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The Placeholder Bride's Secret Billionaire Revenge

Luo Ye

For two years, I was the invisible force behind tech billionaire Kieran Douglas, convinced that our "private" romance was his way of protecting us from the tabloid spotlight. I managed his mergers, warmed his bed, and waited for a future that didn't exist. The illusion shattered at 6:00 AM when a Page Six alert debuted Kieran's "real" romance with socialite Aspen Schneider. Before I could even process the betrayal, Kieran sent me a cold, professional text: "Order flowers for Aspen. Pink peonies. Her favorite." When I tried to walk away, my own mother called me a disgrace and threatened to lock my inheritance forever unless I married a sixty-year-old businessman to save her failing estate. At a high-society gala that same night, Aspen intentionally crushed my burned hand in front of the cameras, while Kieran stood by and dismissed me as a "mediocre assistant" who had overstayed her welcome. I stood in the cold New York rain, drenched in champagne and humiliation, realizing that every sacrifice I made for Kieran was a joke. I was a ghost in a penthouse that was never mine, discarded the moment his "soulmate" returned. To the world, I was just a placeholder whose time had run out. But Kieran forgot one thing: my father's multi-million dollar trust fund unlocks the moment I legally marry. I didn't need love; I needed a signature and a shield. I walked into a discreet law firm and signed a marriage contract with a man I believed was the city's most notorious, scandal-ridden playboy. I thought I was marrying a degenerate "beard" to buy my freedom and secure my revenge. I didn't realize the man who signed that paper wasn't a playboy at all, but Gaston Collins-the most powerful and dangerous man on Wall Street-and he had no intention of letting our fake marriage stay fake.

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It's 8am, the roosters are crowing, the sun is rising Julia was in a very good mood because it was a peaceful night, like every night. She then decides to go get some wood for today's kitchen.

“Mom” had called her with a big smile.

"Yes my daughter." She replies looking at her.

“I'm going to get some wood,” she said.

"Okay my daughter, otherwise don't last too long there" her mother told her so cautiously.

"Don't worry mum," Julia said, sneaking up on her feet.

Julia is a very beautiful young girl, with green gray eyes and dark black hair, living with her mother in a small village not far from the city of Yaoundé (Obala). Since the death of her dad, her mother has always taken care of her despite it not being easy, not only nice but very sociable!

However, she takes the road to the fields and begins to look for wood, so concentrated in her research that she does not even notice the presence of Frank who suddenly arrives behind her and holds her by the hips.

"Hello my queen." he said happily, turning his back.

“Oh! Frank you scared me,” Julia said terrified.

FRANK is her boyfriend, they met at a reception organized in the village and it was at this moment that the two fell in love that they did not waste time to give each other a chance …. But it is not a public relationship, because the family of the two is not aware of anything, but the two have set the rules and when the time comes will make this relationship public.

"What are you doing here?" she asked curiously.

"You shouldn't ask me that question honey, aren't you happy to see me?" Frank asked looking at her.

She drops the machete, and gazes at her man's cheeks giving him a little kiss on it.

"I'm very happy, but I'm a little surprised, how did you know I was here??? Also so soon” she asked, very surprised.

"I don't know, I just had the feeling that you're here," she told him, shrugging her shoulders.

“Oh! You please leave me I'll try to get some firewood for my mum! Julia exclaimed smiling.

"Wait, I'll help you," he said, bending down to pick up some wood from the ground.

Frank gave her a hand so she could get as much wood as possible. As soon as they finished, they were already on their way home, but Frank offered to carry him home.

" Thanks a lot." she thanks Frank for his help before heading home.

"Ok baby, tell me see you tonight at our place." he asks smiling

"Uh, I don't know" replies Julia, hesitantly because she had no idea of her program.

"baby please." while insisting

"Okay, but from 7 p.m. it's better." ' she said with a cheeky little smile.

" No problem ." Frank said, making eyes at her.

Minutes after they arrive home, Julia's mom was out there cleaning up the yard.

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