Semua Bab Billionaire’s V1rgin Ex-Wife: Bab 481 - Bab 484

Late into the night, Ava dreamed...It was not the sort of dream that came in fragments, nor one that faded upon waking. No—this one unfolded with unsettling clarity, as though memory itself had decided to return, dressed in silk and candlelight.She was younger.Far younger.Barely more than a girl.The grand Vanderbilt estate shimmered around her, ablaze with golden light and music. That night—the night she had saved the formidable patriarch, Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt—had altered the course of everything that followed.And in reward, she had been invited to the ball.She remembered the first moment she saw him.Alexander.Standing beneath the chandeliers, tall and self-assured, yet with something unguarded lingering beneath his composure. Their eyes had met only briefly before he crossed the floor and asked for her hand.And then—They danced.From the very first note to the final fading chord of the evening.Not once did they tire.Not once did they falter.It was as though they had

Ava bit her lower lip, then let out a light, incredulous laugh.“Ten times? As if you’ve got the ability to do that!”The man remained seated at the simple old dining table, one hand elegantly cradling his bowl as though they were having the most ordinary breakfast in the world. There was an almost infuriating calmness about him.“You can try.”“Ungrateful wretch!” Ava gritted her teeth. “I saved you, and instead of being grateful, you treat me like this?”Alexander glanced sideways at her, his expression composed, his voice carrying that effortless American drawl that somehow made his shamelessness sound perfectly reasonable.“Offering myself to you and cherishing only you for the rest of my life—that’s the greatest gratitude I can give you.”Ava curled her lip.Who on earth would want that?To say something so outrageously shameless while wearing such a righteous, almost noble expression—honestly, probably only Alexander could manage it.There was simply no reasoning with a man like