All Chapters of The Billionaire's Gift: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

The wedding hall was bathed in a harsh, blinding light.The emcee smiled brightly and handed the microphone to Alice. "Come on, let the bride change how she addresses you. She should call you Mom. The gift is just symbolic—10,000 dollars with best wishes!"I held the wine glass in my hand, ready to propose a toast.Alice sat in her chair, eyelids half-lowered, clutching the money without moving a muscle."Ten thousand? That's history."She curled her lip, her voice ringing across the entire hall."If you want to marry into the Forrest family, you follow our new rules. Frankly, I don't see any sincerity from you. Let's round it up to 500,000."The room fell dead silent.The emcee froze, microphone still raised.My hand stiffened midair. I turned to look at Dylan.He stood there in the suit worth 30,000 I had bought for him with his head down, eyes glued to his phone, acting like none of this concerned him.I took a slow breath, forcing down the anger rising in my chest. "Mom,

I sat in Gabriel's car. The only sound in the cabin was the hum of the AC. The courage I'd had on stage faded fast, replaced by an awkward silence."Um… Mr. York, thank you for stepping in back there." I muttered as I shrank father into the seat. The system said we were a match, but this whole thing still felt unreal.Gabriel glanced at me, his fingers tapping lightly against his knee."It's a mutual benefit, nothing more," he said evenly. "Ms. Rhodes, since the system brought you to me, we're going to play this out properly."I looked up at him, stunned. "You… You know about the system?"He raised a brow and tapped his temple.The car pulled up in front of a villa. Before getting out, Gabriel commented, "You'll stay here for now. The Forrests will definitely come looking to harass you. As for your reward of 100 billion, the system has already transferred it under your name. You can check it anytime."I stared at the banking notification on my phone. That long string of zeros

Alice and Gideon were detained. Dylan was released that afternoon. He hadn't actually committed a crime, so the authorities marked his case off as a domestic dispute.I knew better. Gideon's gambling debts, the house Alice had promised, and Dylan's wounded pride had all sharpened his teeth. He was just waiting for a chance to bite.And right on cue, I found a crowd gathered outside my office building the next morning. There was even a banner stretched across the entrance.'Summer Rhodes, the heartless wife! She cheated on her husband and abandoned her child! She's greedy and vain!'Dylan wore a worn-out shirt with messy hair as he knelt at the front door. There was a picture of me getting into a car with Gabriel in his hands."Everyone, judge for yourselves!"He cried to the cameras, "Summer and I have been together since college. We always had a great relationship. My parents scrimped and saved their whole lives just so I could marry her. They even used their retirement money to

"I can use the money to win it all back and make up everything I lost!""You sc*mbag!"No one knew who started it, but a half-eaten sandwich came flying from the crowd to hit Dylan square in the forehead the very next second.The mayonnaise ran down his nose and into his mouth, but he kept laughing manically. It was clear that he no longer had any control of his faculties.I stared at the man who had once shared my bed, watching with cold eyes as he stripped his true self bare in front of everyone.The wail of sirens cut through the chaos.Two police officers pushed through the crowd and slammed Dylan to the ground while he was still ranting out his "perfect crime.""Dylan Forrest, you're under arrest for attempted unlawful confinement, poisoning, and fraud. You're coming with us."He struggled violently, his face grinding against the rough concrete.His eyes locked onto mine. For the first time, the fear in them outweighed the malice."Honey! Honey, help me! I was talking no

"I swapped out his medication for vitamins!" Alice shrieked, her voice rising in her hysteria. "I let him die in pain! That was how I could save the money for Dylan's college tuition!"Her face twisted with bitter resentment."And look how it all turned out! The son I worked myself to the bone to raise ended up with a curse like you! I would've sold you off to some backwater village years ago and earned a huge sum if I'd known things would turn out like this!"Everyone could only stare at her in shock.Even the burly debt collectors felt a chill crawl up their spines upon hearing her words.'This old hag actually did something that monstrous?'"Th-That's murder, isn't it?" someone whispered.Gabriel raised a hand. The lawyer behind him stepped forward immediately."We've recorded everything she just said. Contact the police and reopen the investigation into Dylan's father's death."The word "police" snapped Alice back to reality.Her eyes went wide, and she immediately clampe