The Billionaire’s Forgotten Bride
Blurb
Amelia Hayes spent her life being invisible—overlooked by her family and trapped in the shadows of her insecurities. Forced into an arranged marriage with Maxwell Cole, a ruthless billionaire twice her age, she never imagined her life could get darker. Betrayed, abandoned, and pregnant, Amelia’s world shatters when a tragic accident erases her memories.
Five years later, Amelia is no longer the timid girl she once was. Now a thriving artist with a young son, she’s pieced together a new life—until a chance encounter with Maxwell threatens to unravel everything. Haunted by the past he never let go of, Maxwell is determined to reclaim the woman he wronged. But Amelia’s memory isn’t the only obstacle standing between them.
In a world of manipulation, betrayal, and revenge, the truth begins to surface: a web of lies spun by the people she trusted most. As secrets unfold and loyalties are tested, Amelia must confront the man she once loved—and the dark forces conspiring to tear them apart.
Can love survive when the past refuses to let go? Or will Amelia’s second chance at happiness be destroyed before it even begins?
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Chapter: Chapter 102- Celebrating his winAmelia POVThe flash of cameras burst around us the moment Ethan and I stepped out of the car, his hand warm and steady around mine as though anchoring me to the marble steps beneath our feet. He looked breathtaking in his tailored black suit, confidence carved into every sharp line of his jaw. Tonight was his night—our night—and the entire city seemed to know it. People stood gathered outside the gala hall like a wall of glittering anticipation, the buzz of congratulations humming through the air. Ethan had won. Against odds, against powerhouses, against the forces that wanted him buried. He had risen.And I was proud—so unbearably proud—that for a moment I forgot how to breathe.“Stay close,” Ethan murmured, leaning in as the photographers erupted again. “They might eat us alive if we don’t stick together.”I squeezed his hand. “Then I guess they’ll have to deal with both of us.”A small tug pulled at my dress. Luke. Our energetic, unstoppable five-year-old, bouncing on his toes lik
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Chapter: Chapter 101- Something fishyMaxwell POVI’ve grown used to my mother’s voice—sharp, polished, heavy with expectation. It used to slice me open when I was younger, when I was desperate to impress her, to earn even a flicker of approval. But somewhere along the line—somewhere after Amelia, after the lies, after the funeral, after the silence in my chest grew louder—I stopped reacting. The nagging, the insults disguised as concern, the disappointment she wore like jewelry… none of it pierced anymore. It just washed over me like rain on stone.I know she blames me. For the company. For the chaos. For the decline. For the shame. And maybe she’s right. Maybe I am everything the headlines say. Careless. Lost. Unfit to lead. But the truth is simpler than anyone wants to admit: I’m tired. Tired in a way that no sleep, no therapy, no empire could fix.When Amelia died, something in me simply shut down. And I didn’t fight it. I let it happen. I let myself sink. Maybe I wanted the world to move on without me. Maybe I wanted
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Chapter: Chapter 100- Amelia HayesRebecca POV The moment Nora left, the silence of the penthouse thickened, turning heavy, suffocating, almost sentient. It coiled around me like a warning. My pulse thrummed in my ears, and every shadow seemed to shift at the edges of my vision. I didn’t sit. I didn’t breathe properly. I simply reached for my private phone—the one no one knew existed except the men I paid to clean the stains I didn’t want seen.My fingers trembled, just slightly, as I dialed the number. It rang once.“Ma’am,” a gruff voice answered immediately.“I have a target,” I said, my tone clipped, cold, deliberate. “Her name is Amelia Hayes. I want her found. I want her removed. Do you understand me?”A pause. A deep inhale on the other end. “You want her—”“Killed,” I finished bluntly. “Permanently. This cannot come back to me. You know the protocol.”“Yes, ma’am.”“Good. Start now. Every camera in the city. Every hospital. Every underground connection. She was here tonight. She was alive. I want her found bef
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Chapter: Chapter 99- What my eyes sawRebecca POVI sat at the edge of the chaise lounge in my room, back straight, fingers drumming against my knee, the anger in my chest simmering hot enough to blister. “Run a background check,” I said, my voice ice-edged. “Everything you can find. Financials. Education. Family ties. Every business dealing, every shadow he’s ever stepped into.”My personal assistant, Nora, swallowed. “On—Ethan Monroe, ma’am?”“Yes,” I snapped. “On Ethan. On his associates. On whatever ghost of a fortune he crawled out from under.” The words sliced out of me. “I only heard his name yesterday, and suddenly the news speaks as though he’s been circling the empire for years, waiting to strike. He came like a thief, Nora. A thief snatching what belonged to my son.”Nora hesitated. “People online say he—”“I know what they say,” I cut in sharply. “Headlines crafted by vultures. They say Maxwell was careless. They say he’s unfit. They say Ethan replaced him because my son simply… fell.” I leaned forward. “But w
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Chapter: Chapter 98- The fall of a titanMaxwell POVThe sound of glass shattering barely made me blink.My mother stood across the room, chest heaving, her perfectly manicured fingers trembling as the crystal tumbler hit the marble floor and exploded into shards. Whiskey streaked across the tiles like spilled gold, stark against the cold white.“Are you going to say something?” Rebecca hissed. “Anything?”I didn’t answer. I just watched her, my hands tucked into the pockets of my slacks, my expression steady. Too steady for her liking.“That boy—” she spat the word like venom, “—that insignificant, inexperienced upstart dethroned you. You. The Maxwell Cole. And what do you do? You sit there staring as if you’ve already accepted defeat.”She pointed at the TV behind me, where a panel of commentators gleefully dissected my downfall.MAXWELL COLE: THE FALL OF A TITANMAXWELL COLE: HAS HE LOST HIS TOUCH?MAXWELL COLE: FROM UNTOUCHABLE TO UNHINGED?Hashtags. Memes. Clips. All tearing into me.“Your empire is bleeding,” she conti
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Chapter: Chapter 97- The famous EthanEthan POVThe headline glowed at the top of my tablet like a personal crown: MONROE INDUSTRIES SECURES ATLAS CONTRACT IN HISTORIC BID OVERTURN.I read it once.Twice.A third time.And each time, the thrill hit just as hard.The biggest contract of the quarter.The one every major corporation clawed for.The one Maxwell Cole had practically owned for the last four years.Now it was mine.A slow smile stretched across my face—not the kind I showed reporters, polished and strategic, but a genuine one, sharp with satisfaction. The board was already celebrating, flooding my email with congratulations, champagne emojis, and half-veiled comments about “finally dethroning the industry devil.”Dethroning Maxwell was exactly what I intended.I leaned back in my office chair, letting the glow from the window settle over me. Afternoon sunlight streaked across the skyline, painting the city gold, like even the universe had decided today belonged to me.Today, I was the man on top.A knock came at
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