My husband, Trent Bradford, is a paranoid supermale who has only had eyes for me just because I saved his life during an accident.

Using his status and money, he had my former fiancé sent abroad before forcing me into marrying him. After that, he forbade me from having any sort of contact with other men, even going so far as to make me wear a bracelet with a tracker embedded inside.

Even so, he would shower me with nothing but love and would not tolerate anyone hurling insults at me. For example, he cut off ties with his elder sister, Lucy Bradford, and sent her away to a slum because she said I reeked of poverty.

On one occasion, he even attacked Tess O'Neil, his childhood friend, and poured wine all over the latter for her purposely spilling some on me prior. Still, I couldn't bring myself to love him despite all he's done.

In the end, he decided to undergo a reverse vasectomy so that he could make me stay.

However, Lucy barged into our villa with a bunch of people on my first trimester. She wanted to make me lose my baby and said I was a disgrace to the family.

Fortunately, Trent showed up when I was most vulnerable.

Holding the evidence that Tess gave her, Lucy said, "Step aside, Trent! That baby inside of her isn't yours, but another guy she's been having an affair with! I have taken care of her for you!"

I was lounging on the sofa in our villa when I suddenly felt the baby kicking. The sensation was incredible.

Trent and I had endured a strained marriage over the past ten years, and I was finally starting to consider surrendering to the inevitable. After all, he did go so far as to have a reverse vasectomy just to keep me with him.

I gently placed my hand on my rounded belly and resolved to be a good mother, watching my child grow up strong and healthy.

Suddenly, I heard someone screaming outside the villa.

"This is a huge insult to the Bradford family! I won't allow that disgraceful wench to stay here for another moment!

"Trent may have been completely bewitched by her since they married, but I haven't!

"I swear I'm going to tear her apart before kicking her out of the family for good!"

The woman's voice sounded strangely familiar, but it took a moment for me to realize it was Lucy Bradford.

I wondered why Lucy was at the villa, yelling about wanting to expel someone from the Bradford family. Before I could process further, she burst through the front door with a crowd in tow.

"There she is, girls!" Lucy shouted. "She's the one who tricked Trent into cutting ties with me and kicking me out of the family!"

Stunned by her accusation, I sat up angrily. "You're not welcome here. Please leave."

But Lucy stormed toward me and slapped me hard across the face.

"You wench!" she spat. "This is Trent's house—you just live here! Do you think that makes you the one who calls the shots?"

The force of her slap left me reeling, my cheek burning from the impact.

Trent loved me more than anything—so much so that he once shaved my makeup artist bald for accidentally pulling my hair too hard.

I could only imagine what he'd do to Lucy when he found out she had hit me.

To prevent that disaster, I swallowed my anger and said, "You should leave before Trent gets back, or I guarantee he won't let you off easily."

Trent had always been kind to me, but I knew it was a facade. Deep down, he was a possessive, paranoid man. He treated everyone else with an intensity that bordered on cruelty.

Lucy ignored my warning and grabbed a fistful of my hair. "That's my line, witch! He's going to skin you alive when he finds out you've been having an affair behind his back!"

I struggled to break free, enduring the pain as she yanked on my hair.

"That's a bold accusation," I managed through gritted teeth. "Have you forgotten what got you kicked out of this family in the first place?"

Trent was a control freak and insisted I wear a bracelet with a tracker embedded inside, so I hadn't had a single male friend since our marriage.

How was I supposed to have an affair under these conditions?

At first, I thought Lucy would be reminded of how she was kicked out of the Bradford family and would eventually back off.

Instead, she slapped me hard again. "I've had enough of your nonsense! But I'll admit, you should be awarded Best Actress for your acting skills.

"Did you really think I'd come here without first gathering solid evidence of your affair?"

Lucy then grabbed an envelope from her bag, filled with a stack of photographs, and hurled it at me.

The photos showed a naked couple engaged in various intimate acts in the bedroom. But, most shockingly, the woman in the photo looked just like me!

One of Lucy's companions looked at me with disdain and sneered. "You filthy woman... Aren’t you afraid you may contract a disease or something from the men you've been with?"

"No amount of money can erase the fact that you come from a poor family... You reek!"

"You look pure but act like a tart... Shame on you!"

I was seething with anger from their relentless insults, each of them accusing me of adultery when their so-called evidence was obviously just photoshopped images.

At that moment, I decided I wasn't going to waste any more time. I reached for my phone to call Trent, but Lucy snatched it from my hand the moment she saw me.

She then tossed it to one of her friends for safekeeping, leaving me stunned.

"You've just committed several felonies, Lucy. This is your last warning... Leave!" I repeated.

