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Lauren sat propped up in her hospital bed, the sterile hum of machines a faint backdrop to the storm in her heart. Her body ached—broken ribs, bandaged feet, a swollen face—but the pain of Alex’s betrayal seared deeper into her nerves. The memory of Melissa, naked in his bed, smirking like she had won a game, was a wound that she knew will never heal. Alex had chosen her half-sister, shattering every vow. She clutched the thin blanket, tears drying into resolve. I’ll make them pay.Suddenly, the door creaked open, and Tom Devon, the stranger who’d found her collapsed outside Alex’s mansion, days ago, walked in.Lauren noticed as his tailored suit and sharp jawline screamed wealth, but his eyes held a warmth that disarmed her. “You’re awake,” he said, voice low, steady. “I’m sorry for barging in but I thought I’d check on you before I head out.”Lauren glanced at him, wary. “Why do you care? You don’t even know me.” Her tone was sharp, but exhaustion softened the edges. She turned awa
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"Sir." Dan called, walking into the spacious office hurriedly, the office was neat as usual and extremely cold as it always was. The coldness was from the man seated at the far end of the table close to the window where he could see everything going on outside.Handsome with a pointed nose, a sea blue eye ball and a dark hair which was styled backward, his looks were enough to make any woman melt before him but his cold looks and condition would make one have a second thought about him.He had everything a woman would want but he was on a wheelchair. A condition he wasn't born with but the condition life threw him in. He met with an unfortunate fate which took the life of his parents and made him paralyzed on a wheelchair when he was just ten.From a lively and carefree boy, he became cold and insecure cause he felt like a liability to others. But when he discovered who was behind the death of his parents, he became ruthless and that gave him the strength to take what belongs to him f
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Melissa opened her eyes to the sun shining in, she rolled off the side where the sun had set on her bed and groaned.She was just beginning to enjoy her sleep but unluckily for her, someone just ruined it. She lay on the bed with her eyes open boiling in anger. She sat up after some minutes with her hair all over her face, frowned, and used her hand to brush them backward. She was glaring at the maid in front of her, who had annoyed her already without knowing. “Did you do that on purpose?” Melissa asked. The maid opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out.“What do you mean ma'am?” The maid managed to gather some meaningful words together. “You knew opening the curtain would make the sun enter my eyes, and you went ahead to do so.” Melissa asked. “I am sorry ma'am, I was only following your orders,” the maid said in fear. “My orders” Melissa MumbledShe stood up from the bed, glaring at the maid. The maid knew what was coming for her, so she shifted back a little
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Lauren, the daughter of Mr McCarthy, he is also Melissa's father.They both have the same father, that's why lauren is being treated like trash and as a maid in the house because they believed she was born out of wedlock and she and her mother were not worthy to be in their family.She knew of all these but didn't bother or try to leave because she knew they were the only ones that could help in paying for her mother's surgery. Her mother had been on the sick bed, and her condition was getting worse every day, with lauren not being able to pay the surgery money. She left the house late in the evening and went to the hospital her mum was admitted. Even though she was treated like a maid there, she was allowed to leave the house whenever she wanted.She was told that the doctor had asked of her, and she went straight to his office. She opened the door and greeted the doctor in charge, who quickly offered her a seat. “I am glad you are here, I was about to tell the nurse in charge of
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Lauren cleaned her tears and checked the time. She saw it was leading to the afternoon, and she knew the family would have gone to take care of their own businesses. So she left the hospital and boarded a cab back home with the intention of meeting Mrs McCarthy. Since she wasn't in the family meeting, she thought she could talk to her to see if she would help her.The cab stopped in front of the house, and Lauren ran inside. She stumbled on the maids.It looked like she was the one they had been waiting for. They stood at the kitchen door waiting and glaring at her. It seemed like they had planned what they would do to her. “Do you think you are some special kid all because you are an illegitimate child of McCarthy?” One of them asked. “What are you talking about? Lauren asked. “You refused to do your appointed work. Instead, you chose to run around skipping work.” Another maid said. “I was busy, and I always do my work, I never ask you to do them for me,” Lauren said and passed
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Alex woke up to the sound of soft knocking on his door. Ariana, his personal maid entered when he replied, his eyes still stuck on the newspaper in his hand.She helped him shower and dress, careful not to step on him throughout the activity. It was the same every day, yet something felt unusual. He had only three days to bring up a wife to the investors.By the time he arrived in the dinning room, a delicious feast of breakfast had been set, but he didn't have the appetite for one. So he asked for a cup of black coffee instead.The name Melissa McCarthy kept ringing in his head like some sort of mantra.“There's still nothing on her, boss.” Alex looked up to see Dan, his right-hand man, standing over him.He remained quiet for some time, just sipping on his drink. But Dan could notice how his hand tightened on the mug.“What is taking them so long? Even a rejection should have gotten here by now. What games are they playing?” Alex muttered.Dan stood stiff, not responding. He didn't
