While I Was Bleeding Out, He Lit Lanterns For Her

Chapter 5 You are a billionaire

Word Count: 796 | Released on: 09/03/2026

ft hum of the climate control. The walls were paneled in d

nervously. She leaned in and whispered, "June, are you su

slow sip of her sparkling water

three-piece suit hurried into the room. He was out

or wealth manager, sto

th respect. "I apologize for the wait. We have been praying for

y hit the floor. "Fou

n the table. "Initiate the un

a biometric fingerprint pad. He spoke in a low, conspiratorial tone. "The sovereign offshore jurisdiction and multi-layer

scanned her eye, and she presse

t a sharp beep. A

cross the polished wood table toward June. "Her

r expression didn't change. Sh

r eyes widened as sh

housands... millions..." Ve

read: $128

" Vera shrieked, jumping up from the so

he global licensing dividend for the 'Ne

ll back onto the sofa. "The nerve

y name. I gave up the lab. I gave up everythi

espectfully. "How would you l

immediately," June ordered, her voice crisp and

ng rapidly on his tablet. "Also, regardi

laugh. "Sever the connection.

ly produced a pair of silver

pulled out the gold credit car

cut the card in half. The plasti

t off her chest. The collar ar

ice," June said, dropping the

ked out of the bank holding

was a stranger. "You are a billionaire... and y

se I thought it was love. Love makes you

ty, in the penthouse off

glass desk. His phone buzzed with an

lementary card ending in 4092 ha

tch, a habit when he was annoyed. He scof

ds from the phone call: 'She's just being dramatic... the doctors said it w

enance fees for June's phone and car. Let's see how long

June slipped the blac

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et's go buy a house. I n

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While I Was Bleeding Out, He Lit Lanterns For Her

Katie Oettgen Romance

“As I lay on the floor of our manor, bleeding out from a ruptured ectopic pregnancy, I used my last ounce of strength to call my husband, Cole. I begged him for help, my vision blurring. But the only thing I heard was the clinking of champagne glasses and his mistress's giggle in the background. "Stop the drama, June," Cole snapped, his voice cold. "We're about to go on stage. Don't call again." He hung up, leaving me to die alone on the Persian rug while he accepted an award with another woman on his arm. I woke up in the hospital days later. My baby was gone. They had removed my fallopian tube. Cole finally arrived, smelling of expensive scotch and his mistress's perfume. He didn't hug me. He didn't cry. Instead, he leaned over my hospital bed, pressing his knee into the mattress until my fresh stitches tore open and bled. "You embarrassed me by calling an ambulance," he hissed. "My mistress, Alycia, says you're faking it. Clean yourself up." He left me bleeding again to go announce a $10 million donation to Alycia's "groundbreaking" medical research. I stared at the TV screen, numb. The research Alycia was taking credit for? It was mine. I wrote that patent years ago under a pseudonym. They thought I was just a poor, orphan housewife who needed Cole's money to survive. They had no idea I was actually a billionaire scientist hiding my identity. I pulled the IV needle out of my arm. A drop of blood fell onto the divorce papers I had been hiding. I didn't wipe it off. I signed my name right over it. Then I walked into the bank, reactivated my dormant account with $128 million, and bought the penthouse directly overlooking Cole's house. The mourning widow is dead. The avenger is born.”