The Illegitimate Daughters Billionaire Protector

Three years after her fiancé, Ethan Vance, supposedly drowned, Ava Miller finds herself enduring quiet grief at a tech mixer.

Suddenly, across the crowded room, she spots him: Ethan, alive, vibrant, and laughing with a new, flashy woman.

He shamelessly boasts about faking his death and his "amnesia," making Ava's years of sorrow seem like a cruel joke.

Ethan and his new fiancée, Chloe, publicly humiliate Ava, mocking her appearance and implying she’s a desperate failure still clinging to the past.

When Ava calmly reveals she’s married, they sneer, rejecting her simple platinum band and accusing her of being a pathetic liar, especially when she mentions the name Julian Thorne.