My Substitute Husband by JGDAWN

Phoenix Rising: The Scarred Heiress's Revenge

Xiao Hong Mao

I lived as the "scarred ghost" of the Stephens penthouse, a wife kept in the shadows because my facial burns offended my billionaire husband's aesthetic. For years, I endured Kason's coldness and my family's abuse, a submissive puppet who believed she had nowhere else to go. The end came with a blue folder tossed onto my silk sheets. Kason's mistress was back, and he wanted me out by sunset, offering a five-million-dollar "silence fee" to go hide my face in the countryside. The betrayal cut deep when I discovered my father had already traded my divorce for a corporate bailout. My step-sister mocked my "trashy" appearance at a high-end boutique, while the sales staff treated me like a common thief. At home, my father threatened to cut off my mother's life-saving medicine unless I crawled back to Kason to beg for a better deal. I was the girl who took the blame for a fire she didn't start, the wife who worshipped a man who never looked her in the eye, and the daughter used as a human bargaining chip. I was supposed to be broken, penniless, and desperate. But the woman who stood up wasn't the weak Elease Finch anymore; she was Phoenix, a tactical predator with a $500 million secret. I signed the divorce papers without a single tear, walked past my stunned husband, and wiped the Finch family's bank accounts clean with a few taps on my phone. "Your money is dirty," I told Kason with a cold smile. "I prefer clean hands." The cage is open, the hunt has begun, and I'm starting with the people who thought a scar made me weak.

Modern Revenge

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Angela's POV.

Today is a big day for me because today my childhood dream is going to be fulfilled. This is the day when I am going to be a bride. My love !! My Erish's bride..!! From Angela Brown to Mrs. Angela Brooks. I'm so happy today !!

Finally ! We are getting married ! From today I will become his wife..! Only thinking about that my smile widened.

I am already ready in my beautiful white bridal dress and I can see my beautiful reflection in the mirror clearly.

My heart is jumping like a child to see myself. At least thousands of times, from childhood to the present day, I must have imagined myself in the bridal dress. But after seeing myself in bridal clothes today, I am unable to explain my own feelings.

I moved closer to the mirror and touched my own reflection with my hands and my eyes became moist.

If I say that today I am not nervous at all then this would be the biggest lie.

Because right now I'm nervous as hell ! With every second my heart beats faster. And I don't know how to control this emotion. It feels like I should dig a hole and hide myself there! I don't know why I'm feeling like this. But a few days ago, I'm just the opposite of this..! I was excited..! and I don't have any worries at all.

At that time I felt that I knew Erish and his family since childhood and that is why I had not even thought that I would be nervous on my wedding day..! Everyone loves me dearly. So, there is nothing to be feared at all. But everything is different from my thoughts..!! I'm just nervous as hell and it feels like my heart will jump out from my chest.

I am circling around the room in a panic, when the sound comes from my behind. I turned my head to look behind me and I found my mother standing in front of me .

"Oh my, look at yourself..! You look so gorgeous and beautiful my daughter! " she said in an excited tone.

I smiled at her and said in a calm tone - "Thank you , Mom ! "

Seeing my normal reaction, she asked "So how are you feeling today ? "

Hearing her question, I just smiled slightly and said " Not so good! "

Hearing me , she chuckled and I frustratingly raised my eyebrows "Mom!! "

" Sorry ! But seeing your expression, I couldn't control my laugh ! " my mother said in a gentle voice.

I pouted my lips angrily and said " Mom, how can you laugh at your own daughter ?! When she is so nervous ! "

"Silly girl ! It is normal to be nervous ! This is your big day, how can you not be nervous!! " my mother said in a sweet tone holding my hands.

"But Mom, I feel like , I should just run away or hide myself! and I don't know, why am I thinking like that ? " I said in an upset tone.

She held my hand tightly and said emotionally " Sweetheart, don't be upset! this is really normal for a woman to become nervous on her wedding day..! "

" From today your whole life is going to be changed. You will now belong to your husband , not to us anymore ! " she said in an emotional tone.

Hearing her, I said in a scolding tone , hugging her tightly "Mom! Don't say those things again! I will always belong to you and Dad!! No one can snatch me from you and Dad!! "

Hearing this she chuckled hardly and said "Silly girl !!! "

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