Thrown to the Sea by Her Husband, She Returned Three Years Later for Revenge
Aria Collins wanted her fifth wedding anniversary with Nathan Hale to be perfect. She pinned a gold brooch to her blouse, set the table with his favorite dishes, and prepared a scrapbook of their years together. But that morning, Nathan surprised her.
“I’ve planned something too,” he said smoothly. “A boat trip. Just us.”
Her heart soared. He had been distant lately, but perhaps this meant a new beginning. She didn’t see the ice in his eyes—nor Brianna, waiting in a nearby car, smiling with satisfaction.
At the marina, Aria breathed in the sea air. On board, Nathan poured her wine, listening absently as she spoke of children and dreams. When the sun dipped golden, he suggested a photo. She rushed to the edge, arms wide.
One push sent her screaming into the waves. “Goodbye, Aria,” Nathan muttered, tossing her scarf into the water before phoning the coast guard in feigned panic. By the time help arrived, only the scarf remained.
News spread quickly: “Beloved Entrepreneur Lost at Sea.” Cameras caught Nathan’s false tears. Strangers mourned; Brianna moved into his home, flaunting Aria’s jewelry and whispering, “This was mine all along.”
But Nathan’s nights grew haunted—waves crashing in his dreams, Aria’s face staring back.
At her memorial, Marcus Reid, Nathan’s childhood friend, noticed details that didn’t fit. Aria had hated boats—why would she agree to sail? And Brianna’s hand on Nathan’s arm seemed far too intimate. His suspicion sharpened.
Miles away, Aria wasn’t gone. Two fishermen had dragged her from the water, half-dead but alive. In a remote village, Mama Suri, the healer, nursed her back.
For weeks, she knew nothing, trembling at the sound of waves.
“The sea spared you,” Mama Suri whispered. “Your story isn’t finished.”
They called her Selene. With no memory, she worked in the fields, helped grind herbs, yet nightmares plagued her—betrayal, a boat, cold eyes pushing her under.
A ring on her finger stirred questions. Slowly, her memory cracked open. A scarf. A locket. A man’s smile as she drowned.
One night she gasped, “My name… is Aria.”
In the city, Nathan wore her crown—praised as a visionary while Brianna paraded as his partner. But anonymous leaks began to surface: forged contracts, phantom investors, shady accounts in Brianna’s name. Board members whispered fraud.
“Are we going to jail?” Brianna trembled.
Nathan snapped, “You said this couldn’t be traced!”
But behind the curtain was Aria—no longer the naive wife, but a woman forged by betrayal and the sea. With Marcus’s help, she gathered evidence Nathan buried.
“She didn’t just watch me drown,” Aria said coldly of Brianna. “Now she’ll learn what it feels like to sink.”
Marcus studied her. “You’ve changed.”
“I died,” she replied. “And the woman who rose doesn’t forgive.”
They unearthed offshore accounts in Nathan’s name. Aria sent them to the press, anonymous and damning.
Thunder rolled the night Nathan received an envelope on his desk. Inside, a note scrawled in sharp ink:
“Come alone. 9:00 p.m. Grand Orchid Lounge. Let’s talk about the woman you fed to the sea.”
At first, he laughed bitterly, tossing it aside. But as silence pressed in and guilt gnawed at his chest, Nathan’s trembling hands picked it back up.
Aria was coming home. And this time, she wasn’t coming back for love—only vengeance.