5 Years Raising His Mistress's Kid , Rich After Divorce

Synopsis

I signed the last page and set my pen down. The divorce papers bore both our names, neat and clean, as if our marriage had never existed. David Langley pushed the three children into the middle of the living room. “Pick one to take with you,” he said. Three-year-old Evan Langley clung to my leg. Six-year-old Samuel Langley stood beside the couch, holding the hand of his five-year-old sister, Sophie Langley. The older two had red-rimmed eyes, while Evan simply held on to me in silence. I bent down, picked Evan up, and headed for the door. “The other two aren't mine. They should stay with their biological father. I don't need to worry about them anymore.” A flicker of emotion crossed David’s face. He called out, “Nora.” I didn't look back. “Samuel and Sophie have called you Mom for five years,” David said. “Then they should call Claire Mom instead,” I shot back. I opened the door. David’s mother, Eliza Langley, was standing outside with a cup of coffee in her hand, blocking the doorway. “Nora, where do you think you'll go after the divorce? Without the Langley family, you're nothing.” I carried Evan past her without stopping. “Just look at her—” Eliza turned to the nanny beside her. “She walked away with nothing. She doesn't even have a decent outfit, yet she's still acting so high and mighty.” I stopped at the front gate. “Mrs. Langley.” She raised an eyebrow. I said, “For five years, I raised the two children your son's true love had with another man. Formula, preschool tuition, rushing them to the hospital in the middle of the night when they had a fever—I paid for and handled all of it.” “So what?” “You're the one who should be thanking me. But don't worry, I don't need your thanks anymore.” I pushed open the iron gate and walked out. Evan buried her face against my neck and whispered, “Mommy, where are we going?” I replied, “Home.” “Wasn't this our home?” “No.” I tightened my hold on him. “It never was.” ***** I was surrounded. Through a gap in the crowd, I saw David standing in the distance, watching me without moving. I looked away and continued chatting with the people around me. In a venue packed with three thousand people, he was the only person I didn't need to acknowledge.