The Billionaires Forgotten Wife Novels & Stories

Chapter 30 The words on the screen didn't make sense at first. Riley stared at her phone, her fingers tightening around the edges as her breath hitched in her throat. Right there on the main entertainment page, a massive headline stared back at her: *BILLIONAIRE DECEIVED TO FATHER SOMEONE'S DAUGHTER BY EX-WIFE* Directly beneath it, another site had already picked up the story with a different caption: *BILLIONAIRE DECEITFUL WIFE CAUGHT: THE SHOCKING TRUTH BEHIND FREDRICK WELLSPRING MARRIAGE*

She returned to the cottage, bypassed the bed, and sat straight on the floorboards, pulling out a heavy leather portfolio she had mindlessly shoved into her suitcase before leaving the city. They were corporate files from her architectural firm—renovation blueprints for the Kingston headquarters and financial ledgers she had been tasked with auditing on the eve of the wedding. At the time, she had been too distracted by bridal fittings to care. Now, she viewed them with the eyes of a predator analyzing a site survey. Using a pen to map the flow of capital, her breath hitched. In the three days leading up to the wedding, Kingston account activity had been frantic. Massive, untraceable sums we

The hall suddenly became tense with the whispered voices of other people, as almost everyone was surprised to see Flora Blake, the daughter of late billionaire Williams Blake, who cheated on her husband barely a month after their wedding. They only heard rumours of her infidelity when she divorced Richard, and since then, the Blakes family name was gradually disappearing, as Flora, who was the only surviving heiress of the family, couldn't sustain the family legacy. Instead, she cheated on her husband and had to lose her inheritance as compensation for the disgrace she brought upon the Wilson family. Since then, only a few people had heard rumours of her struggling to raise a child as a sing

The anchor’s voice continued: “Sources confirm the woman is Kira Ashford, daughter of business mogul Richard Ashford and heiress to the Ashford International empire, estimated at over three billion dollars. Ms. Ashford disappeared from public life nine years ago and has not been seen until today…” The screen showed more footage. Twelve black SUVs. Security. Paparazzi. The Ashford Estate gates. Catherine’s glass slipped from her hand and shattered on the floor. Adrian couldn’t move. Couldn’t breathe. His “nobody” wife was a billionaire.

If only he could guess what. A news came to his mind and he took out his phone as he walked out of the elevator. He could remember the breaking news he came across online a few days ago and it was still trending. [Jacob Sylvan comes in contact with his ex wife, Blaire Quincy, who is now a billionaire and CEO of Gemma's Collection] The headline read. He immediately clicked on the news story. That was when he realized that the Blaire Ella had mentioned was truly his ex wife. He couldn't help but to wonder why Jacob had gone to see her, did he perhaps want them to get back together now that he knew she owned a fortune?

How lucky was I to have a billionaire husband, even if our relationship wasn’t perfect? The look on her face, Serena’s shocked, bitter expression when she realized I was no longer the shabby beggar she wanted me to be, was priceless. I could still see her eyes narrowing, her fake smile trembling as she searched for a way to drag me down again. She couldn’t stand seeing me clean, dressed neatly, and living well. So, of course, she brought up the debt. I sighed, brushing away the crumbs on my hand. How did we even get here? One moment we were like sisters, inseparable and the next, she had turned into my sworn enemy. Was I cursed to always end up alone?

I manage. Noah nods, eyes glassy. “Take all the time you need.” But as Victoria escorts him out, I hear her hiss under her breath, “Don’t you dare come near him again.” The door closes. Silence returns. I lean back, staring at the ceiling. The world feels tilted—like I woke up in a life that isn’t mine. Two years gone. A stranger who calls himself my husband. A family too quick to bury the truth. And beneath it all, the faint echo of a voice I can’t forget.

Complete, ringing silence. Then a laugh bursts out of me, harsh and loud in the empty room. It's not a happy sound. It's triumphant, greedy, vicious. A billionaire. My mousy little wife, the one who could barely look me in the eye, is a fucking billionaire. And she hid it from me. All those years. The jealousy evaporates, replaced by a blazing, glorious greed. This changes everything. She's not just my wife. She's my fortune. The man on the phone is still talking. "...means if we target the company, we're targeting her assets directly. It's a much bigger lever against Sotheby. He married her for her money, obviously. Ruin that, and you ruin him."

Karen paid attention, sitting up and concentrating like her life depended on the news. "But what has gotten our handsome actor's wedding to top story is how his wife left the wedding even before the kiss." The scene transformed to the incident from the day before when she had run with Faith. "We identify that she isn't just anyone but one of America's top surgeons, daughter of Kylie Benson, who is CEO of a successful, multi - billionaire technology company, Karen Benson." "These people really have nothing do with themselves other than pry into other people's lives." Karen rolled her eyes, unaffected by the news and how it was a top story.

Unbeknownst to her inner turmoil, Tina continued, "She is a single, pretty, rich and renowned model and has an equally influential family. Her father owns Gage Pharmaceuticals and her mother has her own fashion line." Trinity nodded at her, taking it all in. So this was the woman Dmitri was going to marry after their one year marriage was up. Despite knowing that her soon to be fake husband was already besotted with a woman named Samantha Gage, she'd never tried to look her up anywhere. It wasn't a shocker that someone as rich and handsome as Dmitri would go for a woman like that. She shouldn't have been surprised, but she was. She shouldn't have been feeling so sad either, but she was. "Tri