My Billionaire Husband's Web Of Lies

My Billionaire Husband's Web Of Lies

Diewu Pianpian

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I was the anchor for my tech billionaire husband, Killian-the only person who could ground his chaotic soul. But when my brother was dying, Killian gave the life-saving funds to his mistress for a multi-million dollar cat sanctuary. After my brother died, he left me bleeding in a car wreck to save her. The final betrayal came when I tried to file for divorce and discovered our entire marriage was a lie, the certificate a carefully crafted forgery. He had built my world on a foundation of deceit to ensure I could never leave, never have anything of my own. So I called the one man I'd rejected years ago and began my plan to burn his empire to the ground.

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: Emily Ramos and Josiah Slater

Chapter 1

I was the anchor for my tech billionaire husband, Killian-the only person who could ground his chaotic soul.

But when my brother was dying, Killian gave the life-saving funds to his mistress for a multi-million dollar cat sanctuary.

After my brother died, he left me bleeding in a car wreck to save her.

The final betrayal came when I tried to file for divorce and discovered our entire marriage was a lie, the certificate a carefully crafted forgery.

He had built my world on a foundation of deceit to ensure I could never leave, never have anything of my own.

So I called the one man I'd rejected years ago and began my plan to burn his empire to the ground.

Chapter 1

Emily POV:

They say every monster has a weakness. For the tech world' s most brilliant and volatile monster, Killian Emerson, that weakness was supposed to be me. I was his anchor, the only person who could tether his chaotic soul to the ground. That was the story we told ourselves, the myth that built his empire and my entire world.

Until it wasn' t my world anymore.

The rumors had been swirling for months, whispers in the gilded cages of high society, headlines on gossip sites I never read but were sent to me by "concerned" friends. Killian, who once bought an entire island because I mentioned I liked the color of its sand, was now seen everywhere with Dallas Lucas.

Dallas. The name itself felt like acid on my tongue. She was a social media heiress, famous for being famous, and my personal high school nightmare. She was the reason for the faint, silvery scar on my wrist, a constant reminder of a pain I thought I had buried.

And Killian, my Killian, was utterly captivated by her.

The first public blow was a charity gala. He was supposed to be my date. I waited for three hours in a gown he' d had custom-made for me, only to see a photo flash across my phone: Killian, his hand possessively on the small of Dallas' s back, her head thrown back in laughter. The caption read: Tech Titan Killian Emerson and Influencer Dallas Lucas make a stunning debut.

My debut was a quiet taxi ride home, the silk of the gown feeling like a shroud.

Then came the smaller, sharper cuts. He started canceling our weekly dinners, the one sacred tradition we' d kept since we were broke and sharing a single slice of pizza. His texts became shorter, his calls less frequent. He was a ghost in our sprawling minimalist mansion, his side of the bed perpetually cold.

Dallas, meanwhile, was relentless. She sent me DMs of her wearing my favorite brand of lingerie, tagging the location as Killian' s private jet. She "accidentally" mailed a package to our home containing a framed photo of her and Killian, a ridiculously intimate selfie. Each act was a carefully sharpened knife, designed to twist in the wound of my insecurity.

But the act that shattered everything, the one that turned my grief into something cold and hard and vengeful, had nothing to do with me.

It had to do with Leo.

My younger brother, my bright, hopeful Leo, was dying. A rare genetic disorder was systematically shutting down his body, but a new experimental treatment offered a sliver of hope. It was astronomically expensive, requiring resources and connections only Killian possessed. He had promised me. He held my face in his hands, looked me in the eyes, and said, "Emily, I will move heaven and earth for Leo. Whatever it takes."

I believed him. I clung to that promise like a drowning woman to a life raft.

Last week, Leo' s doctor called. There was a window, a critical one. The treatment needed to be funded immediately, the equipment secured within seventy-two hours. I called Killian, my voice trembling with a mixture of fear and hope.

"Killian, it's time. We need the funds. The doctors said-"

"I'm in a meeting, Em," he'd cut me off, his voice distant, impatient. I could hear the faint sound of a cat meowing in the background, a sound I knew belonged to the Persian kitten he' d just bought for Dallas. "I' ll look at the email later."

He never did.

Instead, two days later, a news alert lit up my phone. Killian Emerson' s Generosity Knows No Bounds: Tech Billionaire Funds Dallas Lucas' s Pet Project, a Multi-Million Dollar Sanctuary for Stray Cats.

The life raft splintered into a million pieces, leaving me to drown in the icy waters of betrayal.

Leo died yesterday.

Now, sitting on the cold floor of his empty hospital room, the sterile smell of antiseptic burning my nostrils, I scrolled through my contacts. My thumb hovered over a name I hadn't dialed in eight years. A number I' d saved on a whim, without a label, just a string of digits that represented a different path, a life not taken.

My fingers trembled as I typed. I need help.

I didn't expect a reply. It was a Hail Mary, a desperate scream into the void.

But less than a minute later, my phone buzzed.

Anything. Tell me where you are. I' ll be there.

A single tear, hot and heavy, slid down my cheek and splashed onto the screen. It was a strange and hollow comfort.

I glanced up at the small television mounted in the corner of the room, muted but still playing the 24-hour news cycle. There he was. Killian. He was at a press conference for the cat sanctuary. He was smiling, a rare, genuine smile I hadn't seen in months. He gently pushed a stray strand of hair from Dallas's face, his touch so tender it made my stomach churn.

The chyron at the bottom of the screen read: A New Leash on Life: Dallas Lucas celebrates new beginnings.

My gaze fell to the small, worn wooden music box on the bedside table, the only thing of Leo' s I couldn't bear to pack away yet. It played a tinny, off-key version of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." Killian had bought it for him.

He' d found it in a dusty pawn shop the year his first big algorithm sold. We were still living in a cramped, one-bedroom apartment over a laundromat that always smelled of damp clothes and bleach. Killian was a ghost then, a brilliant, angry boy who had aged out of the foster system with nothing but the clothes on his back and a fire in his eyes that could burn the world down.

I was a waitress at the diner where he' d sit for hours, nursing a single cup of coffee, sketching complex code on napkins. I started leaving him leftovers, then offered him my couch when he got evicted. I was the first person to believe in him, to see the genius beneath the rage.

We went from sharing a single ramen packet to sharing a portfolio worth billions. Our lives transformed, but the core of our bond, I thought, remained.

"We'll have a family, Em," he'd whispered to me one night, years ago, in the steel and glass fortress we now called home. "A real one. Something neither of us ever had. I'll build a world so safe for you and our kids that nothing can ever touch us."

That promise now felt like a cruel joke. He was building a world for Dallas, a sanctuary for her cats, while my brother' s world had blinked out of existence.

My body shook with a sob that felt like it was being ripped from my very soul. I picked up Leo's music box, its cheap wood cool against my skin, and clutched it to my chest.

I opened my phone again, my thumb scrolling numbly through my last text exchange with Killian. My desperate pleas for him to call the hospital, to answer my calls. His replies were sporadic, dismissive.

Busy.

In a meeting.

Can' t talk.

Then I saw the date of the news alert about the cat sanctuary. It was our anniversary. The day he had proposed to me on a windswept cliff in Ireland, promising me a lifetime of devotion. He had spent it with her, celebrating her, funding her whims with the money that was supposed to save my brother' s life.

The last message I sent him was two days ago. Leo is getting worse. Please, Killian. I need you.

He never replied.

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