I was secretly earning $500,000 when my husband asked for a divorce.He then married my BFF and face.

after not seeing him for a month Jon just thrust a divorce lawyer's business card at me without even asking are you okay or how are you feeling divorcing a wife who doesn't work pay me $1,000 a month as alimony sounds good take care John chuckled as he said this standing beside him Emily was wrapping her arm around his wearing a similar smug expression fine letun divorce then I said it so casually that John seemed a bit surprised but he quickly shared his smile with Emily good thing JN isn't much of a thinker it makes my

plan easier to execute after the divorce papers got approved I decided to start my revenge plan on both of them I will make them cry as a celebration of my recovery my name is Sarah wolf I'm a 47-year-old illustrator I'd also work as a children's book author I just love drawing I have two childhood friends JN and Emily they're important friends to me and JN is also my husband it all started when Jon asked me out as I was heading to a different College After High School I was surprised I thought he was into Emily

but I couldn't sing no to a confession from John whom I had secretly liked after some thought and consultation with Emily I accepted Jon's proposal Emily's Behavior had been a bit problematic since teens but she was still a dear friend to both John and me however Emily had a tendency to snatch other people's boyfriends and then dump them once they became obsessed with her causing problems time and again her parents were concerned so John and I often spent time with her to watch over her John and I got married when we were 25 4 years

later Emily brought her fiance into our lives his name was George a professional working for a top tier company nice to meet you Sarah and John I've heard so much about you looking forward to our future together George was very polite and we all got along immediately we would get together during holidays and vacations taking trips or going on long train rides to enjoy some drinks however things started falling apart after Emily got pregnant 2 years into her marriage John and I originally had many siblings so there was no worry about it hair so we

decided we didn't need children both of us love kids but weren't keen on actively caring for them besides we loved our freedom to travel and enjoy drinks we often found it heartwarming to see families with children but it was never more or less than that when Emily announced her pregnancy Jon's attitude started to change he quit smoking because Emily said she couldn't stand the smell and even offered to drive herbit doctor's appointments using his vacation days I warned him George might get upset if you're always with Emily but John argued back you have work don't

you she's our childhood friend and she's reaching out for help you're heartless I said I've been buying things and helping where I can but going with her to the obstetrician is crossing the line when I said that John frowned and then he glared at me why because Emily wants it right she says she's anxious about the checkup I can't just let her go alone if she's anxious all the more reason for George to go with her right if you go with her every time it's almost like you're the father of the baby in her belly

John jealous you're not going to get pregnant anyway so what's the problem he didn't take my concerns seriously and instead started to snap saying I was being annoying we had hardly ever had a fight during our marriage but things changed when Emily got pregnant our arguments increased and that didn't change even after Emily gave birth in fact JN started spending even more time with Emily and their child Emma but when Emma was six an incident occurred it had to do with the attendees of Emma's graduation ceremonies the day before the graduation Jon suddenly started rumaging

through the closet John what are you doing have a meeting tomorrow John's workplace had a casual dress code but there was a rule to wear a suit during client meetings so he always kept a few suits ready but they were all thrown on the bed now ah no just trying to decide what to wear for the graduation ceremony what you're seriously thinking of attending the graduation yeah George can't make it Emily asked me wait that's absurd no matter how you look at it I inadvertently raised my voice in denial immediately Jon's face turned sour I

knew he occasionally picked Emma up from kindergarten and I had done so myself when asked yet it was nonsensical for a childhood friend who wasn't even a biological parent to attend a graduation ceremony what you still doubt me and Emily I'm disappointed that you can't even help out that's not the point point anyway I'm attending the graduation tomorrow so iron a shirt properly John said that and abruptly ended the conversation leaving me behind and going to the bedroom I had no choice but to call Emily hello Emily about tomorrow ah sorry about tomorrow I'm borrowing

John but won't George be upset about the graduation attendance Sarah what are you talking about obviously I haven't told George that the graduation is tomorrow I'll tell him after to the ceremony I was shocked to learn that George didn't know about the graduation schedule upon further questioning it seemed that Emily hadn't informed George about any of the kindergarten events so far and John had been acting as the father at the kindergarten which made me dizzy with its selfishness wait a minute Emily isn't that extremely unreasonable it's disrespectful to George and just because he's a childhood

friend a what's wrong Sarah you're scary well see you tomorrow wait Emily I was trembling with anger at Emily who unilaterally hung up the phone still in the end I ironed a shirt prepared a tie and the next morning saw John off to Emma's graduation ceremony since then Emily and John started going out more frequently from once a month to once a week and then to three times a week eventually even George seemed to have some suspicions and one day while John and Emily were out he visited our house alone I'm sorry for visiting you

late at night there's something that's been bothering me is it about the two of them yes I would like you to take a look at this George showed me the GPS history he had installed in Emily's car it showed that she had been staying at a hotel three times a week all of those days she was out with JN and just by looking at George's face I understood what that meant what do you want to do George I want to take revenge on those two me too I can't forgive them for betraying us after all

