My Fiancé Gave My Mother's Heirloom to the Other Woman의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 10

"Lady Helena Valeria bids ten silver coins."Leon announced my name. The wine pitcher froze in Cassian's hand. He spun around, and the moment he saw me, the color drained from his face. He looked from me to the gold tray in front of Livia, his eyes darting wildly."When did you get here?"I didn't answer. The gold-tray bid was already active, and the price jumped automatically. Leon called the new figure. Cassian lunged for the bidding paddle in Livia's hand, then reached for the seal in the tray.Leon pressed down on the edge of the tray. "Mr. Severus, once the gold-tray bid is active, it cannot be revoked.""She did it without my permission!""That is your house seal." Leon's tone was flat. "She has been sitting beside you and bidding in your name all evening. You never once denied that she had the authority to speak for you."Cassian's hand hung frozen in midair. He finally turned to Livia. "You saw Helena. Why didn't you tell me?"Livia's eyes reddened instantly, her voice small an

"Move," I said.Livia didn't budge."You use your money to bully everyone into doing what you want. Cassian only wanted to give me a necklace, and you ran the price this high. You've never treated him like a fiancé. You treat him like something you bought."Cassian heard the words "something you bought" and his expression darkened instantly.This was his deepest insecurity. Four years ago he needed my money. Four years later he still needed my ships and my clients. But the moment anyone suggested he owed his rise to me, he treated it as the ultimate humiliation.Livia knew exactly where to press. She turned to Cassian, her voice all honey. "I've never thought you owed anyone. You're talented; you simply never had the chance before. Lady Helena uses her money to control you. That doesn't make her more important than you."Emboldened, Livia laid out the entire plan for their life after the wedding."Once you're married, Lady Helena can keep managing the fleet and the accounts, while I ac

Cassian saw the marriage contract and his expression finally changed."Why did you bring the marriage contract to an auction?""To dissolve the engagement."He looked like he hadn't heard correctly. "Over a bidding war?""It's not about a bidding war." I looked at him. "It's because I can see now that every single day after the wedding would look exactly like today."Cassian shook his head. "You're just jealous. Let's go home and talk about this. There's no need to make a spectacle.""That's my home, not yours.""Helena." His voice finally carried a note of panic. "We've been together for four years. After everything you've done for me, you can't possibly throw it all away over something like this."Those words brought everything into focus. He was certain I wouldn't leave, not because he believed I loved him, but because I had already invested four years, too much money, and too much effort. He had turned everything I'd given him into a rope to bind me.I pulled the betrothal signet f

With only one day left on the three-day payment deadline, Cassian still hadn't gathered the money. He couldn't sell the harbor mansion or touch the Silver Swallow fleet, while Marcus and the other clients crowded outside the Severus ancestral home demanding their deposits back.His only option was to take Livia to Leon and request an extension. Before going to the Guild, he approached two moneylenders I had worked with for years, trying to use the Silver Swallow fleet's next season of revenue as collateral.Both lenders demanded to see the ship deeds. Cassian couldn't produce them. He could only say that once the wedding happened, the fleet would naturally become marital property. The lenders had already received the dissolution notice. No one was willing to lend based on his word alone.In the past, he had obtained quick loans not because anyone trusted him, but because everyone knew I would cover him in the end. Now that my name had disappeared from his promises, he discovered how li

On the third morning, I went to the docks to check supplies for the new route and happened to see Cassian's old ship preparing to leave port. The crack in the hull still hadn't been fully repaired. Two shipwrights stood on shore, telling him to wait one more day."If you put to sea now, the hull will most likely start taking on water again."Cassian looked at the fruit wine and spices already loaded. "I promised delivery in seven days.""At least let us nail on the last two layers of planking.""There's no time."The temporary crew also demanded half their pay upfront. Cassian said he would settle everything once the goods arrived.The supply merchant wouldn't extend credit either. Cassian told him, "I've always worked with the Silver Swallow fleet. Helena will settle the bill."The supply merchant looked at me. I was standing at a distance and gave no guarantee. He finally took back the unpaid water barrels and dried rations. Cassian could only buy the cheapest supplies with what mone