The Billionaire Widow's Redemption

r so he told me. I was the one who pulled him from a fiery car crash,

ed his condition was a lie to avoid touching me, and that he' d alway

ned me during a landslide to rescue her. When I woke up in the hospital with b

e, the woman carrying his secret child. My love was a burden

th: our marriage certificate was a fake.

hone and called the one pers

e breaking. "I need to leave

pte

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e rest of the world did: on a news alert. But th

erectile dysfunction. Or so he told me. It was a condition that only

supposed to see. Carter was perfectly healthy. The lie was a wall

I heard voices from inside. A woman's soft laugh, followe

her? I can't stand seeing you two together," Jodie said, her

art started to pound against my

ed with me. "Grandfather is still watching. He feels he owes you for saving my life from th

right. I was the one who pulled him from the fiery wreckage of his Ferrari. I

s shattered what w

marriage is the only way I can be with you. Once I have full

. He had alw

with a cruel amusement. "His dying wish was for you to take

it weren't for him, I would have married you years ago. All my kindness to Hazel,

, my careful nursing of his supposed trauma, my unwavering support-it

was a burden. My very presence was

he door, my hand flying to my mouth to stifle a sob. My foot caught on the edge

ee I had injured pulling him from that car wreck. A new pain

is eyes filled with what I thought was adoration. "Hazel," he'd said, "t

beautifully crafte

illiant. I had crushed on him for years, writing his name in my notebooks, dreaming of a future that

e placeholder for the woman he truly lo

very night spent in our shared, sterile bed-it was all poison. H

o my feet, my body shaking uncontrollably. I had

eyes blurring with tears, until I found his name. A name I hadn't called in

friend. My anchor, befor

g twice befor

oice was hesit

e on my lips was a r

g from surprise to concern. "It'

words. A choked so

's wrong? Wh

o say, the words breaking apart.

her end, a beat of silence

ow firm, serious. "Of course

eed to. He had seen the shadow

whispered. "Can you... ca

his voice a lifeline in the

I said, my voice

came from behind the stu

lt s

. The baby will have everything. We'll tell everyone it's a miracle. We'll sa