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Alex's eyes burned into the young woman as she found her way to the front of the now silent courtroom. The soft yet, deliberate click of her heels was the only sound that could be heard, a complete contrast to the wild storm that brewed inside Alex. His right-hand man, Dan, tensed beside him, his lips held in a deep scowl.“And who might you be?” Alex finally asked as she stood directly in front of him.“Lauren. Melissa's half sister,” she said simply. “The wedding contract was sent to Melissa, so why are you standing here in her place?” Alex asked coldly.“Melissa has no interest whatsoever in you. To her, you're just another man in the queue dying to get a taste of her love,” she said as she looked at him. “But you'll never be able to get pass that queue.” She glanced at the wheelchair he sat on.Alex raised a brow in question. He still didn't comprehend why she was standing there in front of him, offering herself willingly.Lauren was obviously very different from her sister. She d
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”Well, well…” Jake started, his lips stretched into a taunting smirk. “You couldn't get the palace princess, so you went for the dirty palace maid instead.”Alex tensed as he watched his evil uncle and nephew walk out of the shadows, his body immediately going rigid, his mask of indifference now in place.So this is your replacement for Melissa…even for you…” Jake eyed Lauren. “…this is too low,” He clicked his tongue. Dan stepped forward in front of them, a deadly glare pointed at the two bullies.“You should take your leave now,” Dan demanded.“What will you do?” Jake smirked.Dan narrowed his eyes at him, before he pulled out a metallic black object, just enough for the man to see it. Something like fear flashed on Jake's face, but he quickly concealed it, smiling. “No need to get all macho on me. I'm only here to congratulate my cousin on his new marriage.”Dan stepped back a bit, but still stood defensively, ready to attack if Jake tried anything threatening.“Did you really thi
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Cripple Billionaire Husband CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
Lauren sat propped up in her hospital bed, the sterile hum of machines a faint backdrop to the storm in her heart. Her body ached—broken ribs, bandaged feet, a swollen face—but the pain of Alex’s betrayal seared deeper into her nerves. The memory of Melissa, naked in his bed, smirking like she had won a game, was a wound that she knew will never heal. Alex had chosen her half-sister, shattering every vow. She clutched the thin blanket, tears drying into resolve. I’ll make them pay.Suddenly, the door creaked open, and Tom Devon, the stranger who’d found her collapsed outside Alex’s mansion, days ago, walked in.Lauren noticed as his tailored suit and sharp jawline screamed wealth, but his eyes held a warmth that disarmed her. “You’re awake,” he said, voice low, steady. “I’m sorry for barging in but I thought I’d check on you before I head out.”Lauren glanced at him, wary. “Why do you care? You don’t even know me.” Her tone was sharp, but exhaustion softened the edges. She turned awa
Cripple Billionaire Husband CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
Lauren lay in the hospital bed, her body surging with intense pain, her heart a graveyard. The image of Melissa, naked in Alex’s bed, smirking like she had just won the battle, was a wound that wouldn’t stop aching and bleeding. It seemed like it would never heal. She’d fought through kidnappers, stumbled through woods, her love for Alex had become her downfall. It had become ash.Suddenly, her phone buzzed on the bedside table, waking her from her deep thoughts, a blocked number flashing. She grabbed it, her hands shaking as bandages pulled at her raw skin.“Who is this?” she demanded, voice hoarse and shaky, cracked from screaming into the void of her captivity.A distorted voice answered, cold and mocking. “Lauren, you seem to be tougher than we even imagined, now I see why Alex is so infatuated with you. But it's too bad. Your Alex, your husband? He’s already moved on.”Her phone pinged, an incoming notification. A video loaded: Melissa in Alex’s office, hours ago, her manicured h
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The screen lit up—a grainy feed, Lauren tied to a chair, face swollen, blood crusting her lip. A masked figure stood behind her, voice distorted. “Alex, you want her back? Pay up. Everything—accounts, deals. Or I promise you'll never see her again. Not even her dead body.”Lauren’s eyes, defiant but scared, met the camera. “Alex, don’t,” she rasped, before a fist struck her jaw, silencing her. The video cut to black.Alex’s hands shook, rage boiling. “They’re torturing her,” he said, voice breaking. “Find them, Carter. I’ll give them anything, but I want their heads. I want my Lauren back.”“We’re tracing the upload,” Carter said, already dialing. “It’s encrypted, but we’ll crack it.”Alex stared at the blank screen, Lauren’s battered face burned into him. He’d failed her, let her doubt him, let her run. But he loved her, more than the contract, more than his pride. “I’m coming, Lauren,” he whispered, voice fierce. “Hold on.”His phone buzzed again—an unknown number. A new video loade