this time we started planning our revenge on them secretly first I started by increasing my income because I had been saving by doing housework and taking care of enma my income had drastically decreased George switched to working from home and when Emily and John would go out he would bring Emma to my house and we would take care of her together neither Emily nor John realized that we knew about the relationship and we were able to gather solid evidence once we had collected enough evidence and were ready to take our revenge we discovered a shocking

truth about Emma George and I struggled with the decision but we both agreed that we didn't want to hurt Yung Emma so we decided to wait until she was an adult to take our revenge however even though we decided to endure for 10 years I was struck with a serious illness I needed long-term hospitalization and even at best I wouldn't be discharged for at least 2 years although I could work from the hospital room it was certain that I would have to reduce my workload after informing George about the situation I consulted Jon however Jon's

reaction was no different from when we were making small talk M I'll visit you once in a while I felt that JN no longer had any affection for me as he didn't even ask about my condition or the name of the disease in reality JN only visited once a month or once every two months and after Emma's 15th birthday she started acting strangely although she used to visit me almost every day right after I was hospitalized she became distant after her 15th birthday however neither George nor I could figure out why and we were puzzled

even when we asked Emma she just said don't worry about it however we ended up learning the reason from JN who rarely showed up hey it's been a while yeah it has JN who had completely transformed into a flashy appearance walked in without even knocking after not seeing him for a month Jon just thrust a divorce lawyer's business card at me without even asking are you okay or how are you feeling divorcing a wife who doesn't work pay me $1,000 a month as alamon that's the deal so take care Jon said grinning from ear to

ear beside him Emily wrapped her arms around JNS with a similar expression on her face fine let's divorce then I casually agreed which seemed to surprised J for a moment but he quickly exchanged Smiles with Emily it was good that JN wasn't the type to think too deeply that's why my plan worked so well after receiving a notification that the divorce was finalized from John I decided to start my revenge plan against the two of them I will make them cry as a celebration of my recovery I promptly started to take action first I contacted

George to transfer hospitals then I informed my lawyer that they would be mediating between the two parties from now on George also began to act at the same time he moved near my new hospital with Emma and he started to visit me frequently Emma still had a gloomy expression but I was happy that she came to see me every day most of my belongings were already in the hospital room so I told Jon to dispose of the rest I didn't want to bring anything that the two of them might have touched into my new life

once the hospital transfer and George and Emma's move settled down I received a call from John I had only left my seat for a few minutes but my smartphone already showed 30 Miss calls I answered the phone feeling exasperated what hey what the hell is going on I could hear the voice of a troubled real estate agent behind Jon's panicked voice I also heard Emily yelling which made me feel sick what do you mean what's going on it's obviously about the house why do we have to move out John shouted at me as if if

it wasn't his fault at all I replied to him cooly obviously because that's my house hauh JN seemed to have completely forgotten but the truth was the house we lived in was a room I rented as a workspace when I started to make a living as a freelancer at that time I didn't have enough income to maintain two houses and Jon didn't have enough income to live alone so he ended up moving into my place therefore Jan had never paid the rent or utility bills for that room although I received some money from him for

living expenses it wasn't enough to maintain the place unfortunately that room was already cancelled it was far from the hospital I transferred to so I had processed the cancellation the day after submitting the divorce papers I didn't inform him because the real estate agent who knew the situation said they would contact him George and Emma suddenly disappeared and our house was sold what are we going to to do about our new house I don't know maybe stay in a business hotel for now as I turned on the speaker and started working JN yelled in frustration

don't screw with me however he seemed to remember something and started speaking in a more soothing tone well whatever when will you transfer the money we're running low on cash what are you talking about huh don't M around I told you to pay $11,000 didn't I oh I don't recall agreeing to that my nonent response was met with incoherent screaming from johon on the other end of the phone apparently he thought he could get money from me and had been squandering it even if he had $11,000 left how did he plan to get by for

the rest of the month hey don't just stay silent say something there's really nothing to talk about my retort left Jon momentarily dumbfounded but he soon started yelling again growing increasingly annoyed I addressed JN in as cheerful a tone as I could muster anyway we're basically strangers now so please don't contact me anymore you'll hear from my lawyer huh lawyer hey wait a minute I Hound up without listening to Jon's response he tried calling back several times but I ignored it and eventually the calls stopped however angry that I didn't answer Jon started ignoring calls

from my lawyer he certainly had a childish side but I never imagined he'd be the kind of person who didn't mind causing trouble for others I sighed deeply at Jon's selfishness a few months later after a temporary discharge from the hospital I visited Jon's parents house in front of me were JN and Emily both looking small and trembling you tell him my parents is a low blow oh I just reported that we got divorced Jan glared at at me in response to my answer but he shrank back under his father's Stern gaze actually I had

a great relationship with my in-laws even visiting and dining with them when John wasn't around despite being so well-loved I felt it was wrong not to share the details of our divorce so I went to visit them is it true that you're remarrying Emily yes it's true true Emily Emma an are going to start over as a family what are you talking about your only family is Sarah she's not my family anymore John's words made his father frown with a look that seemed to say give me a break JN shook his head a few times

then handed me a piece of paper it was a bill from a nearby luxury hotel what's this it's the bill from the hotel we stayed at John acting as if it was obvious pointed at the bill on the table then suddenly collapsed oh what the heck mom I I didn't raise you to be like this my mother-in-law gasping for breath was met with a look of disbelief from John next to him Emily wore the same expression why are you so angry it's just that the family is changing because I'm getting married plus you'll have a

grandchild a blood rated one at that aren't you happy you two didn't my mother-in-law looking as if she couldn't believe what she was seeing glanced at then turned her days to me both my in-laws understood that I didn't want children and still treated me as their own daughter of course they treated Emily my childhood friend similarly but there was always a boundary between a daughter-in-law and a friend I remembered Emily often complaining about that so I was certain my mother-in-law wouldn't be happy about this situation and Emily should have known it too you do on

