All Chapters of Once His Abandoned Wife Now A Trillionaire Heiress: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

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The Confession Video

CAD-WELL MANSION ~ NEW YORK CITYFirst POV - JulianaI stood up from the couch. My robe fell open a little at the front, but I didn't bother to close it.Sophia stayed frozen beside me, her eyes wide as she looked back and forth between us."That woman is dangerous, Ethan," I said. "She's getting too close to you. She's changing everything about how you see this family.""Stop," he said. He held up one hand. "Just stop right there."Sophia's mouth stayed open. She didn't say a word, but I could feel the shock coming off her in waves.Ethan stepped closer. His voice stayed low but hard. "I thought you wanted the money. The security. The future for this family. So why are you trying to destroy the deal that could save everything?"I lifted my chin and met his eyes. "I do not trust her. She's not who she pretends to be, and you're too blind to see it.""That is not your decision to make."The silence that followed felt heavy. Even the clock seemed quieter. My voice dropped lower when I

Two sides of the same Coin

CAD-WELL MANSION ~ NEW YORK CITYEthan's POVI stood there looking at my wife. Her face was wet with tears. Her hands were shaking. She looked broken.Part of me still wanted to believe her.Maybe the video is fake. Maybe someone is setting her up. Maybe I'm wrong.But the evidence was too strong. The phone records. The bank transfers. The photos. All of it pointed to her."Juliana," I said, quieter but firm. "Stop. Just stop. Tell me the truth. For once."She looked up at me through wet lashes. Tears streamed down her face. For a long moment, she said nothing.Then her shoulders dropped."Okay," she whispered. "Fine. I did it."The words hung in the air like smoke.I felt like someone had punched me in the chest. Hard."You what?""I hired them," she admitted. Her voice was breaking. "But it wasn't supposed to go that far. I just wanted to scare her. To make her back off from you and the deal.""Scare her?" I couldn't believe what I was hearing."She's been coming between us for mont

The Opening Clara Needed

CAD-WELL BEAUTY INDUSTRIES ~ NEW YORK CITY ETHAN POV I didn't sleep. Not one single hour.I'd been sitting in this chair since three in the morning, watching the city lights blink through the window. My suit was on but wrinkled. My tie hung loose around my neck. Coffee sat cold on the desk.At 7:45, Clara walked in.She didn't knock. She never knocked anymore. That was new. Everything about her had changed in the past few months. She dressed sharper and sexy nowadays. "You look like hell," she said, closing the door behind her."Good morning to you too."She dropped a stack of reports on my desk. Then she didn't move. She just stood there, close enough that I could smell her perfume. Something expensive. Something new."What?" I asked.Clara crossed her arms. Then she uncrossed them. She seemed nervous. That was new too. Clara was never nervous."Someone has to say it," she said. Her voice cracked a little. "And since no one else will—I'm saying it.""Say what?"She leaned over my

The Lobby Showdown

CAD-WELL BEAUTY INDUSTRIES ~ NEW YORK ETHAN POV I closed my eyes and let the phone rest against my thigh. The lobby. Of course she was doing it there. Maximum visibility.Then another buzz.Clara: I told her to leave. She won't listen. What do you want me to do? She's refusing to go to her new desk. She's telling anyone who'll listen that you humiliated her in front of her best friend last night and threw her out of the company without cause."Without cause," I said out loud, my voice flat.I pressed the intercom. "Clara. My office. Now."She appeared in the doorway within thirty seconds, tablet clutched to her chest, face pale but composed. "You saw the messages.""I saw them." I leaned back in my chair and studied her. "Tell me exactly what she's saying. From her point of view."Clara stepped inside and shut the door. She didn't sit."She thinks you fired her to cover up something. She doesn't know that I know what actually happened last night. To her, you're the villain who pub

Twelve cups of Humilation

CADWELL BEAUTY INDUSTRIES — EXECUTIVE FLOORETHAN POV "I told you last night. You report to Clara starting today. You're not skipping that because you decided to throw a tantrum in the lobby.""I am not—" she started, but the doors opened, and I walked out without waiting for her to finish.Clara's office was at the end of the executive hallway small, glass-walled, organized to the inch. Clara looked up from her desk as we came in, and for one second her eyes flicked to Juliana with something unreadable. Then it smoothed over into polite professionalism."Mr. Cadwell.""Clara." I gestured at Juliana. "As of this morning, Mrs. Cadwell is your assistant as from now on I want Full hours for her , starting now. Give her whatever you need handled before the board meeting."Juliana's mouth fell open. "Assistant? You said staff. You didn't say I'd be fetching coffee for—" She caught herself, glancing at Clara, "—for her.""For Clara," I said. "Yes.""This is humiliating.""You should ha

