The Billionaire's Substitute Bride
She thought her life was over when the man she loved betrayed her and stole her career.
Her family forced her into an arranged marriage with a cold, mysterious billionaire; rumored to be old and impotent. Everyone pitied her, calling her the substitute bride.
But they were wrong.
When Amelia Quinn married Alexander Sterling, she didn’t expect love. She expected silence, distance, and a cage. Yet behind the billionaire’s mask lay secrets of his own, and behind Amelia’s pain burned a fire no one saw coming.
When fate reunites her with her betrayers and an unexpected ally offers her a chance to rise again, Amelia takes it. She sheds her name, hides her scars, and returns to the world as someone else; smarter, bolder, and ready for revenge.
But Alexander is watching.
And the more she hides, the more he wants to know who his substitute bride truly is.
In a game of love, lies, and redemption,
Only one truth remains:
The woman they thought was replaceable will become unstoppable.
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Chapter: Chapter 4: A Deal with the DevilAmelia's Pov Sleep was impossible.I lay awake long after the gala ended, staring at the ceiling, replaying every moment like a film on loop.Vanessa’s smug smile, Ethan’s hand on her waist.My stolen designs flashing across the ballroom screen.And then; Adrian Blake’s voice, deep and steady:“Sometimes fury forges.”Those words wouldn’t leave me alone.I turned them over in my head until dawn spilled pale gold across the room. The anger in me wasn’t just heat anymore. It was shaped into Direction.For the first time in years, I knew exactly what I wanted.To take back everything.At breakfast, Alexander was already seated, reading the financial section as always.I was halfway through my coffee before I finally spoke.“You didn’t tell me Ethan Ward and Vanessa Hayes would be at the gala.”His eyes flicked up briefly. “Would it have mattered?”“Yes,” I said flatly. “It would have.”A pause. “You know them.”“Once. Before they ruined me.”For a heartbeat, his expression shifted; a fl
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Chapter: Chapter 3: The Gala and the Ghost of My PastAmelia's Pov I’d almost forgotten what it felt like to wear a gown again.To feel silk glide against my skin, to see my reflection in the mirror and not recognize the woman staring back.The dress Alexander’s assistant delivered that morning was silver; sleeveless, sleek, expensive. The kind of dress made for a woman who belonged on his arm.But that woman wasn’t me. Not yet.As I fastened the last earring, I caught my reflection; my pale face, calm eyes, painted lips. My heartbeat thudded softly beneath the shimmer.It had been a year since the wedding. A year since I’d become the invisible Mrs. Sterling. And tonight, for the first time, Alexander had asked me to attend a public event with him.A charity gala.The same kind of glamorous world I used to belong to before everything fell apart.My palms were clammy. My chest felt tight.Because tonight, I would be seen.And worse… recognized.When I stepped out of the bedroom, Alexander was already waiting near the grand staircase.Bl
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Chapter: Chapter 2: The Marriage of Ice Amelia's Pov The Sterling mansion wasn’t a home.It was a world carved out of silence.From the moment I walked in, I felt like I’d stepped into a snow globe. It was beautiful, fragile, and suffocating. Everything shone too brightly, too perfectly. The marble floors reflected my face like a mirror, pale and expressionless. Even the air smelled of wealth and distance; lavender polish and cold marble.Three mornings had passed since I’d become Mrs. Amelia Sterling. Three mornings of pretending not to notice the way my husband barely looked at me.Alexander Sterling.The name alone carried enough weight to silence a room.He sat at the far end of the twelve-seater dining table, dressed in a black suit even though he wasn’t going anywhere. A silver watch gleamed against his wrist. His posture was flawless, his expression carved from stone.And as always, he was reading.The newspaper’s crisp pages turned with the same calm precision that made me want to throw something just to break the
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Chapter: Chapter 1: The Day My World Fell ApartAmelia’s PovIf heartbreak had a sound, it would be the silence that filled the boardroom this morning.I stood at the end of the glass table, palms sweating, waiting for my turn to present the Aurora Campaign; the project I had bled for. Months of sleepless nights, coffee-stained sketches, and color palettes still swimming behind my eyelids.But when the big screen flickered to life, I forgot how to breathe.Vanessa Hayes’s name appeared under my designs.She clicked through each slide confidently, describing ideas that were mine word for word. My logo, My tagline, My story.And sitting beside her, smiling as if betrayal were an art form, was Ethan Ward; my fiancé, my partner, my greatest mistake.“Brilliant, Vanessa,” he said, his hand resting on hers. “Exactly what our client envisioned.”Applause filled the room, echoing inside my chest like gunfire.I waited for Ethan to meet my eyes, to wink, to explain, to show something. But all he offered was a cold, polite smile that made me
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