Married My Ex's Billionaire Uncle Accidentally
On the night Ariana Reed expects the love of her life to propose, she catches him in bed with another woman. Three years of love shatter in an instant, leaving her with nothing but heartbreak... and a younger sister whose life depends on a medical treatment she can no longer afford.
When every door closes, an unexpected offer changes everything.
Damian Cole, New York's most feared billionaire CEO, needs a wife to secure his inheritance. Ariana needs money to save the only family she has left. Their contract marriage is supposed to be simple—strict rules, no emotions, and absolutely no love.
But living under the same roof with a man as cold, powerful, and dangerously protective as Damian proves far more complicated than either of them expected.
As their fake marriage begins to feel painfully real, Ariana uncovers secrets that tie Damian to the darkest chapter of her past. Hidden lies, ruthless enemies, corporate conspiracies, and a betrayal decades in the making threaten to tear them apart.
When the truth finally comes to light, Ariana must decide whether to walk away from the man whose world was built on secrets... or fight for the love she never saw coming.
Some marriages are built on love.
Theirs began with a contract.
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Chapter: Chapter 106: Beyond the FamiliarDamian Pov The sound of her steps climbed the stairs and faded. I stayed in my seat. Her chair sat pushed back at an angle, the napkin folded beside a plate she hadn't touched. The chicken she had shoved to the edge was going cold under the candles. "Did I say something wrong?" Vanessa asked, her fingers resting on the stem of her glass. "No." "She left so suddenly." "She's tired." Victoria glanced at the staircase, then at me. She picked up her fork and cut into her food. I looked at the empty chair. Ariana, I... I had gotten that far. Her name had left my mouth, and the rest of the sentence had stayed behind my teeth. The back of her hand had still been pink when I pulled out her chair. She had turned it over so I wouldn't see. "Danny." Vanessa's voice pulled me out of it. Her hand settled on my sleeve. "You've gone quiet." "I'm eating." "You haven't touched anything." I looked down. My fork lay where I had set it. "Something's bothering you," she said, her thumb m
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Chapter: Chapter 105 : The Perfect CoupleAriana Pov I was sitting comfortably in the chair on the balcony, my feet tucked beneath me as I scrolled through my phone. The evening breeze brushed against my skin. I leaned back in my chair, closed my eyes, and enjoyed the quiet and cool air. The door to the room slid open behind me. I opened my eyes as Damian stepped onto the balcony. He stood in the doorway for a moment, one hand resting on the frame. I looked away, my thumb moving across the screen again. His footsteps crossed the balcony floor, slow and even, before stopping a few paces from my chair. My right hand rested on the arm of the chair, the back of it still pink where the milk had splashed. I turned it over so the mark faced the cushion. My left hand closed around my wrist, covering the faded marks, and I kept it there. "Ariana." His voice was lower than usual, almost careful. I lifted my eyes from my phone and looked at him. "Yes?" I answered, keeping it brief. "The delay with your materials wasn't an acci
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Chapter: Chapter 104 : The Truth Between UsTessa Pov My phone buzzed for the fourth time in an hour, and I didn't need to look at the screen. The Head of Procurement had been messaging me since the afternoon, each text shorter and more frantic than the last. Please. I need to talk. Pick up. I deleted them one by one as they came, the way I had deleted every message he'd ever sent me. By the time I left the office, the sky had gone dark and the staff parking lot was nearly empty. I crossed it with my bag on my shoulder and my keys in my hand, and stopped short at the sight of a man standing under the last lamp by the gate. His jacket was creased and his tie was gone. His hands went into his pockets and came out again. When he spotted me, he didn't step forward. He just watched me with his jaw set. He had no business being there. Suspended staff were supposed to stay away from the building. I glanced at the security camera over the gate and kept walking. "Not here," I said as I passed him, without turning my head. "The
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Chapter: Chapter 103 : A Perfect Alibi Damian Pov I stood on the top floor with a glass of whiskey in one hand and the bottle hanging loose from the other, my back to the room. Far below, the cars crept through the streets in a slow, tangled line. From up here the whole city looked orderly. The one thing I needed to see clearly, I couldn't. I had questioned the Head of Procurement, pulled his records, and sent Ava through the department. I still had no name. My jaw tightened. Ariana had tried to tell me about the delay, and I had cut her off before she finished. If I had listened, I might have caught it before her presentation, and she wouldn't have carried so much of it alone. And she had still tried to help me. That sat in my chest, heavier than the whiskey. I set the glass on the desk harder than I meant to, and the amber shivered. A knock cut across the room. "Come in." Ava laid three folders on my desk and waited until I looked up. Her chin was level, her hands flat on the top folder. "The list, sir. The cal
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Chapter: Chapter 102 : Let's Just Give It TimeDamian Pov I took a step after her before realizing I had moved. A piece of the broken mug crunched beneath my shoe, and I stopped. I watched her walk towards the house, her injured hand held close against her side. She didn't look back or slow down. I had seen the redness spreading across the back of her hand. She hadn't flinched when the hot milk splashed against her skin. She had stood right in front of me with her lips pressed together, refusing to show how much it hurt. That was what I couldn't get out of my head. You can keep your pain to yourself. I flexed my fingers at my side. It would have been easy to dismiss those words if they hadn't been so close to the truth. Warm drops of milk slid down the back of my hand. I had knocked the mug over without thinking, and by the time I realised what I had done, it had already hit the floor. It might help relieve your nightmares. My jaw tightened. Nightmares. That was all it had taken for me to lose my temper. I ha
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Chapter: Chapter 101: When Kindness Hurts Ariana Pov The morning slipped by as I moved from one Zoom meeting to another with my colleagues. By the time I finished my last meeting, the afternoon had already arrived. I leaned back in my chair and stretched, rolling my shoulders to ease the stiffness that had settled there. Then I reached for my phone and opened my messages, searching for the one I had sent Serena earlier. I had asked her for the recipe she used to make for me whenever I had nightmares. On those difficult nights, when sleep became a struggle and my thoughts refused to settle, she had always known how to comfort me. Now, I wanted to make that same drink for someone else. Serena had already sent the recipe. I read the instructions twice before locking my phone and setting it aside. I knew what it meant to lose a parent. I understood how deeply that kind of loss could cut, how memories could linger long after everyone else had gone to sleep, and how the quiet of the night could make everything feel he
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