Part 1As Instructed

My husband told me to stop suffocating him. He said I should go find other men to occupy my time.

Being the obedient wife I am, I went out and found three.

Later, those three men demanded I make a choice and commit to them.

So, being obedient once again, I asked my husband, Elias, for a divorce.

But suddenly, Elias claimed he was madly in love with me. He fought the divorce tooth and nail.

He actually cried while washing my underwear, pleading with me.

"You can bring them here. The five of us can live together as one family. But divorce? Absolutely not!"

So, I listened to Elias and didn't get a divorce.

And I brought all three of them home to live with us.

I’m just an obedient woman. What did I do wrong?

* * *

In the seventh year of loving Elias Thorne, I finally married him.

Just as I was filled with joy, ready to be the perfect wife, Elias cheated.

He made the trending tabloids kissing a hot young A-lister.

Looking at the photos felt like being struck by lightning. I went to him, crying, demanding answers.

But he just looked at me with pure annoyance.

"Alana, don't you have anything better to do with your life? Is hovering over me every single day supposed to be fun? Tell you what—why don't you go find some guys to play around with, and stop bothering me, okay?"

I stared at Elias, utterly dumbfounded.

The words coming out of his mouth were horrifying.

How could I just go out and randomly find men to "play around" with?

But I had always been obedient.

So, I sought out Elias’s best friend, Bennett St. James.