The Substitute Bride's Lethal Secret

Chapter 7

Word Count: 807 | Released on: 19/05/2026

billionaires and mob bosses held their breath, te

ply reached down, snatched the bidding paddle off the

a dark, violent promise that car

en bi

forehead with a trembling hand, his voice cr

ked. She slammed her hand against

nd to look at Jasper. Her

perately checking the routing numbers of their offshore accounts. He looked

lute limit in untra

rate holdings under her 'Architect' persona. But liquidating that kind of capital instantly would trig

blow her co

microphone button. Her deepened v

ve bi

le. "Boss, stop! That's insane. The pendant isn't wort

ark, obsessive madness. He was not going to let anyone take his only chance at a

. His voice was absolute ice,

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hockwave. Several older men in the back ro

r stomach plummeted. She was out of liquid funds. She

erventilating. He slammed the gavel

billion dollars!

laric didn't smile. He didn't sit down. He kept his cold, mur

, Sera's visio

at boot. The glass shattered into a thousand pieces, th

ay with her mother's pendant. If sh

Sera barked at Jasp

leather gloves, yanked the box door

lass. He leaned down and spoke sharply to Wyatt. "G

rned and walked toward the private VIP st

of the second floor. She bypassed the elevators, heading stra

ed out to push

tstep echoed from the

and hovering inch

of the shadows, completely b

s sharp cheekbones. His gray eyes locked onto her

f her hat cast a shadow over her medical mask. Her

ensive leather shoes sinking into the carpet felt like a hammer beating against Sera's ch

e looked down at her slighter frame, his sheer

mirk touched the cor

of an introduction," Alaric said, his voice a

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“I was dragged back to the wealthy Hayes family years after they threw me out like garbage. The matriarch ordered me to take my sister's place and marry Alaric Montgomery, a ruthless CEO rumored to be on his deathbed. "If you refuse, I will have your mother's grave dug up by tomorrow morning." They wanted to use me as a superstitious blood sacrifice so their precious golden child wouldn't have to become a young widow. My stepmother and sister mocked my cheap clothes and sprayed toxic chemicals in my face, treating me like a disposable pawn meant to die quietly in the Montgomery estate. But while they were laughing, I hacked into the top-tier medical network and discovered the truth. Alaric wasn't dying of a terminal illness; he was suffering from a highly lethal neurotoxin. Worse, I found out the Montgomery family was deeply involved in the orchestrated car crash that murdered my mother, and they were currently hunting down her sacred healing pendant. My family thinks I am just a weak, illiterate country bumpkin who will cry and accept her miserable fate. They have no idea that I am actually "The Surgeon," the legendary underground doctor that Alaric is burning billions of dollars to find. Wearing my faded hoodie and worn combat boots, I calmly stepped into the Montgomery family's fleet of Rolls-Royces. They think they are sending a helpless lamb to the slaughter. They don't realize they just invited an apex predator into the lion's den.”