Running Away with the Ball: Kicking
Away the Man Who Deceived and Played with Women’s Feelings, Regaining My Life
Chapter 1
My husband, Richard Montgomery, was
frantic. His kept woman, Serena Yu, had run
off, pregnant.
He was like a cat on a hot tin roof, pulling
every string he had.
He flew overseas to appease her personally.
“When you get back, give her the Best
Actress award,” he ordered me before
leaving.
“Are you coming back?” I asked quietly.
He impatiently snatched the file from my
hand.
“Of course I’m coming back. Are you that
dependent on me?”
He signed the papers, tossed the file aside,
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and left.
He was in such a hurry, he didn’t even see
what he’d just signed: our divorce papers.
I’d been married to Richard for seven years,
and he’d had countless mistresses.
I’d turned a blind eye.
Until Serena appeared.
She was the belle of the dance academy, a
seemingly innocent lily.
After meeting Richard, she claimed she didn’t
want money or fame, only him.
Unfortunately, Richard could give her anything
but marriage.
To compensate, he showered her with
opportunities, transforming her from an
unknown student into a top actress.
He shielded her from any shady dealings,
secured her roles with A–list actors, and
pampered her relentlessly.
She was on the verge of superstardom.
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Then she got pregnant.
And ran off.
On our anniversary.
“Ma’am, Mr. Montgomery is really leaving!”
As soon as Richard was gone, my assistant,
Chloe, rushed in.
“Aren’t you going to stop him? Didn’t he
promise you…?”
Richard had promised to spend our seventh
anniversary with me.
I’d meticulously planned it.
Suddenly, I remembered the first time I met
Serena.
Richard said he was going to the dance
academy to scout actors, that he’d found a
girl with amazing talent.
As the company producer, I should have gone
to take a look.
She was in the dance studio, dancing ballet,
as light as a butterfly, but when Richard
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turned around, she sneered in my ear,
“Auntie, at your age, can you really keep up
with Mr. Montgomery?”
“Look at yourself. Do you even have any sex
appeal left?”
She wasn’t wrong.
She was better than me in every way.
I smiled, putting away the divorce papers.
“Chloe, find my mother’s jade bracelet.”
It was my only keepsake.
I instructed my lawyer to take inventory of my
companies and prepare for a management
change.
I told the housekeeper to remove all traces of
“me.”
Finally, I packed my personal belongings.
There weren’t many.
Just some gifts.
This Cartier necklace, a birthday present from
him when I turned 28.
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This Hermès bag, an anniversary surprise last
year.
These wedding rings, custom–made by him.
One–of–a–kind, with our initials engraved
inside.
He had been so good to me, making me
believe I was his only one.
But after only six months, he started
cheating.
“Wendy, don’t you have any friends? Why do
you have to cling to me so much?”
“Wendy, I’m busy, I don’t have time to coddle
you!”
“Wendy! Why are you so difficult?!”
Passion fades.
Before Serena, Richard was already tired of
- me.
I left all the luxury goods, jewelry, and gifts
Richard gave me in the bedroom.
I didn’t want to see them, so I threw the
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wedding photos in the trash.
Then, I left the villa.
I rented an apartment.
The day I moved, Chloe quit her job. I offered
her a position at my company.
“Maybe wait a little longer… Mr. Montgomery
won’t divorce you…
I shook my head.
“I’m the one who doesn’t want him.”
“When you start working at my company, I
won’t treat you badly.”
I patted Chloe’s head.
My phone beeped.
Chloe’s eyes lit up. “It must be Mr.
Montgomery, apologizing!”
“Ma’am, look!”
Richard hadn’t messaged me in ages.
When we were dating, he’d send me sweet
messages, one after another, but now…
“Ma’am, hurry up!” Chloe urged.
