The CEO's Unwanted Wife Strikes Back

Chapter 4

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stones into the quiet elegance of the

th feigned sympathy. "But the Price family will not forgive. Their son's vision may be permanently damaged. Julian is their only hope to calm things down

s to favor you more than anyone else." She would not be manipulated. She wo

, she dropped her own bomb. "Besides,

tea splashed out, staining the pristine white tablecloth. T

with wide eyes. "That... that's

so flustered. "Why not? So he can finally mar

understood. Julian and I are just friends. He treats me like a sister." Then she shifted to the offensive. "Ever

f the lie almost making her laugh. "Is that the story

file, but his ears perked up at the words "divorce" and "trapped him." The Carlisle-Vance mar

na's demeanor changed. The warmth in her ey

twisted with deliberate cruelty, "is very disappointed in you.

threat han

er voice dropping almost to a whisper. "He says it sh

the divorce, if she didn't get back in line, she would l

nnection to Isadora Finch, the mother she barely remembered. Her fury left a hot, metallic taste in her mouth. Sh

es and smiled, a small, victorious curve to

ive this woman the satisfaction of seeing her break. She straightened

oice as cold and clear as ice, "t

d not look back, even though every instinct screamed at her to fight, to

ers flew across the screen as he texted his cousin, a jun

shift. The Carlisle-Vance marriage i

an Carlisle-Vance stared at his phone. He was in the middle of a tense video conf

waiting for a message from El

s making him feel something he hadn't felt

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The CEO's Unwanted Wife Strikes Back

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“For three years, I endured a freezing, arranged marriage with Julian Carlisle-Vance, foolishly hoping my childhood crush would eventually warm his heart. But the moment his "friend" Seraphina called about a minor wrist ache, he abandoned me in our bed, rushing to her side and publicly flaunting his devotion online. When I finally handed him the divorce papers, willing to walk away with absolutely nothing, he refused to sign. Instead, he blackmailed me. He blocked the settlement for my younger brother's impending assault charges, using his freedom as leverage to force me into a sick ultimatum. "The marriage stays on paper, but in private, you will be my mistress." He wanted to strip me of my dignity, keeping me as a secret plaything while my own father conspired with Seraphina, putting my late mother's precious jadeite necklace up for auction just to punish my disobedience. Julian even twisted a moment of my vulnerability, accusing me of secretly loving his dead brother, using that paranoid delusion as an excuse to ruthlessly degrade me. I didn't understand why the man I loved hated me so much, or why my own family would sell my mother's soul to the highest bidder just to keep me leashed to a psychopath. But when I saw my mother's necklace headlining the Sotheby's VIP preview, the suffocating despair inside me finally burned away into a cold, clear rage. I wiped my tears and calmly began planning my appearance at the auction. They thought the necklace was a chain to bind me, but I was going to make it my weapon.”