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My Ex-wife is a Hidden Heiress! Chapter Seventeen
Ex-Husband RegretValenticias POV-Dmitri’s frantic shouts cut through the air outside the Clawford estate gates, and my breath caught in my throat. “Valenticia! Please, I’m begging you!” His voice was ragged, filled with panic, nothing at all like that cold, polished ex-husband who once cast me aside like a used tissue.He looked wrecked.His hair was disheveled, his shirt half-tucked, eyes wide, like he hadn’t slept in days. But it was Natasha, emerging from a sleek black car, that coursed ice through my veins. Her face was filled with fury, as her upper lip curled in a snarl, and the metal object in her hand was a knife.My stomach churned, a chill stilling me in place.In a matter of seconds, security swarmed in.Two guards grabbed Dmitri, wrenching his arms behind him as he writhed, his voice cracking. “Val, please! I made a mistake! I need you!” The words burned in my chest, awaking memories of his indifference, the divorce paperwork, the evenings I’d waited without hearing the
최신 업데이트 : 2025-04-23My Ex-wife is a Hidden Heiress! Chapter Eighteen
The ExplosionStefan's POV-I tightened my fingers on the steering wheel, my knuckles white.The cracks in the fractured glass of the windshield were a vivid reminder of the ambush from behind that had almost taken me out.The taillights on the black SUV had disappeared into the Seryne night, and my pulse hammered, while my mind raced. I muttered a curse, not only at the hired muscle who’d taken a shot at me but at, well, me. I’d rushed to Clawford Corporation on instinct, compelled by a nagging need to protect Valenticia after Carter’s call about her strange login.That alert had put me in danger.Stefan Myles is a man who never acted without a master plan.I pictured her defiance at the gala.She was a liability.Back at New Dream Corporation, I burst into my office, Carter was already there, his tablet lit up with data. “The SUV isn’t registered,” he said, his voice clipped. “No plates, no trace. Probably mercenaries, paid to send a message.” His eyes flickered to mine when he noti
최신 업데이트 : 2025-04-23My Ex-wife is a Hidden Heiress! Chapter Nineteen
UnmaskedValenticia POV-I had been unconscious and woke up in a hospital bed, the sharp smell of antiseptic lingered like a bad dream.I wiped my throat, which felt dry, from the gas that had flooded the offices. The white ceiling swam before my eyes as I blinked, my head hurting but my mind already racing. Grandmother sat next to me looking composed, her face betraying her. They were red, but her eyes were fierce. “You’re awake,” she said, her voice low. “The gas leak is contained, but we both know it wasn’t an accident.”I attempted to sit up, grimacing as a dull ache rose from my chest. “Sabotage,” I struggled to say. My mind raced to the anonymous text I’d received before all of this. Stop digging, or you’ll end up like your parents. Someone knew my history, knew of the car crash that had taken Mom and Dad when I was still a child. The threat wasn’t only about Gregor’s plans it was personal. Grandmother nodded, her lips pressed into a thin line. “The authorities are investigati
최신 업데이트 : 2025-04-23My Ex-wife is a Hidden Heiress! Chapter Twenty
Unexpected Alliances Gregor POV~I banged my fist on the mahogany desk, the sound echoing in my office. The aftereffects of the board meeting taunted me. Valenticia’s accusations about Nexus Ventures echo in my mind. Her cool, probing voice projecting those damning transaction logs had shaken the board’s faith in me.I had underestimated her, thinking the kidnapping attempt would send her running home to her miserable life with Dmitri. No, she’d danced her way into Clawford Corporation, pretending to be an analyst. My jaw clenched with fury. She was no longer merely Rosanna’s pet granddaughter. She was a threat, and I had been a fool to let her get this far.I reclined in my chair; I’d fought tooth and nail to get there, proving myself while Rosanna dangled with the CEO in front of my face, only to appoint some outsider to the position. I, a Clawford by blood reduced to the position of second-in-command. That betrayal had driven me to build allegiances outside the company. The sil
최신 업데이트 : 2025-04-24My Ex-wife is a Hidden Heiress! chapter Twenty One
