Reborn, I Sent My Ex-Husband and His True Love to Prison novel Chapter 1

The boy's name was Jack, the son of Ethan Harper and his ex, Lily Morgan. 

Lily had left the country ten years ago, pregnant, and vanished without a trace. 

But Ethan, who I'd been married to for eight years, had been diagnosed with infertility right after our wedding. 

It had crushed him.

He became moody, avoided intimacy, and I always tried to be understanding, never pushing him, always trying to make him happy.

And now, out of nowhere, there's a kid. 

Turns out, the infertility report was fake.

For eight years, after every time we were together, he'd been secretly slipping me birth control pills. 

He'd always hand me a glass of water afterward, and I thought it was his way of being sweet.

Little did I know, that water was laced with crushed-up pills. 

To make sure it worked, he doubled the dose every time.

Over time, it wrecked my body, leaving me unable to have kids. 

Just thinking about it made it hard to breathe.

In my past life, I'd been desperate for answers, demanding Ethan choose between me and Lily.

But it ended with me being pushed into the path of a truck. 

This time, I wasn't going to make the same mistakes. 

"Auntie? Auntie, why aren't you saying anything?" 

Jack's face scrunched up, and he tugged at my sleeve, looking all innocent.

I agreed to let Jack live with us, with Lily only allowed to visit once a month. 

Looking back, I was such a fool.

I thought accepting Jack would save my marriage, keep the illusion of a happy family.

But it was all a lie. 

In my past life, I'd genuinely tried to raise him as my own, only to be met with cold stares.

This time, when he asked for my cooking, I'd been thrilled and put my heart into it.

But after dinner, he'd doubled over in pain and ended up in the hospital. 

Ethan was convinced I'd poisoned him, and the rumors of me being an abusive stepmom spread like wildfire. 

Well, if they wanted to play dirty, so could I.