Substitute Bride: Healing The Broken Billionaire

Chapter 5

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wheel as he thrashed. His hands clutched his t

hattered lamp glass scattered near

ab his broad shoulders to ste

away. The back of his hand stru

ings rushed into the room. The butler's stoic, emotion

ical case. His hands shook slightly

dropped. The sheer volume of the cloudy liquid inside the barrel was terrifying. It was eno

ed the needle, preparing to inject the drug direc

kicked in. She knew that injecting such a massive amount of any unknow

firmly with both hands. She stopped the sharp

es were wide. "Let go, Madam!

n the butler's wrist. "I don't care what kind of sedative that is, if you pump a s

his strict medical protocol and the unde

fingernails dug brutally into his own scalp. A

a split-second decision. "Give

If I can't calm him down naturally in

stepped back. He kept the syringe raised

ime. She kept her hands visible, palms open, like she w

credibly soothing tone. It was entirely differ

rshly, his eyes squeezed sh

rectly into his personal space. She slippe

e pressed her thumbs firmly against the subocc

the physical contact. His ent

pressure. She used the exact physical therapy technique sh

uously. Her warm breath brushed agains

st, the violent tremors in J

d to sync with the slow, deliberat

absolute shock. The "monster" of the Kensington f

ead. They fell limply onto his lap. The blinding,

d leaned forward, resting fully against Serena's s

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Substitute Bride: Healing The Broken Billionaire

Karyelle Kuhn Billionaires

“To save her family from bankruptcy, Serena was forced into her twin sister's wedding dress to marry a notorious, paralyzed billionaire. On her wedding night, she tried to escape the terrifying mansion, only to be violently stopped by her own father. He dug his thick fingers into her bruised arm and threatened to cut off her hospitalized sister's life support if she dared to run away. Trapped with no way out, Serena endured harsh humiliation from her new husband, Julian, who thought she was just a desperate gold digger thanks to her stepmother's sabotage. The next morning, things got even worse. Julian's terrifying grandmother, the family matriarch, threw a ten-million-dollar check at her. "Take the money and file for a quiet annulment today. Leave the cripple immediately." "If you refuse, I will personally ensure your family is crushed into dust before Friday." Serena stared at the crisp paper that could instantly buy her freedom and save her sister. Her own father was using her sister's life as blackmail, and Julian's own flesh and blood treated him like a disposable liability. But she remembered the traumatized, broken man who had blindly held her hand through a severe PTSD attack the night before. She didn't take the easy money. Instead, Serena slid the check right back across the polished mahogany table. "My marriage to Julian is not for sale," she stated firmly, officially declaring war on the powerful matriarch.”