Old Scars, New DangersValenticias POV~Natasha’s smug smile burned into my mind as the boardroom doors closed, her presence made my skin crawl. She was there standing, composed.My heart raced, the hospital photo on the burner phone flaring into my memory — me, unconscious, vulnerable, caught by someone who’d been too near. The abrupt line had Natasha's written all over it. I made myself breathe and forced my shaking hands not to show as I turned to the board.She claimed to be a financial consultant, and disarm my Nexus Ventures allegations with a charm that was difficult to ignore! “Ms. Valenticia’s conclusions are worrisome, yet premature,” Natasha replied, her smile cutting. “Without authenticated sources, these claims risk defaming our operations.” Her statements sowed doubts, and I watched the board members, their eyes darting between me and her. Mr Vance, Gregor’s man, nodded eagerly, and there was a hard scepticism on all but the neutral faces. The evidence I had acquired—the
최신 업데이트 : 2025-04-30My Ex-wife is a Hidden Heiress! Chapter Twenty Two
Shadows of Vengeance Stefans POV~I leaned against the floor-to-ceiling windows, with a glass of bourbon in my hand, the sting of the gas explosion that raged in my chest. Valenticia. Carter’s voice an hour ago had assured me, that she was alive, shaken, but unharmed in the gas leak. A miracle, he’d said. I didn’t believe in miracles. The gas leak wasn’t random. Nor was the server crash at Clawford Enterprises two days earlier, or the cryptic threats that had been whispered through back channels. Someone was playing pieces in a game I was not yet ready to dive into, and Valenticia was at the centre of it. My hand tightened around the glass, the bourbon rattling. I didn’t allow myself to use that word, but it knotted in my gut, disguised as anger. And if they laid a finger on her, and gods help them and they did, I would burn their world to ash.I put the glass down and walked back and forth, memory fragments clicking together. Rosanna’s offer of a marriage of convenience for
최신 업데이트 : 2025-04-30My Ex-wife is a Hidden Heiress! Chapter Twenty Three
Mystery ManValenticia’s POV~The red rose rested on the library table. Back at the office, my computer screen had shown a live feed of my face, as seen from some unknown angle — maybe a camera in the ceiling or the vents. And then the image was gone as quickly as it had shown followed by a disturbing phone call: “You’re digging too deep, heiress.” It served as a reminder that nowhere was safe. Grandmother walked in, her hair catching the lamplight, face a mixture of determination and worry. “Valenticia, the security caught Dmitri. And he demands to speak with you only.”I nodded, suddenly aware of the pounding of my heart. Dmitri. What could he want now? “Let him in.”The security brought him in, and I could hardly recognize the shell of a man standing before me. His eyes were red, his finely tailored suit baggy, and it was as if guilt had carved away his insides. Memories rushed in — nights spent dreaming of a life together, his promises now ash. Rosanna stood by the fireplace,
최신 업데이트 : 2025-05-01My Ex-wife is a Hidden Heiress! Chapter Twenty Four
Web of DeceitGregor's POV~I paced with the crushed note in my fist”Your moves are observed”.When I had found it an hour ago and read it, its jagged script had taunted every step of mine. The black sedan that had followed me through Seryne’s rain-slicked streets last night was gone, but its shadow hung in my memory. Somebody was getting close—Valenticia, Stefan, or a player I had yet to identify.My pulse thrummed. I’d made my way to the brink of seizing control of Clawford Corporation, but the higher I climbed, the more the ground moved from under me.Victor Galden’s call had been a tightening noose this morning. "Get rid of the heiress," he had snarled. “She’s a liability.” Galden had been not just a partner, but a predator, and I had attached myself to him. The money I had been shipping to Nexus Ventures his cover for the Clawfords' takedown was supposed to guarantee that I stayed on top. But then his silence afterward scared the hell out of me, an absence where promises had be
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My Ex-wife is a Hidden Heiress! Chapter Thirty
