Pregnant Wife Public Mistress Novel by Jocelyn Finn _ Novel




Pregnant Wife Public Mistress Chapter 01

There was an unspoken rule in the Fallon family: whatever was given to a mistress, the wife had to receive the same.
Yesterday, he'd taken his lover, Selena Yasbeck, to Iceland to watch the Northern Lights. That meant tomorrow, he would take Mallory Cadwell to New Zealand to see the Southern Lights.
He indulged in romance with his lover, and he also took comfort in Mallory's role as the dutiful wife and devoted mother.
Her best friend warned her more than once that a man like this wasn't worth keeping. He looked fair on the surface, but his heart had never truly belonged to her.
Mallory knew that better than anyone.
As long as it didn't threaten her marriage, she was willing to look the other way.
That was why, when she gave birth, and he chose to name the baby after Selena, she felt a deep sense of injustice for her child's biological father.
In that moment, she realized she could no longer accept letting another woman's man decide her child's name.
"Danny, maybe we should get a divorce?"
Daniel Fallon had been arranging the paperwork to secure the baby's legal registration. The moment he heard her words, he hung up the phone.
"Lory, everything Lena has, you have as well. And whatever you have, she has to have as well."
There was helplessness in his voice as he reached out and ruffled her hair.
"Lena just had a baby as well. I treat you both the same.
"If you can have a child, then she has to have one, too. That's what's fair."
A storm of emotions churned inside Mallory. Of course, she knew Daniel was being fair.
When she first became pregnant, he hadn't even looked pleased. Instead, he deliberately spent two full months with Selena, stopping only after he was certain Selena was pregnant as well.
During their five-year marriage, anything Selena had, Mallory would have, too.
To avoid criticism, Daniel even went out of his way to choose different locations to do the same things.
If Selena wanted to go to the North Sea, Mallory would be taken to the South Sea the very next day.
If Selena placed the highest bid at an auction, he would take Mallory to do the same.
If he bought Selena a manor in France, then Mallory would receive a mansion in the United Kingdom.
Even when Selena casually bought a caramel apple from a farmer's market, the same caramel apple would appear on Mallory's table, same quantity, same size.
When his scandal with Selena dominated the trending lists for three days and nights, badly damaging Fallon Group's stock price, Mallory was the one who stepped forward to handle the fallout.
Eight months pregnant, she stood in the middle of heavy snowfall to issue clarifications on his behalf.
On stage, she smiled at reporters and spoke about how loving and harmonious their marriage was.
The moment she stepped offstage, she covered her face and cried until the pain in her abdomen became so intense that she nearly miscarried.
When Fiona Fallon pointed at her and berated her for being useless as a wife, mocking her for failing to give the family a proper heir, she simply wiped away her tears in silence. She never mentioned that Daniel had only slept with her twice—once on their wedding night, and once to make sure the baby in her womb could be officially recognized.
At the time, she hadn't thought there was anything wrong with Daniel's so-called fairness. It wasn't until after she gave birth that she finally understood.
His fairness had always been built on Selena's needs. He had never once asked whether Mallory wanted it or whether she needed it.
The realization made it painful even to breathe.
Daniel had long forgotten the vows he'd made when he married her. He'd also forgotten the promises he made to her parents.
The memories she once believed proved their love now felt fake, so fake that she couldn't find a single piece of evidence that he'd ever loved her at all.
Just like now, when she asked for a divorce, and he tried to silence her with the excuse of fairness.
"Sign it," she said.
The divorce agreement lay in front of Daniel. For once, he studied her expression carefully.
After a long silence and a deep frown, he finally spoke.
"Since you're the one who brought it up, then let's divorce. Lena's been arguing with me these past few days—she wants her child to have a legitimate status.
"Let's divorce for now."
He picked up the pen, signed his name, and added, "Don't worry. I'm only marrying her to make up for not giving her a wedding. Three months from now, I'll remarry you."
Mallory nodded without emotion. After he left, she immediately made a phone call.
"Our daughter was delivered early by C-section."
The man on the other end went silent. "Who did this?"
"Daniel Fallon."
She could tolerate lies. She could endure fabricated tenderness.
Her child, however, needed a clean beginning and a father who truly belonged to her.
She'd already lived in humiliation for five years. Her baby wouldn't spend a lifetime doing the same.

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