Flash Marriage To My Ruthless Billionaire Husband
Evelina Barrett was the legitimate daughter, yet she was framed for a disgusting sex scandal, expelled from the Ivy League, and locked out of her late mother's massive trust fund.
While she was thrown out to rot on the streets with a jagged, hideous red scar covering half her face, her father and step-family were throwing a lavish charity gala to celebrate her total ruin.
They laughed as they officially published her disownment notice in the Times to cut her off forever.
"Without the school halo, that ugly freak will be begging on the streets by tomorrow," her sister Aspen sneered.
Her stepmother Annabella toasted to taking out the trash, perfectly happy to steal Evelina's inheritance while ignoring the fact that Evelina knew exactly how they had murdered her mother.
For years, Evelina had been locked in a dark basement, abused by bodyguards, and treated worse than a stray dog.
Why should she, the true heir, suffer in the gutter while the leeches who destroyed her life enjoyed the wealth that rightfully belonged to her?
She refused to be their victim anymore.
Washing away her fake scar to reveal her true, breathtaking face, Evelina blackmailed New York's most lethal billionaire into marriage to secure the ultimate shield.
Then, she put on a black mourning dress, ordered a dark web ghost crew, and climbed into a heavy semi-truck.
At exactly 6:00 PM, she smashed through the iron gates of her family's elegant gala, delivering three pure black coffins directly to the lawn.
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Chapter 9
The wail of sirens cut through the night air. Two NYPD cruisers, their red and blue lights flashing violently, tore through the ruined gates and skidded to a halt on the grass.
Officer Hayes kicked his door open. He drew his weapon, keeping it pointed at the ground, and moved quickly into the crowd followed by three other officers.
Alden rushed forward, pointing a shaking finger at Evelina. "Arrest her! She is a terrorist! She attacked my wife and daughter!"
Annabella crawled out of the coffin, her dress ruined. She sobbed loudly, playing the perfect victim. "She tried to kill us! Look at what she did!"
Officer Hayes took in the bizarre scene-the coffins, the terrified guests, and the stunning woman sipping champagne. He holstered his gun but kept his hand on the grip. He walked toward Evelina.
"Put the glass down. Turn around and put your hands behind your back," Hayes ordered, his voice hard.
Evelina smiled faintly. She set the crystal flute on the table. She turned her back to him and crossed her wrists.
The cold steel of the handcuffs clicked tightly around her skin. The metal bit into her bones.
Aspen, leaning heavily on a bodyguard, spat on the grass near Evelina's feet. "I hope you die in a cage, you bitch!"
Evelina let the officers push her toward the cruiser. Before she ducked into the backseat, she looked back at the Barretts and gave them a slow, chilling smile.
The cruiser sped away, leaving the Barretts to clean up their destroyed reputation.
Inside the 19th Precinct, the air smelled of stale coffee and sweat. Evelina was shoved into a small, freezing interrogation room. She sat on a hard metal chair.
Officer Hayes sat across from her, dropping a thick file on the table. "You are looking at felony trespassing, aggravated assault, and terroristic threats. You are done."
Evelina leaned back, the handcuffs clinking against the chair. "I want my phone call."
Hayes sneered. He slid a desk phone toward her. "Call whoever you want. No one is getting you out of this."
Evelina dialed a private, unlisted number. It rang once.
"I am detained at the NYPD 19th Precinct," Evelina said calmly. "You have ten minutes."
She hung up and closed her eyes, ignoring Hayes's demands for a statement.
Exactly eight minutes later, chaos erupted outside the interrogation room. Heavy footsteps pounded down the hall. A loud, panicked voice-the Precinct Captain's-echoed through the door.
The door flew open. The Captain rushed in, sweating profusely.
"Hayes! Take those cuffs off her right now!" the Captain yelled.
Behind the Captain stood Doyle Fields. Flanking Doyle were three men in immaculate, thousand-dollar suits carrying leather briefcases. The top defense attorneys in New York.
Doyle stepped forward. He slammed a heavy document stamped with the Montgomery Corporation legal seal onto the metal table.
The lead attorney looked at Hayes with eyes like a shark. "Our client was exercising her right to lawful self-defense," the lead attorney stated, his voice slicing through the room. "The Barrett family has a documented history of severe abuse and unlawful confinement against my client. We are filing for immediate release on bail, and we reserve the right to pursue legal action regarding any procedural violations during this arrest."
