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Rejected by my Billionaire Husband.

Chapter 5 A Deal

Word Count: 1119    |    Released on: 10/08/2025

t was a high-profile business gathering for investors, CEOs, and power brokers from across the

scanning her like she was a mispl

nds and exchanged smiles, but his fingers digging into

erating. It was pounding against her ribs, not just from nerve

d blonde hair approached them. Her lips curled into a smirk

's gaze sweep over

en said fla

a mocking smile. "Clarisse Hale.

hand lightly.

were engaged, once upon a time. I g

Damien, but his expression didn't ch

she added with a sly tone, "It's sweet, though,

s burned. "

a's ear so low only she could hear.

d but stayed. She swallowed the lump in her throat,

group of older men near the bar. One of them was tall

s been thinking of pulling his funding. Why do

inked.

rs. "Yes. Charm him. Convince

for this. She was a secretary, not a corporate hostess,

egan softly, "I heard you have been investing in green technologies lately. It

eased. "Well, someone has to care,

ersation. She spoke about charity projects, about how Thorne Enterprises could lead new innovations. She didn't know if it wa

n," Mr. O'Connell said with a grin.

,but Damien didn't thank her. He just gave her a cold, a

tant set up a meeting." Then to Ava, with a force

made the word darlin

ered water for herself and wine for Dami

leaning casually against the

he said smoothly

are you here? What d

her face, his eyes softening. "You're not built for his world,

care?" she

replied. "And I know what happens when people stay too lo

wrong, that Damien wasn't as cruel as he seemed. Bu

mien appeared behind her, hi

e like a blade. "Find someone

"Always so protective, Da

nched. "Stay out

s that what this is? Or is she

fr

htened on her arm

e table, his grip bruising. She could feel his anger radiating off him like fire

him, Ava. Do y

did

u unde

t tighten

he near him again, I'll make sur

caught. "Yo

mile said

he window while Damien scrolled through his phone, completely unaffected

, Damien stopped at the doorway of

said softly. "Don't

g her alone with her racing thoughts and

her phone. There was another

Damien, meet me alone tom

r thumb hovered over

destroy her, but if she didn't

room suddenly opened without warning. Damien

g?" he asked in a l

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1 Chapter 1 The Price of his Signature2 Chapter 2 The kiss that broke her3 Chapter 3 Dinner with the Devil4 Chapter 4 A Cold Warning5 Chapter 5 A Deal6 Chapter 6 Playing the Perfect Wife7 Chapter 7 Secrets in the Shadows.8 Chapter 8 Tangled Hearts9 Chapter 9 Bound by the Night.10 Chapter 10 The Bombshell11 Chapter 11 The Breaking Point12 Chapter 12 A War of Wills13 Chapter 13 Shattered Pleas14 Chapter 14 Severence15 Chapter 15 Vanishing Point16 Chapter 16 Fractured Bonds17 Chapter 17 Rising Embers18 Chapter 18 The First Step19 Chapter 19 Lines in the Sand20 Chapter 20 A Dangerous Shift21 Chapter 21 Web of Power22 Chapter 22 Threads Tightens23 Chapter 23 The Formal Ties24 Chapter 24 The Storm Breaks25 Chapter 25 Cara's Secret Reveal II26 Chapter 26 Shattered Vows27 Chapter 27 Cara's Arrival28 Chapter 28 The Calm Before the Storm29 Chapter 29 The Day30 Chapter 30 The Day of Reckoning31 Chapter 31 Unfinished Business32 Chapter 32 A New Beginning33 Chapter 33 Six Months Later34 Chapter 34 Threads of the Past35 Chapter 35 Ava's & Cara's World36 Chapter 36 The Weight of Time37 Chapter 37 Behind the Doors38 Chapter 38 Shadows Beneath the Glow39 Chapter 39 Bloody Secrets40 Chapter 40 The Stage of Truth41 Chapter 41 After the Reveal42 Chapter 42 Tangled Fates43 Chapter 43 The Breaking Point44 Chapter 44 The End of BW45 Chapter 45 A New Name, A New Game46 Chapter 46 Storms in Italy47 Chapter 47 The Devil Sees a Ghost48 Chapter 48 Ghosts Wears Velvet49 Chapter 49 Masks and Mirror50 Chapter 50 The Price of Power51 Chapter 51 Bargaining with the Devil52 Chapter 52 Tides of Desire53 Chapter 53 Sparks of the Past54 Chapter 54 Shadows Before Dawn55 Chapter 55 The Choice He Never Wanted56 Chapter 56 The Shadows of His Father57 Chapter 57 The Big Announcement58 Chapter 58 Grey's Engagement59 Chapter 59 The First Love60 Chapter 60 The Promise61 Chapter 61 Ariel's Pain62 Chapter 62 The Weight of Love