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Chapter Nine

Author: Zanny
last update publish date: 2026-01-28 22:55:36

When Daniel returned to the bedroom three hours later, he found Mira asleep on the couch by the windows, still fully dressed. She'd kicked off her shoes, and her hair had come partially loose from its bun. In sleep, her face had relaxed, and he could see past the stress and uncertainty to the woman underneath.

She was beautiful, he realized. Not in the polished, perfect way of the women who usually orbited his world, but in a way that seemed more real somehow.

He should wake her, but found hims
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  • Married For His Grandmother’s Last Wish   Chapter Forty Four

    Three weeks of peace. Three entire weeks without scandal or crisis or external attacks.It felt almost suspicious."We should do something to celebrate," Daniel suggested over breakfast. "Mark the fact that we survived.""Like what?""Dinner out. Somewhere public, somewhere we can just be a normal couple enjoying an evening together.""We're not a normal couple.""Close enough."They chose a restaurant they'd been to early in their marriage—a quiet Italian place with excellent food and discreet service. The kind of place where wealthy couples could dine without constant interruption.Mira wore a simple dress, Daniel his usual tailored suit. They looked like any upscale couple out for dinner.The meal was lovely. They talked about everything except business or scandals or media attention. Just life—books Mira was reading, renovations Daniel wanted to make to the cabin, plans for the holidays approaching."This is nice," Mira said. "Normal nice.""We should do it more often.""We should

  • Married For His Grandmother’s Last Wish   Chapter Forty Three

    The board meeting was brutal.Seven of the twelve board members wanted Daniel to step down as CEO immediately. The scandal was too damaging, they argued. The company needed fresh leadership untainted by deception."The deception wasn't about business," Daniel countered. "It was about my personal life. Which should be private.""Nothing is private when you're the face of the company," board member Harrison said. "You made your marriage part of our brand strategy. Now that marriage is proven to be a lie.""It's not a lie. It's complicated.""To the public, complicated looks like lying."The arguments continued for three hours. Daniel defended himself eloquently but the votes were splitting badly.Finally, Eleanor's former business partner—a woman named Catherine who rarely spoke in meetings—raised her hand."I'd like to share something," Catherine said. "Eleanor spoke to me before she died. About Daniel, about his marriage, about her hopes for his future."Everyone fell silent."She tol

  • Married For His Grandmother’s Last Wish   Chapter Forty Two

    Two weeks passed without incident. No leaked documents, no planted stories, no staged photographs. Vanessa had gone quiet."She's regrouping," Daniel predicted. "Planning her next move."But Mira was tired of waiting for the next attack. "Or maybe she's actually backing down. Not everyone fights to the death.""Vanessa does."Still, life normalized slightly. Daniel returned to manageable work hours. Mira started volunteering at a children's literacy program. They had dinner together most nights, went to the cabin on weekends, slowly rebuilt the peace they'd lost."I could get used to this," Mira admitted one Saturday morning, sitting on the cabin's deck with coffee and a book."Normalcy?""Something like it."Daniel sat beside her. "I've been thinking about the future. Beyond just surviving whatever crisis comes next.""What about it?""About what we actually want. Not what's expected or what looks good for the company. What we truly want for ourselves.""That's very philosophical for

  • Married For His Grandmother’s Last Wish   Chapter Forty One

    Winning required strategy. They started with the lawsuit.Daniel's legal team had been playing defense, responding to Vanessa's claims with denials and technical motions. Now they shifted tactics."We're filing a countersuit," Daniel's lead attorney announced. "Harassment, malicious interference with business relationships, intentional infliction of emotional distress. We're documenting every incident, every planted story, every calculated appearance.""Will it work?" Mira asked."It'll make her defense very expensive and very public. She'll have to produce evidence that her actions were legitimate business activities rather than stalking. That's difficult when we have timestamps showing her at your gym minutes after you arrived, at restaurants Daniel frequented the same nights he had reservations, outside your house during hours no legitimate businessperson would be in the neighborhood.""She'll claim coincidence.""Once, maybe twice, coincidence is plausible. Twenty-seven documented

  • Married For His Grandmother’s Last Wish   Chapter Forty

    The interview was scheduled for the following week. Five days to prepare, to decide what to share and what to keep private, to figure out how much truth the public deserved."We should talk about how we actually met," Daniel suggested over breakfast."The truth? That I was supposed to marry someone else and overheard you desperately looking for a bride?""Maybe not that specific.""Why not? It's authentic. It shows we've come a long way from where we started.""It also makes us sound desperate and transactional.""We were desperate and transactional. At first."Daniel set down his coffee. "You really want to tell people our marriage started as a contract?""I want to tell people our marriage started honestly. That we made an arrangement that became real. That love can grow even from unconventional beginnings.""The board will love that," he said dryly."The board doesn't get a vote in how we talk about our relationship.""Actually, they kind of do. I'm still CEO. Corporate image matte

  • Married For His Grandmother’s Last Wish   Chapter Thirty Nine

    Daniel called Vanessa the next morning. Mira heard his side of the conversation from the hallway."We need to talk... In person... Fine, my office at two... No, alone... Because I said so... See you then."He emerged looking grim. "It's handled.""Is it?""She'll meet me this afternoon. I'll make everything clear. End of story."But Mira couldn't shake the feeling that nothing involving Vanessa was ever simple or final."I want to come with you," she said."That's not a good idea.""Why not? I'm your wife. If you're meeting with your ex to tell her to back off, I should be there.""It'll look like I need you to fight my battles.""Or it'll look like we're a united front. That she can't create division between us."Daniel considered this. "She'll use it against us somehow.""She'll try. But I'd rather be there than sitting at home wondering what's being said."He relented. "Fine. But let me do the talking.""I'm quite capable of controlling my own mouth, thank you."That earned a brief

  • Married For His Grandmother’s Last Wish   Chapter Thirteen

    Mira woke to shouting.It took her a moment to orient herself in the unfamiliar darkness. Then she heard Daniel's voice, loud and angry, coming from somewhere below.She checked her phone. Three in the morning.Wrapping herself in a robe, she crept to the top of the stairs. Light spilled from Danie

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-20

  • Married For His Grandmother’s Last Wish   Chapter Eleven

    Daniel didn't speak during the drive home. His hands gripped the steering wheel tightly, his jaw set. Mira had learned enough about him in the past day to know when to stay quiet.They were almost to the estate when his phone rang. He glanced at the screen and his expression darkened further."What

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-19

  • Married For His Grandmother’s Last Wish   Chapter Ten

    The clothes Mrs. Kim had selected were beautiful and clearly expensive. Mira chose a simple navy dress that looked professional without being too formal. It fit perfectly, which meant someone had guessed her size correctly.She didn't want to think about how they'd managed that.When she emerged, D

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-19

  • Married For His Grandmother’s Last Wish   Chapter Eight

    Mira waited until she heard Daniel's footsteps fade before allowing herself to truly look around. The bedroom was beautiful in an impersonal way, like a high-end hotel suite. Nothing about it suggested anyone actually lived here.She walked to the closet he'd mentioned and opened the door to find a

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-18
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