From Widow to His World: Claimed by the CEO

el Carter, the broke boy everyone looked down on. But on the

entire city and was forced into a marriage al

iage alliance fell apart, and the Cooper fa

ered at, returned home in glory and became t

e ended up bec

kept closing in on me, cornering me wi

l caught me on a da

stantly as he pinned

e you abandon

..

dow, one hand gripping my waist as h

ways liked forcing me to til

ave with me?" he murmured against my e

gers instinctively clutched at his s

at that moment

pen, my chest

ected, a calm, professio

o inform you that your husband, Ryan Cooper, passed away despite emergency treatment.

and I nearly dr

at. After several long seconds, I

seconds to remember that

r, I stood outsid

essed in black moved quietly through the halls,

s reall

very person chatting in the li

at my face the v

ice pierced through the room. "You cursed lit

feet, porcelain fragment

"You've been married into this family for five years and couldn't even g

n, their voices growing louder

d-white memorial portrait a

east bothered to maintain the illusion of decency. Now that

hand, and her assistant place

almost indifferent. "You'll be g

the papers bu

dical bills from the past few months, his hospital expenses, and several unr

was thei

e into a choice. But to me, ther

first place. There had never been love between Ryan and me, and now

ame on the last page without bother

papers back across the table, my voice perfe

sion faltered for

he Cooper family and I

e anyone another glance before t

ling Ryan's funeral. I only showed up when absolutely necessary

e office, everything seemed

when she saw me. "Perfect timing. There's a file that needs to go

walked to the CEO's office

w male voice ca

oor open and s

nd, my entire

distant. His features were sharper than I reme

ecognized hi

ni

run away with me five years

orknob, so tight that my knuckles turned

Daniel slowly l

eyes met, he v

ively and walked over to plac

nts that need your si

nstead, his gaze dropped to

I finally realized I was st

uch a mess that I'd complete

e, he finally spoke

s chair, yet his eye

edgment and placed the

s casually, then let out a cold laugh

the place, and you still thought this was

efully myself. There was no

as making things di

ady double-checked ever

Daniel cut me off and l

is really your att

ting. I took a slow breath and forced d

evise i

up the documents a

ame from behind me. "Wasn't the Cooper family filthy rich?

bitterness and pain crashi

was that sup

her woman, leaving me waiting at the station like a complete joke all night lo

n a marriage without love, without warmth

intment, and resentment had

ting like the abandoned victim, mo

ance I'd buried over the past five ye

h

abandoned. I was the one

Only then did I realize my nails had