Rejecting The Tycoon: My Secret Billionaire Life

Chapter 2

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beneath the storm of her family's outrage. She knew her

ame thought. He forced a calm into his voice. "Sullivan, my fat

ce sharp and accusing. "That's right. Charles would never leav

s face unreadable. "Mr. Solomon is corre

is's eyes. This was it. The loophole. The c

gaze swept the room before finally settling on A

must enter into a contract of marriage with

Every head swiveled in unison, a sea of shocked faces turning to

el of wealth and power that made the Solomons look like new money. Kerr War

self, dreaming of the day she'd catch Kerr Ward's eye. This news was cr

red between her brows. Her gaze drifted to the back, landing on the man who was now her proble

disbelief, a rush of overwhelming gratitude. A poor girl from the country,

e. Her voice was flat,

ref

king it clear this wasn't a negotiation, "The marriage

ef. Refusing billions was madness. Refusing Kerr Ward was sacrilege. They cou

'd prepared for tears, for pleading, for a f

detached amusement, now held a sharp, probing intensity. He looked at Arlie. Something unreadable flickered in his g

as easily as walking away from a boring conversation. Her action was a grenade thrown i

ullivan's voice was urgent. "Mr. Solo

ut didn't turn around. Her

touched Kerr Ward's lips. This was getting inter

e washed over her. Why would he look at the woman who'

sitely awkward spot. They were the beggars now,

t across the crowded room. His was filled with a h

e. His voice was a low, resonant bariton

inish, Mr.

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Rejecting The Tycoon: My Secret Billionaire Life

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“Arlie Solomon walked into her grandfather's funeral in faded jeans, ignoring the disgusted stares of her elite family who viewed her as a forgotten country outcast. But the grand hall froze when the lawyer read the final will. Her grandfather had left his entire billionaire empire-and an irrevocable marriage contract with Kerr Ward, the city's most powerful bachelor-solely to Arlie. The family erupted in venomous rage. Her uncle and cousins relentlessly tried to humiliate her, banishing the new billionaire to a dusty servant's room and mocking her lack of a high school diploma. When petty bullying failed, her uncle slammed a contract on the desk, threatening to publicly disown her if she didn't sign over the company. "You are tearing this family apart. Sign this, or we are done with you!" They thought she was just a helpless, uneducated girl they could easily crush. They had no idea that her five-year absence was a complete void-a "digital ghost" status so heavily encrypted that even Kerr Ward's top-tier intelligence network couldn't find a single trace of her existence. Faced with their ultimate threat, Arlie didn't panic. She calmly pulled a pre-drafted legal document from her backpack to permanently sever their family ties. "Once you sign this, you are legally strangers trespassing in my private residence. I will have you escorted off the property by the police." The charade of the ignorant country girl was over; it was time to clean house.”