Filed to story: The Disguised Billionaire and His Accidental Wife Novel
All she cared about was her sister.
“Yeah. I‘m having supper. Liberty, Shawn said he ran into my brother in-law with a beautiful lady at a business event at Wiltspoon Hotel. Shawn mentioned he was very nice to the woman. They looked like a couple in love.
“Shawn has never seen my brother-in-law, but he had heard of his name. Shawn told me once he remembered where he heard the name before. Since Shawn said the man is a manager of Waltham Electronics, I think it was likely Hank. Be careful and keep an eye on Hank. Don‘t let him transfer all the assets away. Most importantly, protect yourself.”
There were too many murder cases of spouses nowadays. Serenity‘s priority was to warn her sister to keep herself safe.
There was no point in keeping the man around if he was unfaithful. However, it would not be worth losing her life over a cheating b*stard.
While her ears took in everything her sister said, Liberty could not find her voice.
Liberty had prepared herself for this day as she had guessed that Hank might be having an affair.
He was a charming man in his early thirties with a successful career. There must be a lot of young women in his company. For Hank to be surrounded by young and beautiful women in the office and to come home to Liberty, who still had her postpartum body, Hank would pick the women in his office over her any day. It was only normal for men.
Liberty had braced herself to separate from Hank.
However, her sister‘s account of Hank‘s possible affair was a slap in Liberty‘s face, sweeping her away in a whirlwind of disappointment and despair.
Tears rolled down her cheeks before she could say anything.
She and Hank were college sweethearts, and they had kept the relationship strong after graduation. They had known each other for twelve years, dated for seven years, and married for three years. She thought this was her happy–ever–after, but the cruel reality stripped away her happy ending.
After her parents were taken away by an untimely death, Liberty struggled through life together with her sister. Hank was caring for her and her sister back then, always comforting, encouraging, and helping her in her time of need. He gave Liberty all the attention when their relationship was official.
The honeymoon phase aside, Hank had been nothing but nice to her at the start of their marriage.
Hank and Liberty were both to be blamed for Hank falling out of love. After the birth of their son, Liberty put all her attention on the child and went heavy on nutritious food to nurse her son. She was the type to gain weight easily if she did not watch what she was eating.
Liberty started to add pounds to her waistline during the nursing period. In addition, she believed Hank when he said he would take care of her and quit her job. Without a source of income, Liberty skimped and refused to spend money on herself. She was a different person from the woman she was before marriage.
She knew that a devoted man would always remain faithful to his wife regardless of her weight change. However, most men could not stand their wives when women let themselves go and were dependent on them for money.
Ultimately, the feelings Hank had for Liberty did not run deep. “Are you alright, Liberty?”
Wiping away her tears, Liberty got a grip on herself and tried to sound normal.
“I figured, but I didn‘t expect it to happen so soon.” Despite having an affair, Hank kept it from Liberty and had not brought up a divorce. If her guess was right, it was because of Sonny. Sonny was young and could not deal with separation anxiety. Liberty‘s parents–in–law were helping Chelsea to look after her kids and cook while Hank only had eyes for his family.
Even Hank put his sister as his priority over her. He did not think there was anything wrong with his parents assisting only his sister.
Once they were divorced, the Browns would certainly fight for Sonny‘s custody. However, Hank would feel sorry to put the burden of child raising on his parents unless Sonny was already in kindergarten.
Hank was probably waiting for Sonny to start attending kindergarten before asking for a divorce.
The only thing he could do now was to go passive–aggressive on her. “Liberty, you might want to keep it down since we don‘t have any proof yet. In the meantime, we‘ll gather all the evidence we can. Besides, I‘m just giving you the heads–up in case he tries something on
you.”
Serenity detected the sobs behind her sister‘s tone but did not mention it aloud. Her sisters needed time to let it all out.
She could let her sister cry it out if that helped.
It took three years of marriage to see the man’s true colors. It was a painful lesson. However, Liberty was still young at thirty years old. There was no point sticking around since Hank had committed infidelity.
“I will, Seren. Enjoy your supper. I’m alright. I‘m looking for a job to
get ready for the divorce.”
Liberty did not crumble when she had suddenly lost her parents and faced the cruelty of her relatives. She was able to get through life with her sister against all odds, so her husband‘s adultery would not break her down either.
“Get some rest, Liberty. Don‘t think too much about it. It could be a case of mistaken identity.” However, Serenity knew they were only fooling themselves.
“Sure.”
Liberty ended the call and tossed the phone aside. Rolling to her side, she stared at her son‘s sleeping face and could no longer hold back her emotions from running high. She pulled the covers over her head and bit on them as she wailed.
Amid the tears, she reached out to stroke her son‘s face. Her son would not have a complete family if the divorce were to happen.
Nevertheless, Liberty was not the kind to endure a broken marriage for the sake of her son.
A broken home hurt the children in it greatly.
However, a broken marriage would also do great damage to the children if not ended promptly.
Sonny was still young to understand what a divorce was. If Liberty were to get custody of Sonny, she would not stop Hank from visiting the child. However, knowing the Browns, Liberty was not certain she could see her son again if Hank were to acquire full custody.
It would hurt Sonny the most if he was forced to be separated from his mother at a young age and experience the prolonged absence of his mother.
“Sonny.”
Liberty wiped away her tears and caressed her son’s little face while vowing through clenched teeth, “I will do everything in my power to
get custody of you.”
Hank had never taken care of his son, and her parents-in-law mostly only played with Sonny. Liberty had no idea the kind of cold shoulders and harm the little man would get if her son was granted to them.
Chelsea‘s son had always bullied Sonny. The bullying would only become worse if Sonny were to live with his grandparents. Such was the treatment gotten by a child without their mother!
Sonny was sound asleep, unaware that his parents‘ marriage was coming to an end.
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