Married To The Fake Broke Billionaire

Chapter 5

Word Count: 749 | Released on: 09/06/2026

cedar and that strange, clean antiseptic scent. Althea clutc

al mask firmly in place, but Althea saw the flicker o

om the stench of garbage clinging to them, but his ja

ed. "We'll mes

, his voice a low grow

her into the plush leather interior, tr

to Leo. Althea gave him the address to her building, a rundown pre-war walk-up on the edge of a

in the car as she helped Arthur

her voice stiff, direct

gone for a week." His gaze was intense. "If you find yourself

m away. The SUV pulled away from th

shoulders a strange and confusing comfort. She shook her head and turned

he grime from his skin and hair. She helped him into clean pajamas and coaxed him to eat a small bowl of

w herself to feel the

haustion. She opened the refrigerator. It was nearly empty,

long, desperate swallow. The bitter l

led out a thin silver chain. The locket was worn smooth from years of touch. She clicked it ope

he walls she kept so carefully built around her heart. A singl

to the tiny photo, her voice breaking.

elt foreign, absurd on her tongue. "He's a monster. A cold, controlling, paranoid

y mind. Feeling safe with a man who's probably one s

llic taste coating her tongue

her chest, over her heart. The tears stopped. Her

faces in the locket. "I will find out who put you on that yacht

e a bed of her own. She pulled her thin mattress onto the floor next to Arthur's be

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“Althea was once the beloved heiress of the wealthy Beaumont family. But a fake DNA test declared her an imposter, and she was thrown out onto the streets, left to run a greasy food truck just to keep her Alzheimer's grandfather alive. When the medical facility demanded twenty-two thousand dollars she didn't have, she made a desperate deal. She agreed to a three-month fake marriage with Darion Sharp, a terrifying, cold stranger who demanded absolute zero physical contact. She thought he was just a broke man renting a fancy life. But when thugs attacked her, his private army of suited men arrived in minutes, forcing her to move into his sterile penthouse. Living together was a nightmare. Just accidentally brushing his hand sent him into a violent, disgusted panic. When she accidentally saw the horrifying, brutal whip scars covering his back, he erupted into a murderous rage. "Out," he snarled, looking at her like he wanted to destroy her. Althea was terrified and trapped. She didn't understand what deadly underworld this traumatized man belonged to, just like she didn't understand why her own uncle and cousin had framed her and destroyed her life five years ago. But she refused to be a victim again. Clutching a locket with her parents' photo, she made a silent vow. She would survive this dangerous marriage, uncover the truth behind her family's betrayal, and take back everything they stole from her.”