Chapter 1

The third time Austin Vance caught me "in bed" with another man, I didn’t panic. I didn’t scramble to put on my clothes, and I didn’t bother to explain.

Sienna Montgomery, the head of the Vance Group’s legal team, stood at the front of the crowd.

"Mrs. Vance, this is your third strike of marital infidelity."

"According to the prenup, you will walk away with nothing and waive all custody rights to your son."

Austin had long lost his patience. The look in his eyes was pure disgust.

He threw the divorce papers right at my face.

"The first time, you claimed you didn't even know the guy."

"The second time, you said you had no idea how you ended up in that hotel room."

"Three strikes and you’re out, Elena. What’s your excuse this time?"

He expected me to make up another pathetic lie.

But I said nothing.

I just quietly picked up the pen, signed my name on the divorce papers, and prepared to vanish from his world forever.

I wondered, though—now that I had finally given him exactly what he wanted, leaving with absolutely nothing, not even our child... why was he the one losing his mind?