The Wife He Forgot to Marry (Winona and Yule) novel Chapter 550

Renie came from a legendary, old-money family that had produced three national-treasure painters. She was highly educated, effortlessly elegant, and had served as the principal of an elite girls' academy before marrying into the Goddard family.

When Margaret was younger, Grandma Glenda had constantly used Renie and Wynne to brutally crush her self-esteem, calling her useless garbage compared to the two of them.

Years later, when Wynne's marriage violently imploded, Margaret had secretly gloated. So what if Wynne was brilliant and gorgeous? She had ended up just as miserable as she was.

But then Wynne married Ryder Powell, who treated her like a queen, and Margaret's jealousy flared up all over again.

Still, she found comfort in the fact that Wynne had lost her children and her ability to be a mother. Her life was still fundamentally broken.

Renie, however, was entirely untouchable.

Renie's life had been a flawless masterpiece. Her grand wedding to Orion Goddard was the social event of the decade, attended by the absolute pinnacle of Capital high society and splashed across every major headline.

Decades later, socialites were still talking about the diamonds she wore and the custom gown she walked down the aisle in.

She had a son and a daughter, and both were spectacular. Her daughter was a Capital University graduate who now ran her own high-powered law firm. Her son was a Harvard alum who held a massive executive role within Goddard Group.

Orion might not have been a brilliant businessman, but he worshipped his wife.

Every Valentine's Day and Christmas, his outrageous, multi-million-dollar jewelry purchases for Renie dominated the news cycle.

Renie's life was the ultimate, unattainable fantasy for every wealthy wife in the Capital.

Grandma Glenda never missed a chance to use Renie as a weapon against Margaret: "If you had just listened to me and hadn't run off with that penniless boy, you and Gabriel would be the toast of the town right now. Why did you have to drag our name through the mud with that scandal? Everyone still laughs behind your back. You are a complete embarrassment!"

Because of those relentless comparisons, Margaret always felt a crushing sense of inferiority the second Renie entered a room.

Renie, with her commanding presence as a former principal, looked at Margaret with a thinly veiled, polite disdain.

"Margaret, let the kids manage their own love lives. Do you honestly think you can control who they fall for? I never micromanage my children's dating lives. If they want to marry, they just sign a prenup. If your kids are brilliant and can hold their own, there's absolutely no need for archaic arranged marriages! The younger generation wants freedom. We need to evolve with them."

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