The Triumph of Single Ladies

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I went to the City Clerk’s office for a routine copy of my marriage license to finalize a trust fund audit. I expected a simple piece of paper, but the clerk’s pitying look told me my entire life was a lie. "The license was never finalized, Ms. Oliver. In the eyes of the state, you are single." The three-hundred-guest wedding at the Plaza and the Vogue features meant nothing. My husband, Gray Cooley, had intentionally filed the documents with a "procedural defect" so he could discard me without a legal divorce. Moments later, an iCloud invite titled "Our Little Secret" popped up on my screen. It was a photo of my best friend, Brylee, holding a positive pregnancy test at our Hamptons estate. Gray’s text to her was the final blow: "Happy anniversary, babe. This baby is the best gift. Once the trust unlocks today, we’re done with the charade." I soon discovered they were even stealing my career, reassigning my architectural masterpiece to Brylee while preparing my eviction notice. Gray's mother called me a "barren mule" in a leaked recording, mocking the infertility I suffered after saving Gray’s life in a construction accident. I wasn't a wife; I was a three-year placeholder used to secure his inheritance. How could the man I bled for treat me like a disposable prop? How could my best friend carry his child while pretending to comfort me through my darkest moments? The betrayal burned until it turned into a cold, hard stone of fury. I didn't cry. Instead, I walked into the penthouse of the Barretts, the Cooleys' most powerful rivals. I signed a marriage contract with Kane Barrett, the man the tabloids called the "Beast of Wall Street." "I want a wedding," I told his father, my voice steady and lethal. "Bigger than the one I had with Gray." If they wanted me gone, they would have to watch me become the woman who owns their world.

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𝚂𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚙𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚁𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝙰𝚕𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚘 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎, 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛, 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎

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When the protagonist wakes up, he finds that he has become Song Qingshu, and also finds that this is a great chaotic world that incorporates 14 novels of Jin Yong. "Girl, your smile is so sweet." "Madam, your dress smells so good." The same characters, but constitute a different Jianghu.

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