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Marrying My Ex's Ruthless Billionaire Uncle

Marrying My Ex's Ruthless Billionaire Uncle

Author: Li Xiamo
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Chapter 1 

Word Count: 846    |    Released on: Today at 17:26

you want to kiss me? Do

hangover. She remembered blinking up at the man in the dim, amber light of

ough the edge of his right eyebrow that gave him a dangerous, untamed edge. "I'm Alastair's unc

d abruptly dumped her via text the very momen

predator of Manhattan's elite, the

ive. "If I can't be his wife, becoming his aunt to piss him off soun

th a savage intensity that erased every coherent thought in her brain. They fit together perfectly, a collision of heat and desperation.

pes. She was in his bed. The thousand-thread-count Egyptian silk was tangled around her bare legs, carr

lpted ridges of his broad back and the tight muscles along his spine. He walked toward a floating mahogany console, picking up

rows. But instead of the cold, flawless statue she expected, he looked rugged,

she started, trying to mask her vulnerability with a forced, sassy smirk. "Abo

as he pulled on a crisp

hing but a drunken mistake. A one-off. He buttoned his cuffs, trea

f humiliation in her throat, forcing a bree

out," he said, grabbing his tailored charcoal jacket a

crumpled navy cocktail dress, the delicate satin ruined and creased. She sl

rough the bag, pulling out her cracked phone. The screen fla

nswered, her s

e for her cardiac care is fifty-two thousand dollars. If the account is not settled in full by

ears burning hot behind her eyelid

iss Knight." The

e hailed a yellow cab and headed straight to the Upper East Side, to the Hayes

y let her in. Alastair came out to the marble foyer, looking effortless

my mother's hospital bill. I know we're o

"Ema... let me see what I can

awing room, she froze. Sitting on the velvet settee with Ala

He didn't say a word, just took a slow drag from his cigar

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Marrying My Ex's Ruthless Billionaire Uncle
Marrying My Ex's Ruthless Billionaire Uncle
“My name is Emaline Knight, and I have the worst luck in Manhattan. Twenty-four hours ago I had a fiancé, a future, and a family name worth something. Then my father went bankrupt in a federal scandal, my mother landed in the ICU, and my darling Alastair dumped me by text message-like I was a streaming subscription he forgot to cancel. Did I mention he replaced me with a walking malpractice suit named Tiffany? So yes, I had a few tequilas. And yes, I may have informed the most dangerous man in the city that if I couldn't be Alastair's wife, I'd settle for becoming his aunt. That's how I ended up in the bed of Abdiel Sharpe-the billionaire who owns half of Manhattan and terrifies the other half. He left at dawn without a goodbye. Fine. Whatever. I had bigger problems: my mother's hospital bill was due at five o'clock, and I couldn't afford to keep her alive. I begged at the Hayes mansion. They sneered at me. They called me trash. And then the man I'd slept with-the uncle of the man who broke my heart-walked in, made them grovel, and warned them all to stay out of his sight. He gave me a job at his club. He tried to hand me a million dollars; I handed it back. He keeps appearing like an expensive storm, ruining anyone who dares to lay a hand on me. I keep telling myself he's a one-night mistake with an excellent tailor. But he looks at me like he owns me. And the worst part? Some dark, traitorous part of me wants him to. They say don't bite the hand that feeds you. But I'm not the one biting. He is. Right on my neck.”