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My Poor Wife Buys The Manny An Expensive Mansion Novel Cover

My Poor Wife Buys The Manny An Expensive Mansion

A husband's world shatters when he spots a massive $1,500 property management fee on his wife Grace Anderson’s phone. Their modest lifestyle suggests a monthly cost of only $28, but the digital trail leads to Cloud Mansion, a luxury estate registered to Ken Smith. Shockingly, Ken is the young manny currently working in their kitchen. While the couple lives in a small house, Grace has secretly bought a mansion for their domestic help, sparking a tense mystery.
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Chapter 4

Her eyes widened in disbelief.

“You found out about… No! I only gave that money to Ken as compensation…”

“What about me?”

She gulped and was speechless. I panted and said, “When did you get together with him?”

Ken looked at her with conflicted emotion. She gave up. “Before we got married, one of my relatives set us up on a blind date…”

“Were you involved with him when you married me?”

“No, I broke up with him before I married you. After that, he came into the city for work and…”

She could no longer continue because the truth was ugly.

Counting back nine months from Hailey’s birthday, this affair seemed to have started when her maternity leave ended.

At that time, I was solely responsible for Jack. I made sure he slept well, fed him at night, and soothed his cries and his tantrums. I had barely slept.

Grace insisted on going back to work after her maternity leave ended. Then, she claimed that she had to be away for a work trip for six months.

When she came back, Jack’s routine had stabilized. He was barely crying after that.

However, she went on another work assignment for a full year.

It turned out those were not work assignments.

She could not stand Jack’s cries and my haggard appearance, so she had an affair with him.

When she could no longer hide her pregnancy, she simply found an excuse and left to give birth.

She had been carrying on an affair for nine years of our ten-year marriage.

She did not say another word.

Ken mustered up the courage and said, “Sam, please don’t blame Grace. I was the one who begged her to give birth to Hailey. She pitied me, that’s why she helped me…”

It all felt like an absurd joke.

But it was not funny to me.

“Pities you?

“My wife earns $50,000 a month. She gives you $20,000 and leaves me with $5,000. She spares an additional $15,000 to buy gifts for you! She also sets aside $10,000 to buy stuff for you and your daughter.

“She bought a mansion for you and enrolled your daughter in a private school that costs $100,000 a year. She brought her parents here to take care of your daughter.

“As for me, I took care of Jack alone. I had to budget to cover our expenses as a family of three. I paid you a large sum from my meagre salary and had to struggle to make the rest last on my son’s public school expenses. I was crazy to have hired a homewrecker to be my manny!

“And you say she pitied you? Ken, who is more deserving of pity? You or me?”

He teared up and grabbed my wrist.

“I’m sorry, Sam. This is all my fault…”

I was disgusted. I wanted to free my wrist, but he almost fell.

Grace frantically helped him. She almost fell too.

When they regained their balance, Grace’s eyes filled with rage.

“Be careful!

“I’m pregnant!”

It was then that I recalled she was wearing loose clothing and had complained about tummy aches recently.

Something snapped in my brain at that very moment.

They were having a second child!

Grace realized she had said the wrong thing. She quickly told Ken to go into the house.

She then said in a soft voice, “Sam, I was drunk! I thought he was you… It’s entirely my fault.”

I looked at her silently.

She looked guilty as I stared at her. Her voice became softer as she said, “I know I’m wrong. After I give birth to this child, I’ll give him the child and break up with him.

“In the future, I’ll give you all my salary. Don’t you like a house with a garden? I’ll buy a mansion under your name, and we can move in as a family…”

She sounded apologetic, but I knew it was all fake.

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