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The Billionaire’s Bought Bride

The Billionaire’s Bought Bride

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last updateDernière mise à jour : 2026-04-29
Par:  MSDELILAHEn cours
Langue: English
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Dark Romance

Third-Person POV

CEO

Mafia

Instant Billionaire

Revenge

Lily’s life hits rock bottom when her gambling stepfather sells her at a private underground auction to pay off his debts. Desperate to fund her sister’s life-saving surgery, Lily is helpless until the highest bidder steps forward: Dante Vallocchi, a cold-hearted billionaire CEO with a dark secret. But Dante didn’t buy her out of mercy. Lily is the spitting image of the woman who betrayed him years ago. He wants revenge, not romance. He forces Lily into a cold-blooded contract: she must pose as his fiancée so he can secure his massive inheritance. In exchange, he will pay for her sister’s medical bills. As the ink dries, Dante’s warning is clear: "In this house, you are not a queen. You are my prisoner." Living in Dante’s world is a dangerous game of luxury and threats. While Dante is a cruel tormentor, he becomes a deadly protector whenever anyone else tries to hurt her. Llily begins to see the broken man behind the ruthless mask, while Dante finds himself falling for the one woman he is supposed to hate. The stakes turn deadly when Dante’s past returns, and Llily discovers she is pregnant. Fearing she is just a pawn in his corporate war, Lily flees. Now, the powerful CEO must decide: will he finish his revenge, or will he drop his billionaire empire to save the woman who truly captured his heart? In a world of lies and mafia rivalries, can a bought bride ever become a beloved wife?

