Semua Bab THE BILLIONAIRE'S REPLACEMENT BRIDE: Bab 1 - Bab 4

SCARLET'S POVThe car ride was silent. Dead, suffocating silence that pressed against my chest like a weight. I sat as far from Julian as the backseat allowed, my wedding dress pooling around me like spilled milk. My mind raced in circles. How did he know? When did he figure it out? What did he want from me?Julian stared out the window, his profile carved from stone. His fingers drummed against his knee, the only sign he was not completely calm. The city lights blurred past, streaks of gold and white against the darkness.I opened my mouth to speak. To beg for answers."Not here." His voice cut through the silence like a blade. He did not look at me. Just kept staring out that window, jaw tight.I closed my mouth. Pressed my hands together in my lap to stop them from shaking. The driver said nothing, eyes fixed on the road ahead like he could not hear or see us. Maybe he was trained not to notice things. Maybe people like Julian paid for that kind of discretion. The partition bet

JULIAN'S POVI watched Scarlet's face drain of color. All the blood left her cheeks in an instant, leaving her pale as marble. Fascinating. Most women in her position would crumble by now. Tears, hysterics, begging for mercy. I had seen it before in business negotiations, in boardrooms when people realized they had lost everything.But she just stood there. Spine straight. Shoulders back. Eyes calculating her next move even as panic flickered through them. She was drowning but refused to let it show. There was steel underneath all that fear. I had suspected it. Now I knew for certain.I had known about the switch for three weeks.My private investigator delivered the first file the day after my mother suggested Vivian Lawson as a suitable bride. Standard procedure. I never agreed to anything without research. Background check, financial records, family tree, social media analysis, everything. And buried in that file was a photograph that made everything clear.Vivian Lawson boardin