All Chapters of My Icy's Husband's Secret Flame: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

"Go and help Maura with her dress. The pleats at the back of her gown haven't been fanned out properly," Caleb ordered.Caleb Goode was my husband. He was never this attentive when we were preparing for our wedding. I, Winifred Leverton, handled everything from picking the wedding venue to the invitation designs.Yet, Caleb was suddenly extra attentive now that his father, Charles Goode, was about to marry Maura Sudlow. He even tried on the groom's suit on Charles' behalf.I knelt and neatly laid out the pleats down Maura's gown. While doing so, I noticed Maura smiling sweetly at Caleb. The latter even returned her gaze with a gentle look. The more I thought about their exchanged looks, the more my chest constricted. That was because I knew Caleb had an old flame before he and I got married. His friends used to call her Ms. S.In our three years of marriage, this was my first time seeing Caleb take the initiative to interact with a woman.Even the shop's employees dreamily sig

I needed to get Caleb away from here!I hurried upstairs and dug in the study for Caleb's laptop. After that, I used his work email to urge his company's executives to submit project progress reports. Then, I deleted the email and all its traces.Caleb was a workaholic, and so were his employees. He had merely loosened up a lot since Maura returned to the country. Nowadays, it wasn't surprising if he urged his company executives to speed up work or vice versa.After doing all that, I headed back to my bedroom. It wasn't long before Caleb came rushing upstairs to tell me, "Something just came up at the company. You'll take Maura to the hospital instead."I pretended to be surprised, nodded, and intentionally asked, "Isn't it too late for you to work overtime now?" Caleb didn't answer as always. He just kept going on with his instructions. "Come home after you finish the hospitalization procedure for Maura. I'll check on her at the hospital after I wrap things up at work."That wa

Caleb looked at the housekeepers around before saying with a soft voice, "Everyone is excused. Go and get some rest.""Yes, Mr. Goode," replied the employees.I held my suitcase and happened to be facing him head-on."Where are you going at this late hour?" Caleb stared at my suitcase without a shred of warmth or emotion on his face."It's none of your concern. Go back to keeping your stepmom company," I replied, not bothering to entertain Caleb anymore now that I had decided to get divorced. Hatred burbled in me so intensely that I kept hoping to offend him as much as possible.As expected, Caleb's expression darkened, and he reached ahead to snatch my suitcase.Even with both hands, I didn't have the strength to beat his. So, out of frustration, I sat on the suitcase to hold it in place. "These are my belongings from before we got married. I have every right to take them away."Caleb said nothing. He just picked me up from the suitcase. Because I was now higher off the ground,

My bottom line was that as long as Charles didn't notice, the more I could hurt those two, the better. I also wanted them to experience the pain of knowing something was wrong yet having to swallow it, teeth and all."Darling, Dad didn't see me just now. He definitely wants to talk to me and enjoy some family time. How can I just focus on eating and drinking? Maura, don't you think so?" I asked.Maura's face turned pale, and she forced a smile, nodding. "That's true, but you shouldn't wait too long to have breakfast, either. I'll get someone to warm it up for you. Caleb, you should stay and talk to your dad."As she stood up and turned to leave, I clearly saw her face—usually bright and smiling—fall in an instant. Her injury probably hadn't healed yet, as she limped slightly.Just like I used to.But at that moment, I smiled as I chatted with Charles."Speaking of family time, Caleb, it's not that I want to rush you, but you're not getting any younger. You still don't have a chil

But my hand couldn't help but reach for his phone. Even if I were to die, I had to know the truth.Relying on my memory, I unlocked Caleb's phone. The moment the screen lit up, I immediately closed my eyes, hesitating.After struggling back and forth, I finally opened his photo album.Nothing.I thought maybe he had switched phones, so I checked his cloud drive, but still… nothing.Just when I was about to give up, I suddenly thought of his social media. Caleb had clearly said he didn't use social media, yet I found it on his phone.When I opened the homepage, I saw that he hadn't updated it in a long time. The last post was a class graduation photo he shared from his high school graduation.Scrolling down, I found several sketches he had drawn. Each one of them was of Maura.I had never known Caleb could draw, and so well, too."The galaxy fills your eyes; I gaze at your radiance from a light-year away."He could even write such cheesy love lines.I had never seen this side