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Betrayed? I Married My Ex's Powerful Uncle

Chapter 7 

Word Count: 1066    |    Released on: Today at 09:46

ehind the master suite screen, and walked down t

twenty-meter dining table where Boston society figures and Aldrid

d over Kelsey's chair, raising his champagne glass to

nd held up her wrist to show off a new Van Clee

engagement party at the Newport beach

eavy carved double doors at the end of the hall

ing the custom black

ed, and her dark brown curls were pinned up, leaving her pale neck

sey looked like a teenager playing d

to his knuckles. He stared at Riley's bare shoulders, his throat tightening-

le, Cassandra recovered first, l

the sickroom. We thought you were busy

background folder onto the c

e spent eight years fixing rusted pickup trucks in a dusty Mexican town. No college d

p, her voice shri

f Aldridge blood! I move that the family council challenge the validity of this marriage and r

wned, whispering to one another as

iful expression, le

you could have just asked me. Why ruin th

table. Walking calmly in her ten-centimeter he

hair reserved exclusively for the head of th

f her, Riley swirled the dark cabernet once

, when an elder takes the main seat

red. He slammed his palm

! Who the hell are y

g the raised gold seal of the Massachusetts Supreme

he seventy-two-hour medical verification. She is now the sole permanent medical proxy and primar

long table, his voice

the reigning matriarch may have their quarterly

hall. The directors immediately

ine and set the glass down with a

going to pour tea

of the table, his knees visibly buckling as he remembered his

mped up, her

through a million dollars a month in ICU fees! The board is

led out Callan's heavy titanium personal

al account as long as I'm breathing. And if anyone touches his power plug, I'll have external auditors

ck hitting the tall frame of his chair

Great-Aunt Beatrice banged her si

nd under Riley's care this morning! She is the lucky star who brough

down, every cousin and director at the table qui

ingernails digging so hard into her

ut into her Beef Wellington while Preston and his fami

Jeremiah stepped close to Riley's chair

Special Investigations just arrived. He's waiting

beside her plate, the socialite mask vanis

the

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Betrayed? I Married My Ex's Powerful Uncle
Betrayed? I Married My Ex's Powerful Uncle
“Today was supposed to be my fiancé's uncle's funeral, a solemn day for the billionaire Aldridge family. But right outside the memorial hall, I caught my fiancé and my sweet, innocent half-sister rolling around half-naked on a velvet sofa. I smashed the door open and exposed their affair to two hundred of Boston's wealthiest elites. Instead of apologizing, my fiancé cursed me for making him a laughingstock. My biological father, who had always favored his mistress's daughter, disowned me on the spot. They mocked my callused hands, calling me a cheap mechanic who never deserved to marry into high society. I was ready to walk away from this disgusting family forever, but then the military crashed the funeral with shocking news. The "dead" uncle, Callan Aldridge, was actually alive. He was brought back completely paralyzed with locked-in syndrome, given less than three months to live. His greedy brother and my cheating ex immediately began plotting to pull his life support and carve up his twenty-billion-dollar aerospace empire. It was a blatant, sickening murder hiding behind medical care. I thought it wasn't my problem, until Callan's lawyer handed me a marriage contract. Looking at the paralyzed war hero on the bed, I saw his eyes tracking me-cold, sharp, and entirely conscious. "Interesting. So the dead man picks his own knife." I picked up the pen and signed my name, ready to become their worst nightmare.”