The Wife – Part Three: In Sickness and In Health

The Wife – Part Three: In Sickness and In Health
ML Roberts

If you can’t stop watching Doctor Foster and The Affair, you won’t be able to put down this chilling new four-part series.Michael and Ellie are that couple.The ones who have it all.Success, charm, trust…but no relationship is perfect and the events of the past cast a shadow over their charmed life together.When lecturer Michael starts to mentor a new student, Ellie fears that history is repeating itself. As paranoia takes its ugly hold, it’s clear some things just can’t be forgotten…or forgiven.

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Ebook Edition © January 2018 ISBN: 9780008259884

Version: 2017–12–08

For my husband. His constant support has been everything.

Table of Contents

Cover (#ud9774e9d-6916-5a0e-a4c1-fc575bcbeb7f)

Title Page (#u47c45813-46a1-50ff-90f8-b36faaf2fad4)

Copyright (#u70540ce0-a90d-5b91-ba5b-119a86e4740e)

Dedication (#u87a00e9b-07a8-50e9-b720-719c77f9c804)

Epigraph (#uc05ea149-a30a-55c3-8a61-405f841923f8)

Ten Months Ago … (#u711201ac-77b3-5841-96c5-15f075057740)

Chapter 1 (#u9b726dcb-edb7-5abe-b4ef-5cde1020e010)

Chapter 2 (#u893085cd-6783-5913-8c3d-a40e47976e57)

Chapter 3 (#u9644a9a8-b146-5f5c-860e-53efe169ccb5)

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Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)

Acknowledgements (#litres_trial_promo)

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About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

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It was meant to be nothing.

A bit of fun.

Trivial.