You Wanted Me Childless? Now You Have NothingChapter 1
My family was cursed. Every generation, men and women alike, struggled to conceive.
Because of that, the first child born to any member of the bloodline was raised as the family's successor.
The one who would helm a trillion-dollar empire.
In my generation, I was the first to get pregnant.
The day I got the confirmation, I rushed home, bursting with joy, ready to tell my husband the news in person.
With a baby on the way, I could finally introduce him to my family.
And the business troubles he'd been drowning in would resolve themselves the moment my family learned about the pregnancy.
But when I walked through the door, there was another woman in our home.
Dale Fleming's voice was calm. "Noreen's back."
"So let's get a divorce."
I rested my hand against my stomach. It seemed Dale and this child weren't fated to share much of anything. He wouldn't be leveraging this baby to expand his empire after all.
Fine. I'd keep the child and lose the man.
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Noreen Pruitt. Dale's childhood sweetheart.
She'd left the country eight years ago, and Dale had been devastated.
My best friend, who also happened to be Dale's sister, was the one who set us up.