The CEO's Runaway Genius Surgeon Wife

For five years, Alex endured a loveless marriage to billionaire Damien Carlisle, acting as a dutiful wife and a machine to produce his heirs.

But the day she finally got a positive pregnancy test for their second child, she overheard him on the phone. He was tenderly comforting his mistress, Seraphina, calling Alex's pregnancy a mere "necessary procedure" to secure his trust fund.

The nightmare quickly worsened. Her mother-in-law mercilessly mocked her background, calling her a useless incubator. When a desperate Alex went to see her daughter Clara for comfort, she found the little girl drenched in Seraphina's signature perfume. Clara pointed to a discarded doll lying on the floor of her dollhouse.

"Auntie Sera says every castle needs a maid. She has brown hair, just like you."

Damien fiercely defended his mistress, claiming Seraphina was far better suited to be a mother. Clara even screamed that she hated Alex and wished the mistress was her real mommy.

Alex had given up a prestigious surgical career at Johns Hopkins for this family, only to be systematically erased, reduced to a surrogate and a servant in her own home. Her husband entirely dismissed her heartbreak, calling it a hysterical tantrum that could be cured by buying a new designer bag.

The last bit of warmth in her heart completely died. She calmly booked an appointment to terminate the pregnancy, drafted a divorce petition relinquishing all custody, and pulled her old white medical coat from a dusty box. This time, she was leaving the gilded cage for good.