All Chapters of Married To The Devil Who Bought My Revenge : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

49 Chapters

001: Disowned at the Alter

~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

002: A Marriage of Vengeance

~Ava's POV~ His mouth was on mine before I could second-guess myself. He wasn’t gentle, nor was he asking permission… he just responded I kissed him back with everything I had: all the rage and grief and betrayal I'd been suffocating under for five years, and he took it all. His hands moved to my waist gently and pulled me closer. "Are you sure about this?" he asked against my lips. "Don't ask me that," I said, already working at his shirt buttons. "Just... don't let me think. Am sure about this." "I can do that." He kissed me again, deeper this time, walking me backward until my legs hit something very soft. The couch. His hands found the zipper of my ruined wedding dress. "This dress cost forty thousand dollars," I said as he peeled it off. "I'll buy you ten more." He tossed it aside without looking. "Better ones." "I hate you a little bit right now." "Good." His mouth moved to my neck. this time "Use it." And I did. I used every ounce of anger, every bit of hurt, every

003: No Love, Just War

"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

004: Untouchable

~Ava's POV~ The next evening, I stood in front of the mirror, barely recognizing myself. Dominic had sent a stylist earlier to glam me up, and she did a really grat job. The dress was emerald green silk that hugged every curve before flowing to the floor. My hair was swept up, showing off the diamond earrings Dominic had included with the dress. And on my left hand was a blue diamond engagement ring that probably cost more than my parents' mortgage. "Ready?" Dominic appeared in the doorway, looking devastating in a black suit. "No." "Good. Fear keeps you sharp." He held out his arm. "Let's go remind them who you are." — The Hart Recovery Gala was being held at the Metropolitan Club. It was a huge, very fancy, crawling with Manhattan's elite, and so many cameras eating up the even and feeding it to the media. Our car pulled up, and I saw the red carpet, the photographers, and the crowd. My stomach turned and I had to take in a deep breath. "Second thoughts?" Dominic asked, s

005: The Morning After the Storm

~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

006: The Warning

~Ava's POV~"Walk away before it's too late."I read it three times, just to make sure it wasn't a dream.I wasn't.Someone knew. Someone knew this marriage was fake. Something knew about the contract, about Dominic, about everything I had signed in less than forty-eight. My chest tightened. The stylist was still talking behind me, holding up a pair of earrings, asking me something about gold versus silver. I heard none of it.Instead, I screenshotted the message.Then I deleted it.Then I immediately regretted deleting it."Miss?" The stylist touched my shoulder lightly. "The gold ones? Or the silver?""Gold," I said, handing the phone back to myself like it hadn't just turned my whole morning upside down.I spent more time than I expected on autopilot. I nodded when they held things up. I said yes to outfits I barely glanced at. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I was running through every name I could think of. Dominic's staff? One of his people had seen the contract. Maybe someone

007: Le‍arning to‌ Be Da‌ngerou‍s

~Ava's POV~‌"You al‍rea⁠dy know‌ most of⁠ this," Dominic said, watching my face⁠ as I read. "You just did‍n't know what y‌ou were looking at."I looked up fr⁠om the 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 leather 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, lines connecting things I was stil‍l t⁠rying t⁠o make‍ s‍ense o‍f.I l‌ooked back down at the folder. The real financial po⁠sit‍ion of Hale Indus‌tries. N⁠ot th‌e version 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 to a fore‌ign inves⁠tment group buried so dee⁠p I'd ne‍ver seen it in five

008: The Art of Looking Unbothered

~Ava's POV~""No need to prove anything today," Dominic said, still looking at his phone. "Just be loud enough that they can't ignore you." I gave him a hard stare from the back seat. "That's it? You're trying to make me feel better?" "That's my strategy." I rolled my eyes. "Same thing." I looked out the window.The car stopped at the Four Seasons, and I saw a bunch of posh people by the door. They were all dressed up, smiling fake smiles, the kind of people who could ruin your life with just one call and still make it to dinner.Dominic's hand found my lower back as we stepped out. Warm, steady, like he'd done it a hundred times. My heart did something embarrassing in response.Stop it, I told myself. Pay attention.*****The lunch was kinda chill compared to the Hart gala, but it was still intense. The room was full of important people. Rich families, city officials, people my dad used to talk about like they were famous or something.I was doing fine. Holding my champagne, sayi

009: Paper Walls

~Ava's POV~"You should sleep."I didn't look up from my laptop. "I found something."Dominic quietly put a glass of water next to me and sat down across from me. I turned the screen so he could see it."This supplier. Renmark Logistics. They're on your watchlist as a Hale contractor. But they also supply two of Hart International's manufacturing facilities." I pushed a piece of paper across the table. "The same company owns both. It's registered in the Caymans, and nobody knows they're connected.”He looked at the screen. Then at me. "When did you find this?""About twenty to twenty-five minutes ago. But the name felt familiar, so I went digging."I opened a folder and found the page I'd marked. "Here. Damien mentioned Renmark at a board meeting two years ago. Said they were a new vendor the company had just brought on.""But the contract date on my file…""Is five years old," I finished. "Which means he lied to his own board about when the relationship with Renmark actually started."

010: The Pregnancy Test

~Ava's POV~ Two pink lines. No hesitation. No, maybe. I sat on the cold bathroom floor, back against the tub, staring at the test like it'd change if I waited. It didn't. I'd bought it that morning, two blocks from Adams Tower, cash only, hood up. I didn't even fully admit to myself why I was buying it until I was already at the counter handing over the money. I'd been nauseous for three days. I told myself it was stressful. The new routine, the new life, the complete collapse of everything I'd known. That was enough reason for anyone's body to revolt. But somewhere back of my mind, I already knew. I just don't want to believe it yet. ***** The bathroom was quiet, like the whole penthouse was. The kind of quiet that money buys. I sat on the tile floor, holding the test, thinking about that night at the club. The whiskey. The ruined wedding dress. Dominic's voice saying “let me help you forget, just for tonight.” I'd kissed him first. I remembered that much clearly.

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