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The second step was to isolate him socially. I knew that cutting him off from our social circles had to be done carefully–slowly, without raising any alarms. So, I started small, weaving stories into casual
conversations.
At brunch with our mutual friends, I would bring up how he had been “so busy” lately.
“Oh, he’s been out of town a lot. recently,” I would say with a sigh, playing the understanding fiancée. “I get it; he’s got work meetings and all, but with the wedding coming up, I wish he could be around more.”
It was the kind of thing that made people sympathetic but also raised a silent red flag. I played it off, always smiling, as if it were no big deal. But as I dropped these little tidbits, I could see doubt flicker in
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their eyes.
As the days passed, I continued to paint a picture of a man who was distracted, distant, and maybe even a little unreliable.
When some of his friends, who happened to work with me, asked how the wedding. planning was going, I would tell them,
“Oh, you know, he’s got his hands full with work, so I’ve been handling most of the details on my own. He’s busy flying out for meetings every few days. But that’s okay–he’s stressed; I get it.”
The more I shared these seemingly innocent remarks, the more people started to question his commitment. They would murmur behind his back, wondering why he was leaving me to handle everything alone when our wedding was just around. the corner.
Friends would text me to “check in,” concerned about how I was holding up. Some even voiced their doubts, saying things like, “It’s kind of weird he’s not
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more involved, don’t you think?”
I would laugh it off, acting like the supportive partner, but I knew exactly what I was doing. With each conversation, the seeds of doubt were taking root. Slowly but surely, people began to drift away from him. Some of his “bro” stopped inviting him out for drinks, probably afraid to take more of his time. Others made excuses when he reached out, claiming they were
“too busy” to meet up.
I wasn‘ t openly accusing him of anything. -that would have made me look suspicious. Instead, I played the role of the devoted fiancée who “understood” why her fiancé was so absent.
But behind the scenes, I was gradually turning our friends against him, leaving him isolated, with fewer people to lean on.
In their eyes, I was the patient bride–to–be, doing everything to make the relationship work, while he seemed too preoccupied to care. Little by little, our mutual friends
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began siding with me, their loyalties
shifting as I subtly rewrote the narrative of our relationship. He never even saw it
coming.
While he was distracted by his affair, I took the opportunity to set the third step in motion, carefully and deliberately taking. control of our shared business assets.
It wasn’t something that could happen overnight–he was too involved in the business for that. So I played the long game, working behind the scenes while he focused on sneaking around with her.
First, I started with small changes- documents he barely noticed. Whenever we had meetings with our accountant or legal team, I would act as if I was just being thorough, asking to review contracts and paperwork that we had already signed.
He would wave me off, too distracted to pay attention. “You handle it,” he would say, shrugging as though our finances were the least of his worries. That was exactly what I
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wanted.
I made sure I was always the one to handle the paperwork. If there was a contract to sign, I would volunteer to deal with it. When our accountant sent over forms for investments or property holdings, I would tell him I’d take care of it–making sure to slip in additional clauses or have certain assets quietly listed under my name.
He was so distracted by his affair that he never questioned why I was suddenly so involved in the details.
The key was in the subtlety. I couldn’t make any drastic changes too quickly, or he might have caught on. Instead, I slowly began transferring small portions of our
shared investments into accounts that I
controlled.
When we bought new equipment for the business, I ensured the purchase orders. listed me as the sole owner. I even had some of our most important contracts rewritten, making sure my name was on
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every significant legal document.
To protect myself, I worked with a lawyer he didn’t know about–someone who
specialized in business takeovers and asset protection.
Together, we built a watertight case, ensuring that if he ever tried to challenge me, I would have the upper hand. I gathered every piece of evidence I needed to prove that the assets were rightfully. mine.
As the weeks passed, I took control of the accounts one by one–our investments, our business holdings, even the bank accounts. that funded our day–to–day operations. It was a slow, deliberate process.
I made sure not to leave any obvious traces or do anything that would alert him. He was still wrapped up in his double life, too distracted to notice the slow takeover of
everything we had built together.
There were moments when he would
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glance at a statement or bring up a concern.
about the business, but I always had a quick answer ready.
“It’s all under control,” I would say
with a reassuring smile, and he would nod, relieved that I was handling it. Little did he know, I was preparing to take everything away from him.
By the time he realized something was off, it would already be too late. The business. he thought we shared would be mine- every asset, every investment, and every piece of property that mattered. He would be left with nothing.
