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The Billionaire's Vendetta Bride

Chapter 2 The Diabolical Dragon Lady

Word Count: 1827    |    Released on: 28/02/2025

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as warm as an arctic blizzard. I paused, asking myself who'd planned this family reunion from hell at precisely the moment my life was explodi

rimmer than a mortician with a toothache. "Stepmother, Father, I'm sort of in the midst of my life crashing

said in his CEO voice - the voice he used when firing people or ordering at ex

My father's laser-focus zeroed in on Kylie and Ethan on the couch, his eyebrows narr

king out a property about to lowball herself. My father trailed behind, eyes glued 

rline. "Kylie? What are you doing here, pour a pea? she snapped, her voice crisper than her stiletto

ery furniture seeming to cower. Kylie clenched in on herself, tears

a toddler caught coloring on the walls. Victoria squinted into

with venom. Kylie hesitated, her gaze bouncing between

ngly on backorder. Victoria's anger made

oning for "Intimidating Stepmother Monthly." The room was suddenly quiet,

ret. "Morgan? Tell me what is going on and what this is..." she pointed accusingly at Et

I just got home and found Kylie having an intimate Netflix and chill episode with my boyfriend. Th

outed, her voice likely triggering car alarms three blocks away. "This is why you don't wear out with family at all," wro

ts down her cheeks. "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean for this to happe

age. "Thought your sister's boyfriend seemed like a fun ride? Do you have the FIRST CLUE how sky hig

ped working by the time she was twelve. "It's not what it looks like,"

tell us what that looks like, Kylie. Because I'm so confused right now." She folded her arms across

n escape hatch. "I...I love you both, but...but..." she stammered, words h

n't pay good money for your education to act this way!'" He moved toward Kylie, his voice lowering

just listen to me," she insisted, her voice splintering like c

at plot twist could make this OK?" she said, sarcasm oozing on to my carpet. Sh

ught in headlights - if the deer had just been busted sleeping with her sister's boyfrie

round Victoria's finger. "Kylie, your behavior is simply disgusting,

her shoulders as if she was readying for battle. "Mother...I can't marry him. "I ca

confusion for one millisecond. "What do you mean you 'can't

dden. "I'm pregnant with Ethan's child," she decl

AS

r faces a master class in shock and horror. I felt sucker-punched by the universe, my lungs forgetting how to work. The man I believed loved me didn't jus

se. My fingers began to clutch at my heart, digging into my s

I staggered back, darkness closing in at the corners of my vision

e, no one gave so much as a "there, there." I

w and stretched, as if she w

are...p

, her eyes raking Kylie

her voice barely ab

d down her face, and her body

ored into Kylie

aimed, voice steady but laced with desp

head would fall off. "Yes," she sai

positive. And I took th

rd glanced at Victoria, who was looking as though she'd seen a ghost, in par

r nail-biting habit rearing its ugly head like a groundhog on

gent, Richard

something, fo

e were running an equation in her head about how much th

she paused chewing on her nail - the international sign that Victoria had devised a plan. Her eyes captured mine with tractor

ccup," she said, a smile working across her

at bag, leaning in with interest. "Really? What good plan

e. She stared at me as though she were choosing a sac

pped out. "Hold up...WHAT?! " I squeaked

ite as an executioner's axe. "Her chara

Fleming? Conversations with a man who had more syllables in his name than our entire relationship? This couldn't be hap

f the century, she added the finishing touch: "You'll be leaving for the Flem

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1 Chapter 1 The Two-timing Tornado2 Chapter 2 The Diabolical Dragon Lady3 Chapter 3 Forced into Fate4 Chapter 4 The Groom went missing5 Chapter 5 A Brother or a Groom 6 Chapter 6 A Groom's confession7 Chapter 7 To make a deal with the Devil8 Chapter 8 Signed, Sealed...Regrets9 Chapter 9 Welcome to Hell, Mrs Fleming10 Chapter 10 The Final Betrayal11 Chapter 11 The Gilded Cage12 Chapter 12 The Truth you can't face13 Chapter 13 Shadows of the Past14 Chapter 14 Secrets and Lies15 Chapter 15 Tangled Bonds and Hidden Truths16 Chapter 16 Unraveling the Web17 Chapter 17 The Edge of Trust18 Chapter 18 Cracks in the Facade19 Chapter 19 The Weight of Doubt20 Chapter 20 The Line Between Us21 Chapter 21 The Game That I Can't Lose22 Chapter 22 The Point of No Return23 Chapter 23 The Trap I Set24 Chapter 24 The Thread I pull25 Chapter 25 The Shadow I Chase26 Chapter 26 The Race I Can't Lose27 Chapter 27 The Truth She Carries28 Chapter 28 The Face He Can't Deny29 Chapter 29 The Air I Breathe30 Chapter 30 The Calm Before31 Chapter 31 The Storm Breaks32 Chapter 32 The Ground I Claim33 Chapter 33 The Move He Makes34 Chapter 34 The Fight I Start35 Chapter 35 The Edge We Fall From36 Chapter 36 The Line I Hold37 Chapter 37 The Noose He Tightens38 Chapter 38 The Fire I Feed39 Chapter 39 The Truth That Burns40 Chapter 40 The Hunt I Lead41 Chapter 41 The Ashes We Stand In42 Chapter 42 The Woman I Didn't See43 Chapter 43 The Reasons She Fought44 Chapter 44 The Web She Wove45 Chapter 45 The Heart of Her Lies46 Chapter 46 The Blade She Sharpened47 Chapter 47 The Empire He Built48 Chapter 48 The Bargains He Made49 Chapter 49 The Shadows He Left50 Chapter 50 The Truth He Buried51 Chapter 51 The Ghost I Chase52 Chapter 52 The Blood He Spilled53 Chapter 53 The Lie She Stole54 Chapter 54 The Secret She Killed For