in my opinion you are just exaggerating with the conspiracy theories of who knows what dark work is behind it, the story is so simple to read, Vivian is a total idiot, she is making mistake after mistake, Christian is the bully of the moment, rich, greedy for money, with no respect for anyone other than himself and money, he saw an idiot, he reaped the benefits, with minimal effort, Hucth, is a simple accountant, he made a mistake, he has never really had to fight situations like now, so, with all his being the male of the house, he too, was manipulated by Christian in the first chapter, so, being a weakling, it could also be that he is truly a happy cuckold, he keeps quiet, accepts, and hopes that everything ends as soon as possible, naively believes that his wife will return to the way she was before, but we all know that by now the rabbit has come out of the hat, so, simple story, a profiteering bull, who wants to exploit his resources to the maximum, then he will throw Vivian to Hutch, men like him do not love, they manipulate and exploit for pleasure alone, and here is where Vivian is even more idiotic, she is thinking of having both men, she herself said so, I am alone because the two men are out of town. I read about revenge, about mysteries, as a simplist, I tell you, that instead the plot is the one already read in the first chapter, the rest, will only be chapters on the characters, I bet, now we have had Vivian chapter, the next will be Hutch's chapter, the fourth, will be Christina's chapter, then we will have the final chapter, the fifth, where everything will be over. this is the development.