Betrayed, Then Billionaire: Her Second Act Novel – For seven years, Soraya poured her soul into her family. When her husband and daughter gave their love to the mistress, something inside her shattered. She walked away and never looked back.
“No! I don’t want you! I want Aunt Rose!” Soraya’s daughter, Sage, screamed. “I want her to come to school with Daddy!”
Those words were like multiple knives that stabbed through Soraya’s heart. Her daughter preferred her husband’s mistress to accompany her to school.
“But, Sage, I’m your mom,” Soraya tried to reason, but her daughter only threw a tantrum, hurling the vase in the living room and screaming.
“But I like Aunt Rose. She is pretty and talented, and Dad likes her very much!” Sage retorted, further tightening the feeling in Soraya’s chest. “If I go with you, Dad won’t come!”
How could her daughter, the one she carried in her womb for nearly ten months and raised for six years, choose another woman over her?
Soraya had already accepted that her husband would never love her, but what about her daughter? Why had she become so distant from her?
Clenching her jaw, Soraya blamed it all on her husband, Calum Montclair. He was the one who introduced Sage to his “girlfriend.” He sent Soraya across the world under the guise of a business trip, allowing her daughter to bond with his mistress.
Back then, he said, “I need you to close a deal in Singapore.”
When she returned four months ago, Soraya learned about Rose and her growing relationship with her husband and daughter.
A tear rolled down Soraya’s face. She approached her daughter and knelt before her. She asked, “Sage, Baby… don’t you love Mommy anymore?”
Sage tried to open her mouth but instead snapped her head in the other direction, her arms folded against her chest. “I just want to spend more time with Aunt Rose.”
Soraya got up and gave Sage her back. She took deep breaths as she placed her hands on her hips. After gathering her composure, she said, “Okay. If that’s what makes you happy… but you must promise to spend time with me tomorrow.”
She wiped the tears that flooded her face and turned to her daughter. “It’s your special day, and we always spend it together, remember?”