The Billionaire's Invisible Secret Wife

warm the chill that had settled deep in her bones. The silence inside the Rolls-Royce Phantom was

glittering ribbon, a world of life and energy she c

profile as perfect and cold as a marble statue. In the year and a half they had been marr

, stay three fe

his eyes. The words were not a request; they were an order, delivered w

more, just a dull, constant ache. She lowered her head, her gaze falling to

he whispered

diminish her. One sentence was

, and when they swept over her, it was not with the warmth of a husband but with the critical assessment of an inspector. For a split second, her

rned the night into a blinding, artificial day. Julian Montgomery, the emperor of New Y

faced the media. He possessed a natural aura of command that felt a un

e a stranger, for him to move clear of the

rcely private and perpetually single. Their marriage was a meticulously guarded secret, a busines

her heels clicking softly on the marble floor,

is eye tonight?" one asked, he

e but his company," another replied, th

ffering polite, distant smiles to the women who approached him. He maintained a perfect, unbreachable per

rebellious heir, the one who had tried to escape the Montgomery dynasty, only to be dragged back by his grandfather, Cornelius Montg

ont, was the chosen inst

ed in his own way: by making his wife completely and utterly invisible. No one from Mo

he part of an insignificant guest. The magnificent vaulted ceilings, the dripping crystal chandelier

on. It was as if she were just another part of the decor. The feeling of being so thoroughly unseen by h

the mistress of their dynasty, felt like a ghost haunting the palace. She

test multi-billion-dollar acquisition, speaking of him as if he were a

gnal-a barely perceptible glance, a slight ti

and moved silently toward the exit, heading f

laxed slightly. A wave of exhaustion washed over her. How much longer could she live

r bitterness, reminding her

ilded cage, one who wasn't even allowed to sing. Did she have

nspiratorial. "Is Julian Montgomery really as uninterested

A bitter, ironic laugh threatened to escape her lips. He wa