A Smile for a Miscarriage

To the Hales, I was nothing more than a social-climbing burden—a "barren" wife to be mocked, abused, and discarded for a mistress's deepfake games. Marcus Hale thought he could trample me into the Silicon Valley dirt, never realizing that the woman he just pushed to a miscarriage is the sole heiress to the Grant empire, the very power holding his family’s legacy together. He thinks he’s won because I finally signed the divorce papers. He hasn't seen the "parting gift" I left in that chilled container, nor has he seen the fleet of black sedans waiting for me at the hospital gates. For a year, I played the role of the submissive wife to my childhood crush, but as the Hales prepare for the gala of the century, they are about to learn a lethal lesson: you don't break a Grant and expect to keep your kingdom. My name is Olivia Grant, and I’m not here for an apology—I’m here for everything.