For childhood sweetheart, my husband scattered my mother's ashes

Synopsis

My mother's hands and feet were broken, and she was thrown into the sea to die, all because she accidentally touched the couture gown of the daughter of a powerful mogul. The day I dragged that arrogant heiress to court, she was acquitted. Why? Because the lawyer defending her was Liam Vance, the founder of the city's most untouchable law firm, a legal powerhouse no one dared to cross – and my husband. When the trial ended, the handsome, elegant man left the defendant's side and placed an "apology letter" in front of me, Audrey Hayes. "Audrey, sign it. You don't want to be sued for defamation and end up in prison, do you? " His voice was coaxing, but the gaze behind his gold-rimmed glasses was as sharp as ice. My tear-filled eyes, stubborn with pain, met his. My voice trembled, "Why, Liam Vance? " I just couldn't understand... I was his wife. He loved me so fiercely that he'd even given up his inheritance and been cut off by his family just to marry me, their family’s caregiver. But after my mother's death, I had cried and begged him countless times. Even this morning, for the ninety-ninth time, I knelt at his feet, threatening divorce