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Amazing book...
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Chapter 1: The Weight of a Soul
For Lily, the atmosphere felt suffocating. The air was thick with the scent of wet asphalt and exhaust, a smell that usually meant the end of a long workday, but today, it felt like the beginning of an ending. She hurried down the narrow, cracked sidewalk of the district, her old canvas shoes soaking up the cold puddles left behind by the downpour. She didn’t care about the dampness seeping into her socks. Her mind was a frantic loop of numbers, medicine names, and the pale, ghostly image of her younger sister’s face. When she pushed open the heavy glass doors of the San Jose Community Clinic, the shift in atmosphere was jarring. Outside was the chaos of the city; inside was the sterile, unforgiving silence of a place where people came to bargain with fate. The fluorescent lights hummed overhead, flickering with a rhythmic click-buzz that made Lily’s head throb. The air was heavy with the sharp, biting scent of rubbing alcohol and cheap floor wax. "Ate Lily?" The voice was barely
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Chapter 2: The Gilded Gavel
The air in the grand ballroom of The Gilded Cage was thick with the scent of expensive cigars, aged bourbon, and the heavy, metallic tang of desperation. It was a room where the city’s elite gathered to trade in secrets and souls. High-vaulted ceilings were covered in gold leaf, reflecting the harsh glare of the crystal chandeliers onto the men below—the tycoons, the investors, and the silent shadows of the city’s political machinery. They sat in velvet-lined booths, their faces half-hidden by the dim lighting, looking less like gentlemen and more like wolves circling a fresh kill.On the elevated stage, Lily felt every second like a drop of lead. The bright spotlight was an interrogation lamp, exposing her trembling hands and the frantic pulse at the base of her throat. She gripped the fabric of the delicate white lace dress until her knuckles turned white.It’s just a transaction, she repeated in her mind, a mantra against the rising tide of bile in her throat. This is for Mia. This
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Chapter 3: The Ghost in the Mirror
It was a silent, pressurized cabin that smelled of expensive leather and a hint of something sharp, like ozone before a storm. Outside, the neon signs of the city blurred into long, bleeding streaks of electric blue and crimson as the car sped toward the upscale highlands.Lily sat pressed against the door, her fingers digging into the plush upholstery. She felt small in the vastness of the backseat. Across from her, Dante Vallocchi sat with his legs crossed, his silhouette framed by the passing streetlights. He wasn't looking at her. He was staring out the window, his jaw tight, his expression as unreadable as a stone monument.The silence was a living thing. It stretched between them, heavy and suffocating. Lily’s mind was a whirlwind of questions. She had been sold, bought, and transported like a piece of fine art, yet the man who had paid five million pesos for her seemed to have forgotten she was even there.She swallowed hard, her throat feeling like it was lined with sandpaper.
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Chapter 4: The Gilded Cage and the Ink
The penthouse was a fortress of glass and silence, perched so high above the city that the honking horns and the humid chaos of the streets were reduced to a distant, muffled hum. As the private elevator doors slid open with a soft, expensive chime, Lily stepped onto a floor of polished black marble. It was so clean it looked like deep water, reflecting the glow of the city lights that spilled in through the floor-to-ceiling windows.Everything in Dante Vallocchi’s home screamed power. The furniture was minimalist—sharp angles of leather and chrome—and the air was perfectly chilled, carrying the faint, sterile scent of expensive cologne and ozone.Lily felt small. In her delicate white auction dress, she felt like a stray bird that had accidentally flown into a museum. She wrapped her arms around herself, shivering as the central air conditioning bit into her skin.Dante didn't offer her a seat. He didn't offer her a glass of water or ask if she was alright after the harrowing events
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Chapter 5: The Ink and the Iron
The air in the penthouse felt thin, as if the altitude of the skyscraper had stripped away the oxygen. Lily stared down at the mahogany desk, her vision blurring slightly as the lines of the contract swam before her eyes. The document was thick, a stack of heavy, cream-colored pages that felt more like a tombstone than a legal agreement.Every clause was a bar in a cell she was building for herself.She could feel Dante’s presence across from her. He didn’t move. He didn’t fidget. He sat with the terrifying stillness of a gargoyle, his hands folded loosely on the glass tabletop. The soft, rhythmic ticking of a grandfather clock in the corner of the room sounded like a countdown. Tick. Tick. Tick. With every second, the life she once knew—the girl who sold bread in the morning and washed clothes in the afternoon—was drifting further away.Lily’s fingers felt cold as they hovered over the silver fountain pen resting on the desk. It was heavy, made of solid metal, and it felt like a weap
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Chapter 6 – Rules of the Penthouse
The first thing Lily noticed when she woke up was the silence. It wasn’t the comfortable, sleeping silence of the slums, where the distant crow of a rooster or the sizzle of a neighbor’s frying pan would eventually break the stillness. This was a heavy, artificial silence—the kind that only exists in places built with soundproof glass and thick, expensive insulation.She lay still for a moment, her eyes tracing the intricate patterns of the silk canopy above her. The bed was so soft it felt like it was swallowing her whole. For a heartbeat, she forgot where she was. Then, the memories of the previous night rushed back: the bright lights of the auction, the cold weight of the fountain pen in her hand, and the icy gray eyes of Dante Vallocchi.Lily sat up abruptly, her heart hammering against her ribs. She was still wearing the white lace dress, though it was now wrinkled and stained with the remnants of her long, terrifying night.A soft chime echoed through the room, and the heavy oak
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Chapter 7 – The Masquerade of the Elite
The air inside the ballroom of the Grand Azure Hotel was thick with the scent of lilies, expensive perfume, and the silent, sharp edge of ambition. Massive crystal chandeliers hung from the frescoed ceilings like frozen explosions of light, casting a brilliant glow over the sea of guests below. This was the pinnacle of the city’s high society—men in bespoke tuxedos that cost more than a year’s rent in the slums, and women draped in silk and jewels that sparkled with cold, hard indifference.Lily stood inside the double doors of the ballroom, her breath trapped in her throat. She felt like a trespasser. Underneath the layers of makeup and the weight of the diamonds around her neck, she was still the girl with the worn-out shoes and the damp clothes. She was still the girl who had spent her nights counting coins to buy Mia’s medicine."Breathe, Lily."Dante’s voice was low, vibrating against her ear. He stood beside her, looking every bit the untouchable king of this gilded world. His b
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Chapter 8 – The Shadow of a Dead Name
The gala was winding down, the air turning heavy with the smell of wilted flowers and the bitter dregs of red wine. Lily felt like a porcelain doll that had been handled by too many people—cracked, tired, and desperately wanting to be put back in a box.Dante was currently engaged in a deep conversation with a group of investors near the mahogany bar. He hadn't let her more than ten feet away from him all night, but a phone call from his head of security had forced him to momentarily loosen his grip."Stay here," he had ordered, his eyes sweeping the area for threats. "Do not speak to anyone you don't recognize."Lily had nodded, grateful for the silence. She slipped through the tall French doors onto the balcony, hoping the cool night air would clear the fog of lies from her head. The city of Manila stretched out below, a carpet of flickering lights, but the height only made her feel more isolated."It’s a heavy weight, isn't it?"The voice came from the shadows to her left. Lily jum
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Chapter 9 – Jealousy or Ownership? [The Primal Claim]
The gala had transitioned from a formal dinner to an intimate, high-stakes lounge atmosphere. The scent of expensive scotch and heavy cologne hung in the air like a fog. Lily felt the exhaustion deep in her marrow, a weight that diamonds couldn't hide. Dante had been pulled away once more, this time by a group of high-ranking government officials. He had left her near a circular marble bar, shadowed by two of his silent security guards who stood like statues ten feet away.For the first time that night, Lily allowed herself a moment of weakness. She set her untasted champagne glass on the counter and massaged her temples. Her head throbbed from the tight corset of the dress and the even tighter corset of the lies she had been forced to tell."You look like a woman who is far too beautiful to be this unhappy," a voice smooth as silk murmured beside her.Lily straightened her back, her "fiancée" mask slipping back into place. Standing beside her was a man she recognized from the busines
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Chapter 10 – The Lockdown
The penthouse had always been a quiet place, but in the days following the gala and the brutal public claiming of Lily, the silence had changed. It was no longer the serene, expensive quiet of a luxury home; it was the heavy, pressurized silence of a bunker. The air felt thick, as if the oxygen were being rationed.Outside, the city of Manila was a distant, glowing grid of life and movement, but inside the Vallocchi residence, time had slowed to a crawl. The shift was subtle at first—more guards in the lobby, the frequent muffled shouting of Dante into his phone, and the sudden disappearance of the usual cleaning staff, replaced by men with hard eyes and holsters tucked under their tailored jackets.Something had changed. The atmosphere was brittle, like glass about to shatter.Lily sat on the edge of the velvet sofa, her hands clasped in her lap. She was no longer wearing the midnight-blue velvet or the diamonds. She was back in a simple silk robe, her face scrubbed clean of the "Sof
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