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63. Caught In a Bind
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2026-03-31 23:55:29
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Reborn Rich: My Fiancé and Step-Sister Killed Me Once. 161. HAPPY EVER AFTER
ARDENThe estate had been transformed entirely from the last time Arden had walked its gardens—white and gold everywhere, arches of flowers lining every path, the late afternoon light catching against crystal glasses already set out for the reception."You look insane," Sophia said, adjusting the veil for the fourth time even though it had been perfect the first time. "In the best possible way. Jett's going to forget how to speak.""That would be a nice change of pace, honestly.""He's been unbearable all week. Grandfather made him practice his vows out loud twice, and both times he cried before he finished." Sophia grinned, holding up her phone. "I have proof. Ammunition for future arguments."Riley appeared in the doorway, dressed in soft blue, holding a small bouquet of her own. "The venue looks incredible. You have to see the garden properly before we start."They walked through together, and Arden took it in slowly—the arches, the string lights already glowing faintly aga
Reborn Rich: My Fiancé and Step-Sister Killed Me Once. 160. True Love Will Always Make It's Way
ARDENJett had been oddly, infuriatingly cagey all week.He was dodging simple questions about weekend plans, slipping out of the room to take low-toned phone calls he refused to explain, and checking his watch with every single breath he took. I had noticed every single anomaly without saying a word out loud, filing each suspicious detail away in the quiet back of my mind."You're being weird," I said flatly on Friday evening, setting my wine glass down as I watched him glance at his phone screen for the third time in under ten minutes."I'm not being weird," he said seamlessly, leaning back against the velvet restaurant booth."You've checked that phone eleven times since our appetizers arrived, Jett. I'm counting.""I'm a very busy man, Arden." He finally flipped the device face-down on the white tablecloth and focused his full, dark eyes on me—a little too smoothly. "Chairman duties. Highly demanding.""Uh-huh." I narrowed my eyes at him across the candlelit table, entire
Reborn Rich: My Fiancé and Step-Sister Killed Me Once. 159. Jade's Down Fall
ARDENI was reviewing a complex branding proposal at my desk, deep in a color palette spreadsheet, when my phone buzzed across the polished wood. Riley’s name lit up the screen.I almost let it go to voicemail. We had dinner plans scheduled for later that evening, and my eyes were burning from staring at pantone codes all morning. But something about the relentless, buzzing insistence of the second ring made me drop my pen and pick up anyway."Riley? What's going on?""You need to sit down for this, Arden," Riley said, her voice breathlessly fast, barely catching her wind. "Seriously. Sit down."I leaned back in my office chair, my attention snapping into sharp focus. "What happened?""Jade's family," Riley blurted out, the words tumbling over each other. "Her dad just got arrested by federal agents two hours ago. Securities fraud, wire fraud, racketeering—some massive, elaborate scheme. Apparently, his entire real estate empire was built on lies stacked on top of dirty money
Reborn Rich: My Fiancé and Step-Sister Killed Me Once. 158. A Trip Down Memory Lane II
RITA Rita grew up understanding, long before she had the proper words to articulate it, that her father belonged to two separate houses, and that hers was always the second one—the quiet one, the hidden one, the house he visited on specific evenings rather than lived in full-time. She remembered being five years old, sitting on a vanity stool in her mother’s bedroom while the afternoon sun cut through the heavy lace curtains, painting amber stripes across the floral carpet. "He's still married," Vivian said, drawing a tortoiseshell hairbrush through Rita’s dark curls with considerably more force than was necessary, pulling hard enough to make Rita’s scalp sting. "For now. But that's temporary, Rita. Everything temporary eventually becomes permanent—if you're patient enough and clever enough about it." "When's he going to come live here with us?" Rita asked, squirming slightly against the pull of the brush. "Like Sarah's daddy lives at her house?" "When I decide it's the
Reborn Rich: My Fiancé and Step-Sister Killed Me Once. 157. A Trip Down Memory Lane I
ARDENI was seven years old the night my father walked out, and for years afterward, my brain kept it locked away in fragmented pictures. They were like broken pieces of glass caught in sunlight—too sharp to touch, too bright to look at directly, but always sitting just beneath the surface of everything I did.I remember the smell of the house first. It smelled like rain leaking into the window sills and the stale scent of dark roast coffee that had gone cold in the pot hours ago.I was supposed to be asleep. My bedroom was at the far end of the hallway on the second floor, a tiny space with faded wallpaper depicting yellow wildflowers that had peeled near the radiator. But I had been awake for hours, lying on my side under a scratchy wool blanket, watching the shadow of the oak tree outside trace jagged patterns across my ceiling.Then the raised voices started.It wasn't the usual low rumble of my parents discussing bills or complaining about the landlord. This was sharp. It
Reborn Rich: My Fiancé and Step-Sister Killed Me Once. 156. She Wins This Time
ARDENI was at Jett's penthouse apartment, curled up on the oversized leather sofa with my laptop, working through a branding proposal for Palette's newest client, when my phone buzzed on the coffee table with an emergency news alert.Local Woman Found Dead, Husband and Sister-in-Law Arrested — Arsenic Poisoning ConfirmedI stared at the black push notification for a long, frozen moment before actually tapping to open the article. Something cold and hollow settled deep into my chest—a sensation I hadn't expected to feel.Jett looked up from his own tablet across the room, instantly sensing the sudden shift in the air. "Arden? What is it?""Rita's dead." My voice came out flatter and quieter than I meant it to. I stared down at the glowing screen. "Lucas and Jessica were both taken into custody two hours ago. Arsenic poisoning."He set his tablet down immediately, crossing the room to sit beside me on the couch. He pulled the phone toward us, reading the short breaking-news repor
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