The Billionaire’s Unwanted Substitute Wife
You’re getting married tomorrow.” Those four words shattered my life. My parents sold me to save their company, The groom was supposed to marry my younger sister. Instead, they forced me into her wedding dress and sent me down the aisle in her place. By the time Ethan Kingsley discovered he had married the wrong woman, it was too late. The vows were spoken, the papers were signed, and I had already spent one humiliating night in the arms of a man who whispered my sister’s name. Everyone believed I stole my sister’s life, No matter how hard I tried to explain, nobody believed me. Not Ethan, not his family, not even my own parents. Forced to remain in a marriage neither of us wanted, I became invisible in the Kingsley mansion, enduring humiliation after humiliation while my sister continued manipulating everyone from the shadows. No one knew she had handed it to me herself, but the deeper Ethan looked, the more cracks appeared in the lies he had been told, and the more dangerous the truth became. Then, just when he began to see me differently, I walked away, alone, pregnant, with nothing but a broken heart and two unborn babies. Years later, I returned as the CEO of a billion-dollar company, determined to finalize my divorce and leave the past behind. But the man who once wanted me gone has become the one man refusing to let me go. And when Ethan discovers that my twins are his children, the secrets buried years ago threaten to destroy everything once again.
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Chapter: Chapter 12: The Blood At The CliffWe found fresh blood.It belongs to Ethan.My whole body went still, my heart stopped beating, my breath got stuck in my throat. I could not move, I could not speak.The blood belongs to Ethan.Just hours ago, he stood in front of me alive and strong. Just hours ago he looked at me in a way that felt new, like he was finally seeing me for the first time. And now this word kept ringing in my ears.Blood.My chest ached, and the pain shocked me. Somewhere along the way, Ethan had stopped being the man who hated me, he had become someone I needed, someone whose silence could break me.How much blood? Arthur’s voice cut through the heavy air.The officer paused before answering, Not enough to say he is dead.Everyone froze like statues.My head shot up. What do you mean?We found blood in the car and on the rocks nearby, the officer said.Hope rushed into my chest like warm air filling a balloon. So he’s alive?We don’t know yet the officer said, but we found footprints. Signs that someon
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Chapter: Chapter 11: The Man Who Was Supposed To Be DeadThe phone kept ringing on the floor.Nobody picked it up, nobody even moved. We all just stood there, frozen, staring at it like it was a snake ready to bite.Arthur Kingsley's words were still hanging in the air.He should be dead.Those words crawled down my back like cold fingers.I looked down at the phone. A name was flashing on the screen, over and over.Lily was staring at it too, her face had gone white, like she was looking at a ghost. Her whole body was shaking — not the small shake of nerves, but the big shake that comes when your worst fear walks back into your life.Arthur stepped closer to her, his face had lost all its color.“Lily." His voice was low, too low to answer.No.The word burst out of her mouth before she could stop it, everyone in the room went still. Lily quickly covered her mouth with her hand, but it was too late. She had already said too much.Arthur's eyes narrowed "Why not?"Lily stepped back, I don't want toOr you can't?Nobody said a word.The ring
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Chapter: Chapter 10: The Person Behind EverythingThe room went so quiet I could hear my own heart knocking against my ribs, the man who pushed you is still alive.Ethan’s words hit me like cold water. Nobody moved, nobody breathed.I looked at Lily her face had gone white, white like paper. The tears on her cheeks didn’t look fake anymore, for the first time since I had known her, my sister looked truly scared. And that scared me more than anything else that night.Because Lily is only afraid when she knows something terrible.What are you saying? Ethan’s mother whispered.Ethan lowered his phone slowly, his eyes stayed on Lily like he was pinning her to the wall.The caller said Richard Evans wasn’t the one who did it.My stomach dropped. My father? Not responsible? Then why did Lily point at him all those years ago? Why had she looked so sure? My mind filled with questions, and not one of them had an answer.Lily jumped up so fast her chair almost fell.Stop, her voice was shaking. Ethan, stop digging into this.Why? His eyes were
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-08-24
Chapter: Chapter 9: The WitnessThe photograph fell from Lily’s shaking fingers, It landed on the floor between us.Nobody moved.Nobody spoke.The room felt frozen, like time itself had stopped breathing.I stared down at the picture, my heart began to pound.Three years.For three years, I told myself the accident at St. Mary’s Hospital was finished, buried, gone.But it wasn’t gone, It was standing right here in the middle of the Kingsley dining room, tearing everything apart.Lily looked at Ethan. Then at me, then down at the photograph again.The confidence she always wore like armor was gone now, for the first time I saw real fear in her eyes.What is this? Ethan’s mother asked, Her voice trembled. Ethan didn’t answer right away his eyes stayed locked on Lily.That’s exactly what I want to know, he said.Lily’s throat moved as she swallowed. “I don’t know that man.”The answer came too fast, too smooth, too much like a lie she had practiced before.Ethan laughed but it wasn’t a real laugh, it was cold, Sharp.
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-08-23
Chapter: Chapter 8: The Truth Lily Never Wanted ExposedThe whole dining room went quiet the moment Ethan asked his question.“Is it true that three years ago… you almost died?”My heart stopped beating, I looked up at him my hands were shaking under the table. Across from me Lily’s face turned white, white like paper.Nobody said a word, nobody even moved. Then Ethan’s mother stood up so fast her chair scraped the floor.“What is going on?” she said. “What hospital? What accident?”I looked down at my lap, I didn’t want this. I didn’t want to remember that time, and I really didn’t want Ethan looking at me like that. Not with worry, notice now, not after everything.“Ivy.?” His voice was soft. “Answer me.”My fists closed tight in my lap.“Yes,” I said. The word barely came out of my mouth, the room broke into noise.“What?” His mother’s mouth hung open, Ethan’s eyes went dark. “What happened to you?”Before I could say anything else, Lily laughed. It wasn’t her usual sweet laugh this one sounded broken, almost scared.“Oh my God,” she s
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-08-21
Chapter: Chapter 7: The First DoubtI sat up slowly in bed as Ethan continued answering Lily’s call. The room felt smaller all of a sudden, like the walls were closing in on me.He stood by the window, his shoulders stiff while Lily’s voice poured out of the phone.“She’s always been manipulative, Ethan. Don’t let her fool you, Ivy has been pretending to be weak since we were kids.”I lowered my eyes, my hands found the blanket and gripped it tight.Normally, Ethan would have agreed with her.Normally, he would have blamed me too.Normally, he would have reminded Lily that he was trapped in this marriage because of me. But tonight was different, tonight he said nothing.The silence went on, long enough that Lily noticed it. Long enough that I noticed it too.Then Ethan looked at me again, his eyes moved from my pale face to the food beside my bed that I hadn’t touched.You said Ivy would do anything for money?Yes, Lily answered quickly because she would.His voice stayed calm. Then why is she living like this?Silence.
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