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?
อ่าน
Chapter: Chapter 155- My happy endingAmelia POVA week had passed since the warehouse, since the gunshot that echoed through my bones long after the sound faded. Time moved strangely after trauma—too fast in moments, unbearably slow in others. Some mornings I woke up reaching for Luke before remembering he was safe in the next room. Other mornings, I woke with Ethan’s voice still lodged in my head, calm and cruel, like a scar that refused to fade.Margaret and Ethan were in prison now, sentenced swiftly, their crimes laid bare for the world to judge. I didn’t feel triumph when I heard the verdicts. Only a quiet, heavy relief, the kind that settles deep in your chest and reminds you that survival is not the same as victory. Justice didn’t erase the past, but it drew a line between what was and what would never be again.Maxwell tried to shield me from the details, but I needed to know. I needed to understand how obsession had turned into a cage, how love—twisted and starved—had almost destroyed us all. Therapy became part
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Chapter: Chapter 154- My sweet revengeEthan POVRevenge is patient. It doesn’t scream or rush—it waits, sharp and silent, until the moment you are weak enough to feel it fully. For years, I imagined Maxwell Cole on his knees, stripped of his empire, his wife choosing me over him, his son calling me father. I imagined the look on his face when he realized I had won. Now, with the end so close, I could taste it. Bitter. Metallic. Perfect.Two days.That was all it took to bring giants to their knees.I stood by the window of the abandoned warehouse, watching the dust swirl in lazy spirals as sunlight bled through broken glass. This place had history—forgotten deals, blood-stained secrets. Poetic, really. A man like Maxwell deserved to fall somewhere unmarked, somewhere the world wouldn’t bother to remember.I had planned every step.The call. The ultimatum. The fear in Amelia’s voice when I said Luke’s name. That had been the best part—knowing I still owned a piece of her, that no matter how far she ran, she was still tethe
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Chapter: Chapter 153- The final fightAmelia POVI couldn’t believe my ears. Even after everything Ethan had confessed, even after the memories clawed their way back into my mind like ghosts demanding to be acknowledged, that one truth refused to settle. Margaret. My stepmother. Cold, calculating, cruel—but a murderer? Someone who could order my death as casually as signing a document?I stumbled back a step, my spine hitting the wall as if it were the only thing keeping me upright. “She wanted me dead,” I whispered, the words tasting foreign, poisonous. “All this time… it was her.”Maxwell swore under his breath, rage darkening his features in a way that terrified me more than Ethan’s tears ever could. He reached for his phone, his movements sharp, decisive. “This ends now.”The screen lit up in his hand. Police.“No!” Ethan shouted, surging forward. His voice cracked with desperation, not authority. “If you do that, you’ll be signing Luke’s death warrant.”The room froze.My heart stopped beating.Maxwell’s thumb hovere
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Chapter: Chapter 152- The truthAmelia povI never wanted to attend the party.When the invitation arrived from Maxwell, elegant and deliberate, I tore it in half without reading past the first line. I was done with Los Angeles. Done with ghosts that refused to stay buried. My bags were already packed, sitting neatly by the door of the apartment I had never truly called home. Luke was asleep in the other room, his soft breathing grounding me, reminding me why I had to leave.Then the text came.Please come. Even if it’s the last time I ever see you.My hands trembled as I stared at the screen. I told myself it meant nothing. That it was just another attempt to confuse me, to pull me back into a life that no longer fit. But something inside my chest tightened, aching in a way I couldn’t explain. Maybe it was closure. Maybe it was pity. Or maybe it was the strange pull I had been fighting since the day I met him.I agreed.I told Ethan I would attend, then leave town immediately after. I owed him honesty, at least tha
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Chapter: Chapter 151- The D-dayMaxwell povThe moment my phone slipped from my hand and clattered against the marble floor, I knew something was terribly wrong.“Maxwell,” my mother’s voice trembled beside me. “What did they say?”I bent slowly, picked up the phone, my chest tight, my pulse roaring in my ears. “She collapsed,” I said quietly. “They rushed her to the hospital.”Rebecca’s face drained of color. She sank onto the couch as if her legs could no longer hold her weight, one hand flying to her chest. “Oh God… oh God, no.” Her eyes filled instantly. “I told you this was too much. I told you we were pushing her too far.”“Mom—”“What if we overdid it?” she cried, shaking her head. “What if bringing her face-to-face with me, with the past, with everything she ran from—it was too cruel?” Tears slid freely down her cheeks now. “What if I hurt her again?”The guilt hit me like a punch to the gut.I sat beside her quickly, gripping her trembling hands. “Listen to me,” I said firmly, even though my own voice wasn’
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Chapter: Chapter 150- Wait for tomorrowEthan POVThe room exploded before the sun had fully risen.A glass vase shattered against the wall, fragments raining down onto the carpet like brittle snow. I barely registered the sound. Another object—her bedside lamp—followed, crashing hard enough to make the walls tremble. My chest heaved as rage tore through me, hot and violent, with nowhere to go.Today was supposed to be my wedding day.The day I became a husband. The day everything finally made sense.Instead, I stood in the ruins of a room filled with memories, my hands shaking, my jaw clenched so tight it hurt. The suit hung untouched on the wardrobe door, mocking me. Ivory. Perfect. Useless.“Ethan!”Claire’s voice cracked through the chaos. I turned just as she rushed in, eyes wide, hair loose, wearing the robe she slept in. Fear flashed across her face as she took in the destruction, then landed on me.“Stop,” she said, breathless. “Please—stop.”I laughed, sharp and broken. “Funny,” I muttered. “That’s exactly what I w
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