The Jilted Heiress's Contract Marriage

Chapter 2

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of the study swung

his hand. He was furious. Her father, Lord Reginald

d with anger when he saw her. "There you are.

he polished mahogany table between them. She

metallic clink that sh

cing, his face red. "Eleonora! How could you j

r eyes were locked on Julian. "I

An answer? There is nothing to answer. I have already made t

eight a tool of intimidation. "I will marry Isabell

him with utter di

stowing a great honor. "It is the best outcome you

She looked at her father, expectin

desperate pragmatism. "Eleonora, Julian is thinking of your welfar

er heart, already fractur

s a shard of ice. "I, Eleonora Beaumo

on't be ungrateful. Who else would have you

gaining strength, "than a man who breaks his word an

a nerve. His face flushed wi

t step back. She met his furious

mid-air. He rememb

acket in a pathetic attempt to regain his composur

desk, his face red with fury. "For the honor o

onor that was bought by selling your own daughter? The honor t

er. "The moment you called this a 'respecta

, pointing a shaking finger at h

lling one last time on the ring glitteri

k on them and walk

" Julian's cold voice followed h

hand closed around the c

r her. It was the feeling of a chain

n. Light from the hallway flo

d for the first t

r, sealing away the stunned and

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“For ten years, Eleonora devoted herself to Julian Sterling, waiting for the day she would finally become his wife. But at the grand ball, just three months before their wedding, Julian walked in with her cousin Isabella on his arm. In front of the entire high society, he publicly broke their engagement, announcing he would marry Isabella instead. Worse, he arrogantly declared that Eleonora would become his "treasured mistress" so he could still use her massive dowry to fund his army. When she looked to her father for defense, Lord Reginald actually agreed. Her entire family-her father, her uncle, the elders-all demanded she accept this humiliating arrangement, eager to drain her mother's fortune to secure their own parasitic ambitions. Ten years of quiet devotion and her late mother's dying wish were trampled into the mud. She finally realized her family was nothing but a nest of greedy vipers, and they fully expected her to kneel and accept her utter ruin. But she refused to be their sacrificial lamb. Taking the secret ledgers of her vast inheritance, Eleonora walked straight into the fortress of the most ruthless and feared man in the empire. "I will fully equip three legions of your heavy cavalry." "In exchange, I require a title. I wish to become the Duchess of Vanderbilt."”