Lahat ng Kabanata ng THE BILLIONAIRE’S BETRAYAL: Married To My Ex’s Brother: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

River’s POV"Inmate 304, you've been released." I heard the cold voice of the warder, who had made my life a living hell in this prison. I’m very sure she was sent by the devil to punish me, and every time I hear her voice, I get disgusted.My face slowly rose from the worn-out concrete floor, my eyes heavy with exhaustion. I’ve been feeling nauseous for months now, but I brushed it off as exhaustion from prison life.Nine months of hard labour, endless nights spent on a thin mattress, and the weight of betrayal hung heavy on my shoulders. My fiancé Rowan, who was also my boss, was the reason I had ended up here.He had promised to bail me out after two months after I agreed to cover up his crimes, but I guess it didn’t just work out, and I ended up serving 9 months.Silence filled the void where his promises once lay; my heart still ached from the wounds of his abandonment. With a groan, I pushed myself up, my joints creaking in protest.My legs trembled beneath me, threatening to co

River’s POVAs soon as I moved back and opened my mouth to scream for help, his hand shot forward again and covered it tightly, silencing me before any sound could leave my lips. “I swear I’m not here to hurt you.” He said.I struggled hard, hitting and twisting my body, trying to get free, but his grip was too strong. He was much bigger than me, and even though I fought with everything I had, it felt like trying to fight a wall. My chest burned from the effort, and my heart was beating so fast it felt like it would break out of my body. I should have trusted my gut. Something about him had felt off from the beginning. And now here he was, in my home, in the middle of the night, holding me like this. His eyes were too calm for someone who just broke into a woman’s house.“Be silent, River,” he whispered into my ear, his voice low but firm. “I’ll only let you go if you don’t shout.” I nodded slowly, fear tightening around my throat like a rope.He waited for a moment, then finally l

River’s POVI sat at the far end of the long glass table, facing Rowan across the room. The boardroom was filled with quiet tension, the kind that settled deep in your chest.Around us, the other representatives and board members murmured softly, flipping through notes and tapping on tablets. Rowan kept glancing at me, his jaw tight, his eyes sharp with that familiar sternness I once mistook for passion.But I wasn’t afraid of him anymore. Whatever power he once had over me had shattered the day I chose myself. I sat still, my fingers loosely laced together on the table, my back straight, my heart steady.I wasn’t here to crumble. I was here to win.A voice cut through the quiet, pulling me from my thoughts. “Rowan Rune, you have the floor now to present your pitch for us,” the president announced.Rowan stood, smooth and confident, the way he always did when he believed the world belonged to him. He walked to the podium, his designer suit pressed to perfection, the projector lighting

Rowan’s POVI had lost deals before, but never like this. Never to her.River stood across the table, her voice sharp and steady, every word cutting through me while the board leaned toward her as if she carried the sun in her hands. When the contract slid to her side, I felt something tear inside me. This deal was supposed to be mine. It was supposed to lift my company to the next level. Instead, I had just lost everything that mattered to me at that moment, and the person who took it away was my so-called ex-fiancé.Her eyes met mine when the meeting ended, cool and dismissive, as if I was nothing more than dirt under her shoes. The way she spoke to me, calm and controlled, like I was already finished, burned hotter than fire. I wanted to crush her. I wanted to wipe that look off her face and remind her who I was. But the truth hit me like a blade. She was not the same River I once knew. She was untouchable now, and I could not understand how.Yes, she had always been smart, maybe

Killian’s POV“Please… please don’t!” I screamed, my voice breaking as she shoved me down the cold basement steps. My knees scraped against the rough floor when I fell.“I didn’t do it,” I cried, tears burning my eyes as I reached for her shadow in the doorway. “Please, I swear I didn’t.” But my begging meant nothing. Katherine’s face loomed above me, twisted with rage, her eyes full with hate I never understood. “Next time you’ll keep your filthy hands off my son,” she spat, her voice sharp enough to cut through my chest. “You little bastard.” The slam of the door echoed like thunder, sealing me in. Darkness closed in too quickly, and the air felt too thin, like it was being stolen from my lungs. But what broke me wasn’t the darkness—it was the face I saw just before the door shut. Rowan. Standing there behind her, his mouth curling into a cruel smile. My own brother. Watching. Enjoying it. Knowing he had caused this. My chest tightened, fear turning to a scream that clawed its wa