Married To The Devil Who Bought My Revenge 의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 7

~Ava's POV~"I'm ten weeks pregnant."The priest had just asked if anyone knew any reason why this marriage shouldn't proceed. That's when Lily collapsed.“Pregnant?” I asked, looking down at my sister sprawled on the marble floor in her lavender bridesmaid dress. "Lily, what are you talking about? And what does that have to do with my wedding?”"The baby is Damien's."The cathedral went dead silent. I heard the words… I mean I understood them individually. But put together like that, they didn't make any sense. My sister. My fiancé. Ten weeks pregnant? That would mean they'd been sleeping together since before he proposed.I watched as Damien knelt beside Lily, taking her hand… the hand that should’ve been holding mine. I mean, we were just in the middle of saying our vows."Tell me she's lying," I managed to say, my voice sounding steadier than I expected. "Damien, tell me this is some kind of sick joke or prank."He looked up at me, and I saw the guilt immediately. But it wasn’t

"Marry me." I almost dropped the folder. "What… is this some kind of joke? "An eighteen-month contract marriage." He said it like he was proposing a business deal, not marriage. "You become Mrs. Adams. Get unlimited access to all my resources. We take down everyone who betrayed you together. In exchange, you help me dismantle the Hale and Hart empires from the inside." "You're insane." "I'm practical." He stood. "Right now, you have nothing. No money. Your accounts are probably frozen. Your father made sure of that. No home. No family. No job. Nothing." I hadn't even thought about the accounts. "Shit." "Exactly. So you have two options." He walked to the window, his back to me. "Go back. Beg them to take you back. Accept whatever scraps they're willing to give you and spend the rest of your life being the woman who got replaced at her own wedding." "Or?" "Or marry me. Let me teach you how to destroy people the right way. You teach me everything you know about the Hale

~Ava's POV~"We need to talk."My mother's voice always had that specific tone she reserved for boardroom disasters and public embarrassments. Right now, I qualify for both.I turned to face them fully. My father stood a bit far away from me. With his arms crossed, eyes scanning the room like he was checking who was watching. My mother looked like she'd swallowed something sour."There's nothing to talk about," I said."Don't be a dramatic girl." My father stepped closer, lowering his voice this time. "Do you have any idea what you're doing? Showing up here, on his arm, announcing an engagement like some kind of…""Like some kind of what?" I asked. "Woman who moved on?""You've been gone three days now. Ava.""You caused it. You both. You disowned me in three seconds." I held his gaze. "I'd say I'm ahead."My mother touched my arm. "Please come home. We can fix this quietly. No more press, no more scenes. Just come home and we'll sort everything out I promise.”I almost laughed.*Home

~Ava's P​OV~‌"You al‍rea⁠dy know‌ most of⁠ t​his," D​omin​ic said, watching my face⁠ as I read. "You just did‍n't know what y‌ou were looking at."I looked up fr⁠om th​e red folder. "That's either a compliment or an insult. I can't te‍ll which.""Neit‍her." He​ leaned aga‌inst the edge of the long​ table. "It's ju‍s‍t true⁠."The war room was nothing like I e⁠xpected. No‍ drama‌ti‌c lighting, n‌o leat​her cha‌ir⁠s‌ that screamed power. Just a long table‌, four screens mounted on the w‍alls, and⁠ a whiteb‍o⁠ard cove⁠red in Dominic's han‌dwriting. Equations, n⁠ames, org charts, lin​es connec​tin​g things I was sti​l‍l t⁠ryi​ng t⁠o make‍ s‍ense o‍f.I l‌ooked back down at the folder. The real fi​nancial po⁠sit‍ion of Hale Indu​s‌tries. N⁠ot th‌e v​e​r​sion they filed⁠ publicly. The actual one, with all the‌ rot sho‍wing.Supp⁠ly cha‌in gaps. Three⁠ bo‍ard members quiet‌ly shop for exits. An‌d a sile‌nt debt t​o a fore‌ign inves⁠tment group buri​ed so​ dee⁠p I'd ne‍ver seen it in fi​ve