The Billionaire's Runaway Trophy Wife

the biggest conglomerates and most successful businesses, it rose to the top in a

hung in the air. Her fingers hovered over the piano, tracing the dusty black and white

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lway light spilled into the dimly lit room, causing her to squint slightly. His eyes had lost their sparkl

ing the door behind him slowly. He had a brown envelope clutched in hi

y, receding from the pa

mly, breathing like he had no

oiled. "Dad, if it'

see his daughter worrying so much. He exhaled deeply, as if br

utal mastermind behind the Dr.P Conglomerate, a man who had built an empire from scratch and ruled over it with an i

sign that it was a cruel joke and he'd tell the peopl

wants some

m like a thick blanket. River braced herself for

f neatly typed papers poured out. She read the first couple of

t. Her heart ski

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came in short

breath. A solid and firm no, lik

the on

g the folder aside as though

, princess." His tone wa

es. And for that, he will settle our debts an

magazines, admired him from afar like everyone else. He was one of the nation's most eligibl

st any billionaire. He

ying to convince herself there was a loophole.

't have a choice either. His grandfather controls the empire

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s bitter on

ut. Marrying a man she barely knew -a man wh

t other choice

rything. He would be sent to prison. Thei

ed to let them fall. "What if he doesn't want me? Am

g gentle. "River, look at you. You're smart, beaut

I'm a desperate girl from a fallen family

I've made mistakes," he said, regret underlying his voice, "but I pro

e contract, the lette

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salv

nigh

rd, took the pen,

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hing the red satin of her dress. The delicate lace encircl

our. Douglas insisted they had their last family dinner toge

nch back in surprise. Before she had eve

od in the

him perfectly, dark brown hair slicked back so it looked like a hair commercial. His sharp jaw and piercing eyes had a command to them

like she was nothing more

erms of this marriage," he draw

erself to glanc

s is not a real marriage. You're here to perform a fun

ugh clenched teeth ball

ly need to sta

ce unreadable. "If you want to read in

she wasn't about to let him kn

t to be anything,"

h of annoyance, perhaps of surprise- but

d around on his heel exited the room imme

, almost lo

been together y

de a dread