"My God! Lucy, you really ought to show her who's the boss around here!"

Lucy seemed to take that as motivation and ripped the necklace off me. It had been a gift from Trent, who had spent a fortune on it at an auction just to please me.

"Who are you to tell me to leave? Everything you have right now belongs to my family! You'd still be stuck in that poor village of yours if Trent hadn't fallen for you!" Lucy barked.

The other women cheered Lucy on after her dramatic performance.

I gave them all a cold, unwavering stare.

One of the women, patting Lucy on the shoulder, said, "Look, Lucy! She's glaring at you!"

"Just look at how unhappy she looks!"

"I think it's time she learned a lesson she'll never forget..."

Hearing this, Lucy locked eyes with me, her gaze cold and full of malice as she walked over.

I knew there was no way I could win this battle—not when there were so many of them.

Desperate, I rushed for the door, but Lucy grabbed my hair again, yanking me down to my knees.

The whole ordeal happened so quickly that all I could remember was screaming in pain.

Lucy yelled, "Drop the poor little girl act! Stop screaming! It's just a graze!"

"You're going to regret this, Lucy!" I warned.

"Nonsense! I'm going to beat some manners into you so you'll learn not to disgrace the family!" Lucy barked.

That was all Lucy had wanted to do to me ever since I married Trent.

She often told me it was my duty to treat her with respect and even gave me a list of chores, which included washing her underwear, among other things.

However, she failed to realize that Trent was a paranoid supermale and that I had been forced into marrying him.

As soon as he found out, he tore the list into pieces and kicked her out of the house, leaving Lucy with a huge grudge against me ever since.

Finally, she found the perfect opportunity to get her revenge.

Still gripping my hair, Lucy dragged me to the pool and spoke with a cruel tone. "You need to cool off and realize what a disgrace you've been to the family, you wench!"

Without warning, she dunked me into the pool, and I was instantly overwhelmed by the agonizing pain of not being able to breathe.

I tried to break free from her grasp, but I couldn’t.

Finally, Lucy pulled me out just as I was about to reach my limit, giving me the precious time I needed to catch my breath.

I was drenched and a mess.

"You really have what's coming to you after all the discord you've tried to sow between Trent and me," Lucy said.

Once I managed to breathe again, I glared at Lucy with pure hatred in my eyes. "You'd better kill me now, or you're going to regret it for the rest of your life!"

At that moment, I hated Trent down to his core. After all, I was in this mess because he had forced me to marry him.

Lucy slapped me again, but this time, blood trickled from my lips. "Still trying to threaten me, huh? I've had enough of you!"

Lucy shoved my head back into the pool, only this time, she held me under longer before pulling me up again.

Some of the women began to fear for my life when they saw how pale I looked.

"I think that's enough, Lucy. You're going to kill her."

"We'll all end up in prison if you really do kill her."

At those words, Lucy pulled me back up and threw me onto the floor.

With disdain, she said, "That's enough for now. I'll let Trent deal with you when he gets back!"

At that moment, I also decided that when the time came, I wasn’t going to ask Trent to forgive Lucy.

Then, one of the women suddenly pointed at my belly and asked, "Lucy, look… Is she… pregnant?"

They could now see the bulge in my belly after my dress became soaked, and Lucy immediately stomped on me in fury. "You've even gotten yourself pregnant with another man?!"

Fear gripped me as I instinctively protected my belly and said, "Trent is the father!"

"Lies! Trent had a vasectomy a long time ago so he wouldn't pass on his Superman syndrome!" Lucy shouted. "You're trying to have him pass on the Bradford Group to your child, aren't you? Too bad! He already told me he was going to let my son take over!"

It was true that Trent didn't want to have kids because I disliked his Superman syndrome, and he didn't want our children to inherit it.

But that all changed after he failed to win my love. He had the reverse surgery and then I became pregnant, baby-trapping me in a marriage I never wanted.

The other women were furious when they heard this.

"What a scheming vixen!"

"Thank goodness we found out before your family's wealth fell into her hands, Lucy."

"You can't let her get away with this!"

Lucy looked at me with a cruel glint in her eyes. "I'm going to kick that bastard out of your belly… Let's see how you're going to steal our family's money this time!"

I was stricken with fear as I explained, "This baby isn't an illegal child, I swear. Trent got a reverse vasectomy. You can call him if you don't believe me!"

Lucy snorted. "I know what you're scheming, you devil. I know Trent's so head over heels for you that he wouldn't be able to harm you, even if he found out about your affair.

"In fact, he might even be tricked into raising that child for your sake!

"But that's not going to happen on my watch!"

With that, Lucy landed a powerful kick to my belly, and a searing pain shot through my body…