The Betrayed Heiress And Her Vengeful Pact

“I was the perfect fiancée, engaged to Carter Sterling to save my family's failing finances. It was supposed to be the merger of the decade. But the day after our lavish engagement party, an anonymous text shattered my illusion. It was a photo of my fiancé passionately kissing my childhood best friend, Paige, in a hotel room. When I went to catch them, my world crumbled further. Instead of supporting me, my father threw a stack of my sick mother's medical bills on his desk. "You will not jeopardize this merger. Do not break this engagement." He threatened to cut off her life-saving care if I ruined the deal. I was forced to smile and play the devoted fiancée. To make matters worse, the stranger who sent me the photo-and whom I had just slept with in a moment of blind revenge-turned out to be Julian Sinclair, Carter's ruthless cousin. I was surrounded by liars and manipulators. My father traded my mother's life for money, my fiancé treated me like a fool, and Julian used me as a pawn in his own twisted games. How could they all just use me and expect me to stay quiet? As Paige tried to publicly humiliate me at Julian's welcome-home party, offering a toxic toast to our friendship, something inside me finally snapped. I wasn't just going to survive this gilded cage anymore. I was going to burn their whole rotten world to the ground.”