It turned out that a month ago, Daniel had used a business trip as an excuse to take Vanessa on a vacation.
On the way, they had casually bought a lottery ticket.
Unexpectedly, it had won the top prize.
But when they were getting ready to redeem the lottery ticket, they discovered a problem.
By law, the prize money had been won while Daniel was still married to me, which meant it counted as marital property. Half of it belonged to me.
Vanessa immediately turned on her lover. She had picked the numbers, so why should she get nothing?
The two of them did not claim the prize. Instead, they decided to get the divorce settled first.
But my relationship with Daniel had never seemed bad. Although he had betrayed me, he had done an excellent job keeping me reassured, so I knew nothing.
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