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Jilted Heiress: Rising From The Ashes

Chapter 2 No.2

Word Count: 1305    |    Released on: 22/01/2026

reen blinked. A rhyt

usted to its highest setting. Her posture was rigid. H

t: Project

n B: Cost. Column C:

first row: Weddin

he entered: $

ically. But in the economy of hea

, or the nights spent whispering in bed. Those memo

mind went to

n because Florrie had "looked at Asia with malice." Florrie hadn't. She had just been lo

ing her knees to her chest. Crying makes y

ally dispelling the memory

umiliation & Re

ate return of the Jef

folio of blue-chip stocks and real estate that they'd always treated as thei

bler filled with amber liquid, but her hands were shaking

alled. And the caterer. They saw the news online.

looking up. The whiskey burne

invoices open. Tell them to bill the Travis Family Estate dir

widened. "To

said, typing furiously. "Let her man

y of framed photographs. Florrie and Boston in Aspen. Florrie and Bosto

appy. They lo

s all

embered that day. She had stood in that rain for three hours waiting for a client Boston needed to sign, holding a folder under her coa

the heavy-duty shredder i

rom the frame. She smashed the glass ag

wastebasket. She pulled the phot

ossy paper int

rrr

ng sliced into confetti was the most s

zed again. A

Navarro

e. We need the beach house for her recovery after the wedding. Please have yo

en. The audacity was breat

ng fo

ok a screenshot. She saved i

thing in there. Something she rarely touched.

teel box and pulled out a small, velvet pouc

aph of a smiling woman holding a baby-her. Finnegan Puckett had found it in the grass after the accident that day, pressing it into h

, a world away. But she kept the locket. Not as a token of affection, b

She didn't need a ghost t

the computer. She o

MENT A

n't just asking for money.

Real Estat

ad, Hamptons, NY, shall be transfe

each

the world. It was where Asia p

n taking Boston's money. It w

orrie grabbed a Montblanc pen. She signed her name at t

on's assistant on the phone. Tell him I

here?" Cherry asked

l think it's the ring. But he'll stay for the nego

at if he b

, he will. Genevieve never misses a

She looked down at

d to c

passed the flowy, pastel dresses Boston l

suit. Sharp shoulders. Tailored waist. Pa

a tight, high ponytail. It pulled the ski

ipstick. Not

od

illed her husband and was on her

e from the corn

s rippling under his sleek black coat. He sensed the shift in he

hand on his head.

t out a s

tercom

tor on the wall. The camer

ght with annoyance. Beside him stood Genevieve Travis. She was wearing pearls and

essed the

em up,"

e placed the Settlement Agreement

e sofa, crossed he

evator

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Jilted Heiress: Rising From The Ashes
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“I stood in the center of my Manhattan penthouse, staring at the empty satin hanger where my custom Vera Wang gown should have been. It was a masterpiece of silk and pearls that had taken six months to perfect for my wedding to the billionaire heir, Boston Travis. Then my phone buzzed. Boston's voice was a flat line, devoid of the love he'd promised me for four years. "The wedding is off, Florrie. I'm marrying your sister, Asia." He told me Asia was dying of Stage 4 cancer and her "final wish" was to be a bride-wearing my dress. He had sent his security team to my home with a spare key to steal the gown, claiming it was Travis property since his family accounts paid the bill. My stepmother texted me minutes later, demanding I vacate my own beach house so the "dying" girl could have a honeymoon. When I tried to protest, Boston snapped at me. "How could you be so heartless? She's your sister. Have some compassion." They expected me to play the part of the discarded woman while they paraded my life around as a PR stunt. I realized then that Asia hadn't just taken my dress; she had spent her entire life stealing my father's love and my peace, always playing the fragile angel while I was cast as the villain. I didn't cry. I sat at my desk, opened my contacts, and relabeled Boston Travis as "TARGET." If they wanted a tragic story, I would give them a massacre. I reclaimed my mother's multi-million dollar trust, seized the deed to the beach house, and walked into Asia's hospital room with a lit sparkler to expose the truth behind her "terminal" illness. As I slapped Boston in the hospital lobby in front of a dozen recording iPhones, I realized I didn't need a husband. I needed a clean slate-and I was going to burn their empire to get it.”