I KISSED MY FIANCÉS BILLIONAIRE BROTHER 의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 5

The screen behind the altar flickered.At first, nobody noticed.The violinists continued playing softly, their melody drifting through the grand ballroom of the Ashford Hotel.Hundreds of guests watched the giant projection screen with warm smiles. Baby pictures flashed one after another across the massive screen mounted behind the priest.A tiny Amelia Carter wrapped in pink blankets.Amelia at sixteen, laughing beside the ocean with the wind tangling through her hair.Amelia and Adrian during their engagement shoot, his lips pressed against her forehead while golden sunlight poured over them like a blessing.The guests sighed dreamily at every transition.Someone in the front row whispered, “They look perfect together.”Amelia smiled automatically, though the muscles in her face ached from holding the expression too long.Perfect.That word again.Her fingers tightened around the bouquet of white roses in her hands as her gaze drifted across the crowd absentmindedly. Her younger si

One week later. Amelia had learned something about humiliation. It didn’t arrive all at once. It came in layers. In strangers staring a second too long. Co workers suddenly lowered their voices when she walked past. In headlines she refused to read but somehow still managed to hear. And in the awful realization that no matter how much she wanted the world to move on, it wasn’t ready to let her. Monday mornings at Blackthorn Consulting were usually chaotic enough that nobody paid much attention to anyone else. Today, Amelia could feel every eye. She stepped out of the elevator clutching her coffee like it was the only thing keeping her upright. The chatter near the reception desk dipped. Then resumed. Quieter. She kept walking. Beside her, Tessa muttered, “If one more person stares, I’m going to start charging assault charges.” Despite herself, Amelia almost smiled. Almost. “You can’t assault half the office.” “Watch me.” Tessa pushed open the gl

"Marriage."The single word hung between us in the darkened leather interior of the luxury sedan, heavy and suffocating.I stared at Lucien, my breath catching in my throat. "Excuse me?""You heard me," he said smoothly, adjusting the silver cufflink at his wrist without a single ripple of hesitation.A hollow, incredulous laugh escaped my throat. "Are you insane? You want me to marry you?""I don't want anything, Amelia. I'm offering a strategic solution." He finally turned his head, his grey eyes sweeping over my face. "Adrian's story is already breaking. By tonight, you’ll be branded a disgraced, unstable heiress on every major blog in the country. By tomorrow, your father will have severed your corporate ties to protect Carter Enterprise stocks."My throat tightened violently. "My father would never—""Your father blocked your number ten minutes ago," Lucien interrupted, his tone chillingly casual. "Do you really think he's coming to pull you out of the fire?"I flinched, the dead