My Husband's Mistress Called Me "Mom"

Synopsis

I found the apartment where my husband kept his mistress. I had to see the woman who'd stolen his heart. Julian and I had built everything from nothing-from a shoebox apartment to this sprawling estate. We worked until our bones ached. I went gray before my time. Even after Leo was born, I didn't settle into the easy life of a society wife. I kept pushing, kept working. I always believed I held my life in my own hands. I rang the doorbell. The door opened. The girl standing there beamed a perfect smile. "You must be Julian's mother. How lovely to meet you." Even during million-dollar contract talks, I never let a slip of emotion show. But hearing her call me "Mrs. Thorne” made me flinch. We weren't even divorced, and she was already greeting her future mother-in-law? I spoke on impulse. "Hello." "Please come in, Mrs. Thorne. My name is Ivy Dawson." The moment I stepped inside, a large map drew my eye. Delicate red threads crisscrossed it, linking photos of them kissing, marking every place they'd been together. It was nearly covered. She noticed me looking and smiled. "This is our adventure map. He takes me somewhere new every month." So Julian had been cheating far longer than I'd known. She reached over, gently taking my coat to hang in the closet nearby. The tea she offered