Married To The Ruthless Crippled Billionaire

Author: Silk Mirage

Chapter 1

Word Count: 1011 | Released on: Today at 15:00

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nuptial agreement onto the polished mahogany desk. The

fixed on her father, watching the way the ve

our sister's place, and you will do it to

tically. "Chloe, darling, this is your only chance to repay this

arefully polished sto

st tightly. She gasped for breath as a perfect tear slid down her cheek. "I

ghts, couldn't meet her gaze. His eyes darted around the room, landin

led Chloe's mouth.

ountain pen lying next to the contract. It was heavy, a symbol of the Foster wealth she

smug satisfaction. He thought she was c

t, Chloe drove the pen's nib straight do

ep, brutal. It s

buried her face in Grayson's chest,

hogany. She then reached into the worn leather satchel at her side and

ive Persian rug at her feet. They were bank statements. Wire transfers. A clear, damni

creams and procedures, turned the color of ash. She s

scraping violently against the fl

of ice. "The meaning is that Seraphina's 'fatal heart condition' cost her exactly fifty thousand

sed his hand, the heavy gold signet ring

hanging in the air, heavier than the scent of old leather and lies. "And every reporter i

he calculation stark on his face. The cost

ulling at his sleeve. "My career...

phina's tear-streaked face. For the first time, a flick

" She tapped a manicured finger on the desk, right next to the hole she'd made. "I want fi

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and steady. The sound of her counting

t you

frantic. Eleanor looked l

defeat escaping his lips. He jabbed a button on the intercom on hi

et smooth. She felt nothing. Not triumph, not satisfaction.

ried in moments later, sweating despite the room's air conditioning. He

t the transfer agreement for a long moment, his knuckles white. Then, with a viol

or legal traps and loopholes. It was clean. She picked up the

her pocket. It felt heavier than a simp

ors of the study. She ignored the four pairs of eyes boring into her

ck. "Alistair Carlisle will break you. He'll chew you

and on the brass doorkn

d out into the hallway, the heav

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Married To The Ruthless Crippled Billionaire

Silk Mirage Romance

“I was the abandoned daughter of the Foster family, locked away in a sanatorium for five years. Today, my father forced me to marry the notorious, wheelchair-bound billionaire Alistair Carlisle in my sister's place. My sister had faked a fatal heart condition to escape the arrangement. My ex-fiancé stood right beside her, telling me to just accept my fate. They all thought I was a broken, crazy doll they could use as a sacrifice. My father threatened me, my mother guilt-tripped me, and high society mocked us, saying a lunatic and a cripple were a perfect match. At the wedding, Alistair was poisoned and collapsed at the altar. His family immediately tried to stop me from saving him, ready to let him die and pin the murder on the crazy bride. They didn't know my sister's "illness" only cost her fifty thousand dollars in bribes. They also didn't know I wasn't a helpless victim, but a survivor with lethal medical skills and a hidden empire of my own. Why did my family think they could step all over me and get away with it? I didn't cry or beg for mercy. Instead, I extorted five percent of the family shares, walked down the aisle alone, and pulled my new husband back from the gates of hell with three hidden needles. When my "crippled" husband suddenly stood up from his wheelchair in our bedroom that night, I smiled. The real game had just begun.”