When I was seven months pregnant, my husband sent me to a dog training center for discipline, simply because I refused to share the soup I made with his mistress. In the iron cage, the rabid dog foamed at the mouth, its eyes fixed on me with a ravenous glare. Outside, my husband Jackson Duncan hugged and kissed his mistress, Georgina Lavern, affectionately. Then he looked at me with undisguised mockery. "So high and mighty just now, weren't you? Refusing to share soup with Gina. "The dogs here obey their owners. Learn from them. You'd better learn too—once you know your place, you can come out."

Chapter 1

When I was seven months pregnant, my husband sent me to a dog training center for discipline, simply because I refused to share the soup I made with his mistress.

In the iron cage, the rabid dog foamed at the mouth, its eyes fixed on me with a ravenous glare.

Outside, my husband Jackson Duncan hugged and kissed his mistress, Georgina Lavern, affectionately.

Then he looked at me with undisguised mockery. "So high and mighty just now, weren't you? Refusing to share soup with Gina.

"The dogs here obey their owners. Learn from them. You'd better learn too—once you know your place, you can come out."

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I held onto the bars of the iron cage tightly, terrified.

"Are you joking, Jackson? I spent six months begging that old herbalist for this recipe. It's meant to protect our baby!

"I know you don't care about me, but at least show some concern for our baby!"

But Jackson merely frowned in disgust.

"Do you think I'm a fool? You're seven months pregnant already. The baby's