Chapter 3

Hearing Chloe’s voice, I instantly masked the murderous rage in my eyes.

I forced a helpless, innocent smile. "Chloe, you're so gorgeous, and now your family is getting this massive windfall. Can you blame me for being a little jealous?"

"But borrowing my husband? Don't you think that’s a bit too wild?"

"You could literally find any guy on a dating app. Any of them would be a thousand times better than Logan."

Chloe shook her head quickly. "No way! I don't know those guys. What if they're just after my money?"

"Ashley, you're my bestie. Just let me borrow him for a few days!"

"I swear, as soon as we register and get the check, I’ll transfer the money to you!"

She grabbed my hand, shaking it playfully. After pretending to think it over, I said, "How about I ask Logan tonight and see what he thinks?"

Chloe’s face lit up instantly. "You are literally the best!"

In my past life, when the topic of a "fake divorce" was first brought up, Logan had put on a big show of rejecting it. But the moment he heard Chloe’s family was getting two prime properties and two million dollars in cash, his attitude changed instantly.

He even turned it around on me, accusing me of being a bad friend. He said it was a huge opportunity for Chloe, and she was just asking us for a small favor.

He had broken it down for me: "Each person added to the household gets an extra million. If I divorce you on paper and marry Chloe, she gets another million. Only an idiot would walk away from free money like that."

"Besides, she promised to give you five hundred thousand."

"Ashley, think about it. Five hundred thousand! It would take us ten years of starving ourselves to save that much."

I only agreed back then because Logan kept pushing me.

I had been too naive to read between the lines.

He had probably set his eyes on Chloe’s fortune from the very beginning.

That was why he couldn't wait to divorce me and marry her.

After they registered their marriage, they claimed they had to "make it look real" so the developers wouldn't investigate them for fraud. Because of that, Logan basically moved into Chloe's apartment.

At that time, I was constantly running back and forth to the hospital for my mother, so I had no time to worry about anything else.

My distraction gave them the perfect opportunity to hook up.

I was so incredibly stupid. Under their combined manipulation, I had signed a divorce agreement where I voluntarily waived all my rights to our marital assets.

Because Chloe had promised me it would only be for a month. She said they would file for divorce the moment the funds cleared.

I figured it was only thirty days, so I signed it, thinking it was just a formality.

I never expected them to turn the fake divorce into a real marriage and throw me out on the street.

My fists clenched tightly under the table. In this life, I was going to make Chloe and Logan pay in blood.