The CEO's Unwanted Wife Strikes Back

Chapter 4

Word Count: 758 | Released on: 26/05/2026

tones into the serene elegance of the

gned sympathy. "But the Price family will not forgive easily. Their son's eyesight may be permanently damaged. Julian is their only hope of calming thin

. He seems to favor you more than anyone else." She would not be manipulated. Sh

, she dropped her own bomb. "Besides,

a splashed out, staining the pure white tablecloth. The m

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

atisfaction. "Why not? So he can finally marry

misunderstood. Julian and I are just friends. He treats me like a sister." Then she went on the offensive. "Eve

e lie almost making her laugh. "Is that the story y

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

na's demeanor shifted. The warmth in her ey

eliberately cruel, "is very disappointed in you. He'

threat han

added almost sotto voce. "He says it should be

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

nection to Isadora Finch, the mother she barely remembered. Her anger left a hot, metallic taste in her mouth. She

and smiled, the corner of her mouth lifting in

not let this woman see her crumble. She straightened up and rose,

, calm and clear, "that he

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

rs flew across the screen as he texted his cousin, a junio

n duty. The Carlisle-Vance marriage

arlisle-Vance stared at his phone. He was in the middle of a tense video con

Waiting for a message from El

made him feel an emotion he hadn't experi

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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.”