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I sold my body to my husband, Cade Sterling.
One hundred thousand dollars. That was his price for a night with me. The only thing keeping our son, Leo, alive.
My stepmother whispered lies in his ear, and he believed them. He forced another woman into our bed while I was forced onto an operating table.
"You're pregnant," the nurse said, her voice a sterile blade. "Mr. Sterling has requested a termination."
Then, I was forced to watch my son Leo, my only reason for living, leap from a cliff to save me from further torment.
He was gone.
My husband had murdered our first child, and now our second. There was nothing left to live for.
In the cold, scarlet water of the bathtub, I finally let go.
But as darkness claimed me, I didn't know the truth was a far more cruel and twisted thing than I could have ever imagined.
And that Cade Sterling, my tormentor, was about to pay a price far greater than money could ever cover.

His Ruinous Price

As she rushed out of her ward, she overheard two nurses whispering in a corner.


“Such a waste. He was so handsome, but he died so young.”


“I know, it’s a terrible tragedy. He was only about twenty-seven or twenty-eight. It was a horrible accident. He passed away before they could even get him into the operating theater.”


“I heard his family is incredibly wealthy. I guess all that money couldn’t save him.”


“Sigh. It’s so sad for such a handsome man to die like that. His wife was at the scene and fainted from the shock. They brought her here, but she hasn’t woken up yet.”


“What’s the point of her waking up, really? The first thing she’ll hear is that her husband is dead. How pitiful for her.”


As Aria listened to their conversation, her heart sank, piece by painful piece.


A handsome man, around twenty-seven, a wealthy family, a wife who fainted at the scene. Every detail pointed to Cade.


Chapter 43