beautiful house~

It had been posted the day after Ralph wired the $50,000.

Blood rushed to my skull, then plummeted.

I screenshotted everything and sent it to my father. Dad, this is the man our family propped up for years. He's not just cheating. He has a child on the way with another woman. I want every dollar we invested in him clawed back. I want him stripped of everything.

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Seconds later, my father called. His voice was low, shaking with barely contained fury. "That son of a bitch. Don't do anything rash. I'm calling our partners right now to pull every cent of funding. I'll have the best divorce attorney in the city on retainer by morning. He wants to betray the Henson family? I'll make sure he never works in this industry again."

I gripped the phone and swallowed the nausea crawling up my throat, then kept scrolling through Lisa Perry's feed.