From Penthouse To BreakRoom

“My problem,” Clara said, her voice low and sharp like a knife in the dark, “is that I have a huge board meeting to get ready for. A three-hundred-million-dollar merger that’s hanging by a thread. And right now, the CEO’s wife is standing in my office wearing a fancy coat she probably paid for with the company card.” She stopped and looked me straight in the eyes. “The same wife who nearly ruined everything last night because she couldn’t stand seeing her husband talk to a business partner.”My face burned hot. I felt like someone had slapped me.“Don’t,” I said, stepping closer. My voice came out weaker than I wanted.Clara just stared at me. She didn’t yell. She didn’t look smug or happy. She looked at me the way you look at a broken toy you know can’t be fixed. That hurt more than any shout ever could.“I think,” she said softly, “I’ve never done anything in this building that made me feel ashamed to walk through the doors. Not once. I’ve never made Ethan look at me the way h

Control Disguised as Investment

CAD-WELL BEAUTY INDUSTRIES ~ NEW YORK (CLARA POV)The clock on the wall showed 10:07 AM, and the boardroom already felt like an oven.Every chair was occupied. Shareholders stood along the walls shoulder to shoulder. I stood near the head of the table and watched Margaret Cadwell.She looked calm, as always.Her navy suit was flawless. Her back was straight. Her face revealed nothing.To everyone else, she looked like a queen sitting on her throne. But I’d worked with Margaret long enough to know better. I noticed the tightness in her jaw.I saw her fingers tap once against the polished table before becoming still.She was nervous.Good.She should be.A moment later, Jenny appeared beside me.She clutched her notepad so tightly I thought it might tear in half.The poor girl was new young and Innocent.The kind of person who still believed hard work alone could get you to the top.She leaned closer. “Is it true?” she whispered.I glanced at her.“Depends on what rumor are we talkin

The Red Dress Interruption

CAD-WELL BEAUTY INDUSTRIES ~ NEW YORK (CLARA POV)Ethan straightened in his chair and looked around the room. “All in favor?”Hands shot up. Almost everyone. The room buzzed with energy."Any opposed?"Two other board members kept their hands down too. But it didn't matter. The deal was going through."The motion passes," Ethan announced.Contracts slid across the table. Pens clicked. Signatures were scrawled. I watched each person carefully. Noted who hesitated. Who signed too fast. Who avoided eye contact.Margaret signed last. She dragged her pen slowly across the page, her face unreadable.When Alexandra signed the final page, the room exploded with applause."Three hundred million dollars!" someone shouted. "We're saved!""Thank God," another said. "I thought we were finished.""The stock will go through the roof," a third added. "Best news we've had in years."I forced myself to clap. To smile. To pretend this was a victory.It wasn't. It was a surrender. And I knew it.Ethan r

A Smile, A Question and A Disaster

CAD-WELL BEAUTY INDUSTRIES ~ NEW YORKETHAN POV The boardroom doors swung open at exactly 11:30.The deal had already been signed. Then my wife finally decided to show up.Of course.Juliana never entered a room. She made an entrance.A fitted red dress. High heels clicking against the floor loud enough to turn every head in the room. A bright smile that practically screamed, Look at me. I’m the most important person here.My jaw tightened. I'd told her to be here at ten. I'd made it clear—no games. Just show up, be quiet, and support me. That was all I asked. One simple thing.But Juliana had never done what I asked. Not once. Not since the day we got married."Sorry I'm late," she said loudly, sliding into the seat next to me. "I told you, sweetheart, I was going to the doctor earlier."Liar. She'd probably been shopping. Or at brunch with her reckless friends. Or doing anything other than what she was supposed to do."You're fine," I said through gritted teeth.But I wasn't fine.

The Queen Behind The Curtain

CAD-WELL BEAUTY INDUSTRIES ~ NEW YORK ETHAN POV I felt Juliana’s hand grab my arm tight. “There you are,” she said, pressing her body against mine with a big smile. “I thought you were avoiding me on purpose.”“I wasn’t avoiding you,” I said, gently pulling my arm free. “I was just thinking.”“About the party?” she asked, eyes sparkling. “About how hot we’ll look together, stealing the show?”“About the business,” I replied.Juliana rolled her eyes dramatically. “Ugh, here we go again. Always Mr. Serious. Ethan, you need to loosen up. Have some fun. Live a little, for once!” I let out a long sigh.“Juliana, I’ve got three hundred million dollars on the line here.”She waved her hand like it was nothing. “It’s not even your money.”“Exactly,” I said, looking her straight in the eyes. “That’s why I can’t screw this up.”She groaned loudly. “See? This is what I mean. You’re so boring these days.”I stopped walking right in the middle of the hallway.Juliana took two more steps before

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