Elena Stephanie Theala, a wealthy CEO of the Billionaire Theala Group family. To get rid of her exposed gossip to the public and secure her status as one of the heirs of her grandfather, the woman is desperate to trap a handsome man to marry her. Damian Galen has a wife he loves but his meeting with Elena makes the man entangled by the seduction of the charming CEO. The man was forced to marry Elena and became the only son-in-law whom Elena's extended family despised. Cursing and swearing over his low social status made Damian not hesitate to take revenge on Elena's relatives after the man discovered his true identity. Together with Elena; His new wife, Damian colludes to help the woman gain the fullest Theala Group, while secretly keeping her true identity secret from the people she knows. Can Elena make Damian fall in love with her and choose him over Damian's current lover? Can Damian hold his sincere feelings for Adelia, who became his first lover, and not be entangled by the charm of the beautiful CEO; who is none other than his new wife?
Chapter 1 I'll Kill You!
Slap!
A hard slap for the umpteenth time filled Hubert Theala's office. In the room, apart from the presence of this middle-aged man, there was a woman who was none other than his biological daughter. The beautiful woman looks battered and her face swells redness.
"Sloppy! I told you to date once in a while, but you never listened, Elena!" The man shouted with a hardened expression on his face.
Elena rubbed the corner of her bleeding mouth. The pain from her cheeks made her ears buzz for a moment. Luckily she's not a woman who likes to shed tears. If not, maybe for years, the tears would have dried up from the lids of her eyes.
"I'm sorry, Father," said Elena with her head looking down. Even though the woman was not at fault at all, but due to something that made her reputation fall apart, Elena was required to be lowly on the man she called a father. Elena was required to be inferior to the man she called father.
"You think, saying sorry now can make your grandfather cancel his decision?!" Hubert almost roared at his eldest daughter. However, he was detained because of his history of heart disease.
"I will immediately solve this problem. Then meet grandfather to apologize." Although she was not sure the grandfather would want to hear an explanation from her. However, apart from that which she could say to reduce her father's anger, she could find no other precise reason.
"In what way are you solving this problem? Damn it!" Hubert roared out loud, it was clear how emotional he was now. "An emotionless old maid like you, does anyone want to marry you?!"
If Elena was still calm earlier, then when the words came out of Hubert, the woman raised her head. Spinster? Elena thought in surprise.
She didn't expect her father to think that about her. Could it be that she was like that in her father's eyes? A self-deprecating smile then appeared on Elena's lips.
"If it weren't for you who forced me to work hard, do you think I would be a spinster like I am now?"
"You still have the energy to ask?!"
Elena paid no heed to the pain in her stomach from the kick that Hubert had fired earlier. The woman straightened her back for the sake of being brave, and she said, "If it weren't for you who forced me to do things I don't like, do you think I would be like this?!"
Honestly, she was fed up. Too disgusted with the life she lives. Just because she was the only child of Hubert, she was forced to compete with her brothers to become the new owner of Theala Group.
Elena Stephanie Theala is a businesswoman from the Billionaire Theala Group family. The company is a large company engaged in the real estate and banking sector whose main center is in Switzerland, on the European continent.
The Elena family manages a subsidiary company of Theala Group located in Bali, namely Theala Enterprises. The company is currently managed by Elena who is the CEO and Hubert is the president director of the company.
As the only child from her father's side, Elena has been raised by Hubert to be a strong woman and unlike most women in general who like to spend money.
Elena is different, she is the opposite of the women in this world. Elena loves money and is crazy about being a successful woman. The woman was educated to be the rightful heir by her father in place of her grandfather, to occupy the post of head of the family even though she was a woman.
However, unfortunately, even though Elena is known as a woman who is very perfectionist, she has a black stain in the course of her life. Love.
The woman is not as successful as her career when it comes to relationships. Not only was she betrayed by her lover who married another woman, but she was also discredited by the mass media for her exposure to the public. Elena was slandered as having no attraction to a man.
That's why at this time, Hubert was scolding the woman so badly. Because, if her grandfather believed the gossip, it was possible that Elena's name would have been scratched off the family card. And Hubert's hopes of becoming the rightful owner of that central company would simply run aground.
For the last time, Hubert gave a warning to Elena, with his characteristic flat and cold expression. "Elena, if you haven't found a man you want to marry, I'll find him myself."
When Hubert spoke to Elena, none of the gentlenesses of a father could be seen in him.
Elena, on the other hand, also showed the same facial expression. Flat and cold. "No need. I'll get the man right before you!" replied the woman with a face filled with hatred.
"I'll see! If it comes to this case our family is destroyed, I'll kill you with my own hands! Now get out of my sight!" Hubert shooed the woman away with a cruel expression.
Throughout the woman's journey away from her father's house, Elena tried to be okay even though her whole body was screaming in pain.
When she couldn't take the pain anymore, she pulled over to one of the pharmacies she randomly ran into. She decided to leave with a mess. Right in front of the pharmacy entrance, the woman fell onto the sidewalk, gasping for breath. Her hands were firmly gripping her aching stomach.
"Are you okay?" A man comes to help Elena by hugging her so that she gets up. When the man saw Elena's state, a look of surprise flashed across his eyes.
Due to the several harsh slaps Elena received from Hubert on the cheek, the woman's beautiful face turned swollen with the corners of her mouth covered in clotted dried blood.
"Wait a minute here!" said the man again.
Before the man went into the pharmacy, he took off the jacket he was wearing and slung it over Elena.
Elena who had been silent for a while then raised her head, she attentively stared at the back of the man who had now entered the pharmacy.
The masculine scent from the man's jacket entered Elena's sense of smell. And she likes it. Love the scent that makes it calm and comfortable.
It didn't take long for the man to come before Elena again. Without saying a word, the man was intently treating the woman's bruise.
"Are there other places where it hurts?" he asked.
Elena was so charmed by the man in front of her that the woman became dazed and didn't even answer the man's question.
The man furrowed his brows because the woman was silent. "Do you need me to take you to the doctor? Your face looks very pale," asked the man again patiently.
Instead of answering, Elena grabbed the man's arm tightly and said. "What is your name?"
It was the first time for Elena, to meet a man who was able to make her heart beat fast.
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