Fractured ShieldsStefan's POV~The theft of Gideon’s USB drive, our evidence of Galden’s patent theft and crime, had blown a hole through our plan, leaving us hanging out there on a line. My office had become a graveyard of broken monitors. Anger raged through me but Valenticia's silent panic forced me to break out. I led her to a seat, my hand resting on her shoulder, an unspoken promise to save Clara amidst the madness.Her fear shattered something in me. The engagement announcement had been intended to be a strategy— a fortress for Clawford and New Dream against Galden’s charge. But her courage, her defiance in the face of Natasha’s video threat, turned it into something greater. I saw her, holding Gideon’s bloody USB, her scream when he dropped. She wasn’t a piece to be moved around... she was a partner, and I certainly wouldn’t have Galen take her or take Clara.Memories clutched at me — my mother’s face, white and blank, her death when I was twelve that had taught me, that love
My Ex-wife is a Hidden Heiress! Chapter Twenty Nine
Cries for RetributionValenticias POV~The video of Clara, bound and gagged, played repeatedly in my brain, Natasha’s venomous hiss, you step down, or she pays, twisting in my gut. I hesitated in the library back at the estate, the trembling in my hands worsening as I held onto my phone. It was my fault all my fault. I’d been suspended from the board, Natasha’s forged emails calling me a thief had weakened me, and now she’d hit me where it hurt most, the people who worked for us. Gideon’s USB, covered in his blood, was the only thing I had, but it was also my curse, bringing me closer to Victor Galden and the threats he carried.Grandmother's voice cut through my confusion, “Valenticia, we must act. Inform Stefan of the wedding and let him announce it to the public. It’s a shield between Natasha and Galden as they will not so readily aim at a unified Clawford and New Dream.”My heart revolted, and I counted the contract marriage as a shackle I’d slowly let be tied around my ankle.“
My Ex-wife is a Hidden Heiress! Chapter Twenty Eight
Threads of TreasonGregor's POV~The drone footage played on a replay in my mind as I sat in the safehouse, its moldy walls suffocating, the laptop screen dark but seared with the image of me on Clawford Corporation’s rooftop, Natasha’s venomous smile beside me as we schemed against Valenticia. The drone had captured it all, exposing my every word, my betrayal. Vance’s treachery, slipping files to a hooded figure in that alley, had broken my trust, and now this footage threatened to bury me. My pulse bit fast, a traitor’s anthem, as I fought to hold myself together.Victor Galden’s call had come at dawn, his voice cold through the phone. “Valenticia’s still a problem, Clawford,” he snarled. “Remove her, or I leak your Nexus dealings. You’ll be seen as a traitor which you are.”Galden’s ruthlessness was legendary, his empire built on the bones of those who’d crossed him. I’d funneled millions to Nexus Ventures, his machine to dismantle the Clawfords, believing it would crown me king.
My Ex-wife is a Hidden Heiress! Chapter Twenty Seven
Blood and BondsValenticias POV~Gideon’s blood remained damp and clung to my skin. The USB drive felt like a cold lump in my hand, slick and red with his blood. I stood in the hospital’s sterile corridor, my lungs burning with that antiseptic smell, paramedics shouting as they raced Gideon into surgery. Stefan steadied me, his arm holding me up with a firm grip just as he had done back at the pier when he’d protected me from the masked attackers. That act of protection, etched my heart, marriage contract or not. The next vehicle had been police, the sirens a distant salvation, but the attackers had disappeared, leaving only Gideon’s broken body and my breaking resolve.I blamed myself. It was my search for Victor Galden that had led Gideon to that pier; his loyalty to Stefan left him losing blood that night. My hands shook. I had gone too far, and now a man was dying for it. “He’ll be all right,” Stefan said, but the tension in his jaw betrayed his certainty. “Gideon’s loyal to
My Ex-wife is a Hidden Heiress! Chapter Twenty Six
Sting of BetrayalStefan's POV~The marriage draft rested atop my desk, the scrawl of Valenticia’s signature slashing starkly against the blank copy. Her fire at dinner. The sparkle of her eyes demanding equality had cracked at my core, awakening an admiration I could not afford. I sat back in my chair, the city’s neon pulse seeping through the office window as a reminder of the stakes. Seryne was a warzone and Valenticia Clawford was an asset and a risk. The penthouse fire, two nights before that, had cost me more than walls. New Dream’s servers were limping, critical data gone to ash. I was losing my hold, and Victor Galden was winning.Carter’s call split the silence, his tone strained. “Gideon’s gone rogue, Boss. He’s seeing Valenticia at the pier—midnight. Says he’s showing her evidence of Galden’s patent theft.”My gut clenched. “I told him to keep his head down,” I snarled, punching the desk. “What the hell is he doing risking it?”“He feels like he owes her,” Carter said. “Thi
