Chapter: Chapter 50In her hand, she carried a gold sponsor’s honour plaque representing Thorne Group. Surrounded by assistants, stylists, and security, she stepped into the corridor like a proud white swan who knew every camera had been waiting for her.For today’s charity event, she was not only the representative of one of the top sponsors.She had also arrived as the so-called most beautiful cheer captain, a spectacle designed to bring glamour and attention to the swimming programme.“Coach Miller. Vance.”Catherine spotted Vance at once, his expression still dark from the earlier exchange. She also saw Coach Miller preparing to leave with Rebecca and Liam.Her boots struck a crisp rhythm against the floor as she hurried over. With practiced ease, she entered the circle of conversation as if she had always belonged there.She did not look at Rebecca.Instead, she moved straight toward Vance and reached for his arm with soft fa
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Chapter: Chapter 49“To tell you the truth, when Rebecca suddenly vanished three years ago and I heard she had married, I was heartbroken. She was one step from the highest stage.”He patted Liam’s back with a rough, affectionate hand.“There were times I thought, if she hadn’t married so young, if the man she ended up spending her life with had been Liam here, what a pair they would have made. Talent, discipline, temperament, even the way they move in the water—they matched each other. A real shame. Life never asks us old men what we want.”Miller spoke plainly, honestly, without the slightest idea of the knife he had just put through the room.He did not know that the billionaire sponsor standing before him was the lawful husband who had kept Rebecca buried in a manor for three years. He was only speaking as a coach, grieving the path his best student had lost and the partnership he had once imagined for two athletes he loved.
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Chapter: Chapter 48Vance’s warning gaze cut between them like a blade drawn through ice.His tall frame carried the cold authority of a man long used to command, and in that moment he seemed determined to use both identities—husband and sponsor—to draw Rebecca back inside the boundary of what belonged to him.Liam did not move back.If anything, the mockery in his eyes deepened.Under Vance’s lethal stare, he raised his right hand with unhurried ease. Then, as Vance’s pupils tightened, Liam placed that broad, calloused hand on Rebecca’s shoulder.The air around them seemed to freeze.Liam wore the black uniform of the national team, and when he lifted his arm, the fabric drew cleanly across the lines of his body. Years of elite training had given him the kind of physique no tailor could manufacture: wide shoulders, a lean waist, strong arms shaped by water, resistance, and discipline. It was a different kind of power from Va
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Chapter: Chapter 47The noise from the press reached its peak after Vance announced the sponsorship plan.For a few seconds, the entrance of the convention centre was almost impossible to move through. Reporters surged forward with microphones raised, camera flashes bursting one after another, turning the polished marble floor into a restless field of white light. Security moved at once, forming a human wall between them and the crowd, but even that could not entirely block the questions being thrown from every direction.“Mr Bradford, will Bradford Group be taking over the entire Commonwealth swimming sponsorship?”“Miss Perry, did you know about this arrangement before today?”“Is Captain Evans involved in the negotiations?”Vance did not answer.He turned slightly and placed his hand at Rebecca’s waist with practised ease, guiding her away from the crush of cameras and toward the VIP reception area. His palm rested firmly against her through the fabric of her hoodie, the gesture protective to anyone w
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Chapter: Chapter 46Before the Maybach reached the convention centre, Rebecca finally spoke.“Vance.”He turned slightly. “What is it?”She looked at the traffic ahead rather than at him. Her voice was quiet, but there was no hesitation in it.“Coach Miller and the team don’t know about us.”Vance’s hand tightened on hers.Rebecca felt it, but continued, “At St George’s, I told Coach Miller that my husband was only someone with the same name as you. Liam and the others believe the same.”His eyes darkened.“You want me to deny you?”“No.” Rebecca turned to him then. “I want you not to claim me in front of them.”The words landed between them with a cold precision.For a moment, Vance said nothing.Rebecca lowered her gaze to their joined hands. “This is my first public appearance after returning to the team. I don’t want it tangled with the Bradford family, Catherine, your mother, or our divorce. I don’t want Coach Miller to find out from a crowd of reporters that the man who stood beside Catherine at th
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Chapter: Chapter 45Outside the St Regis Apartments, media vans and black Land Rovers belonging to the security teams had already packed the street from end to end.After changing into the dark grey bespoke suit Rebecca had brought, Vance came downstairs with a sharp, unquestionable authority about him. He took Rebecca’s hand and led her straight into the back seat of the Maybach.The door closed heavily behind them, shutting out Catherine’s pale, wounded face and reddened eyes.Inside the car, the air-conditioning moved in cool silence.Vance lifted a hand and tugged at his tie with visible impatience. His long legs crossed beneath the tailored fabric of his trousers. His gaze seemed fixed on the street sliding past the window, yet most of his attention was locked on the unusually quiet woman beside him.“About last night.”He spoke slowly, his voice still rough from the hangover, though he was clearly trying to preserve his usual elegance and control.“I didn’t go to Catherine for a private meeting. I
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My Husband's Unwanted Wife
She married him because of a contract.
