Book 4 After I Won $220M In
The Lottery
The moment I opened the door, I saw my husband, Michael, and my so–called best friend, Sophia, locked in a passionate kiss.
I froze. My mind went completely blank.
My husband cheating on me with my best friend? Life must be playing a cruel joke.
Michael noticed me, immediately sprang up, and shoved Sophia away. She stumbled and hit the cabinet, clutching her stomach with a pale face.
“Michael, my stomach hurts,” she whimpered.
Michael turned to me, saying, “Anna,
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Sophia’s pregnant. I’ll take her to the hospital first. We’ll talk later.”
Sophia shot me a smug look, as if to say, See, Anna? I’ve won.
Sophia was the girl next door, the daughter of my parents‘ friends. Her parents died in a car accident during a trip with mine, leaving her orphaned just before her college
entrance exams.
I worked tirelessly to support her education, giving her everything I could. But she squandered it all, barely making it into a second–rate college, then dropping out halfway through to marry a factory brat. That marriage ended quickly in domestic abuse.
I took her in, treated her like family, and gave her the courage to leave her husband. I told her I’d always have her back.
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I never imagined I was inviting a wolf into my home.
Michael carried Sophia to the car and drove off. I sat on the couch, gripping two medical reports so tightly my knuckles turned white.
For five years, the results had been the same:
I was perfectly healthy. Michael? Infertile.
To protect his pride, I had hidden the truth every time, claiming I was the one who couldn’t have children. I even hid his reports.
And this was how he repaid me.
Michael didn’t come home until the next morning.
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‘Why her, Michael?” I demanded.
“Anna, it’s been five years, and you still can’t have kids!” he snapped.
“Once she gives birth, I’ll put the baby under your name. It’ll be our child.”
“Think of her as your sister, Anna. Her child will be yours. I love only you. Once the baby’s here, I’ll make her leave.”
I stared at the man I’d shared my life with, suddenly feeling like I didn’t know him at all.
“Infertility gives you the right to cheat?” I shot back.
Michael opened his mouth to respond, but his phone rang. It was Sophia. He murmured a few soothing words before hanging up and walking out the door.
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From the moment I first hid his infertility, I’d been swallowing pills and pretending to seek treatment, just to keep up the facade.
Now, the man who claimed to love me was stabbing me in the back.
How had I ever thought his words were charming or manly?
Love really does put a filter on everything. Without it, all I saw was a pile of crap.
Lately, I’d been having recurring dreams. Strange memories that didn’t feel like mine kept surfacing.
In the dreams, I tried to divorce Michael, but he refused. He wooed me back with sweet words and fake remorse, swearing I was the only one he loved.
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I forgave him, made him cut ties with Sophia, and even convinced her to terminate the pregnancy. I didn’t tell him the baby wasn’t his. I was afraid he couldn’t handle the truth.
But it was all lies. He kept seeing Sophia behind my back. By the time I finally decided to leave, most of our assets had been transferred out of my reach.
I filed for divorce and petitioned the court to freeze our assets. Michael begged me to withdraw the case.
Heartbroken, I stopped at a newly opened lottery shop on my way to court and bought a ticket.
That day, I found out I’d won 200,000.
That same day, I was hit by a truck.
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In my dream, I saw that Sophia had paid the truck driver 500,000 to kill me. Michael was in on it too.
At my funeral, Sophia put on a show of guilt and regret, crying about how she shouldn’t have betrayed me. Michael played his part, looking remorseful and devastated.
Watching those two made me sick. I had given them everything, and they had plotted to take my life.
When I woke up, the hatred was
overwhelming. I wanted to drag them both to
hell.
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