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The Billionaire’s Counterfeit Bargain

The Billionaire’s Counterfeit Bargain

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last updateLast Updated : 2025-07-28
By:  Lolawrites Ongoing
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Pregnant

Revenge

Weak to Strong

Twins

Hidden Identity

Steamy

In a world where wealth and power dictates fate, Aria Luxen, the rightful successor to the Luxen enterprise, finds herself in a treacherous game of blackmail. With the weight of her father's legacy on her shoulders, she faces an impossible challenge: get married to Darren Maxwell or risk losing everything to her corrupt half-brother and scheming stepmother. Darren had an ulterior motive, a devious scheme to take away everything from Aria completely, including her inheritance. But deception burns like wildfire, because the man Aria thought she was married to had been living under the identity of someone he could’ve been mistaken for. Betrayed, cast out, and left to fend for herself, Aria was left with nothing on the streets. Her luck worsened when she discovered she was carrying a secret that could destroy her: a baby fathered by the man who ruined her. Years later, fate forces her back into the hands of the very man who destroyed her. But as secrets unravel and identities blur, one question remains: can love emerge from the ashes of betrayal or will vengeance consume them both? Driven by desperation and determination, would Aria rise back up to the top again from scratch?

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Chapter 1
~Aria~I was definitely married to the devil himself.“What?!?!” I shouted at the top of my lungs, jolting up from my seat as the voice of the television faded.I stared at the television screen, the words glaring back at me. The Luxen enterprise known to be founded by the late Daniel Luxen and is now being managed by his daughter Ariana Luxen has been formally charged with embezzlement of government properties and fraud. It is said that there is recorded evidence and documents to support these claims.Embezzlement? Fraud? Evidence?My mouth opened just a fraction but enough to show how shocked I was. This can't be real. It had to be a joke, a prank played by some competing companies.I tried reassuring myself but I knew very well that this was no joke. Everything written on the screen in front of me was real. I paced back and forth, clenching my hands tightly into a ball, my fingers digging into my skin. My father's company, my company is being dragged through the mud and is what?
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Chapter 2
~Aria~ I sat on a table at the far end of the bar, two bottles of beer and an already almost empty bottle in front of me. I refilled the cup trying to find solace in the alcohol. If everything was to betray me at least alcohol wouldn't, I thought to myself. Or would it? My mind drifted back to the disastrous meeting we just had at the boardroom this evening before I found myself at this bar. I could still see that arrogant smirk on Darren’s face as he told the shareholders I was mentally unfit to lead the company and also a fraud. He had papers. Falsified. Polished. Legal. My own signature had even been forged on those papers. They clapped for him. The very people my father hired had turned their backs against me. I let out a bitter laugh as I gulped down the remaining beer in the cup. I could feel the room starting to spin around me, blurring my vision as I refilled my cup again and again. I blinked hard and tried to stand up but my legs felt wobbly like jelly,
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Chapter 3
~Aria~ The tires’ humming sounds were the only thing I could hear apart from my heartbeat pounding due to anger. I kept driving with no destination in mind. Laurel's words echoed in my mind like a constant alarm clock, sharp and fluent: “You were nothing but a pawn all along” How could Laurel do this to me?! I gripped the steering wheel tightly, my knuckles almost white but I didn't care. Stepping my foot harder on the pedal I gritted my teeth, accelerating faster past the stream of city lights which became blurry in sight. If I had heard those words from Darren, it wouldn't have hurt this much. But it was from Laurel, the innocent, timid friend that I would do anything for just to see her happy. All that didn't matter anymore, that line had been crossed. I was stranded and hopeless now, especially since all my accounts had been frozen by the Feds because of the ongoing investigation of the fraud scandal which Darren was solely responsible for. Argh Darren
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Chapter 4
~Aria~The cold wind bit against my skin as I drove down the lonely road, I gripped the steering wheel so hard my knuckles turned white.The dusty town of Bedias looked exactly as I remembered it, plain, dry, and almost as quiet as a graveyard. I could have bet the whole town could hear me sniffling inside my car right now.No not now, not now. Tears threatened to pour down my cheeks.I had nothing left in Houston. My reputation was in ruins thanks to my husband and my so-called sister and friend who had turned their backs on me and worst of all, I was being discarded by my own family. Staying there was no longer an option.The only place I could feel a little safety from everyone and everything was home in Bedias, where my Nana was.By the time I had arrived at my grandmother's house the evening sky was already at its peak, illuminating a mix of orange and red hues showing that the day was already coming to an end I pulled up in front of a familiar small, wooden house. It hadn't cha
