My Ex-Wife Stole My Millions for Her Brother, So I Left Her in the Mud

Luke and his wife Chloe spent six years saving for a house, only for her brother Cody to drain their joint account with a fake grave illness. Luke drove late-night shifts and went without new clothes to cover the invented medical bills, comforting Chloe that they could start over. Then his business suddenly boomed, and he rushed home to share the news — only to hear Chloe and Cody laughing inside about the house Cody bought outright with the money she had handed him.

Confronted, Chloe admits she told Cody to fake the illness because Luke would never have agreed to fund a house for him. She insists Cody is her only brother and that the money is family money, while Cody claims the deed is in his name alone. When Luke proposes they all move in, both refuse. Chloe, certain he has no leverage, demands a divorce on her terms: he leaves with nothing and pays her two hundred thousand dollars in alimony.

Luke does not argue. He simply tells her he wants a divorce, and watches Cody's eyes light up at the mention of two hundred thousand dollars.