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The Ghost Heiress And Her Dying Husband

Chapter 5 

Word Count: 732    |    Released on: 30/05/2026

ary of old leather, polished wood, and the faint, comforting smell of books. Dr. Finch, a man i

enuine, profound respect that bordered on r

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arranged b

g. Her stepsister was in the foyer, her arm in a sling, complaining loudly to

balling into a fist. "You monster!" S

She applied a small amount of pressure, an

said coolly, looking at Melanie's go

child. Harrison appeared at the top of the stairs, his face thunderous. "Ivy!

em all as if they were nothing m

ooking the city, Arthur Sullivan

out of high school. Spent the last few years bouncing around Europe, working o

of a sullen-looking teenager. It looked nothing like the woman at the cliff, the woman with eyes that he

work as a waitress. She's either a former operative, or she's something even more dangerous." He paused, his fingers tracing the edge of the tab

xpression grim. "I'l

s marriage. It was a means to an end, a way to solidify the mer

tudent. It was also where Jeffrey Davenport sat on the board of truste

pair of earbuds, drowning them out. She had established her dominance in this house. They would leave her alone

ter, and the first pieces of her ga

her touch, the impossible warmth that had quieted the storm inside him-and the cold certainty

ys, she would

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“My father ordered me to marry a dying billionaire to save our family from bankruptcy. My stepmother and stepsister gloated, telling me it was a miracle for a dropout like me. They even joked that my sister Alice jumped off a cliff just to escape this exact arrangement. I didn't care about their threats or the money. I only agreed to the marriage to infiltrate the Davenport family and find the truth about Alice's death. I even pushed my sickly fiancé off a cliff and dragged him back to life to test him. I thought I was in total control, easily crushing my stepfamily's plot to drug and ruin me at the wedding. But as my new husband carried me away from the chaos, my blood ran cold. On his wrist was a thin, braided leather bracelet with a silver charm. It was the exact, one-of-a-kind bracelet Alice was wearing the day she disappeared. Was the man I just married actually my sister's murderer? I sneaked out on our wedding night to hack his private servers for answers, but froze in the hallway. A two-year-old boy with my husband's sharp gray eyes looked up at me, clutching a teddy bear. "Are you my new mommy?" My cold-blooded revenge plan had just hit a terrifying, living wall.”