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Bound By The Billionaire's Golden Leash

Chapter 2 2

Word Count: 1046 | Released on: 13/03/2026

face, shocking her skin but doing li

. The woman in the mirror looked like a ghost. Pale skin, wi

together

stick to hide the evidence of Fulton's teeth. She couldn't stay in here

knew what waited for her on the other side of the door. The walk back through the hushed, wood-paneled corridor would feel like a mile, every step taking her from the p

the laughter too shrill, the scent of expensive perfume and roasted meat too cloying

he next hour. Then she could

d parted lik

d by a ripple of whispers. Eveline

f the grand staircase. Ja

iamond on her finger that caught the light and threw it back with blinding arrogance. But up close, Eveline saw the faintest tremor in her manicured hand, th

e looked like a king surveying his subjects. His eyes scanne

o recognition. It was as if the scene in t

wo years, she thought. Two years of my life

who

niya steered Fulton directly toward her. The cr

feet away. "You look... tired. Is th

ine forced a smile. It felt

r," Eveline said, her voice steady despite the

ving trouble with her... finances. Again." Janiya tilted her head, her eyes gleaming with malice.

aze flicked

h cold detachment. He didn't step in. He didn't defend her. He

turned, stron

y with a silver t

ical blow. The brine, the metalli

mach co

have time to c

h the polite conversation. Bile splashed onto the polished

hat followed

shrieked, jumping

nk?" someon

omething," anothe

humiliation burned hotter than the acid in her throat. She

s mask

de, as if he were about to reach out. But he stoppe

s head sligh

the shadows, a man in a black suit who lo

on said. His voice was ice.

king away. "I'm fine. I ju

s eyes boring into hers. There was

His fingers were like steel cla

e whispered, looking

placing a hand on the small of her bac

s heart

e exit. The whispers follow

e preg

ated in the air,

the double doors and into the cool night ai

e said, openin

" Eveline pleaded, gripping the door

nreadable. "Mr. Horn gave an order. W

lammed the door. The lock

s around her stomach. The secret she hadn't even dar

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“For two years, I lived as a ghost in the Horn manor, a world built on blood money where my every breath was monitored. Fulton Horn, my stepfather's nephew and the executor of my life, held the golden leash around my neck, forcing me to play the role of his secret mistress while he paraded a socialite as his fiancée. Everything shattered at a high-society gala when the scent of raw seafood made me vomit at the feet of Fulton's future bride. The ballroom erupted in whispers of a secret pregnancy, but Fulton's reaction wasn't concern-it was cold, predatory calculation. He immediately forced me into a clinical "inspection" to ensure his "merchandise" was sound, then destroyed my only chance at escape by framing my friend in a scandal and blacklisting my credit. He dragged me to his penthouse, ripped my clothes, and told me I was nothing but a "placeholder" for his dead first love, Arlena. I was drowning in his obsession, forced to model his fiancée's engagement gown while he claimed he was the only one who could "protect" me. "You are what I say you are," he whispered, "and you belong where I say you belong." I didn't understand how he could be so cruel, or why he was so determined to keep me in a cage of secrets. But when I looked closer at the photo of the "original" girl he loved, my blood turned to ice. It wasn't a girl named Arlena. It was a picture of me from six years ago, smiling and unbroken. I realized then that Fulton hadn't just found a replacement-he had spent years carefully destroying the girl I used to be so he could keep the broken pieces for himself. Reaching for the hidden keycard, I finally made a choice: I would find a way to kill the ghost he loved before he finished killing the woman I had become.”