Chapter 2 - The Woman Who Paid for EverythingThree years earlier, Trevor had looked at me differently.
Back then, he called me ambitious.
Brilliant.
Independent.
He told everyone he was lucky to have a wife who could build a life from nothing.
What he didn't tell them was that his “business” had never become profitable.
What he didn't tell them was that I had paid most of our household expenses.
What he didn't tell them was that every luxury vacation his mother demanded had been financed by money I earned.
I had never complained at first.
Marriage was supposed to be a partnership.
I believed that.
So when Trevor said he wanted to start a business, I supported him.
When he needed money, I helped.
When Evelyn said their family deserved a vacation, I quietly paid the bill.
When Trevor wanted connections, I introduced him to people in my professional network.
But every favor became an expectation.
Every gift became a responsibility.
And every sacrifice became something they believed I owed them.
The villa had been my one boundary.
I purchased it before the marriage.
I designed its security system myself.
I made sure the property could function independently, with encrypted controls for the doors, cameras, lighting, climate system, and gates.
Trevor loved showing the technology to his friends.
He never understood how it worked.
He only enjoyed pretending it was his.
That was his mistake.
Because while Trevor knew how to open the front door...
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I was the only person who possessed the master codes.
And tonight, for the first time, I decided to use them.
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