Emma right it'll be your grandchild so you'll be happy right it's because she's a child I've known since she was little oh but half of her blood is from John right even after all this Emily showing no sign of remorse and acting as if she couldn't understand the problem gave me goosebumps at that moment someone who had been silent until now spoke up enough already it's disgusting hot Emma who had been playing with her smartphone in the corner of the room spoke to Emily without looking up the room fell into a stunned silence my dad

is the only one I consider my father whether we're related by blood or not he's the only one but you know JN has always been the one to attend your school events I heard everything from dad how he was always informed of the event dates after they were over how eventually even the events themselves were kept from him but Dad always said I was his daughter so I am his daughter and I will never be yours Emma glared at Emily as she said this then sitting beside me she switched to a more concerned tone you

know when I found out about this I thought you would hate me but Dad said that wasn't the case so I came here today Emma I love you so much you were so kind to visit me every day while I was in the hospital I was really happy Sarah Emma perhaps relieved of her anxiety teared up and H Ed me tightly it might indeed be a child resulting from an affair between John and Emily yet it's a child I've taken care of for 15 years there's no way I don't have affection for her speaking of

which Emily weren't you curious why I wasn't surprised when I found out Emma is Jon's daughter ah Emily looked startled before she could speak a new person entered the room we knew from the start 10 years ago actually George suddenly appeared understandably so as she had recently unilaterally demanded a divorce citing irreconcilable differences I was shocked when you mentioned divorce oh and unfortunately you're not divorced yet the divorce papers are still here didn't you notice what I figured it wasn't in Emily and Jon's nature to confirm things but I couldn't help but be stunned that

Emily despite the 100 day waiting period for women to remarry had noticed for months so Emily is still my wife and Emma is still my daughter well since there won't be a wife though wait what do you mean a 15-year-old can choose their parent that's not true Emma wants to be with Mom right Emily said that and looked at Emma Emma frowned at Emily and held my hand Emily was speechless at that and glared at me then Jon suddenly burst into laughter so that's what it is you two are together huh but too bad isn't

it impossible to live on George's salary alone can you stop making weird assumptions also it seems George earns double the amount you think Emily knows about it huh it's probably a bluff alolo besides it's impossible for you to work while dealing with your illness you'll just die miserably somewhere this time I laughed at Jon's huge misunderstanding JN seeing be s ly start laughing was getting frustrated you didn't know about my income did you huh it's probably just a bit more than a part-time job no it's different my annual income is $500,000 huh Jon's eyes and

mouth were wide open in shock Emily was also stunned in fact over the past 10 years I have become a popular children's book author and my income had skyrocketed from essays interviews and Al likee more moreover a film adaptation is planned soon so my income is skyrocketing liar oh do you want to see this I said that and showed Emily my bank account screen it clearly showed a large amount of money being deposited every month Emily was at a loss for words when she saw it Sarah Let's uh make up huh what are you saying

Emily was furious at jonk words blinded by the money I watched them blankly and then opened my mouth well if you want to get married feel free oh and I'll definitely take the compensation for damages Sarah wait Sarah ignoring Jon's words I took Emma's hand and after saying goodbye to my in-laws I left their house John originally worked at my father-in-law's company but it was revealed that he was lying about going out for sales and he was fired my father-in-law planned to forcibly put him on a friend's fishing boat and work him to the Bone

working on a fishing boat was tough for an indoor loving John and he contacted me several times but each time I notified my father-in-law and eventually the calls stopped Emily lost custody to George and got divorced she seemed uninterested in Jon who couldn't afford luxuries and didn't seem to chase after him she was disowned by her family and lived alone in a rundown apartment she hadn't worked at all since getting married and since she had always made others do things for her she couldn't do anything herself and there were hardly any places that would hire

her as a full-time employee still she had to pay for her living expenses and child support so she worked multiple part-time jobs and barely made in meet after entering High School Emma worked hard every day to study abroad and go to a prestigious University overseas being originally diligent her dream is to trans at my picture books and deliver them to children all over the world which makes me happy as for me my picture books are selling well and I am receiving more and more offers for anim adaptations in merchandise my illness is also progressing well

and although I am still hospitalized my doctor recently told me that I might be able to leave the hospital next year and one more thing George and Emma come to visit me every day actually George recently confessed to me with remarriage in mind I haven't given my answer yet but I can't help but have feelings for him he said he wants to live together when I leave the hospital while thinking about what to answer I work on my picture books every day hoping for a happy future for us I weave stories again today