He married her because she was convenient.
To the world, Alice Neighley is the perfect wife—graceful, obedient, invisible. Married to a powerful heir, she lives in a luxurious cage built on indifference and silence. Her husband never touches her heart, never defends her position, and never hides the truth: she was never the woman he wanted.
When his first love returns, Alice becomes a placeholder—easy to replace, easier to discard. Even worse, the betrayal doesn’t come only from her husband, but from the people she once called family.
But Alice is done begging for love.
As the contract nears its end, secrets surface, loyalties shatter, and the woman everyone underestimated begins to wake up. She will walk away from the marriage they thought defined her—and from the man who believed she would never leave.
What they don’t know is this:
Alice is no longer the wife he never wanted.
She is the one he will never get back.
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Chapter: Chapter 107Emily’s POVThe house was quiet except for the soft sounds of a newborn breathing.Emily sat in the wide armchair near the window, sunlight pouring across the wooden floor and warming the pale blanket wrapped around the tiny bundle in her arms. The countryside outside their home stretched in gentle hills and trees just beginning to turn gold with autumn. It was peaceful in a way the city had never been.She looked down at the baby and smiled.Hope’s tiny hand curled around her finger with surprising strength.“Well,” Emily whispered softly, “you certainly made quite an entrance into the world.”Hope made a small sleepy sound but didn’t wake.Emily laughed quietly.“I promise your life will be calmer than the one I had before you arrived.”Footsteps sounded in the hallway and Sam appeared in the doorway, holding two mugs of tea. His hair was slightly messy and his shirt sleeves were rolled up, looking far more like a new father than the intimidating figure many people still associated
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Chapter: Chapter 106Emily’s POVEmily had never expected happiness to feel this calm.For so long, love had meant tension. It meant wondering what mood David would be in when he walked through the door. It meant carefully choosing words so she wouldn’t provoke a cold silence or a cutting remark. It meant pretending not to notice the way his attention always drifted toward Lily.But with Arlington—Sam, though she still kept that name locked safely in her thoughts—everything felt different.It felt easy.That morning the apartment was quiet except for the sound of coffee brewing. Emily sat at the kitchen table with a notebook open in front of her, though she hadn’t written anything yet. She was staring at the window, lost in thought.“Planning the future?” Sam’s voice asked.She turned to see him leaning against the doorway, sleeves rolled up, tie loosened, hair still slightly damp from the shower.“Maybe,” she said with a small smile.He poured himself coffee and joined her at the table. “Should I be conc
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Chapter: Chapter 105David’s POVThe Neighley mansion had always been impressive, but that evening it felt warm in a way David hadn’t noticed in years. The lights in the main hall glowed softly and the scent of something savory drifted from the dining room. When he stepped through the doorway after a long day at the office, he loosened his tie and exhaled slowly, already feeling the weight of the day begin to lift.“Lily?” he called out.“In here,” her voice replied.David followed the sound and stopped in the dining room doorway. The long formal table that normally seated twenty people had been abandoned in favor of a small table near the windows overlooking the garden. Candles flickered softly between two plates, and a bottle of wine rested in a silver bucket. Lily stood beside the table adjusting the flowers in a small vase, her hair falling in soft waves over a pale blue dress that made her look almost ethereal in the candlelight.He leaned against the doorframe and smiled. “What is all this?”She loo
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Chapter: Chapter 104Emily’s POVEmily stood in front of the bedroom mirror longer than she wanted to admit.The soft lamp light cast warm shadows across the room, but her eyes kept drifting downward to the curve of her stomach. It was still small, still easy to hide under the right clothes, but it was no longer something she could pretend didn’t exist. The fabric of her dress hugged her a little differently now.She turned sideways, studying herself.“Okay,” she muttered quietly. “You’re still cute.”Her reflection looked back skeptically.She had chosen a deep green wrap dress that adjusted gently around her waist. It flowed rather than clung, flattering without trying too hard. The neckline framed her collarbone, and she’d left her hair down in soft waves that brushed her shoulders. Simple gold earrings completed the look.Emily ran her hands down the sides of the dress.“I want to look beautiful tonight,” she whispered to herself.Not perfect. Not flawless. Just beautiful.A knock came from the living
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Chapter: Chapter 103Arlington’s POVThe apartment was quiet when Sam pushed the door open.He paused just inside the entryway, listening to the soft hum of the refrigerator and the faint city noise leaking through the windows. The place smelled like coffee and the citrus cleaner Adam liked to use on the counters. It felt strangely domestic for three people who had been thrown together by circumstance more than planning.Adam was at the hospital, working the late shift.That meant Emily was here alone.Sam loosened his tie as he walked further inside, shrugging off his jacket and hanging it by the door. The tension from the meeting with Lily still lingered in his shoulders like a storm he hadn’t fully shaken.He hated trusting her.But if she actually stepped back the way she promised, it might give Emily the breathing room she needed.And if she didn’t… well, that was a problem Sam knew how to solve.He heard movement in the kitchen.Emily stood by the counter, one hand resting on the small of her back,
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Chapter: Chapter 102Arlington’s POVThe café smelled like burnt sugar and coffee grounds.Sam Black arrived twenty minutes early.He always did.The place looked like any other quiet neighborhood café, brick walls, soft music, mismatched tables that suggested charming authenticity. To anyone else it was forgettable. To Sam it was infrastructure.His family owned the building, the neighboring laundromat, and the storage warehouse across the alley. The café itself barely turned a profit. That wasn’t the point.It was safe.He took the corner table facing the door and watched the street through the reflection in the window.Lily McCutchen arrived precisely on time.She walked in like she belonged everywhere she stepped, sunglasses still on even though the café lighting was dim. Her gaze found him immediately. She slid into the seat across from him without greeting.“You look different when someone calls you Sam Black,” she said lightly.Sam didn’t smile.“You’re early,” he said instead.“Curious,” Lily repl
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After Divorce, Billionaires Competed Over Me
After five years of marriage, Melody finally realized—she had never truly married anyone.