My Ex-wife is a Hidden Heiress! Chapter Twenty Five
Unveiled Valenticia's POV~I held the crumpled note in my hand, Meet me at midnight. I know Galden’s next move. The words offered information on what Victor Galden planned to do, but there was danger woven through them, a snare I could not dismiss. I was in the estate's library, the air hung thick with the odor of old leather and wax, and last night’s red rose was still sitting on the table, its thorns pointed like an unsaid accusation. I had smashed Natasha’s tracking device with my heel at the auction, but her obsession was shackling me.My grandmother's voice sharp and hard pierced through my thoughts. “Valenticia, you’re going to meet Stefan Myles tonight. Let’s talk about the contract marriage.”My heart dropped, and a familiar ache started. Another loveless transaction, like Dmitri’s betrayal, the starry promises that had turned to ash. “Grandmother, I can’t. Not another cage.”Grandmother's gaze softened but her tone was firm. “This isn’t about love, child. It’s about surviva
My Ex-wife is a Hidden Heiress! Chapter Twenty Four
Web of DeceitGregor's POV~I paced with the crushed note in my fist”Your moves are observed”.When I had found it an hour ago and read it, its jagged script had taunted every step of mine. The black sedan that had followed me through Seryne’s rain-slicked streets last night was gone, but its shadow hung in my memory. Somebody was getting close—Valenticia, Stefan, or a player I had yet to identify.My pulse thrummed. I’d made my way to the brink of seizing control of Clawford Corporation, but the higher I climbed, the more the ground moved from under me.Victor Galden’s call had been a tightening noose this morning. "Get rid of the heiress," he had snarled. “She’s a liability.” Galden had been not just a partner, but a predator, and I had attached myself to him. The money I had been shipping to Nexus Ventures his cover for the Clawfords' takedown was supposed to guarantee that I stayed on top. But then his silence afterward scared the hell out of me, an absence where promises had be
My Ex-wife is a Hidden Heiress! Chapter Twenty Three
Mystery ManValenticia’s POV~The red rose rested on the library table. Back at the office, my computer screen had shown a live feed of my face, as seen from some unknown angle — maybe a camera in the ceiling or the vents. And then the image was gone as quickly as it had shown followed by a disturbing phone call: “You’re digging too deep, heiress.” It served as a reminder that nowhere was safe. Grandmother walked in, her hair catching the lamplight, face a mixture of determination and worry. “Valenticia, the security caught Dmitri. And he demands to speak with you only.”I nodded, suddenly aware of the pounding of my heart. Dmitri. What could he want now? “Let him in.”The security brought him in, and I could hardly recognize the shell of a man standing before me. His eyes were red, his finely tailored suit baggy, and it was as if guilt had carved away his insides. Memories rushed in — nights spent dreaming of a life together, his promises now ash. Rosanna stood by the fireplace,
My Ex-wife is a Hidden Heiress! Chapter Twenty Two
Shadows of Vengeance Stefans POV~I leaned against the floor-to-ceiling windows, with a glass of bourbon in my hand, the sting of the gas explosion that raged in my chest. Valenticia. Carter’s voice an hour ago had assured me, that she was alive, shaken, but unharmed in the gas leak. A miracle, he’d said. I didn’t believe in miracles. The gas leak wasn’t random. Nor was the server crash at Clawford Enterprises two days earlier, or the cryptic threats that had been whispered through back channels. Someone was playing pieces in a game I was not yet ready to dive into, and Valenticia was at the centre of it. My hand tightened around the glass, the bourbon rattling. I didn’t allow myself to use that word, but it knotted in my gut, disguised as anger. And if they laid a finger on her, and gods help them and they did, I would burn their world to ash.I put the glass down and walked back and forth, memory fragments clicking together. Rosanna’s offer of a marriage of convenience for
