My Fake Husband Is A Ruthless CEO

Chapter 3

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e, bare bulb cast long, dancing shadows on the stained walls. It smelled of stale cigarettes and mildew. Aliana had p

ht and brittle as she tucked the children int

s lower lip quivered. Only Zane seemed unaffected, his

t on full blast, the sound of rushing water covering the harsh, ragged sobs that she could no long

ket. The caller ID read: Oa

r mother, Arla Pruitt. Her monthly payment is overdue. The attending physician has ordered

ed on the phone. "How

s, ma'am. And the paym

ty thousand dollars. "I-I'll come in today,"

or. Her eyes were red-rimmed. Her dress was still torn. She

to the main room. The children were huddled together o

Her voice was steady now, the tears pushed down deep where they couldn't see them. "Zane,

les, Mama," Zan

slipped out the door, the weight of t

tared at the door for a long moment, his sm

an," he said,

m her teddy bear. "

ered, second-hand laptop he had built himself from discarded parts. "She ne

icorn blanket tighte

he keyboard. "The most powerful dad in the whole city. Someone wh

ters crowded behind him, watchin

e most powerful da

d for his four-year-old face. "We find the most powerful

opist. A flood of news articles and corporate profiles appeared. Zane scanned them, his eyes moving quickly from one headline to the next. He cross-referenced

sisters. A look of grim determination settled over his feat

top floor of the Hays Global Enterpris

his face unreadable. He stared at the report his exe

ugged Aliana to the hotel. Financial records of Jairo's failing

p a slow, steady rhythm on the

hammer blow to Mark's

g the locked doors, the three small childr

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said, his voice d

t pulled. Every investor scared off. I want him to f

leave, desperate to escape

roze.

is sh

t Motel, sir.

the most dangerous intersections in the city. "Keep eyes on that motel,"

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My Fake Husband Is A Ruthless CEO

Xi Jin Romance

“I was engaged to Jairo, completely devoted to building our future, until I caught him in our living room, tangled up with my best friend. It wasn't just a simple affair. I discovered they had drugged me the night before, planning to pimp me out to a wealthy investor to save Jairo's failing startup. By a stroke of luck, I had stumbled into the wrong hotel room and spent the night with a stranger in the dark. When I confronted Jairo and called off the wedding, his retaliation was swift and merciless. He froze my bank accounts, canceled my apartment lease, and literally threw my three young children and our belongings onto the curb next to a dumpster. "You'll come crawling back! You and your sick mother will be living on the street!" With my mother's life-saving medical treatment about to be cut off for unpaid bills, I was pushed to the absolute brink of despair. I couldn't understand how someone I loved could be so monstrous, leaving my innocent children to rot like garbage. Just as I hit rock bottom, the stranger from the hotel room found us. He drove a beat-up car, claimed to be a broke assistant, and offered me a marriage of convenience and $75,000 to get his strict family off his back. For my children's survival, I signed the papers. But that night, staying in his "boss's" luxury penthouse, I woke up to hear my new husband on the phone, ruthlessly ordering the total financial destruction of Jairo's company. Just who exactly did I marry?”