The Ruined Heiress and Her Ruthless Monster

Chapter 3 3

Word Count: 728 | Released on: 08/01/2026

had borrowed a pair of sneakers from a sympathetic nurse and washed her face in t

a cab t

lass and steel, piercing the sky like a jagged shard. It wa

head was high, her sunglasses on

y guard stepped in front o

meeting,

s," the guard said, looking uncomfortabl

h of humiliation.

with a stack of pizza boxes was

er sneakers, holding them in her hand, and sprinted silently across the marble fl

at her. Vivian put a f

it her instantly. The reception area was empty. She could hear

erself. She walked straight to the doub

ingent on the SEC r

stopped

table. Five other partners, all older

looked bored. He slowly capped

is eyes never leaving Vivia

er their files and leave. They

ked shut, the sile

didn't stand up. He leaned back in

ther end of the table, placing her hands on the polish

for sale,

re coming out of the woodwork. Illegitimate children. They want the money, Julian. They want to freeze everyt

ebrow. "A monster?

ow what

llion dollars," Julian

my cash right now. That's why I ne

nterrupted. "Especial

ed around the table, his steps silent on the plus

d right in front of her. "You destroyed me

an, please. That was...

our friends I was the gardener's son and you were just

he found out about them. She remembered the threat. But telling Julian

ed, looking down. "I was a

g with old anger. "And now you want me to save your fortun

, his lips bru

ou go bankrupt will be the h

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The Ruined Heiress and Her Ruthless Monster

Luo Lijiang Modern

“My fiancé cheated on me with a bottle service girl on the giant screen at our own engagement party. I woke up the next morning in a strange bed, smelling of sandalwood and expensive scotch, only to realize I was in the penthouse of Julian Blackwood-the man I had cruelly humiliated ten years ago. Before I could even process the shame, my world collapsed. My father suffered a massive stroke, and my half-brother Conrad immediately moved to seize the family empire, while a swarm of illegitimate siblings emerged to strip us of every cent. "You're a stain on my floor, Vivian," Julian told me, his eyes as cold as a stormy sea. He didn't just want me gone; he wanted to watch me go bankrupt. My stepmother hissed that I needed to get on my knees and beg him to be our lawyer, or we'd end up on the street. Then, a biker with a metal bat tried to kill me on a dark Hamptons road, proving my own family had already put a price on my head. I didn't understand why the boy I once called "the gardener's son" was now the only one standing between me and a shallow grave. Julian saved my life from the wreck, but his touch felt like a threat. Was he protecting me, or just making sure he was the one who got to finish me off? Standing in the lobby of Blackwood & Partners, I looked straight into the security cameras and told the biggest lie of my life. I told the world that Julian was obsessed with me, turning a restraining order into a scandalous affair. If I had to be a villain to survive my own family, I would be the most dangerous one New York had ever seen.”