The Cost Of Kindness

The Convict Heiress: Marrying The Billionaire

Rollins Laman

The heavy thud of the release stamp was the only goodbye I got from the warden after five years in federal prison. I stepped out into the blinding sun, expecting the same flash of paparazzi bulbs that had seen me dragged away in handcuffs, but there was only a single black limousine idling on the shoulder of the road. Inside sat my mother and sister, clutching champagne and looking at my frayed coat with pure disgust. They didn't offer a welcome home; instead, they tossed a thick legal document onto the table and told me I was dead to the city. "Gavin and I are getting engaged," my sister Mia sneered, flicking a credit card at me like I was a stray dog. "He doesn't need a convict ex-fiancée hanging around." Even after I saved their lives from an armed kidnapping attempt by ramming the attackers off the road, they rewarded me by leaving me stranded in the dirt. When I finally ran into Gavin, the man who had framed me, he pinned me against a wall and threatened to send me back to a cell if I ever dared to show my face at their wedding. They had stolen my biotech research, ruined my name, and let me rot for half a decade while they lived off my brilliance. They thought they had broken me, leaving me with nothing but an expired chapstick and a few old photos in a plastic bag. What they didn't know was that I had spent those five years becoming "Dr. X," a shadow consultant with five hundred million dollars in crypto and a secret that would bring the city to its knees. I wasn't just a victim anymore; I was a weapon, and I was pregnant with the heir they thought they had erased. I walked into the Melton estate and made an offer to the most powerful man in New York. "I'll save your grandfather's life," I told Horatio Melton, staring him down. "But the price is your last name. I'm taking back what's mine, and I'm starting with the man who thinks he's marrying my sister."

Modern Revenge Rebirth/Reborn

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Rhett Flynn's mistress Ruby Clark was a new actress signed by the company.

Gossip about Rhett and her frequently dominated the trending news.

Lorna Sanderson chose to ignore it all.

When headlines announced that the president of Flynn Enterprises visited a film set to see the lead actress, Lorna was at the stables with her son, Tommy, riding horses.

When reports spread about Rhett purchasing a rare pink diamond for his sweetheart, Lorna was sailing the Nevorian coast of a sunny peninsula with Tommy on a luxury yacht.

When his mistress sent Lorna a provocative video of their passionate sex in a car, she deleted it without watching.

However, while Lorna was away on a business trip, the mistress offered to pick Tommy up from kindergarten for Rhett. On the way, they were kidnapped.

The kidnappers contacted Rhett, demanding twenty million in cash for their release.

Rhett hurriedly arrived with the money.

He believed paying the ransom would ensure Tommy and Ruby's safe return.

At the abandoned warehouse in the outskirts, the kidnappers revealed a cruel condition. Twenty million would only free one of them.

To save both, they demanded fifty million in cash.

Flynn Enterprises had recently expanded overseas, leaving funds limited.

Rhett hesitated. As he began to say to release Tommy first, a kidnapper's menacing laugh interrupted. "This chick's a looker. The boys are gonna have some fun today!"

"She's a star, isn't she? We're in for a treat!"

Ruby's desperate screams followed. "Rhett, they're going to take turns assaulting me! You have to save me first!"

"Tommy's a boy. If you promise to get the money, they won't hurt him."

Rhett agreed to save Ruby.

When Lorna returned from her trip, four-year-old Tommy was covered in bruises and cuts from the kidnappers' abuse.

In the hospital, as soon as Tommy saw Lorna, he threw himself into her arms, sobbing. "Mommy, Daddy saved Ruby first, not me. Those bad guys hit me with a belt…"

Lorna stroked Tommy's scarred little face and battered back, tears streaming down her face.

She never imagined Rhett would treat his own son this way.

A tall figure entered the room.

Lorna turned to face Rhett, the man she loved for over a decade, her voice hoarse with rage. "Rhett Flynn, why would you do this to Tommy? He's your own son!"

Her eyes blazed with fury as she stared at him.

They had been married for seven years.

Before that, Lorna pursued him for nine years.

When he drank himself into a stomach bleed, she stayed by his side, nursing him with soup and appetizers.

When he was injured racing go-karts, she donated blood repeatedly until she was dizzy and could barely walk.

No matter what she did for him, he remained indifferent.

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