What would you do if the man you were about to marry was secretly having a child with your stepsister?All those nights believing I was the woman he wanted, only to discover my stepsister was carrying his baby.My fiancé betrayed me and my family chose his side.So I walked away.That night, with nowhere to go and nothing left to lose, I got drunk and woke up beside a stranger.I woke up next to him, thinking it was a reckless one night stand but I was wrong.His name was Xavier Cross, and he was a billionaire CEO who had no business wanting anything from a woman like me, yet he offered me a contract marriage.He needed a wife and I needed the power to get revenge on the people who had destroyed me.So I agreed.What was supposed to be a cold arrangement slowly turned into something realistic. The distance between us disappeared one night at a time, and every touch made it harder to remember that this marriage was supposed to be nothing more than a deal. It was never supposed to feel this good.But Xavier had secrets of his own.Why did he seem to know me before we met? I married Xavier for revenge, I never realized that my husband had a plan of his own.He had his rules. I had my revenge.

"You are just a replacement!" Those were the first words Jeremy Bennett, America's most ruthless billionaire, said to me after we exchanged vows. "Wear my ring. Smile in public. Stay out of my way. The moment I find my real bride, you're gone." I should have walked away, Instead, I smiled. "You have nothing to worry about, Mr. Bennett. I'm not here for your love." He had no idea I hadn't married him for his billions. Gabriel Beaumont, his influential godfather, had offered me a deal to marry Jeremy, and in return, he would tell me the truth about my father and the family secrets that had been buried for twenty-three years. It had been a bargain with the devil, but I couldn't refuse. However, with Jeremy's grandmother watching my every move, his brother determined to have me dead, and his missing fiancée watching behind the scenes, my search for the truth became more difficult than I had imagined. Even the people I had always called family were hiding secrets that could destroy me. Then, on the night I finally uncovered the truth, my own mother looked me in the eyes and whispered softly "Run before they find out who you really are." "Who am I?" I asked. "You're not the replacement bride, Emma..." "You were the bride they wanted all along."

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