LOGINSold by the family that should have protected her. Married to the man she feared most. When gentle college student Isla Bennett is betrayed by her own relatives and forced to marry the infamous heir of the Vale empire, she risks everything to escape—even climbing across a thirty-story ledge. Instead, she lands in the room of a dangerously handsome stranger. One reckless night changes everything. The next morning, Isla discovers she's already married to the mysterious billionaire she unknowingly insulted, tricked...and accidentally paid for his "services." Now trapped under one roof with the cold-hearted Grayson Vale, Isla must survive a marriage built on lies, secrets, and unforgettable chemistry. But the man rumored to be a ruthless monster may be the only person capable of saving her from the family willing to destroy her. As enemies become reluctant partners and fake affection turns painfully real, buried conspiracies threaten both their lives—and the truth behind Grayson's family may be deadlier than anyone imagined. Sometimes fate doesn't knock. Sometimes it crashes through your window.
View MoreMarcus flinched at the sudden outburst. He slid into the driver's seat immediately, glancing back. "Sir, should we swing by to pick up the young mistress along the way...?""Drive," Grayson said flatly, expression stormy.Marcus, thoroughly confused but too wary to push it, obeyed without another word.The car pulled out of the hospital and stopped at the first red light, and Marcus took the opportunity to relay what he'd learned.Grayson sat in the back, legs crossed, radiating cold authority even in silence, his sharp features half-shadowed, eyes carrying an unmistakable danger."Sir, preliminary findings say the fire started with a patient sneaking a cigarette in a storage room downstairs. Terminal illness, apparently didn't care about the rules. But the cigarette pack itself is unaccounted for, it didn't belong to any registered patient.""I don't think this was random. Could be Vale family business, could be Mu Zunlong. If it's the family, Julian's still at risk. If it's Mu Zunlo
"What are you even IMPLYING? It is not what you think, and I refuse to be talked to like this!" Isla clenched her fists, her whole body trembling, fragile as porcelain about to shatter.Her chin stayed lifted despite the sweat dripping down her face, eyes blazing with defiance."Nonsense? Heh..." Grayson's smile carried nothing but mockery.He stood rigid, radiating icy fury. His stare bore into her, mouth curling in disdain. "Did I say something incorrect? Then explain the fire's about to reach this exact corridor, and this is where you two happened to be standing. Was this a rendezvous, or a death wish?" His words dripped with contempt."I" Isla's dry lips parted, and only that single syllable made it out.She caught Richard and Bianca's warning stares from the corner of her eye.Richard raised a hand, feigning a casual scratch to his neck the gesture was unmistakable. A slicing motion. A threat.Say anything true and Grandma's life is on the line.Fury seared through Isla's whole b
"Lock down the entire hospital. Find her, alive, now." Grayson's voice cut cold through the chaos."Yes, sir!"Bianca had been scanning the dark for Grayson's silhouette, and the second she spotted him, her interest sharpened instantly.She glanced toward where Marcus had disappeared, then gestured for Richard to wheel her over."Mr. Vale, worried about Isla? Don't be she just went off with Marcus that way. Looked like they had something important to discuss." Bianca coughed convincingly as she approached, face artfully streaked with soot, delivering the line with practiced sweetness.The words landed light but to Grayson, they carried an entirely different weight.She's still pulling this.Grayson turned in the direction Bianca had pointed and set off immediately, disregarding the risk of pursuing spread fire.Bianca prodded Richard forward, and he hurried her along, keeping pace with Grayson's rapid stride."Mr. Vale, Isla was just catching up with an old friend, that's all. Please
Isla tried steering the wheelchair after them, but the grass swallowed the wheels completely useless.She abandoned it and pushed herself up, limping forward instead.Behind her, the whole inpatient wing churned with smoke and chaos.Not far off, Bianca and Richard watched Isla's uneven, hobbling retreat with quiet satisfaction.Everything's going exactly as planned.Bianca had smeared soot across her own face for effect, standing safely on the lawn while every eye stayed fixed on the fire. Watching Isla's back disappear, she narrowed her eyes. "Dad, you're sure Marcus is still here? He hasn't left yet?""Right he's tied up doing something in his mother's office," Richard confirmed, relaying whatever intel he'd gathered."Let's go find him." Bianca turned, scanning the chaotic crowd behind her.Then her eyes locked on someone striking in the swarm of evacuees. She brightened instantly, urging Richard to push her forward."Isla! ISLA, where ARE you?!" Bianca called out, weaving toward












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