Hayes froze. Before he could argue about probable cause, the Captain's personal cell phone began to ring incessantly. The Captain answered it, his face draining of color as he listened to the voice of the Police Commissioner.
The Captain shoved Hayes aside and fumbled with his keys, unlocking Evelina's handcuffs. "I am so sorry, ma'am. A terrible misunderstanding. We are processing the release immediately."
Evelina rubbed her red wrists. She stood up, ignoring the apologizing police. She walked out the door.
Doyle held the precinct door open for her. The lawyers flanked her like a secret service detail.
Outside, a massive, bulletproof Rolls-Royce Phantom idled at the curb.
Inside the precinct lobby, Alden and Annabella had just finished giving their furious statements to the desk sergeant. The sergeant hung up his phone, his expression turning pale. "Sir, the suspect has just been released. Her legal team is escorting her out."
"Released? !" Alden bellowed. He and Annabella stormed out through the double doors, stopping dead on the concrete steps.
They watched in absolute, paralyzing horror as Evelina, surrounded by the most powerful lawyers in the city, stepped into the back of the Rolls-Royce. The car door shut with a heavy, expensive thud.
Alden's knees buckled. Annabella covered her mouth to muffle a scream of pure despair.
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7.2
In the roaring flames of the abandoned warehouse, my skin blistered and peeled.
Through the crackling fire, my sister Elara's malicious voice echoed. She told me my husband, Damien, was dead, and it was all my fault.
For years, I had treated Damien like a monster. I fought him, threw tantrums, and desperately tried to escape our marriage, all because I blindly followed Elara's advice.
"Remember, the harder you fight, the more disgusted he'll get."
She texted me things like that, telling me to smash vases over his head and run away, claiming she was protecting me.
In reality, she was poisoning my mind, stealing my valedictorian spot at university, and plotting to crawl into my billionaire husband's bed.
My foolish rebellion cost me everything, ultimately leading to Damien's tragic death and my own fiery end.
As the massive explosion tore my consciousness to shreds, I finally understood who truly loved me and who the real monster was.
I died suffocating on my own agonizing regret, wishing I could tear Elara apart.
Then, a rush of freezing air punched into my lungs.
I opened my eyes to the crisp scent of cedar and mint. I was back seven years ago, on the very night our marriage was supposed to go to hell.
This time, looking at Damien's flawless, unscarred face, I didn't push him away.
I wrapped my arms around his neck and made a silent vow: I would make every single person who ever hurt him bleed.
8.4
Cari Butler woke up in a damp, smelly dorm room, realizing she had transmigrated into the body of a disgraced fake daughter who had just been kicked out of a wealthy family.
Before she could even process her reality, the real daughter's friends kicked her door open to mock her, flaunting a custom Tiffany necklace that supposedly cost a mere eighty cents.
Cari thought they were crazy, until she saw the news: a top Manhattan mansion had just sold for a record-breaking $3,500.
The entire world's currency value had shrunk by ten thousand times!
This meant the original owner's bank balance of $854,000 gave Cari the purchasing power of eight and a half billion dollars.
But a mysterious system froze her funds, forcing her to work demeaning gig jobs to unlock the money bit by bit.
While working as a hotel server for twenty cents a day, she caught her ex-boyfriend kissing up to the real daughter, mocking Cari for being a desperate beggar.
Even her snobby roommates laughed at her, claiming she couldn't afford a ten-cent iPhone.
What truly angered Cari wasn't the humiliation, but receiving a five-cent transfer from her poor biological brother, who was starving himself just to keep her fed.
Yet, the system strictly forbade her from giving her unlocked billions directly to her family.
Looking at the restrictive system and the arrogant elites who thought they owned the city, Cari's eyes turned icy cold.
"If I can't just hand them the cash,"
Cari sneered, pulling out her phone to outright buy the luxury hotel and fire everyone who wronged her.
"Then I will just buy the entire world and place it at their feet."
7.2
Five years ago, I, Claire Parker, ran away for love with Daniel Carter, the broke boy everyone looked down on. But on the very day we were supposed to leave together, he abandoned me.
Overnight, I became the laughingstock of the entire city and was forced into a marriage alliance with a terminally ill man, Ryan Cooper.
Five years later, my husband died, the marriage arrangement fell apart, and the Cooper family threw me out without a shred of mercy.
