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Eugenia Joubert thought she had finally escaped her tumultuous life, but fate has a twisted sense of humor. Just thirty minutes before the earthquake that would change everything, she finds herself bound to a husband, Damien, who is more devoted to his childhood sweetheart than to her. Stuck at a birthday party gone awry, the horrifying countdown to disaster has begun, and as tensions rise, so does the desperation of their friends trapped with them.
As the ground shakes beneath them, loyalties are tested, and hidden truths surface. Why does Damien cling to Jessica, even as the world crumbles around them? With every second ticking away, Eugenia grapples with the weight of her past and the simmering rage that threatens to consume her. She has been reborn into a chance for vengeance, yet can she harness her anger before it’s too late?
In a world where trust is a fragile illusion, and survival becomes a brutal game, Eugenia must decide: will she allow the past to dictate her future, or will she seize control of her fate? As the earthquake looms closer, the stakes have never been higher, and the choices she makes could either save her or seal her doom.
The Wife’s Revenge Begins Thirty Minutes Before the EarthquakeStory 1 Chapter 1
There was a half-hour warning before the earthquake. My husband insisted on waiting for his childhood sweetheart, Jessica Ledoyen, to finish her shower and put on her makeup before she would go downstairs.
With only ten seconds left, I made up my mind, called my friend and pushed my husband, Damien Arrowsmith downstairs.
We survived and somehow, we were given a resettlement house in the city center for free as compensation. But Jessica was left disabled. She then had to marry an old bachelor in the village with yellowed teeth.
She died from excessive bleeding during her eighth pregnancy trying to have a son. And her body was never properly disposed of.
My husband appeared calm on the surface. But at night, while I was asleep, he used a pillow to cover my mouth and nose.
“If it weren’t for you, Jessica wouldn’t have become disabled! All her misfortune is because of you. How dare you live without a shred of guilt like this?”