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Married To My Ex-Fiancé's Silent Uncle
Twenty minutes before the "Wedding of the Century" at The Plaza, I stood outside the Presidential Suite in a fifty-thousand-dollar Vera Wang gown. I was the girl from a West Virginia trailer park about to marry Hugh Maxwell, the golden heir to a billion-dollar defense empire. I pushed the door open only to find Hugh pinned against the bed with my own stepsister, Floy. She was wearing my bridal diamond necklace, and the sounds of their laughter scraped against my eardrums like sandpaper. I didn't scream; I listened as Hugh grunted that once the wedding was over and the trust fund unlocked, he'd dump "that hillbilly trash" on a bus back to the mountains. They weren't just cheating; they were planning to steal my family's land deeds and leave me with nothing. When I set off the sprinklers and exposed their naked bodies to the paparazzi, the Maxwell family didn't apologize. They called me a "greedy peasant" and threatened to ruin my life unless I signed a new deal to save their crashing stock. I realized then that I was never a bride to them. I was a transaction, a rounding error in a ledger to be used and discarded. They thought my poverty made me weak and my silence made me a victim. "If we don't have a marriage certificate by midnight, the bank freezes thirty percent of our liquidity," their lawyer warned. So, I gave them exactly what they wanted. I used a loophole in their hundred-year-old family covenant and married the only other direct heir available. I didn't marry Hugh. I walked into the ICU and married his uncle, Fleet Maxwell-the legendary war hero who had been in a vegetative state for months. Now, I am the matriarch of the Maxwell dynasty. I've suspended Hugh's executive powers, exiled my mother-in-law to the Swiss Alps, and taken control of the family vault. They think I'm just a gold-digger waiting for a "corpse" to die so I can collect a fifty-million-dollar widow's payout. But last night, as I lay beside my comatose husband, the man they called a vegetable gripped my hand back.It was late at night. The colors of the neon lights were changing, which highlighted the prosperity of the city.
Inside the luxurious Vegas Hotel.
The luxurious presidential suite, on the top floor, was very quiet.
Suddenly, a sharp knock on the door, broke the silence.
"Help, is anyone there?" The sound of a woman gasping came in the silent room.
Wilfred Scott was never a stickybeak, but when he heard the woman's voice, he strode towards the door.
As soon as the door was opened, Ashley Lewis ran into Wilfred's chest. She was dizzy as if she had hit a brass wall.
Hmm..., Ashley whispered. She tried her best to keep her composure.
"Sir, help me. Many men are chasing me outside." Ashley blushed with apparent fear in her eyes.
"Don't be afraid, and I'm here."
Wilfred's voice was very gentle, like a spring breeze blowing away Ashley's gloom. Although it was a short sentence, it was like a warm current flowing through Ashley's heart.
The sound of footsteps outside the door stopped abruptly as they passed by the door of his room.
A man in black was about to knock on the door but was stopped, "Don't you know whose territory this is? Come back if you don't want to die!" One man intimidated them.
Realized the potential danger, they quickly disappeared.
Hearing them walk further and further away, Ashley breathed a sigh of relief.
The lights in the room lit up.
The man in front of her had a long straight figure, cold steely features, and a knife-like face. His deep eyes were as bright as obsidian. Standing here, he had the temperament of an emperor, looking down upon the world.
Ashley couldn't believe that the gentle breezy voice was his.
"Sir, thank you for saving me just now." Ashley was a little scared.
"You're afraid of me, aren't you?" His voice was very cold, without a hint of emotion.
"Hot, I feel hot." Ashley kept mumbling, hot and unbearable as if she was on fire. She kept taking off her clothes.
"Oh no, the medicine is working." Ashley cursed in a low voice.
She didn't hear what Wilfred had just said, and with her last shred of sanity, she said, "Sir, I'll repay your kindness later." After saying that she was going to open the door and leave.
Wilfred rushed over to stop her, "You want to leave this way?"
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Distance! Hubby!
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Marriage at a Distance
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Love Takes Time
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I Rule the Underworld
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Genius Twins And Their Mother
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Trapped with Daniel
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Mighty Soldier King
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Mighty Garry Smith's Love Story
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Survive among the Vikings
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HIS MALE SLAVE IS A WOMAN
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The Mute Bride's Secret Billionaire Contract
I woke up with a throbbing pressure behind my eyes and the taste of metallic champagne in my throat. Instead of my cramped apartment, I was draped in expensive silk under a ceiling the color of a storm cloud. A pear-shaped black diamond sat heavy on my finger, and a document on the nightstand confi/0/25484/coverorgin.jpg?v=0950239e1c149963b785038053056b9e&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Spells and Mates
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REBIRTH OF THE ROGUE KING'S LOVER
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The Master Of Deception's Richest Game
I spent three years playing the perfect "placeholder" boyfriend for a billionaire’s rebellious daughter. I was the safety net, the companion, and the professional distraction paid to keep her out of trouble until she reached her "real" future. But the moment she turned twenty-one, her father slid a/1/110270/coverorgin.jpg?v=0b4091eec0abc08acf158d1d013debb3&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Too Late To Love: The Don's Dying Wife
At my boyfriend's poorest moment, I suddenly broke up with him. Later, he became a Don in the Mafia and married me by any means necessary. Everyone said he loved me to the bone. But every night, he brought different women home, deliberately trying to provoke me. I asked no questions, shed no tears,/1/105557/coverorgin.jpg?v=033b26438bf347bdf0a35be7a8c4170d&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Reborn To Ruin: The Jilted Heiress's Revenge
I lay on a mildewed mattress in a run-down motel, my body trembling from withdrawal. Once the most feared "Gossip Queen" in Hollywood, I was now a forty-three-year-old ghost staring at a cracked mirror, waiting for the end. The door clicked open, and Brittany Potts stepped in, looking immaculate in/0/18161/coverorgin.jpg?v=25fa4566cac702c4a204038f77ae5ff5&imageMogr2/format/webp)
