After He Used Our Daughter, I Destroyed His World Chapter 04
Kate’s POV
The roar of the crowd at the VIP equestrian arena was deafening.
I sat completely still in the premium stands. My phone buzzed in my lap.
It was Alan.
“Kate, honey, I am so incredibly sorry,” he lied smoothly over the line. His tone was perfectly crafted. The perfect, apologetic husband.
“A massive emergency board meeting just popped up.
I can’t make Nina’s competition today“.
“Is that so?” I replied. My voice was utterly dead.
“I know, I feel terrible. Take lots of pictures for me, okay? Love you.”
I didn’t say it back. I just hung up.
Down in the dirt arena, the heavy wooden gates.
swung open.
Lillian rode in.
She looked striking. Triumphant. She wore a tailored, crisp equestrian uniform, sitting tall and proud on a magnificent black stallion.
The announcer’s voice boomed over the speakers.
“Please welcome our Special Head Judge!”
The crowd erupted. Lillian soaked it in.
She raised her hand, waving dramatically to the cheering audience.
That was when the bright afternoon sun caught her wrist.
A blinding, unmistakable flash of diamonds.
My breath hitched in my throat.
I snatched my binoculars and zeroed in on her raised hand.
It was the watch.
The exact same globally limited–edition Patek Philippe women’s watch Alan had literally just given me.
My chest tightened. It felt like a physical blow.
He let his mistress flaunt it right in front of my face, in public.
But the humiliation didn’t stop there.
I slowly panned the binoculars to the edge of the arena.
Right by the VIP fences.
There he was.
Standing in the shadows, staring at Lillian with eyes full of absolute admiration, lust, and pride.
Alan.
The man who was supposedly locked in an emergency boardroom.
I pulled out my phone. I dialed his number again.
Down below, Alan jumped.
“Kate? Everything okay?” he asked. He sounded slightly out of breath.
I kept the binoculars glued to my eyes.
Lillian was trotting her horse right up to the fence. Right up to him.
She leaned down, her face inches from his. She whispered something in his ear and let out a flirtatious giggle.
“Just wanted to see how that emergency meeting is going,” I said. My voice was like crushed ice.
“It’s a nightmare, honey. Papers everywhere. Total chaos,” Alan lied effortlessly.
Through the lenses, I watched his hand reach up. He brazenly brushed Lillian’s thigh.
“Is it?” I murmured.
“Yes, I’m stuck right at my desk.”
“Good,” I snapped. “When your emergency meeting is over, make sure to look at the courier package on your desk“.
Alan froze.
Down in the dirt, his hand instantly dropped from Lillian’s leg.
I ended the call.
I didn’t stay to watch the panic set in. I turned my back on the arena and walked out.
The next morning, my phone violently exploded.
Call after call. Text after text.
“Kate! Kate, please pick up the phone!”
“Divorce? Are you out of your mind? I’m not signing anything!”
“I didn’t cheat! I swear on my life!”
I finally answered. I didn’t say hello.
“Explain the condom, Alan,” I demanded coldly, “I don’t know what that is! I swear! And the earring,
it’s not what you think!” Alan screamed into the receiver. “A client dropped it! It was just a female client who visited the house for business!”
“A client left a used condom and a diamond stud wedged under my bed?” I laughed.
“Kate, you’re being paranoid! You’re destroying our family over a misunderstanding! I absolutely refuse to divorce you!”
I hung up. I blocked his number immediately.
needed a few last personal items from the house before I left for good.
I drove back, knowing Alan was probably tearing the city apart looking for my new apartment.
I unlocked the front door. The house felt alien. Like a crime scene.
I walked into the living room and stopped dead in my tracks.
Nina was kneeling on the floor.
She jumped violently when she heard my footsteps.
Panic flashed across her young face. She quickly shoved something behind the custom sofa.
My eyes narrowed, “What are you hiding, Nina?”
“Nothing, Mom!” she squeaked defensively,
I walked over. I ignored her protests and forcefully yanked the heavy sofa forward.
A brand new, custom–made riding crop clattered to the floor.
It was encrusted with sparkling diamonds.
A wildly inappropriate, lavish gift that only a top–tier equestrian coach would give to her favorite student. Or her lover’s daughter.
My heart felt like it was being crushed in a vise.
“Who gave this to you?” I asked softly.
Nina’s eyes darted away. She shifted her weight nervously, refusing to look at me.
But then, she lifted her chin. She looked me dead in the eye, perfectly mirroring her father’s arrogant deceit.
“Dad rewarded me with it!” she lied smoothly.
Not a single stutter. No hesitation.
It was a punch straight to the gut.
She wasn’t just lying about trips anymore. She was actively covering up the mistress’s private gifts.
Alan had completely, thoroughly corrupted her soul.
My own daughter. My flesh and blood. She was defending the woman who was destroying our family.
I didn’t want to spend another single second inside it.
“Keep it,” I whispered.
I turned around and walked straight toward the door.
In my heart, the final decision was made.
I wasn’t just leaving Alan.
I was leaving this broken family behind, and I wasn’t going to fight for custody of this daughter, either.