The marriage certificate was forged. Her husband, Adam, was legally wed to her best friend, Lily. And Melody? She had been the most innocent pawn in a meticulously crafted deception.
The betrayals didn’t stop there. Her supposed infertility was a lie, and the child she had poured her love into raising was, in fact, Adam and Lily’s biological son. Five years of devotion—through their eyes, she had served only three purposes: a free housekeeper, a cheap business partner, and a disposable pawn.
She had believed in love. That, above all, was her greatest folly.
Yet Melody didn’t break. She didn’t cry, and she didn’t beg. Instead, she turned her gaze to the man who struck fear into the entire business world—Kiel Summers. Rumor had it he was ruthless, even deadly, and that any woman who became his companion ended up either dead or insane.
Still, she walked into his office—and struck a deal.
She offered him dignity; he offered her protection. Each got what they needed, with no promises of love.
A cold, enigmatic man in a world full of danger. A clear-eyed, independent woman, scarred by betrayal yet still capable of kindness.
Two broken souls, sharing the same fortress, bound by a single contract.
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Chapter: Chapter 77: The ‘D’ WordKeal’s POVMy heart dropped. My blood froze. I stared at Melody in utter disbelief.Divorce?That’s why she was here? To tell me to start the divorce papers? To say I was stunned was an understatement.I slowly sunk into my chair. Melody’s eyes remained fixed on mine, her face stoic.I
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Chapter: Chapter 76: An Unlikely ApologyMelody‘s POVKeal’s receptionist buzzed me in. My high heels clicked across the floor as I made my way to his office, his lunch bag in my hand.The maid said he hadn’t returned home the night before. I found that odd, since he’d left the bar with Celeste. I wondered where he had gone. But then I shook my head.Keal’s personal life was no longer any of my business.When I entered Keal’s office, I was surprised to see C
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Chapter: Chapter 75: Tarnished ReputationsMelody’s POVI came to my senses. Snapping back to the present, I pushed Keal away from me. My hands flew up to my lips. I couldn’t believe what he’d just done. Why had he kissed me like that, in the middle of the bar.Glancing around, I saw people holding their phones, their cameras pointed at us. For a moment, I’d lost myself in his kiss. But the moment was short-lived.Keal Summers had no right to kiss me.Glaring at him, I wi
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Chapter: Chapter 74: Leaving AdamAdam‘s POVMy eyes were glued to the television screen. Without even looking at the bottle, I poured myself another drink and swigged it back.Stunned, I watched Keal grab her in the middle of that crowded bar and kiss her. My stomach turned. The scene was all over social media and the news. I couldn’t escape the headlines.Every time I turned on my phone, there they were, lip-locked. Every channel kept playing different versions of the same story. Their kiss had become a media sensation. Everyone was fixated with the ‘Kea
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Chapter: Chapter 73: Public ScandalMelody‘s POVI felt someone wrap their arms around my waist. It caught me off-guard. He pulled me in close. I recognized his voice immediately.Keal hissed a threat at the man I’d been dancing with. The man immediately backed off.“No harm, no foul,” the man said, holding up his hands defensively. “I didn’t know she was married.”“Leave. Now,” Keal said, his voice laced with anger. Stunne
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Chapter: Chapter 72: Back Off, She’s MineKeal‘s POVMy friends had insisted I come out to some opening of some new bar. I really hadn’t felt up to it, but eventually I’d relented. Celeste’s surprise return had thrown me for a loop and it was weighing heavily on me.I still wasn’t sure what to do about it. I’d asked my butler to let the maids know that no one was supposed to agitate Celeste. She’d burned down an entire hospital. Who knew what she would do if we upset her. It was a delicate situation, and I had to approach it as such.I had no intentions of l
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