On my twenty-first birthday, my father set two identical velvet boxes on the desk in his study and told me to choose one.
Whichever name I picked would belong to the man I married—and the one who would take over the family business.
One box was for Griffin Romano. The other was for Dante Romano.
The only person I had ever wanted was Griffin. Choosing Dante was never an option.
I dragged it out for three years. I fought. I begged. None of it mattered.
In the end, I bribed my father’s assistant to tell me I’d picked the right box. So I married Griffin.
Not long after the wedding, he dropped the act. Over the next ten years, all he gave me was indifference.
He rarely came home. He never touched me. I could have put a gun to his head, and he still wouldn’t have bothered to look at me.
My life was a miserable half-life, but I refused to let go.
Until the day I had an asthma attack and collapsed on the floor, gasping for air. He just stood there watching me, then kicked my only inhaler out of reach.
“I switched the boxes a long time ago,” he said, his voice cold.
“You were never going to get the one you wanted. You forced me to marry you, and because of that, Ava is gone. You should have died a long time ago.”
When I opened my eyes again, I was back in the study, holding one of the velvet boxes in my hand.
“Then I’ll choose Dante,” I said.
My Cruel Husband Let Me Die So I Married His Brother Chapter 14 Later, Dante found an opportunity to have one of Griffin’s legs broken and sent him to the hospital. The next time I saw him, he was much thinner and looked years older. “It’s been a month.” He lay in the hospital bed,
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My Cruel Husband Let Me Die So I Married His Brother Chapter 13 Early the next morning, when I opened the door, Griffin coughed up a mouthful of blood. “Daphne, do you really have to hurt me like this?” I pulled my scarf higher to cover the marks Dante had left on my neck. “But
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My Cruel Husband Let Me Die So I Married His Brother Chapter 12 “Daphne, now that the misunderstandings are cleared up… you don’t really love Dante, do you?” “Leave him and marry me. Please?” “The person you love is me. It’s always been me.” Dante pulled out his gun. I raised a hand to stop
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My Cruel Husband Let Me Die So I Married His Brother Chapter 11 “Daphne!” Griffin chased after me and grabbed my wrist. His eyes were red-rimmed. “Why?” “If it was you who saved me, why didn’t you ever say anything?” “Why would my wife have to say anything?” Dante’s voice came from the doorway. The
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My Cruel Husband Let Me Die So I Married His Brother Chapter 10 “Griffin.” She swallowed hard. “Forget it. I’m not pressing charges. I’m scared. Can we just go home? Daphne’s insane.” “Not so fast.” I leaned back in my chair and looked at her. “If you go home and start threatening suicide again, that
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My Cruel Husband Let Me Die So I Married His Brother Chapter 09 I could almost hear a strange note of relief in his voice. As if, so long as I admitted this was all still about him, he would have something to hold on to. “Evidence is more useful than words.” I picked up
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My Cruel Husband Let Me Die So I Married His Brother Chapter 08 Then he suddenly asked me, “Daphne, you don’t actually love Dante, do you?” “You only married him because you were angry with me, right?” I turned to look at him, finding the question absurd. “Why would I gamble the rest of my
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My Cruel Husband Let Me Die So I Married His Brother Chapter 07 Dante murmured in my ear, “Perfect timing. He never seems to have any strength, but now he wants to steal my thunder.” “Too bad for him. I’m her husband. I’m the groom.” From the moment he was dragged away, Griffin had done
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My Cruel Husband Let Me Die So I Married His Brother Chapter 06 This was supposed to be a happy day. He hadn’t wanted to start a fight. “Griffin, who exactly do you think you’re fooling?” “You want to marry Daphne? That’s impossible.” “Don’t think I don’t know what you did. You switched the boxes
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My Cruel Husband Let Me Die So I Married His Brother Chapter 05 “Me, obviously.” Dante, dressed in a white suit that matched my gown, strode over and wrapped an arm around my waist. His voice was glacial. “This is my wedding to Daphne. I’m her groom. What are you doing here?” “And why are
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