My Contract Wife Is A Hidden Genius

Chapter 5

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back to the Avery estate one last time. My

2:00 PM. Edmund was supposed

irs safe and hurried down the sweeping stairc

o the massive marble ki

ng a bottle of water. He was wearing gray sweatpant

t. His eyes locked onto me, in

ack?" he snapped, ta

and tried to walk around the massive

hand shooting out to grip my upper arm. He shoved me backw

her?" He grabbed my chin, his fingers

" I said, keepin

ross my face. "You mean you played the victi

my stomach turn. "Is money the o

ck, but his grip didn't loosen

. I have a fl

his body was suffocating. "Running to LA? You

kitchen doorway. Edmund instantly

ndation Gala, sir," the butler said

stepping away f

his face instantly shifting back to his pub

ntil the ink is dry on that paper, you are still my

tell him to go to h

reds of peop

I said

allroom of the Plaza Hotel. I wore a simple,

AGs-the wives and girlfriends of Edmund

of champagne. She intentionally bumped her shoulder hard

d a quiet corner near

staircase opened. The flashbulbs from t

e looked devastatin

wasn'

Beaumont. The actress was wearing a plunging red dres

d silent, then erupte

nning the crowd until they locked onto me. A sl

family's gala?" a woman

ther replied. "I actual

a phantom pain of a dying marriage. Then, it va

ing waiter. I took a sip, my eyes fixed on E

ok. Let the

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“For three years, I played the perfect wife to hockey star Halsey Mays, naively thinking my devotion could eventually warm his frozen heart. Until I overheard him telling his grandfather that our marriage was just a cheap PR stunt, and he would never let a woman like me bear his child. To make matters worse, his ex-girlfriend had just flaunted her pregnant belly in my face, proudly carrying his baby. When my heartbreak finally pushed me to confront him, he cornered me in my room and mocked my pain. He told me I was completely worthless, just a contract clause his family bought to save his career. He even threatened to destroy my family's company if I didn't obediently play my part as his caged canary. I had given up my friends, my dreams, and my entire dignity for a man who looked at me with pure disgust. My three years of cautious, desperate love were nothing but a pathetic joke to him. My heart completely died in that moment. I calmly demanded a divorce, signed the papers, and refused his ten million dollar payout so I could leave with nothing. But just as I turned to walk away as a free woman, his cold facade completely shattered. He grabbed my wrist, his eyes burning with a crazed, terrifying obsession, and threw me onto the bed. "The contract is over, but you will always be mine."”