The Mute Heiress: My Ruthless Husband's Prize

Chapter 2 No.2

Word Count: 831 | Released on: 30/01/2026

f-shriek. She scrambled for the paper on the f

her face flushing a blotchy red.

ne, stepped in front of Ursula. He didn't touch her. He just

oat. "This is ridiculous. I'm her fiancé. We have a history. You can'

egal team at Blackburn Industries is bored. They've been looking for someone

ked from the document to Hilliard, the realization dawning on her. This wasn't just a

, verifying my legal standing as next of kin," he said, his gaze sharp and dismissive. "You h

oulder. Julian shouted something about rights, his voice cracking, as he was dragged backward.

The silence that followed w

scraping against the floor. He sat down, crossing one leg over the oth

hammering against her ribs. She stared at him, trying to f

led out a slim tablet. He unlocked it and slid

t speak," he sai

ge license. It was dated three months ago. Her eyes scanned to the bottom.

. He had been dying. He had shoved a stack of documents in front of her-trust amendments,

verything. She h

" he said. "Your grandfather was a desperate man. He leveraged his company, his esta

glared at him, her mouth opening to form words that

swiped the screen. "This is the

ublic image required by the Blackburn board. You will attend functions. You will smile. In e

action. She wa

to see the clauses. Her fingers brushed

ist. His grip was firm, not painful, but absolute. He leaned forward, i

if this silence is real or some trauma response. But from today on, you are Mrs. Bla

o her eyes, search

irl. Do we under

his grip on her wrist. But she looked at the door where Ursula had been

d. Even if the shi

tiffly, s

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“I woke up in a hospital bed with the sting of antiseptic in my nose and my body feeling like lead. My world had been turned upside down by a crash, but the nightmare was only beginning. Instead of a doctor, I found my Aunt Ursula and a man named Julian standing over me. They weren't there to comfort me; they were calculating my worth. "Poor thing," Ursula cooed, pinning my wrist to the mattress. Julian claimed he was my fiancé, even though I'd spent a year dodging his calls. I tried to scream, but my throat felt like it was filled with broken glass. They were using my silence to paint me as incompetent so they could seize my family's trust fund. Just as Julian tried to force a ring on my finger, the door slammed open. Hilliard Blackburn, the city's most ruthless billionaire, walked in and tossed a marriage certificate on the floor. "I am her legal husband," he said. "Now, get out." I was a piece of collateral, traded by my dying grandfather to pay off a debt. To Hilliard, I was just an asset in his portfolio. He didn't know that I was secretly "The Analyst," a hacker who moved millions on the dark web. He didn't know about the missing algorithm that could crash the market, or that my mentor had vanished in a lab fire. The world saw a broken, mute heiress, but I was hiding a secret that could destroy us all. I was pregnant, and my stolen code was already being auctioned to the highest bidder. With Hilliard moving into my house to monitor me, I had to find the truth before my "husband" realized I was his greatest threat.”