The Poisoned Vow: Tempting My Ex's Dying Billionaire Uncle

Chapter 3

Word Count: 862 | Released on: 26/10/2026

t left the Caldwell driveway and merged onto the interstate heading north toward the

asphalt broke the silence. From the front passenger seat, Phoebe

osed, her breathing steady. After a moment, she opened her eyes

the lid lifted to reveal a compact selection of toxicology reagents Reyna had prep

ng the original core formulas that had built Caldwell Pharmaceuticals. As Reyna's fingernail

aying a single word in her defense. Up on the witness stand, her fiancé Darren Vaughn had used polished corporate term

tebook until the paper creased and the

n in the back seat, Phoeb

ad to the butler at the Vaughn es

placed the notebook back into

s you what people are doing when

ir-gapped archive of toxicology case files Margaret had left behind. Reyna then loaded the locally stored copy of Con

ed the results against three of Margaret's old poisoning cases, her thumb rubbing slowly against her index finger as she caught three contradictory blood markers

tate, cut the external data feeds to his

mmediately opening her lapto

e, the former chairman of Vaughn Global, and the beneficial controller of the Vaughn family trust. Even crippled and l

only blade sharp enough to cut the alliance apart. But curing Conrad would not place him under her c

-based toxicologist who had participated in testing and training her at Margaret's request. Before leaving Europe, Reyna had

m the single analysis as a final personal favor to Marga

e from the Vaughn medication ampoule shares the same chemical backb

deterioration was no mere aftermath of an aviation accident. Whoever was slowly kil

nto a narrow, winding private road. Century-old oak trees arched overhead,

e drive. The driver pressed the brakes, bringing the SUV to a halt a

actical vests stepped out of the guardhouse, walk

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The Poisoned Vow: Tempting My Ex's Dying Billionaire Uncle

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“They stole her research, her inheritance, and her fiancé. Then they sent her to prison for a crime they committed. After three years in federal prison and two years of clandestine toxicology training across Europe, Reyna Caldwell returns to New York with no fortune and no powerful family backing her-only deadly expertise, a handful of experimental compounds, and one loyal assistant. Waiting for her is a live broadcast of her stepsister, Sloane, wearing Reyna's engagement ring, clinging to Reyna's former fiancé, and taking public credit for the clinical research that once belonged to her. But Reyna's father has one final trap prepared. Marry Conrad Vaughn-her ex-fiancé's disfigured, paralyzed uncle-or lose the disputed shares her late mother left behind. Once the Caldwell-Vaughn merger closes in thirty days, the original trial records that could prove Reyna's innocence will be sealed away forever. Conrad is no ordinary invalid. He is the former chairman of Vaughn Global, the true controller of the Vaughn family trust, and the only man with enough voting power to stop the merger and force an independent investigation. The two families expect their unwanted heirs to disappear quietly together. Instead, they have just placed Reyna's most powerful weapon within her reach. At the Vaughn estate, the servants call her a desperate ex-convict and leave Conrad rotting behind locked doors. His body is covered in infected wounds. His medical staff are drugging him into a coma. And the slow-acting neurotoxin destroying his nerves carries the same chemical backbone as the falsified compound that sent Reyna to prison. The people who ruined her life are also trying to murder her new husband. Now Reyna will tear apart Sloane's perfect engagement, expose the family that stole her mother's legacy, and drag Conrad back from the edge of death. "I don't need him to survive. But I need him alive to win this war." As Reyna reaches for Conrad's pulse, his hand suddenly locks around her wrist. The supposedly unconscious man opens a pair of lethal blue eyes. "Which one of them sent you to finish the job?" She must cure a husband who trusts no one. He must decide whether his new wife is his salvation-or the most dangerous enemy ever sent into his bedroom. If Reyna succeeds, she will reclaim everything they stole. And once Conrad rises from his wheelchair, he has no intention of ever letting the woman who brought him back to life leave his side.”