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In the third month of our marriage, Isabella dragged me onto the Costa Foundation's charity week livestream.Everyone online knew she couldn't stand me.Victor had turned down an arranged marriage with a woman from an old-money Boston family to marry me. I was an ordinary girl whose heart could give out at any time.To Isabella, I was a manipulative fraud who didn't have long to live anyway.Before the opening dinner, the crew sent us to hand out supplies in a low-income Bronx neighborhood.Isabella walked ahead in four-inch heels. I'd only made it two blocks before my vision started to go dark and cold sweat soaked through my shirt.Rachel, the head of PR, asked me quietly, "Mrs. Costa, do you want to rest in the car?"I shook my head. "No, I can keep going."Isabella glanced back with a sneer. "The cameras come on, and suddenly you're out of breath? You have plenty of energy when you're making Victor run around after you."The comments lit up instantly.[Victor spends enough on her t

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Victor had barely finished speaking when someone in the conference room urged him to sign an agreement transferring port operating rights.He spared me a quick glance."Elena, what are you making a fuss about now?"I shrank back without thinking. "I'm not making a fuss.""Isabella says you only have seven dollars left on your card. If you don't want to take part in charity week, just go home. There's no need to joke about something like this."I was about to explain when an argument broke out on his end.Victor said only, "I'll handle it when I get back," and ended the call.Isabella's expression turned cold again. She clearly trusted her brother more than me.I made excuses for Victor too.He handled hundreds of millions every day. Maybe he'd really mixed up $200 and two million dollars.Once I'd had some glucose, Dr. Rossi cleared me for light activity only.The crew gave each pair of guests $50 to cover a whole day's meals in the neighborhood.Isabella pointed at a restaurant. "Let'

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That afternoon, our task was to help a bankrupt farmer sell off his surplus apples.All the money we raised at the stand and through the livestream would go to charity. Our totals would determine the rankings, and the higher we ranked, the bigger our dinner budget. First place would get $500.Chloe pulled me behind the church to strategize. "If we sell them the usual way, we can't beat those movie stars.""So what do we do?""We use what we're most famous for right now."Ten minutes later, Chloe picked up the microphone at the stand."Buy a bag of apples and you get a photo with Mrs. Costa."I froze for a second. "What about you?""Buy a whole box, and you get a photo with me too. A billionaire's fiancée, no extra charge today."One tourist laughed and asked, "What if I buy two boxes?"Chloe didn't miss a beat. "We'll tell you which billionaire is stingier."I corrected her at once. "Victor isn't cheap. He still gives me $200 a month."The square went quiet for a second.Olga pressed a

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The next day, the crew had each pair switch roles. It was my turn to plan Isabella's meals, clothes, lodging, and transportation for the day.The other guests went to rooftop restaurants and private spas.I took Isabella to the supermarket nearby.She stood off to the side and watched me pick out a bag of potatoes at the store's members-only price and grab a 30-cent coupon.At the sample table, I finished a small piece of cheese and asked the employee, "Could I have another?""One per person."I looked at Isabella. "Do you want one?""No."I turned right back around. "Then could I have hers?"The staff member paused, then handed me another piece.I quickly thanked her.Isabella looked at me with an expression I couldn't read. "You really had to take that too?""If you're not eating it, I might as well have it.""We have top-quality ingredients delivered to the house every day.""They did when we first got married. Then the deliveries stopped. They said Victor thought I was spending too

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Victor stared at the message as his expression slowly turned to ice.I saw it too and froze."What pink diamond necklace?"He looked up at me. "You didn't buy it?""The most expensive stone I've ever seen is the ring you put on my finger when we got married."Chloe couldn't hold back a laugh, but Isabella snatched the phone and wrote back to the assistant."Send me all her spending records for the past three months. Now."In less than a minute, a long list of transactions popped up.Antique brooches, bespoke jewelry and couture gowns, an advance payment to a Swiss wellness clinic, and even a deposit on a yacht in Monaco.Over three months, the spending totaled more than twenty million dollars. Every purchase was in my name, and some delivery receipts even bore my signature.Victor held the screen up in front of me. "Isn't this your handwriting?"I looked closely. "It's close, but I didn't sign it."The comments erupted again.[There are signatures and receipts, and she's still denying

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Victor slowly turned to his other phone, where the call was still connected."Marco, did you hear that?"There were a few seconds of silence before Marco answered calmly. "Mr. Costa, Sofia is trying to pin this on me. She has sticky fingers. I warned Mrs. Costa about her a long time ago."I shook my head right away. "You never warned me about anything."Marco sighed as if he were humoring someone who'd lost her mind."Mrs. Costa, did you forget again? Last week you lost control, broke the emergency equipment, and scratched the doctor.""I never broke anything. Sofia had people remove the equipment from my bedroom!""We can handle family matters like this at home," Marco said, lowering his voice. "The livestream is still running. The Costa Group's reputation matters more."Isabella cut him off. "You've run up all these suspicious charges on Elena's account, and now you want to lecture me about reputation? You have 20 minutes to get down here."Marco was already at the Costa Group's New

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Marco looked panicked for only a second before he pulled himself together."People's handwriting changes. That alone doesn't prove anything.""Then look at the date."The statement about stopping my medication was dated the first of the month, three months earlier.That was Victor's 30th birthday.I spent the whole day in the hospital on an IV. That night, I borrowed a nurse's phone and called him seven times. Not one call went through.Eventually, Marco texted me that Victor was in a private meeting in Europe and that I should stop bothering him with little things.Marco said right away, "Sofia brought the document to your room that day. You had a high fever. It's only natural you don't remember."Sofia, who'd just been brought over by security, jerked her head up."I never even went to the hospital that day!"Marco frowned. "You're the one who delivered it.""It wasn't me!"Isabella cut the argument short and had her lawyer contact the hospital where I'd received the IV.Soon, they p

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Marco shoved past security. He'd only made it a few steps before Isabella spoke up. "Don't bother."He stopped dead."That account was frozen 15 minutes ago."The police arrived quickly.Once officers led Marco and Sofia away, the square finally fell quiet.The livestream was still on.Victor came up to me, looking unsure of himself for the first time."Elena, I'm sorry. I really didn't know."I stepped back from his outstretched hand."You're right. You didn't know anything."You didn't know I'd been taken off my medication, you didn't know I had nothing to eat, and you didn't know I'd collapsed in the street and nearly died.""I failed you," he said hoarsely. "I thought giving you money and hiring people to care for you would be enough."I looked at him."Did you ever doubt me?"He went rigid."Just now, when you saw those bills and signatures, did you think, even for a second, that I'd really spent more than twenty million dollars?"He didn't answer.His silence said enough."Victor

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