DEAR HUSBAND, I'M DONE

Elena sacrificed everything for the sake of her marriage to Adrian. She left her job and her family behind just to put up with his manipulative mother, all in the name of protecting their marriage. 

Yet that still didn’t stop Adrian from betraying her. Worse, he didn’t even bother to hide his affair. 

When Elena finally had enough, she asked for a divorce, determined to rebuild her life and chase her dreams. But will her ex-husband and his toxic family ever let her live in peace?

ELENA’S POV

“Damn it!”

The curse tore from my chest as I stared at the television. The news banner flashed across the screen.

“Rising star and supermodel Danielle spotted walking arm in arm with CEO of Hudson Tech, Adrian Hudson.”

Before I could stop myself, I hurled the coffee cup in my hand. It slammed into the screen with a sharp crack, shattering into pieces as dark liquid splashed across the glass.

I stood there, breathing hard. I had seen headlines like this before. But this one cut deeper.

That useless husband of mine had promised he would be home for my birthday. And yet, there he was, not just late, not just absent but publicly parading another woman.

Not just any woman. Her. Danielle. His ex-fiancée. The woman he was never supposed to still have. The woman I had spent four years silently competing with.

My gaze drifted slowly toward the dining table.

Candles burned low, their wax melting into uneven pools. The food I had spent hours preparing had gone cold. The cake sat untouched, its icing beginning to sag at the edges.

A birthday dinner for two, in the end reduced to nothing. My hands trembled as I picked up my phone. A notification blinked on the screen.

It was a video from Danielle. My stomach twisted. Don’t open it. I should have ignored it.

I knew I should have.

But I didn’t. My fingers moved before my mind could stop them. The moment the video played, my entire body went rigid.

It was them. Adrian and Danielle.

In a luxurious hotel suite, tangled together without shame. Her voice filled the room, soft, breathy, deliberate. His face was relaxed, familiar in a way I hadn’t seen in years.

My chest tightened so painfully I thought I might collapse. How dare she? How dare they? My breath caught in my throat as reality crashed over me.

I had been a fool.

My friends had warned me. Over and over again. They told me Adrian never let Danielle go. That I was walking into a marriage where I would always come second.

But I didn’t listen. I thought love could fix it. I thought I could fix it. I gave up everything, my family’s approval, my comfort, my pride, just to be with him.

I was a naive young girl who thought that the love I had for him was enough for both of us. Adrian had been a total dreamboat when we