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CHAPTER SEVEN
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2026-05-10 04:49:59
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Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother CHAPTER SEVEN
Cassie stared at the ringing phone with her mother's name on the screen, waiting to be answered and her finger hovered over the accept button.This was it.The moment where she either committed fully to this insane plan or cracked under the pressure and let everyone see the truth that she was terrified and didn't know what she was doing and she'd agreed to marry a man she barely knew for revenge and survival.Dom's hand covered hers, warm and grounding."You can do this," he said quietly. "You're stronger than they think."Cassie took a breath and answered the call.Her mother's face filled the screen, perfectly made up despite the early hour, but her eyes were red-rimmed and her expression was a careful mask of concern that didn't quite hide the fury underneath."Cassandra," Margaret said through the phone screen. "We need to talk about what you've done."Cassie's throat went dry. Her mother's face was perfectly made up despite the early hour, but her eyes were red-rimmed, obvious th
Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother CHAPTER SIX
Cassie woke up in the massive guest bed, momentarily forgetting the chaos until sunlight hit her face, clearing the sleep from her eyes. For one blissful second, everything was normal.She was just a girl waking up on a sunny morning, but as she took in the sight of the room through her sleepy eyes, reality crashed back in.Marcus. Vanessa. The engagement party. Dom. The post.“Oh my God, the post.”Cassie jumped into a sitting position and reached for her phone out of habit, muscle memory whispering "check Marcus's texts," but the moment the screen lit up, she screamed."Shit!"Four thousand notifications. Four bloody thousand.Her cracked lock screen was completely obscured by notifications, from Instagram to Twitter to missed calls, text messages and even news apps all screaming for attention. The numbers kept climbing even as she watched, the phone vibrating continuously in her hand like something alive.Cassie sat up, heart pounding, and started scrolling with shaking fingers.Th
Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother CHAPTER FIVE
They pulled up to a high-rise building in Tribeca. It was made of glass and steel and had modern architecture. A valet appeared immediately, and Dom tossed him the keys without looking."Mr. Hale," the valet said with a nod."Jeremy." Dom came around to open Cassie's door, offering his hand again. She was starting to notice he did that, the small courtesies that felt at odds with his reputation.The lobby was understated luxury, all marble and subtle lighting. The few people present didn't stare, too well-trained or too disinterested to care about the disheveled woman in the engagement dress being escorted by Dominic Hale.They took a private elevator to the top floor, silence settling between them again. Cassie caught their reflection in the mirrored walls— her makeup smudged and her hair falling out of its careful updo while he looked like he'd just stepped out of a magazine shoot.They looked nothing like a couple, they looked like a beautiful disaster.The elevator opened directly
Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother CHAPTER FOUR
The coat room suddenly felt smaller with both of them standing, Cassie still in her rumpled engagement dress and Dom in his perfectly tailored tux. She was still holding his hand, she realized. His grip was warm and firm and nothing like Marcus's carefully measured touches.She dropped it."So," Cassie said, smoothing down her dress even though it was pointless, the fabric was already creased beyond redemption. "What exactly happens now? Do we just walk back out there and announce we're getting married?"Dom laughed, low and dark. "God, no. That's amateur hour. We need to be strategic about this.""Strategic?""You think I've survived this family without learning how to play the game?" Dom walked over to where Cassie's phone lay on the floor and picked it up, examining the cracked screen. "Still works, that's good. You're going to need it."He held it out to her but Cassie didn't take it. The thought of looking at more notifications, more comments and more evidence of her public destr
Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother CHAPTER THREE
Cassie blinked and suddenly burst into a sharp and disbelieving laugh. "What?""You heard me.""This is insane, you're insane.""Probably." Dom shifted, still crouched at her level, his expression serious despite the absurdity of what he was proposing. "But think about it. Marcus wanted you for the business merger with your father's company, right? Your father's contract specifies marriage to a Hale son but it doesn't specify which one."Cassie stared at him. "You're really serious about this?"Her breath caught somewhere between a laugh and something closer to panic. The champagne in her system wasn't even helping and neither was the way he was looking at her like this was the most rational thing he had done his whole life."Completely.""Why would I even possibly agree to that?""Because you want revenge," Dom said simply. "Because you want to save face. Because marrying me means Marcus doesn't get what he wanted, your father still gets his merger, and you get to walk back into that
Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother CHAPTER TWO
Her dress was pooling around her like a deflated parachute. As she cried so hard her entire body shook terribly. She wiped away the tears that had completely blocked her vision.Three years.Three years of dinner parties with the Hales where Eleanor critiqued everything from Cassie's posture to her choice of graduate program. Three years of molding herself into the kind of woman who could stand beside Marcus Hale and not look out of place. Three years of telling herself that love could grow, that partnership mattered more than passion and security was worth the compromise.And he'd been in love with Vanessa?While Cassie had been picking out wedding invitations and seating charts and trying to decide between the poached salmon or the filet mignon for the reception dinner. Vanessa was busy spending time with her man. Hell, she was fucking her man!All the while giving an excuse of trying to enroll for a PGD and it was draining that's why she wasn't available.She was being played and s
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