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His Unwanted Wife, The Nation's Hero

Chapter 10 No.10

Word Count: 770 | Released on: 22/03/2026

ors of Le Bernardi

glass and metal framing rain

hrough the ruined entrance. He pumped the action of a 12-gauge sho

ained down lik

oom. Diners threw themselves onto the floor, knoc

incts hijacked her ne

anked her hard to the ground, pulling her b

s voice muffled by the mask. "Wallets

anding frozen near the center

knees buckled. She collapsed onto the floo

s around Jace's leg

head snapped t

g the heavy barrel of the shotgun and

s heart hammered against his ribs so hard it felt like it

on the trigger. He was going

illa saw the angle. She s

But she was a soldier. She could not w

lver serving tray from a

ut from behi

outed at the to

bee. It spun through the air and crash

e shotgun blasted into the ceili

e shotgun, ejecting the spent shell, and

ately dove forward, sprinting toward the heavy

eeded

dge of the table, the gu

t the edge. If he just grabbed her wrist, he could pu

He saw the gun pointi

e, Jace's survival instinct clashed

Carolyn cryin

reach for

h of his hands up and shoved Cilla's shoulders as hard as he could, clearing a path for himself. He u

alance. She stumbled backward, com

otgun

in tore through the outs

ny buckling her knees instantly. The force knocked her completely off balance, sending her

the sleeve of her blazer, dripp

arm. She gritted her teeth

y lifted

behind the table. His arms wer

t Cilla, his chest heaving

the line of fire to s

. The hands that had just

t it was nothing compared to the absolut

tachment, every ounce of humanity she had ever fe

ent comple

riage w

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“On our wedding anniversary, I came home to find my husband, Jace, celebrating with another woman in our living room. She was wearing my mother's necklace-the only thing recovered from the explosion that killed my parents. Jace laughed, calling it a "cheap piece of junk," and tried to write me a check to buy a new one. His family called my parents' ashes "garbage" and "unsanitary." When I confronted them, Jace sided with his mother, ordering me out of the penthouse I secretly owned. He let his friends publicly humiliate me, calling me a gold-digging leech with no background. But that wasn't the worst of it. When a gunman stormed the restaurant we were in, Jace shoved me directly into the line of fire to shield his mistress. The shotgun blast tore through my arm. As I lay bleeding on the marble floor, I stared at the man who had just used me as a human shield, his face pale with terror as he protected her. In that instant, every ounce of love I ever had for him died. The pain in my arm was nothing compared to the cold, hollow void that consumed my heart. He thought he was sacrificing a quiet, useless wife to secure his future. He had no idea he had just declared war on Captain Cilla Henson, West Point valedictorian and the most lethal operator of the Eagle Task Force.”