Romance

The Rules Only Applied To Me

by Mohini

The first night I married into the Decker family in Markusson City, Rachael Decker had me sign an agreement.It required every expense after the wedding to go through her approval."The gap between our families is too wide," she'd said. "This is to protect you from gossip."I'd accepted it without a second thought.Then came her pregnancy, and the mood swings that went with it. I stayed up with her every night until dawn, and the lack of sleep gave me splitting headaches. So I sent her a payment request on ClickCart for a head massager.It cost twelve dollars.She rejected it in seconds."That's a waste of money. I'm the one who's pregnant, and I don't even have a headache. You need to learn to manage your emotions."A deep helplessness settled over me.That was when the family fund account was suddenly charged one hundred and ten thousand dollars for a round-the-world trip. The people who'd gone along were her secretary, Sean Wellbrock, and his family.I clenched my fists and laughed at myself, bitter.So the transparency she always talked about only ever applied to me.I logged out of the account and accepted the job offer from the overseas research institute on the spot.

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