Claimed By The Husband's Ruthless Uncle

Chapter 3

Word Count: 766 | Released on: 07/05/2026

xwell Manor. Diana sat at the long mahogany table. Her stomach churned, sending waves of nausea up her thro

dawn, informing her that Theo

cut his eggs with slow, deliberate motions

ils digging into her palms. She waited for the axe t

. He did not look up from his plate.

She swallowed hard, forcing air into h

ff. He dropped his fork onto the porcelain plate with a sharp clatter

o process the words. She stared at t

nd the Maxwells has been announced to the public and the shareholders

ana. She gripped the edge of the table to s

suit walked into the breakfast room.

ing a thick stack of papers from his bag. "Mr. Theodore instruc

There, on the front page, was her signature. Her father had forc

graph. "According to Section 7, Clause A, the marriage is effective immediately upon si

t felt dry. "

etely devoid of emotion. "Once proven, the breaching party will b

ach. This was not a marriage. It was a

the agreement, after five years, regardless of the state of the marriage, you w

ck. The Maxwell family accepted her as a fake, but

tasting like ash in her mouth. "Mr. Ju

es. "Of course. The agreement is

ulian could not easily throw her away for five y

e massive room. The walls felt like they were closing in on her.

She wanted to move into one of the family's other propertie

ore Sr. Ten minutes later, she retu

em would give Conway the perfect exc

stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking out at the skyline. Her chest expanded as she took a deep breath.

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“Audrey Fletcher was forced to marry the notorious playboy Julian Sterling to save her family's sinking company after her sister ran away. On their wedding night, her new husband threw a $100,000 check at her face, told her they would be strangers in private, and abandoned her in the bridal suite. She thought being trapped in a loveless, transactional marriage was the worst fate possible. She was wrong. To protect herself, Audrey hung a pair of men's boxer shorts on her balcony to fake a lover's presence. Instead of deterring her husband, the ridiculous ruse brought Alistair Sterling-Julian's terrifying, powerful uncle and the true puppet master of the family. He stormed into her apartment with a legal team to catch her cheating, and later even offered her ten million dollars to divorce his nephew. When she refused out of fear of her own family's ruin, the situation escalated. Forced to attend a charity gala, Audrey was tricked by staff into wearing a scandalous, backless gown and sent to a dark penthouse suite to beg her husband for peace. But the man waiting in the shadows wasn't Julian. It was Alistair. "Does the thought of seducing your husband's uncle give you a special kind of thrill?" He didn't listen to her desperate explanations. Instead, he pinned her arms behind her back and crushed his mouth against hers in a brutal, punishing kiss. Trembling with terror and revulsion, Audrey bit his lip until she tasted blood, shoved the billionaire away, and ran for her life. She couldn't understand why this powerful man was so dangerously obsessed with destroying her sham marriage. But as she fled into the cold city night, she realized the terrifying truth: the real game was just beginning.”