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Chapter 5
~Aria~ My life was a mess. After the shame and humiliation I went through, I locked myself in my room for two days straight. I barely ate, barely moved. Every time I closed my eyes, all I could see was the way my late parents looked at me, the way my father looked at me.I had failed him and my mother. I had jeopardized their hard work and fed it to those vipers.I was a failure. Curled up in my misery I decided to just lay there, expecting the worst to come. After all, there was nothing left.But my grandmother wouldn't let me drown in it. She kept knocking, kept calling my name, kept forcing me to remember that I wasn't alone, that I had a baby now, a life growing in me.When I finally stepped out of the room, I felt like a ghost of myself. My body was weak and worn out, the morning sickness had kicked in, making everything worse.I caught my reflection in the mirror hung on the corridor, I barely recognised the girl staring back. I couldn’t even remember the last time I gave my
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Chapter 6
~Darren~The moment I looked up and saw a young lady walking out of the kitchen in her well-fitted apron and hair tied up in a messy bun, the smirk plastered on my face disappeared and my grip tightened on the wine glass. Is that Aria? It can’t be. What would she be doing here, she is not supposed to be here. It’s been six years since I last saw her, and I thought she had disappeared completely from the earth.My jaw tightened and I immediately straightened up in my seat, masking my thoughts with a stern look, my gaze unfazed.I wouldn’t let her see the surprise on my face.She kept walking towards me and stopped right in front of the table, but there was something different about her. She looked tired, yes. But she also seemed… fierce.She wasn’t as timid as I remembered. My eyes scanned through her from head to toe like she was a threat and then our eyes locked.“We meet again, Mr. Maxwell.” She said firmly, her voice wasn’t trembling and her eyes stayed fixed on mine.I expected t
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Chapter 7
~Aria~My heart pounded so hard I was sure that Claire seated beside me could hear the loud thumps it made. I could barely breathe.My throat went dry, and my legs threatened to give way as I looked from the man standing beside Pa Rogers to the one seated at the table across me.There were two of them.Two.Same face. Same sharp jawline. Same piercing eyes. But something was different. The man at the door carried himself with so much confidence that didn’t need to be performed. So effortless and powerful. He didn’t need to announce his presence in any room for the people there to feel it. The man I was married to always made me feel cold, but this one… this one radiated heat that made my skin feel warm.My ex-husband who had been talking before the other man walked in, went silent. He shifted slightly in his seat, his head was dipped a bit low, his fingers twitching against the edge of the table.What was happening?I blinked, and my mind searched for answers in its memories. My mind
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Chapter 8
EIGHT MONTHS EARLIER ~Aria~The raindrops chattered loudly on the pavement outside the kitchen windows. I was in the back room of the restaurant training the newly employed staff how to fold the table napkins neatly when Claire, the assistant chef, barged in with her phone in hand.“Did you hear?” she said, her eyes wide. “The restaurant’s new owner is live on Texas Times.”I froze.Darren Maxwell “Waiittt..” I said slowly. “What’s he saying?”Claire scrolled her phone for a second and turned the screen to me.There he was.That smug, polished face in a finely-tailored suit as usual, seated calmly on a two-seater couch in the live interview.‘Darren Maxwell acquires a signature stake of ownership in another restaurant in Central County. Promises to be in the restaurants to start overseeing the operations by himself.’ The host of the show remarked.Everything inside me went numb. My knees nearly buckled at the sight of him.So he would now be present in the restaurant and I would hav
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Chapter 9
~Aria~‘Forgive me this once dear Lord, and save me please’ I muttered under my breath, holding the knife tightly to my chest and praying silently that it should not be Darren.“Chef Aria?” a voice called out Who was that? It didn’t sound like Darren’s all-too familiar voice but it still sounded really familiar. “You stayed late again because you’re making your new recipes.” the person remarked light-heartedly “Gerald?” I questioned, unsure.“Yes ma’am. I saw your car still parked here and decided to come check.” He replied, waving his flashlight at me.Oh, thank goodness. It was Gerald, the gatekeeper. I heaved a deep sigh of relief.“Oh, Gerald. You know how it is with me sometimes. I have to make those recipes to keep our restaurant up to par.” I replied with a half-baked smile, looking around to confirm he was alone.“Ma’am you work too hard, you should rest also.” He responded.“I will, Gerald. I’ll be on my way now.” I said, entering my car quickly.“Alright ma’am, stay safe.
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