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Married For Money, Divorced For Revenge

Chapter 4 The Courtroom

Word Count: 1282    |    Released on: 06/11/2026

ke stale coffee. I read every single page. Julian's lawyers had done their homework. They claimed I had concealed the pregn

nt me as a crazy woman.

knocking. He was holding a cup of b

ng. She's tough. Doesn't like games. Julian's lawyer is a shark named

m try,"

throw money at this. This is a family court. They care about optics. They

y showing. Just a slight curve un

prov

. It smelled like floor wax and old paper. I sat at the pe

ted. Dark circles framed his eyes. Victoria was sitting behind him in the gall

ith sharp eyes and gray hair pulled back in a t

et's get started. Mr. V

ncerned for the welfare of his unborn child. Ms. Vance concealed her pregnancy, fled the state, and is currently running

Vance has been under severe emotional distress. She has no stable home

d at me. "Ms. Vance.

ched my elbow, a silen

e papers. I didn't tell him because I knew he didn't want the child. He made that very clear. I le

otes. "The founder of the Vancourt Group. A company with an e

Your H

rtroom. Julian shifted in his

Ms. Vance is unfit. But Ms. Vance has a stable home in London, a multi-billion dol

ow about the money. "Your Honor, my client is simply asking f

cutting through the air. "He told me he would sign away his paren

oom went d

or. He leaned over and whisp

oked at me. "You

ag me through the courts and make sure I never saw my child again unless I gave him co

ly. "That's a lie! She

udge Holloway sna

was tight. He looked like

om his forehead. "Your Honor, a

this state allow recording if there is a threat of extortion

ve contains the falsified records Julian's team used to threaten me. It also contains p

ive. She looked at Julian.

iven me a lot to review. I'm going to c

mmed he

over to my table. His face was red. He g

ere and humiliate me?" he hissed.

etween us. "Back

er. His eyes were wild. "You think you'v

him. I did

t is,"

for him by the doors. She grabbed his arm, but he

d. But he's right. It's not over.

p my purse

se. Julian's mother just arrived. Sh

ouse. She had always hated me. She had called me a gold digger at my ow

talk to you,

her I'

ut the baby," Marcus said quietly

stomach tightened.

wouldn't tell me. She'

eps, Julian's mother, Eleanor Sterling, stood in a black coat.

d forward. Her heels

Her voice was hoars

ng to say to

He's not just trying to take your company. He's trying to take your baby because he'

air leave

" I wh

cold. "Your baby isn't just a w

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Married For Money, Divorced For Revenge
Married For Money, Divorced For Revenge
“To the world, she was just the poor, ordinary girl who got lucky,a nobody the powerful Sterling family let through the back door when their son, Julian, needed a wife to secure his inheritance. To Julian, she was a contract. A signature. A plain woman he could ignore at dinner parties while he smiled at his real woman, Victoria. She cooked his meals. She learned his mother's cruel habits. She shrank herself smaller and smaller until she barely took up space. Then the contract ended. Julian handed her divorce papers like they were nothing. "You knew what this was," he said. "Don't make it dramatic." She didn't cry in front of him. She signed. She took her two suitcases and walked out into the rain. That was the last time he saw her looking weak. But Julian Sterling never asked why she agreed so quickly. He never asked what was growing inside her. He never asked who Elena really was,because who would ever ask about a nobody? Three months later, the Sterling Corporation loses its biggest investor overnight. A mysterious international conglomerate called the Vancourt Group pulls the rug out from under them. Billion after billion. Gone. Julian scrambles to find the owner. When the glass doors of his boardroom open, the woman who walks in wears a red dress he's never seen, diamonds his family couldn't afford, and a smile that doesn't belong to the wife who used to iron his shirts. "Hello, Julian," Elena says, taking the seat at the head of the table. "I heard you're looking for me." The man who called her trash is about to beg her for mercy,while his new wife watches. But Julian doesn't know the worst part yet. Elena didn't leave with nothing. She left with everything he threw away. And she's not done tearing his world apart.”