Pampered By The Ruthless Billionaire Cousin

Author: Afrodite LesFolies

Chapter 1

Word Count: 687 | Released on: Today at 10:30

canvas before her, a superheroine with fiery red hair was frozen in an awkward

ain. A low, insistent hum. She'd silenced it an hour ago, trying to build a wall of work

as chaos. Dozens of notifications. Instagram tags, Twitter mentions, miss

en lit up aga

swered

tripped of its usual breezy humor. "Don't as

he pulled the phone away an

the very top of trending: Ry

hand tangled in Sienna Sterling's blonde hair. His lips pressed against hers in a

ed thin, suffocating. Below the photo, the comments r

r him. She's like a porcelain doll with

from sadness, but from a sudde

eholder. Ryan dese

ally breaking free fr

talked about her as if she weren't

of shame was already receding, replaced by

New York City. For two years, she had lived in this gilded cage, playing the perfect Astor wife. G

stor family lawyer slid a prenuptial agreement across a mahogany desk. Ryan hadn't even been there. It was a

e volume button until the phone went completely silent. She knew what that call would be-a ca

this

rs. Waiting for him to say it again. Remembered the late nights in this apartment, staring at his photos, trying to find one shred of sincerity in that perfe

him. She had been a footnote.

. When she opened them, there were

her phone, knuckles white. The anger was a solid thing inside her n

o, past the hashtags, diving back into the toxic swam

ooking fo

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“For two years, Chloe Sullivan lived in a gilded cage, playing the perfect, quiet wife to Ryan Astor in a loveless marriage of convenience. Until a high-resolution photo of Ryan passionately kissing actress Sienna Sterling dominated the internet. Sienna's fans launched a digital crusade, hailing the affair as true love while viciously cyberbullying Chloe as a hollow, gold-digging obstacle. But public humiliation wasn't enough for Ryan. To void their ironclad prenup and leave her with absolutely nothing, he orchestrated a sickening trap. He lured her to an exclusive club under the guise of meeting her divorce lawyer, and had a sleazy friend slip a heavy drug into her water. "Once we have photos of her in bed with another man, she'll sign anything just to make it go away." Chloe's limbs went heavy as the drug burned through her veins. She was dragged down a dim hallway, shoved into a dark restroom, and felt a stranger's hands tearing at her dress. She had endured his constant indiscretions and kept her end of their bargain, yet he was willing to completely destroy her dignity and life just to play the victim. As her vision blurred and terror consumed her, she used her last ounce of strength to whisper a desperate plea for help. But Ryan's perfect setup failed. When Chloe finally opened her eyes the next morning, she wasn't surrounded by flashing cameras in a cheap hotel room. She was safe in a luxurious penthouse, and sitting beside her bed was the one man Ryan was absolutely terrified of-the true, ruthless heir to the empire, Julian Astor IV.”