Bought A Husband, Got A Secret CEO

Chapter 5

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pped just outside the imposing wrou

monument of stone and glass that had

n her lungs. "Wait here," she told Julian. "I need to do th

ng her as she got out of the car

suffocating silence. They were waiting for her in the living room-A

voice boomed, bouncing off the high ceiling

ailey, darling, don't be difficult. Mr. Knight is a v

s whisper only Hailey could hear. "It's over,

for a single shred of genuine affection. She f

ait of her mother, Eleanor,

lose friends. Heartbroken by her first love, Ele

t for Eleanor, Judith introduced Arthur

r's advances and gradually handed o

th and Arthur had been having an affair. Judith ha

After giving birth, she was too weak. Arthur knelt and begg

she couldn't survive long after that. Years later, the sham

t the bones of her mother's legacy. A

ssed surged through her veins-the st

d, striding towards her. He reache

ill not be seeing Sterling Knight," she said, her voice quiet b

re you being so selfish? This is for the family... " Her words d

belle had never seen before-arctic, d

ctic. Her lower lip trembled. Tears welled in he

g to clutch at Hailey's sleeve,

d never

in the silent room. Hailey had put every ounce of

shock on her face, five red finger

dith stared, mouths agape. They had never see

cing shriek, clutching

ng on Hailey with a snarl. "You're insane!

nted a trembling finger at Hailey. "You ar

nching. "This," she said, her voice dan

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Janna Lemay Romance

“Hailey woke up naked in an unfamiliar hotel room, staring at the stranger beside her and a smear of dried blood on the sheets. She instantly realized she had been drugged and framed by her sweet-smiling stepsister, Isabelle. Before she could even process the horror, her father called, ordering her to get home immediately to be sold off. He was forcing her to marry a cruel, abusive billionaire twice her age just to save their failing company. Sneaking back into her own house, she overheard her stepmother and stepsister's true plot. "Once she's married off to that old creep, everything in the Lawson family will finally be ours." Desperate, Hailey rushed to her ex-fiancé for help, only to find Isabelle already sitting by his hospital bed. Her ex-fiancé, suffering from selective amnesia, looked at Hailey with absolute disgust. "Leave. Now. Stop harassing Isabelle and me." Betrayed by her blood relatives and abandoned by the man who once promised to protect her, Hailey's heart completely died. Why did she have to be the sacrificial lamb for the very monsters who ruined her life? With only one hour left before her father's men dragged her away, she made a desperate, crazy move. She posted an anonymous ad online for an immediate contract husband, and the stranger from the hotel actually took the job. Hours later, Hailey walked back into her family's mansion, slapped her fake-crying stepsister across the face, and slammed her new marriage certificate onto the coffee table. "As a married woman, I am legally unavailable for your little business arrangement."”