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Married To The Ruthless Disgraced Billionaire

Chapter 3 

Word Count: 1123    |    Released on: 21/04/2026

e curb in front of the towering glass fa

cold tap water and wrapped a strip of torn bedsheet around my palm. The makeshift bandage was hidden inside the sleeve of the dark sweater Kay

wound, but the bleeding had stopped. I tucked my i

ia descended. They swarmed the car li

ra flashes exploded in my face. The intense light se

face. The reporters screamed questions, their v

trides. Without a word, his large hand clamped firmly around my waist. He pulled me flus

dress, his palm felt branding-

a! How does it feel to go from a Schroeder heiress to a convicted fraudste

eted. My fingers curled inward, grabbing a fistful of Kayden's suit jacket, holding on like it was a

ten degrees. He turned his head and pinned the reporter with a sta

he anger burned hotter. I lifted my chin, forcing a

u should focus on your plummeting ratings and the cheap, off-the-rack suit you're wearing instead of harassing peopl

standing there with her mouth hanging open. The e

in his eyes. His grip on my waist tightened, and he used the silence to carve a

te air conditioning

roaching. Her face immediately twisted into a sneer. She cross

as been revoked," she said, he

hands rested heavily on the batons at their belts. They

p back. I st

pped the walkie-talkie straight off the shoulder strap o

g a citizen-even a former Schroeder-is a very, very expensive mistake. You have exactly three seconds to de

torney on retainer. But my voice ca

-the authority drilled into me from twenty-one years of living as a

k as she pulled her master keycard from he

sp, clear note. The stain

losed, instantly cutting off t

yden dropped his hand from my waist. The sudden absence of his heat left a cold pa

against the mirrored wall. "Flaw

y dress, keeping my eyes fixed

y pocket. The bandage was still dry. "It's called profess

chimed agai

ridor. We walked to the massive double doors of Kayden's

le sound of a woman's breathy laughter and

His eyes turned into black, bottomless pits of rage.

pped closer, closing the distance bet

of his shirt. "Ready for war, fiancé?" I whispe

nd. He pulled his arm free, grabbed my hand, intertwining our fingers tigh

s heavy leather boot and kicked the m

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Married To The Ruthless Disgraced Billionaire
Married To The Ruthless Disgraced Billionaire
“I was once the untouchable heiress to the Schroeder empire, until a corporate fraud conviction stripped away my life and threw me into federal prison for five brutal years. On the day of my release, I stepped out into the freezing rain only to realize I had been utterly abandoned by everyone I loved. My family sent no one. My former best friends blocked my number, and high-society women took photos of my shivering, pathetic state for laughs. To survive, I made a desperate deal to act as the fake fiancée of Kayden Washington, a ruthless, disgraced billionaire fighting his own blood. But the moment we joined forces, the nightmare escalated. Our safehouse was ransacked, we were hunted by tactical hitmen in the dark, and my adoptive brother stole my dead mother's diary just to bribe me into leaving New York forever. Worse, the digital trail of my framing traced back to a top-tier operative manipulating both our families from the shadows. I didn't understand why my own family had sacrificed me like a worthless pawn to ignite a massive, invisible war. What dark secret was I actually taking the fall for? Just as Kayden and I prepared to burn both empires to the ground, a mysterious courier dropped a package at my door. Inside rested the Schroeder Patriarch's solid gold ring-the ultimate symbol of absolute power-sent directly to me, the disgraced exile. "They took your past, but I will give you the power to forge a new future." The game hadn't just changed. The board had been flipped, and I was going back to take the throne.”