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Alex maneuvered his wheelchair through the quiet house, the hum of the wheels on hardwood the only sound. The clock on the mantle ticked past 11:30 PM, each second a needle in his gut. Lauren's absence gnawed at him—her fierce exit after their fight, clutching that damn photo and note, replayed in his mind. "I need the truth," she'd said, voice breaking, before storming out. He'd let her go, thinking she'd cool off, and come back. But the house felt wrong, too still, her jacket gone from the hook, one of his cars no longer in the drive.“Lauren?” he called, voice rough, rolling into the kitchen. No one answered. The study door was ajar, his laptop open, the light flashing, the sticky note with Dan’s login glaring—DKane—temp123. She’d been digging. His chest tightened. That text she’d shown him, the one about her mom’s death, had spooked her so much. “Warehouse, midnight…the proof he did it”. He’d told her it was a trap, but her eyes, wild with doubt, hadn’t listened.He grabbed his
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Lauren's car rattled through the industrial district, the dashboard clock ticking toward twelve midnight. Her hands continued to shake on the wheel, the USB drive and her childhood camp photo stuffed in her jacket, haunted her thoughts every second.That text “Warehouse, midnight. Proof he did it. Come alone” burned in her brain like acid, her mom’s frail hospital smile haunting her. Alex’s voice, sharp and desperate, rang out: “It’s a trap.” Melissa’s sneer countered: “Him or the truth.” She’d stormed out, choosing answers over both. She had to find out what was going on.She needed to clear Alex's name…secretly.The warehouse squatted under a buzzing floodlight, steel walls scarred with rust. She parked a block away, heart slamming against her ribcage. Her phone had no signal. She crept to the door, half-open, dim light leaking out. “I’m here,” she called, voice tight, but the fear lingered. “Show me the proof.”A rough laugh answered. “Right on time, Lauren.” A man stepped forwar
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Lauren stumbled into the empty hallway, the office door slamming shut behind her, the childhood photo and note gripped between her fingers. “If you leave now, you’re breaking more than a contract—you’re breaking me”—cut deeper than she’d expected, his cold edge laced with something raw, but the note’s accusation drowned it out. Her tears spilled, her breath jagged, as she pressed against the wall, whispering, “What am I supposed to do now? Believe him, or run?” The photo, her eight-year-old self in a pink designer camp t-shirt, stared back, and a memory roared to life, fierce and unrelenting.Flashback****Rain lashed the woods, the summer camp a distant murmur beneath the howl of a flash flood. An eight-year-old girl, scrawny and drenched, slogged through mud, her borrowed t-shirt—Melissa’s, bright pink with the cam’s logo—plastered to her skin. She’d taken it after Melissa sneered at her faded clothes, unaware it would mark her as her evil sister“Hey!” she yelled, her voice swallo
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“You’re staring,” Alex said, his voice low and sharp, cutting through the morning quiet of the dining room. He sat at the head of the shiny table, his wheelchair positioned like a throne, his dark eyes flicking up from his tablet to meet the blue's of Lauren.She froze, her coffee mug halfway to her lips, heat creeping up her cheeks. A small smile threatened to stretch on her lips. “I’m not staring,” she said, too quickly, setting the mug down with a clink. “I’m just… thinking, you know.”“About?” His tone was cold, but a faint smirk tugged at his lips, the kind that made her heart stutter. It was the same smirk he’d worn last night, when he’d admitted he wanted to try love—for her. She wanted to giggle at the mere thought of it.Lauren shifted in her chair, her fingers twisting the hem of her sweater. “Us,” she admitted, her voice softer. “What we said last night. Making this work. It’s… a lot to take in.”His smirk faded, his gaze sharpening, assessing her like a deal he wasn’t sure
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Lauren suddenly sat up on the couch, her body stiff, her heart raw from last night. Alex’s kiss clung to her like a scratch she couldn’t itch—fierce, desperate, and far too real. She’d unraveled in his arms, seeking anything to lessen the pain that followed her since her mother's death, only to pull back with a shaky, ‘This doesn’t change a thing.’Now, guilt continued to gnaw at her. She’d married him for money, a cold deal to pay for her mother’s surgery. Love wasn’t in the contract, it was never in the contract. So why did her chest tighten so much at the thought of him?The house felt empty. Alex and her were the only people staying there. She hadn't seen or heard from Dan, Alex's right hand man, since her mother's death. Alex didn't even seem affected by his absence.Her phone sat on the coffee table, its silence heavy. The threatening text, “ Stop, or you’ll end up like your useless mother,” burned at the back of her mind. She hadn’t told Alex. He was her husband on paper, not h
Cripple Billionaire Husband CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Lauren stood at the passage of Alex’s house, her travel bag slung over her shoulder, the weight of her grief heavier than the load itself. The modern glass-and-steel facade loomed before her, cold and unwelcoming, a stark contrast to the warmth of her mother’s small apartment. Her chest ached so painfully she urged to clutch them in her hand, her eyes still raw from tears that wouldn’t stop. The threatening text from the unknown number burned in her mind—Stop, or you’ll end up like your mother—but it was her mother’s still face that haunted her the most. Who would want to hurt a woman like that? She wanted to believe it was all a dream, but everyday, it hot more realer than the last Coming here, to Alex’s, felt like surrender, but she had no choice.The door opened quietly before she could knock, and Alex was there, his wheelchair framed in the doorway, his face unreadable, as usual. “You made it,” he said, his voice softer than she had expected.“Don’t make a mountain out of it,” s
