CEO, Take Your Filthy Money and Get Out

"Do you still need a bride?" On his wedding day, Asher was publicly abandoned at the altar by his first love, left with nothing but humiliation. In that very moment, Eleanor — who had secretly loved him for four years — stepped forward and married him when he had nothing. For eight years, she stayed by his side day in and day out, helping him build a tech empire from scratch and raising his daughter from a previous relationship as if she were her own. She thought her endurance and devotion would eventually warm his heart — until his old flame Regina returned from Europe. On the day of their eighth wedding anniversary, Asher decisively abandoned her for his old love, leaving behind nothing but a cold check to hastily compensate for her sacrifices. Eleanor finally understood — this was never a marriage. It was just a transaction. To him, she was nothing more than a woman he kept, someone he believed he could buy off with money. He ignored her grievances, disregarded her pain, and sided with his ex every single time, convinced that money could settle everything. He assumed she would swallow every humiliation. He had no idea that this quiet, gentle full-time wife he always tried to buy off had once been a world-class pianist who stunned the entire music world. She untied her apron, picked up her dignity, placed her hands back on the keys, and turned to leave — and the music world was set ablaze. When Asher came carrying his belated remorse and yet another enormous check, begging her to come back, Eleanor tossed it aside without a second glance. "Take your filthy money," she said. "And get out."