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A Queen Never Gambles. She Deals
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At one of the exclusive private casino parties, my eyes landed on a diamond tiara. The catch? It was the prize for a high-stakes blackjack game. Luckily, poker happens to be one of my many sins. A girl named Elara—whom I once pitied enough to introduce to Throne, hoping she’d land a job—has now declared she wants the tiara too. Naïve. Probably thought beginner’s luck was a real thing. I figured, fine. Let the cards decide. If I win, I walk away with the tiara. If I lose, I’ll find another way to soothe my pride. Easy enough. Thorne, my ever-watchful husband, leaned in and murmured, “Go easy on her.” I didn’t. I won. Beat the dealer faster than her and won the tiara. That girl cried at the table. Thorne didn’t look impressed for once. He rather seemed... irritated. I thought it was for Elara’s sake. Turns out, it was for mine. A year later, same party, different stakes. The grand prize? My own sex video. While holding Elara in his arms, my husband said to me, voice almost amusing, “Don’t you like winning prizes? Then go on. Win our sex tape back.”
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Throne’s POVHe came to our wedding. Whispered something to Selene while I was looking. I remember the way she smiled—not the smile she gave to strangers, but the soft one. The kind she used to give me.I never liked him. Never trusted him. Maybe because deep down, I always knew he wanted her. My Selene.“Do you know where they went?” I asked my assistant.“We lost the trail,” he replied. “But they haven’t left New York. That much is certain.”Fucking hell.I hung up and wandered aimlessly down the sidewalk, hands clenched into fists. I didn’t want to go home—Selene wouldn’t be there. And I couldn’t bring myself to step foot in the casino I’d stolen from her. That place reeked of regret.What the hell have I done?How could I have been so goddamn stupid?Then my phone rang again. Elara.Perfect.…I met her at the address she’d sent. The moment she saw me, she launched herself into my arms.“Your father tried to force me out of New York,” she breathed. “But I came back. I had to. I mi
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Throne’s POV“You happy now?” my father snapped, voice sharp enough to slice through bone. “You drove your own wife away—for what? A younger whore?”“I said Elara wasn’t a whore!” I shouted back. “She was—she is—my true love!”“Oh, right. Your true love.” My father scoffed, then straightened and let out a long, disappointed breath. “Since when did my son become such a damn fool?”He turned, picked something off the sideboard, and dropped a thick folder onto the table with a heavy thud.“I hired a private investigator.”I stared at the folder. My stomach began to twist.“She’s been around,” he said. “And not just in ways you thought were charming. Your so-called 'true love' has a long track record of climbing into the beds of wealthy men. And this time, she chose you.”“What the hell are you talking about?” I snapped, brows furrowed.“These.”He ripped open the folder and flung a stack of glossy photos across the table.Each one was a gut punch.Elara—wrapped around different men. Some
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Selene’s POV“Selene…”“I knew you were a good girl the moment I met you,” Thorne’s father added, his voice grave. He furrowed his brow—stern, ashamed. Once, he’d been a friend to my father. In our world, trust was rare. Friendship even more so. “To see you treated like this... for what Thorne did, I will punish him.”And for the first time in days, I felt something like fury ripple through me—not for myself, but for them. They didn’t deserve this. I didn’t deserve this.All because Thorne chose to believe a liar.“Elara,” I said, voice sharp. “She…”“I know what kind of girl she is,” Mr. Alden replied immediately. “She’ll be warned to stay away from my son. You have my word.”“It’s not just that she came after my husband,” I said, voice steadier than I felt. “She lied. She manipulated. And Thorne chose her. He believed her. They chose each other.”My breath caught slightly. But I kept going. “None of that matters now. Thorne and I… we’re done. All I want is an apology for the humiliat
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Selene’s POV“I hate to pressure you,” Aldric said quietly, hesitating like the words weighed more than they should. “But if something bad ever happens… tell me. Don’t carry it all on your own, alright?”I looked out at the ocean. The waves were calmer than I felt.“Do you remember that day my mother yelled at me for bringing an anonymous, injured man into our guesthouse?” I asked softly.Aldric nodded. “Yes.”“That man was Thorne. My husband.” My voice faltered, trembling before I could stop it. “And tonight… he said I lied about saving him. That it wasn’t me. That it was some other girl.”I swallowed, the words sticking.“So to punish me… he made our sex tape the grand prize of the night. I had to buy every single one back. That’s why I used your card.”Aldric was silent for a moment. Then, firm and clear: “It was your card, Selene.” His voice sharpened. “And what a fucking asshole that piece of trash is.”It startled a laugh out of me.It was the first time I’d ever heard Aldric cur
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Selene’s POV“Elara,” I said, voice low but clear. “So you’re the girl who saved Thorne that night?”She didn’t answer. She didn’t even dare to meet my eyes.It was all clear now. Elara was a lying bitch, and Thorne—well, he was just a beautiful fool. A cruel, arrogant fool who fell for her lies without ever once looking back to check the truth. Not once.But I have decided to not waste my breath telling him the truth. That would mean giving him a second chance. And he didn’t deserve that luxury. No—let him find out on his own. Let him choke on the truth when it’s too late to fix anything.Thorne’s assistant leaned in, whispering something urgent in his ear.Thorne barely flicked a glance at him. “You’re bothering me over something so trivial? Buy them all.”Then he turned to Elara with that same charming grin I once believed in. “Babe, the dress you liked—it just dropped in Paris. I bought the entire line. Even the limited editions.”Elara squealed. “Oh my god, you’re the best!” She
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Selene’s POV“Where did you get all this money?” Thorne slammed his hands onto the table and stood, nearly shouting in my face. He hadn’t seen it coming. Of course not. The whole point of tonight had been to break me in public.I tilted my head, calm as ever. “I never told you I didn’t have money. That was your assumption.”The room erupted in whispers again—louder this time.“Where the hell did it come from?”“Think it’s some other man’s card?”“Did you see the name on it?”“Don’t be stupid,” someone hissed. “Cards like that don’t have names. Confidential. Elite tier.”I took my time, slowly sweeping the room with a gaze that dared any of them to speak louder. Then I rose and walked toward Thorne and Elara.“Thorne,” I said evenly. “You’re my husband. You could’ve just told me you wanted that bitch. You didn’t need to drag me here to humiliate me in front of every pair of eyes you could buy. How broken do you have to be to do something like this?”“Don’t you dare call her a bitch,” he
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