Champagne And Chaos
Grace Ellinton went to her cousin's wedding for three things... champagne, cake, and the possibility of leaving before anyone dragged her into a family argument.
Instead, she woke up the next morning with a diamond ring on her finger, a pounding headache, and Ethan Bramhall lying beside her.
Her husband.
Unfortunately, Ethan isn't just any husband.
He's Manhattan's most ruthless billionaire. The man who once humiliated Grace during a career pitch and earned himself a permanent spot on her mental list of people she would happily push into traffic.
Now he's refusing to annul their marriage.
According to Ethan, their accidental wedding couldn't have happened at a better time. His company is facing a dangerous corporate battle, his reputation needs repairing, and having a wife might be exactly what he needs.
Grace thinks he's insane.
Then someone tries to kidnap her.
Suddenly, Ethan's ridiculous security detail makes sense.
As Grace is dragged into billionaire feuds, paparazzi scandals, suspicious leaks, social-media disasters, luxury shopping sprees, and increasingly dangerous attacks, she discovers that her husband is hiding far more than his wealth.
And Ethan discovers something even more inconvenient...
He actually likes his chaotic wife.
A lot.
Grace wants her freedom.
Ethan wants to keep her alive.
Somewhere between the champagne, kidnappers, paparazzi, designer shoes, corporate warfare, and arguments that keep ending with them standing far too close...
They fall in love.
Unfortunately, someone wants to make sure neither of them survives long enough to enjoy it.
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Chapter: Chapter 17: THE FIRST THREATBy the time I left Ruelle's apartment, my phone had become a dangerous object.Not because it was about to explode.Although, honestly, that was beginning to feel possible.It had been buzzing almost continuously since I posted my first sarcastic response to the internet's latest theory about my marriage. Apparently, telling strangers that I had not married Ethan Bramhall for his money because I had "excellent taste in men and unfortunately he wasn't it" had been considered entertaining.Very entertaining.My followers had multiplied overnight.People were reposting my videos.Strangers were defending me.Other strangers were diagnosing me.Someone had already created a fan account dedicated to my facial expressions whenever Ethan appeared beside me.I had no idea whether to be flattered or deeply concerned.Ruelle had been delighted by the entire thing."You're becoming a brand," she'd announced earlier, sprawled across her sofa like a woman who had personally invented social media.
Última atualização: 2026-09-10
Chapter: Chapter 16: RUELLE'S EMERGENCY PLANBy eight the next morning, my face was everywhere.Not literally everywhere.That would have been medically concerning.But close enough.My phone wouldn't stop vibrating.My tablet wouldn't stop vibrating.Even the television in the Bramhall sitting room seemed personally committed to ruining my breakfast.I stood in front of the enormous screen with a mug of coffee in my hand, watching a news segment about Ethan's charity appearance from the previous night.There we were.Me.Ethan.His hand around my waist.His mouth on mine.The photograph had been captured at exactly the wrong angle... which meant it was, naturally, the perfect angle for the internet.The headline underneath it read:BRAMHALL'S SURPRISE KISS: BUSINESS STRATEGY OR REAL ROMANCE?I nearly choked on my coffee."Business strategy?"Laura sat on the sofa behind me, calmly scrolling through her tablet."That appears to be the current consensus."I turned around."Consensus?""Among the media.""What happened to journali
Última atualização: 2026-08-22
Chapter: Chapter 15: THE KISS FOR THE CAMERASI should have known the universe wouldn't let me have one peaceful minute.Apparently, surviving a kidnapping, insulting billionaires, and discovering that my husband was secretly a knife-wielding action hero wasn't enough chaos for one evening.Because the moment I finally started convincing myself that I could survive the charity gala without committing a felony, another reporter appeared.He approached with a microphone in one hand and the kind of smile that made me immediately distrust his dental hygiene.Ethan noticed him too.I felt the hand at my back tighten slightly.The reporter stopped in front of us."Mr. Bramhall, one final question."Ethan's expression hardened."No."The reporter ignored him and looked directly at me."Grace, do you actually love your husband?"My mouth opened.Nothing came out.The ballroom suddenly seemed quieter.Not actually quiet... there were still conversations, clinking glasses, music playing somewhere behind us, and hundreds of people pretendin
Última atualização: 2026-08-22
Chapter: Chapter 14: CHARITY GALAThe next morning, Ethan informed me that we were attending a charity event.Not asked.Informed.Apparently, there was a difference between those two things in the Bramhall vocabulary, and I was beginning to suspect that the word choice had been removed from Ethan's dictionary sometime around birth.I stared at him across the breakfast table, spoon halfway to my mouth."No."Ethan didn't even look up from his coffee."We're leaving at seven.""I said no.""I heard you.""Then why are you still talking?""Because your answer doesn't change the schedule."I lowered my spoon slowly.There were moments when I wondered if Ethan Bramhall had ever experienced the ordinary human emotion known as frustration. Then I remembered that he had probably outsourced it to someone."I have been married for approximately five minutes," I said. "I have survived a kidnapping, discovered that my husband carries a knife disguised as a pen, been placed under house arrest in a mansion with enough chandeliers
Última atualização: 2026-08-22
Chapter: Chapter 13: PUBLICITYThe first thing I learned that morning was that going viral did not make anyone respect your privacy.It made them feel entitled to more of it.By the time I finished breakfast, my sarcastic little Instagram post had been shared so many times that my phone had given up trying to count. Every few seconds, another notification appeared. Someone had already made a compilation of my best facial expressions from the dinner. Someone else had turned my champagne comment into a T-shirt slogan.There was even a fan account.I had been Mrs. Bramhall for less than a week.Apparently, that was enough time to acquire a fandom.I was staring at a post titled THE RISE OF GRACE BRAMHALL when Ethan walked into the room.He stopped behind my chair."You're still reading those?"I looked up."Apparently, I have a personality now.""You always had one.""That sounded dangerously close to a compliment.""It wasn't."I narrowed my eyes."Then why did you say it?"He ignored me and placed a folder on the ta
Última atualização: 2026-08-22
Chapter: Chapter 12: THE BILLIONAIRE'S WIFEBy nine the next morning, I had officially become Manhattan's newest public entertainment.I discovered this while sitting cross-legged on Ethan Bramhall's ridiculously expensive sofa, wearing one of his oversized shirts because apparently my own clothes had offended the mansion's climate control system, and eating cereal directly from the box.My phone wouldn't stop vibrating.At first, I ignored it.Then it vibrated again.And again.And again.By the seventh consecutive notification, I threw my spoon into the bowl and stared at the screen like it had personally betrayed me.There were hundreds of notifications.Instagram.TikTok.Messages.Tags.Mentions.News alerts.People I had never met were apparently having passionate discussions about my personality, my marriage, my clothes, my face, my career, my bank account, and whether I had deliberately insulted a billionaire heiress at dinner the previous night.I opened Instagram.The first photograph showed me sitting beside Ethan at
Última atualização: 2026-08-21
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