Meanwhile, Daniel, the man everyone once sneered at, returned home in glory and became the hottest rising name in the business world.
And somehow, he ended up becoming my boss.
I wanted nothing to do with him, yet he kept closing in on me, cornering me with sarcasm sharp enough to draw blood.
Then one day, Daniel caught me on a date with another man.
His eyes reddened instantly as he pinned me against the wall. "Claire... are you abandoning me again?"
9.3
Candice Luna thought her marriage to Julius Hansen was a lifeline to save her father's struggling company.
She didn't know it was a death sentence until Julius coldly slid divorce papers across his mahogany desk.
His true love, Amina Rowe, was nestled in his arms with a triumphant, mocking smile. The "merger" Julius promised had been a brutal, hostile takeover designed to bleed the Luna Group dry from the inside. Bankrupted and utterly broken, Candice's father stepped off the roof of their corporate tower. Meanwhile, Candice was publicly humiliated, stripped of her dignity, and mocked by all of Wall Street as a discarded stepping stone.
She died in a car accident, her final moments consumed by an agonizing, feral scream. She hated herself for letting her blind devotion destroy the father who had always believed in her.
But when Candice opened her eyes to the harsh fluorescent lights of a hospital room, she realized she wasn't dead.
She was twenty-two again. Three years before the wedding. Three years before her father's suicide.
When Julius's assistant walked in holding a bouquet of blue roses to discuss the preliminary merger, he expected a docile, desperate heiress.
Instead, Candice grabbed a glass of water from the nightstand and flung it directly into his smug face.
"Tell Julius Hansen to never, ever send his dogs to my door again."
This time, there would be no engagement. This time, the Hansen family would choke on her family's legacy.
9.7
Alya Harrell was the illegitimate daughter of a wealthy Long Island family, treated worse than a stray dog in her own home. Tonight, her family finally found a use for her.
Her stepmother and half-sister, Chloe, forced her into a scandalous, plunging red dress. They were offering her as a bargaining chip to Warren Thorne, a ruthless, sleazy hedge fund manager known for collecting and discarding young girls.
Just to ensure her absolute humiliation, Chloe intentionally "tripped" and spilled a glass of red wine all over the silk dress.
"Now you'll have to wear that hideous little black thing you own," Chloe sneered, leaving Alya to face the high-society dinner looking like a beggar.
When Alya tried to escape Thorne's groping hands, her own father hunted her down. He grabbed a fistful of her hair, yanking her head back, and raised his hand to strike her for embarrassing the family.
She was nothing but a pawn to them, a cheap product to be sold and abused for their financial gain. Alya's heart turned cold as she realized her blood relatives would gladly destroy her just to secure a lucrative business deal.
But when she was sent to the cellar to fetch a $50,000 vintage wine for their billionaire VIP guest, Alya caught her perfect sister hooking up with a personal trainer next to the priceless bottle.
Quietly stealing the vintage wine and burying it in the garden dirt, Alya returned to the ballroom with a dangerous smile.
"I think I saw Chloe carrying a bottle down to the cellar," she told her furious father and the VIP, leading them straight toward the trap that would completely ruin her sister's perfect life.
9.8
For two years, I was the perfect, obedient wife to wealthy heir Grady Maddox.
Then I found a hidden compartment in his study desk. Inside were dozens of explicit polaroids of his adopted sister, Jasmine, and a worn leather diary.
The diary revealed the sickening truth.
"Kaya is the perfect shield. As long as I have a wife, no one will ever look too closely at me and my little Yue."
When Jasmine deliberately knocked a bowl of boiling soup onto my hand, Grady didn't even glance at my blistering skin.
He frantically checked Jasmine for nonexistent scratches and yelled at me.
"Why weren't you paying attention? Look at the mess you've made! You scared her."
He then kicked me out to our empty penthouse as punishment, only to move Jasmine in the very next day, letting her parade around in his dress shirts and giving her my favorite custom furniture.
Looking at the husband I had devoted my life to fawning over the sister he was secretly sleeping with, I didn't feel heartbroken. I just felt a deep, suffocating disgust.
I was nothing but a paper wall meant to hide their twisted affair.
I didn't cry, and I didn't beg for his love.
I simply locked him out of the bedroom, gathered my financial records, and called Manhattan's most ruthless divorce attorney.
I was securing my escape, completely unaware that Grady's estranged, terrifyingly powerful older brother had been waiting ten years for this exact moment.