Five Years Of Lies: The Wife's Awakening

To an orphan like me, the Donovans’ approval was oxygen. I thought I was living a fairy tale as Ivan’s fiancée, finally finding a place to land.

That illusion shattered the night I overheard my future father-in-law whisper behind a study door.

"We can't keep paying Kayla forever. If this comes out, it ruins the merger."

The name hung in the air like toxic smoke.

Driven by a sickening gut feeling, I dug deeper. I found a tuition bill for a prestigious kindergarten for a boy named Leo—paid for by the Donovans.