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Tales by Dera
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I KISSED MY FIANCÉS BILLIONAIRE BROTHER

I KISSED MY FIANCÉS BILLIONAIRE BROTHER

“The screen behind the altar flickered. Amelia smiled automatically, fingers tightening around her bouquet as baby photos filled the ballroom. Her guests laughed softly. Then the video glitched. The next image wasn’t from her childhood. It was her fiancé with his tongue down her sister’s throat in the backseat of a car.” ••• Amelia Carter always believed in fairy tale love stories until hers collapsed in front of hundreds of guests on her wedding day. Humiliated, betrayed, and abandoned by the only family she had left, Amelia does the unthinkable. She kisses a stranger. But what Amelia doesn’t know is that this stranger isn’t just anybody. He’s Lucien Saint. The ruthless billionaire feared by the elite and worst of all? Her fiancé’s older brother. Lucien should hate Amelia. Her family destroyed his years ago, and returning to the city was supposed to be the beginning of his revenge. But revenge becomes dangerously complicated when the enemy’s daughter turns out to be the same woman he can’t seem to get out of his head. Now trapped between betrayal, scandal, family secrets, and a man far more dangerous than heartbreak itself, Amelia soon realizes one terrifying truth: Kissing Lucien Saint might have been the biggest mistake of her life —or maybe just the best.
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Chapter: CHAPTER FIVE: THE TERMS OF THE DEVIL
"Marriage."The single word hung between us in the darkened leather interior of the luxury sedan, heavy and suffocating.I stared at Lucien, my breath catching in my throat. "Excuse me?""You heard me," he said smoothly, adjusting the silver cufflink at his wrist without a single ripple of hesitation.A hollow, incredulous laugh escaped my throat. "Are you insane? You want me to marry you?""I don't want anything, Amelia. I'm offering a strategic solution." He finally turned his head, his grey eyes sweeping over my face. "Adrian's story is already breaking. By tonight, you’ll be branded a disgraced, unstable heiress on every major blog in the country. By tomorrow, your father will have severed your corporate ties to protect Carter Enterprise stocks."My throat tightened violently. "My father would never—""Your father blocked your number ten minutes ago," Lucien interrupted, his tone chillingly casual. "Do you really think he's coming to pull you out of the fire?"I flinched, the dead
Last Updated: 2026-10-22
Chapter: CHAPTER FOUR: THE PROPOSAL
The words seemed to hang in the air long after Adrian said them. For a second, the entire lobby went unnaturally still, as if even the television had paused to admire the damage. Then the whispers began. “Oh my God…” “Did he just say substance abuse?” “Is that her?” Amelia stood frozen, her body physically present but her mind somewhere far away, struggling to catch up. The television kept playing, Adrian’s polished voice continuing in the background, but she couldn’t hear him anymore. Her ears rang too loudly. “Amelia.” Tessa stepped directly in front of her, blocking her line of sight to the television. “Look at me.” Nothing. Tessa grabbed her arm harder. “Amelia.” That finally pulled her back. The expressions around them were worse than pity. Curiosity. Judgment. Disgust disguised as concern. And somehow that hurt more. “Come on,” Tessa said, her voice sharp now. “We’re leaving.” Amelia let herself be pulled forward, her heels clicking too loudly against the ma
Last Updated: 2026-05-25
Chapter: CHAPTER THREE: THE REPLACEMENT BRIDE
One week later. Amelia had learned something about humiliation. It didn’t arrive all at once. It came in layers. In strangers staring a second too long. Co workers suddenly lowered their voices when she walked past. In headlines she refused to read but somehow still managed to hear. And in the awful realization that no matter how much she wanted the world to move on, it wasn’t ready to let her. Monday mornings at Blackthorn Consulting were usually chaotic enough that nobody paid much attention to anyone else. Today, Amelia could feel every eye. She stepped out of the elevator clutching her coffee like it was the only thing keeping her upright. The chatter near the reception desk dipped. Then resumed. Quieter. She kept walking. Beside her, Tessa muttered, “If one more person stares, I’m going to start charging assault charges.” Despite herself, Amelia almost smiled. Almost. “You can’t assault half the office.” “Watch me.” Tessa pushed open the gl
Last Updated: 2026-05-24
Chapter: CHAPTER TWO: THE WRONG BROTHER
“Interesting choice of revenge, sweetheart,” he murmured. Amelia’s breath caught. For one brief, horrifying second, she stayed exactly where she was, close enough to feel the warmth of the stranger’s hand at her waist and the steady rise of his chest beneath her fingers. Then reality returned. The hotel entrance. The guests. The phones pointed at her. Adrian standing a few feet away with murder in his eyes. Amelia jerked back immediately, shame and panic rushing through her so fast she almost tripped over the hem of her dress. The stranger’s hand tightened before she could fall, his grip firm and controlled, but instead of letting her go, he pulled her back against him. Amelia froze. His palm settled at her waist again like it belonged there. “Easy, babe,” he said quietly. The words were soft. The effect was not. The crowd erupted. Whispers sharpened into gasps. Camera flashes multiplied. Somewhere behind her, Sofia made a strangled sound, but Amelia could barely proce
Last Updated: 2026-05-24
Chapter: CHAPTER ONE: KISS OF DOOM
The screen behind the altar flickered.At first, nobody noticed.The violinists continued playing softly, their melody drifting through the grand ballroom of the Ashford Hotel.Hundreds of guests watched the giant projection screen with warm smiles. Baby pictures flashed one after another across the massive screen mounted behind the priest.A tiny Amelia Carter wrapped in pink blankets.Amelia at sixteen, laughing beside the ocean with the wind tangling through her hair.Amelia and Adrian during their engagement shoot, his lips pressed against her forehead while golden sunlight poured over them like a blessing.The guests sighed dreamily at every transition.Someone in the front row whispered, “They look perfect together.”Amelia smiled automatically, though the muscles in her face ached from holding the expression too long.Perfect.That word again.Her fingers tightened around the bouquet of white roses in her hands as her gaze drifted across the crowd absentmindedly. Her younger si
Last Updated: 2026-05-13
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