After His Mistress Went Viral, I Took Everything

Synopsis

I stared at my phone, my world collapsing around me in waves of disbelief. The livestream playing on my screen showed a luxury Manhattan maternity suite, all soft lighting and expensive floral arrangements. And there, cradling a newborn wrapped in a blue blanket, was Hailey Young—with Zach standing proudly beside her, his hand resting on her shoulder. "And here's little Zachary Junior," Hailey cooed, her perfectly manicured finger stroking the baby's cheek. Her eyes flicked toward the camera with calculated precision. "I'm sure Katherine Sullivan would have loved to meet him, but she's probably busy with her mother's funeral today. Such unfortunate timing." My fingers trembled against the screen. Five years. Five years I had given to Zach, enduring his mother's constant belittling, his growing indifference. All because he had saved my mother from that car accident. A debt I thought I could repay with my loyalty, my patience, my very life. And now, on the day I was burying my mother, he couldn't even pretend to care. "Kate?" My grandmother Margaret's voice came from the doorway of my bedroom. "The car is waiting, darling." I looked up, still in my black mourning dress, tears streaming down my face. I couldn't speak. I simply turned the phone toward her. Grandma's face hardened as she watched, her normally gentle eyes turning to steel. "That despicable boy," she whispered, crossing the room to