The Auctioned Wife: Escaping The Billionaire's Cage

sn't a gift for me. Inside sat a diamond ring far more ex

n Derek swore was

I heard him laughing on th

most over. She was just a placeholder until Else came back. Once th

n't his wife; I was an asset. A warm bod

she caused a car crash that left me bleeding out on a gurney. I

me. He looked at the do

manded. "I don't c

iscover the final horror: they were dosing me with an "Obedi

as stupid enough to board the plane he boo

team stormed the aircr

y thousands of miles away in Paris, watching his

victim. Instead, he

pte

ida

ant for me, but the diamond ring inside-engraved with the name of the w

udy, my hand trembling

ls

e carved into th

n't my

m his wife. I am the w

ate, and far more expensive than the simple

k in my stom

ausea hit me, not from the pregnancy, but from the

ront door ope

was

rying it deep under the files where I fou

rt. I couldn't

he study and met

Tall, broad-shouldered, with eye

autiful,

ad. His lips felt l

?" he asked, his han

ollow to my own ears, but he didn'

ower," he said, looseni

until I heard the water running before I le

be absolutely sure before I bu

k to him. I pretended to be asleep.

eached for his phon

t text.

s against the sil

he wh

on the other end. It was

sound of Edison's voi

leep?" Edi

said. "Out l

tion is coming up, Der

stopped.

is almost over. The paternity test will be ready soon. Once I confirm t

so hard I t

d isn't

d, the baby we made

n actually thinks you love her. She gave up every

ound. "That's why it was so easy. She was just a place

m my eyes, soaki

d me from a car accident, paid my bills, charmed my parent

ess around me an

ew it wa

back?" Edison asked. "

assets are transferred, she goes to the highest bi

oat. I clamped a hand over

t up with a flash of lightning, illu

ion in the window

d lay back down. He dra

his arm felt

eathing deepened into

and went to the bathr

ain sink, staring at

pale. My e

lace he gave me on our wedding day

heavy.

led a

nclasp. I p

na

ver heart fell into the

broken and useless. Just li

back at t

rl I was before him

and buried her under

ff. He wanted to give me

s stupid. He th

stomach. The baby kick

them take you

aded. The te

n my chest. It replaced the love

reflection. The

ce was som

a

adultera

necklace and dropped

r and looked back at the

l, Derek,*

ake up, the wife yo

s her place is going to