Fake Wife, Real Revenge: I Married His Billionaire Uncle

Chapter 5

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p tuxedos. Alanna, in a simple but striking black dress, stood wit

He introduced Alanna to a string of business associa

urt in the center of a fawning circle of people. It was Sterling's key investment that had given

roup. "Grant, my friend! L

iden into a hearty embrace. "Aiden! I hear the Phoenix pr

r rippled through the group,

red black tuxedo while the other slowly swirled the amber liquid in his glass. He was Adelard Knowles, sole heir to the Knowles family-an immensely powerful, notoriously secretive dynasty whose reac

first wife of Aiden's father, while Aiden was born to his father's second wife. The

nt him an air of cold authority, but it was his deep blue eyes that made people instinctively look away. Tonight, those eyes were fixed on Alanna. A trace of amused interest

at his side, "that is Alanna B

o looked so out of place amid the sea of false smiles,

hrough the chatter, clear and sharp. "Mr. Sterling, I'm a

d instantly. Every h

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ject's core risks have not been mitigated. To invest more n

any idea who you're talking to? Business is not some

e surrounding guests. The consensus

trying to smooth things over. "She's just und

need anyone to apologize for me. Mr. Sterling, I am warning you that your

bling finger at her. "Aiden, get your woman unde

was thick with tension. Aiden looked trapped be

nna wanted. To cut off hi

her removed, a calm, low voice sliced through the tensio

ady's warning

before him like the Red Sea. He stopped beside Alanna-close enough for his presence to feel like both a

evaporated, replaced by a l

beyond distant familial courtesy. He couldn't understand why the h

room fel

heer power radiating from him was a tangible force, offering a strang

as a lit match toss

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“For seven years, I loved Aiden Mcmahon. For two years, I believed I was his wife. Then a county clerk told me the truth. "Your marriage certificate is a forgery, Miss Buchanan." My blood ran cold. "Then who is Aiden legally married to?" "Ember Rowland." His widowed aunt. While I hid behind a computer building Aura Tech from nothing, Aiden took the credit, spent my inheritance, and played the brilliant billionaire CEO. The Napa Valley wedding, his vows, and every tender kiss had been part of a trap. He never wanted a wife. He wanted my genius, my money, and my company. Then I heard him promise Ember everything I owned. "Her money stays. She goes." "I'll tell her we fucked in every house she's about to lose." I didn't cry. I recorded every filthy word. Then I locked down Aura Tech's core system, gathered the evidence of his fraud, and walked into his fifty-million-dollar funding gala ready to destroy him. That was where Adelard Knowles found me. He was the untouchable heir to the mysterious Knowles dynasty, a titan who could shake Wall Street with a single decision-and my fake husband's most powerful uncle and bitterest family rival. "I can help you take back everything," Adelard said. "What do you want in return?" His deep blue eyes settled on me. "You. Marry me." Aiden secretly married his widowed aunt. So I married his billionaire uncle. Our marriage was supposed to be a cold, mutually beneficial contract. But every time Adelard protects me, touches me, and calls me his wife, the ruthless billionaire looks less like an ally-and more like a man who never intends to let me go.”