Part 2: They Had Planned My Marriage Without Me

For a moment, I thought I had misheard her. “Part of what plan?” Margaret exhaled. Not nervously. Impatiently. As if I were the one making things difficult….

Part 2: The Money They Thought I Didn’t Have

Director Harris did not ask me to repeat the number. That was one thing I liked about him. “Two hundred million yuan,” he said slowly. “Miss Lin,…

Part 2: The Money They Thought I Didn’t Have

Director Harris did not ask me to repeat the number. That was one thing I liked about him. “Two hundred million yuan,” he said slowly. “Miss Lin,…

Part 2: The Account They Never Knew Was Mine

Director Harris arrived twenty-three minutes later. Not an assistant. Not a relationship manager. The director himself. A black sedan stopped in front of the bank, and Harris…

Part 2: He Invited 180 Guests to a Wedding on My Property

I stared at the administrator’s message. Some technicians have just arrived with an order to dismantle the main door. I typed back immediately. Don’t stop them. Record…

Part 2: The Empire He Never Knew His Wife Owned

Nobody moved. A silver-haired director at the far end of the table finally leaned back and gave me an almost amused look. “Miss Bennett, Veyron Group is…

Part 2: The Account I Hadn’t Touched in Seven Years

1290.27. I stared at those numbers until my vision blurred. It wasn’t the balance. It was the ending of an account number. An account I had once…

Part 2: The Woman He Called Worthless Became His Largest Shareholder

For several seconds, no one in the boardroom spoke. Then a gray-haired director named Richard Hale gave a short laugh. “Miss Bennett, this is a board meeting,…

Part 2: The Lunch Ended Before the Appetizers Arrived

Gabriel was halfway through ordering wine when a man in a charcoal suit approached the table. “Mr. Whitaker?” Gabriel barely looked up. “Yes?” “My name is David…

Part 2: Seven Years Too Late

An Nhien lowered her head. Then, so softly that Minh Quan almost thought he had imagined it, she said: “Yes.” Quan stopped breathing. The roar of the…