News Flash, Ex-husband, I'm Alive!
“I know you’re pregnant, Valentina. That’s why you have to die tonight. Two lives for the price of one. Efficiency was always my strong suit.”
On her third wedding anniversary, Valentina is gifted a shallow grave.
Her husband, Kennedy, was never a billionaire. He was a fraud who drugged her, watched her drown in a poisoned bath, and buried her so he could marry his mistress.
He never expected the gardener to hesitate.
Never imagined she would claw her way out of the mud, pregnant, broken, and alive.
And he certainly didn’t expect her to return.
Dragged from the storm by Ian Kingston, a titan so powerful Kennedy is nothing more than a disposable employee, Valentina finds herself mistaken for Misha, Ian’s vanished wife.
“You have 365 days to prove you aren’t her, little bird. Until then, you wear my name, share my bed, and follow my rules.”
Trapped in a ruthless case of mistaken identity, Valentina signs the contract and becomes Misha Kingston, cold, untouchable, wrapped in emerald silk and Ian’s dangerous protection.
The next time Kennedy sees the wife he buried, she isn’t in a coffin.
She’s on his boss’s arm.
Wearing a crown.
Looking down at him from a throne he can never touch.
But Valentina hides a child conceived by her enemy…
While being claimed by a king who refuses to let her go.
He buried a wife.
Now he’ll kneel before a goddess.
読む
Chapter: The Mark Of OwnershipThe silence in the office was no longer the heavy, stagnant air of a corporate suite. It was the charged, crackling atmosphere that preceded a lightning strike. Ian’s hand was still tangled in the hair at the nape of Valentina’s neck, his thumb tracing the sensitive line of her jaw. He looked at her with an intensity that felt as though he were trying to peel back the ivory fabric of her suit and the stubborn layers of her soul. "You want to be his warden," Ian murmured, his voice a low vibration that thrummed against her skin. "You want to turn my accounting department into your personal gulag. Do you have any idea what that looks like to the board? To the SEC? To the man who currently holds your life in a 365-day contract?"Valentina didn't flinch. She leaned into him, the heat of his body a dangerous comfort against the cold glass of the desk. "I think it looks like efficiency, Ian. I think it looks like a husband trusting his wife to protect the family coffers from a man who is
最終更新日: 2026-04-11
Chapter: The Architect Of AgonyThe glass walls of Kingston Global were not designed for privacy; they were designed for observation. Every floor was a literal fishbowl where the weak were scrutinized by the strong, and the strong were scrutinized by Ian Kingston.Valentina sat behind her desk, the blue light of the dual monitors reflecting in her dark eyes. On the screen was a sea of red, the digital footprints of Kennedy Hale’s department. She had spent the last four hours dissecting his most recent special project, a complex series of offshore acquisitions that smelled of shell companies and laundered fear. A soft chime signaled the arrival of an internal memo. Valentina clicked it open.FROM: HALE, KENNEDYTO: OFFICE OF THE CEO / OVERSIGHTSUBJECT: EMERGENCY LEAVE OF ABSENCE – IMMEDIATEDue to an unforeseen family medical emergency in Zurich, I am requesting an immediate leave of absence effective today, 10:00 AM. Project handovers have been staged in the shared drive.Valentina’s lips curled into a slow, letha
最終更新日: 2026-04-09
Chapter: The Predator's LedgerThe silence of the study was a heavy, suffocating thing. Valentina remained on the floor, her back pressed against the cold mahogany door, listening to the frantic drumbeat of her own heart. The scent of the room, old leather, dried roses, and the lingering, metallic tang of her own terror seemed to press in on her.Kennedy Hale is running.The thought should have brought her comfort, but instead, it felt like a cold blade sliding between her ribs. If Kennedy was liquidating assets, if he was preparing to vanish, he would take the truth with him. Or worse, he would realize that the ghost haunting the Kingston estate wasn’t a hallucination, but a living, breathing threat that needed to be silenced permanently this time.She looked again at the photograph of Misha Kingston on the desk. The woman’s cold, triumphant gaze seemed to mock her. You think you can play this game? the image seemed to ask. You think you can survive in a world where even the air costs a fortune?Valentina stood up
最終更新日: 2026-04-09
Chapter: The Cage And The Morning GhostThe morning sun did not rise over the Kingston estate; it merely permitted the world to be seen. Light bled through the gaps in the heavy, floor-to-ceiling velvet curtains of the master suite, a pale, sickly gold that felt less like a new day and more like an intrusion. Valentina lay perfectly still, her eyes fixed on the intricate plaster molding of the ceiling. For a heartbeat, in that hazy space between dreams and reality, she could almost pretend she was back in the small, drafty apartment of her youth, where the only thing she had to fear was a late rent notice. Then, the weight of the silk sheets, heavy, expensive, and cold as a shroud reminded her of the cage. And then, the first betrayal of the day began.It wasn't a slow build. It was a violent, tidal surge that started in the pit of her stomach and clawed its way up her throat. Valentina bolted. She didn’t have time to find her slippers; her bare feet slapped against the polished marble floor, sending a chill straight to
最終更新日: 2026-04-09
Chapter: The Price Of A NameThe black limousine rolled to a smooth stop at the curb, its dark body gleaming under the city lights like a shark circling prey. Outside, the night exploded into chaos, camera flashes popped like gunfire, voices shouted over each other in a hungry roar."Ready to deliver on that promise, wifey?" Ian asked. His voice came out low and rough, almost a rumble in the quiet space of the car. He sat there in his midnight-blue tuxedo, looking every inch the titan the media describes him as, sharp and dangerous, the kind of man who owned every room he walked into without even trying.Valentina drew in a slow breath. She smoothed her hands over the stiff, structured layers of her obsidian gown. The dress hugged her body in all the right places, elegant and expensive, but the firm fabric also hid the small secret swelling beneath her stomach. She needed that shield tonight."Just watch me, Ian dear," she answered. Her words sounded calm, but inside her chest, her heart pounded hard and fast.Th
最終更新日: 2026-03-18
Chapter: The Kiss That Shouldn't ExistThe room went completely quiet after Kennedy ran out.It wasn’t just normal silence. It felt heavy, like the air itself was pressing down hard, making it difficult to breathe. For a long moment, nobody moved. The only thing left was the faint echo of Kennedy’s panicked footsteps disappearing down the long stone hallways of the Kingston estate.Even after the sound of his running faded, the tension stayed. It hung in the air like smoke after a fire, sharp, bitter, and impossible to ignore.Ian Kingston stood right in the middle of it all. He looked calm on the outside, almost too calm, like a statue made of black stone. The big crystal chandelier above him threw bright light across his face, but his eyes stayed locked on the dark doorway Kennedy had disappeared through. He stared so hard it seemed like he could force the man to come back just by willing it.But Kennedy didn’t come back. The huge oak doors creaked slowly, then clicked shut with a final, mocking sound.Ian’s eyebrows pu
最終更新日: 2026-03-18
ログイン
