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Owned by the Ex

Chapter 29 The Bitter Gold

Word Count: 1281    |    Released on: 15/02/2026

las stood in the center of the south grove, a canvas picking bag slung over his shoulders. The air was cool and smel

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“Silas Vane is a billionaire with a problem. He needs his ex-wife's signature to save his tech empire. June Ashby is an orchard owner with a grudge. She doesn't want his money. She wants him to suffer. The deal is simple. Silas must move back to their small hometown and work the harvest for six months. He has to trade his silk suits for manual labor and play the doting husband for the press. The marriage is fake. The contract is legal. But as the sun sets over the trees, the old sparks start to feel dangerously real. Silas came for a patent, but he might just lose his heart to the woman who owns him.”
1 Chapter 1 The Alpha Code2 Chapter 2 The Ghost in the Kitchen3 Chapter 3 The performance4 Chapter 4 The boardroom in mud5 Chapter 5 The Serpent in the Grove6 Chapter 6 The shadow on the Deed7 Chapter 7 The Lion's Den8 Chapter 8 The first bushel9 Chapter 9 The Barn loft10 Chapter 10 The Black spot11 Chapter 11 The summons12 Chapter 12 The Gavel and the Rain13 Chapter 13 The cost of the code14 Chapter 14 The Glass cage15 Chapter 15 The Weight of the Harvest16 Chapter 16 The Ledger of Ghostly Profit17 Chapter 17 The Map in the Binding18 Chapter 18 The Watcher in the Wood19 Chapter 19 The First Frost of Peace20 Chapter 20 The Circle Closes21 Chapter 21 The Frozen Gavel22 Chapter 22 The Ghost in the Rig23 Chapter 23 The Vein of Memory24 Chapter 24 The Shadow of a Scholar25 Chapter 25 The Inheritance of Blood26 Chapter 26 The Blossom and the Badge27 Chapter 27 The Tower and the Trench28 Chapter 28 The Vein of the mountain29 Chapter 29 The Bitter Gold30 Chapter 30 The Harvest Moon's Shadow31 Chapter 31 The white Wall32 Chapter 32 The Iron Seed33 Chapter 33 The Gilded pulse34 Chapter 34 The singing Grove35 Chapter 35 The Silver Drift36 Chapter 36 The Glass Fishbowl37 Chapter 37 The common Ground38 Chapter 38 The Resonance of Iron39 Chapter 39 The Glass Harvest40 Chapter 40 The Global Seed41 Chapter 41 The Silver Atmosphere42 Chapter 42 The Painted Flight43 Chapter 43 The Shadow Harvest44 Chapter 44 The Root of the Matter45 Chapter 45 The Growing Grid46 Chapter 46 The Pilgrimage of Light47 Chapter 47 The Shadow Exchange48 Chapter 48 The Sovereign Soil49 Chapter 49 The Salt and the Silver50 Chapter 50 The First chime