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I was the lady of the house at The Mercer Estate—in name only. In our five years of marriage, I had lost count of how many women my husband brought back to spend the night. I could only swallow the humiliation and stay silent. Because my mother was gravely ill, her life hanging by a thread, sustained entirely by an experimental life-saving medication provided by the Mercer family. Until today... When my mother suffered another severe episode, I went to beg my husband for the medication, but he refused to see me. Talia, the latest woman he had brought home, passed on his message: "Adrian says you get it when he's in a better mood. Wait on the porch." And so I stood on the porch, listening to the sounds of their intimacy for an entire night... Early the next morning, Talia walked out holding a small medicine box. A second later, right in front of my eyes, she tossed the medication that could save my mother's life straight into the roaring fireplace. Talia smiled, sweet yet cruel. "Adrian's orders." In the midst of my despair, a maid came stumbling over in tears.