Story By Mercy Friday
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Mercy Friday

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The Billionaire’s Dead Wife Returns
Updated at Jun 16, 2026, 18:28
After witnessing what she believes is her husband’s betrayal with her closest friend on the same day she learns she is finally pregnant after years of trying to conceive, Olivia Thornton is nearly killed before she has the chance to confront anyone, when someone forces her car off a bridge. She survives, and to protect her unborn children, she disappears from the Thornton world, undergoes reconstructive surgery, and rebuilds her life under a new identity. Determined never to be recognized, she even trains herself to speak differently while raising her triplets far away from the man she no longer trusts and the danger still hunting her. Five years later, her daughter’s critical illness forces her back to Los Angeles, where the only hospital capable of saving her child belongs to Booker Thornton. Desperate to remain unseen, Olivia keeps her distance, but Booker is drawn to her in ways he cannot explain, unable to understand why the mysterious woman feels painfully familiar. If Booker discovers the truth, Olivia could lose her children. If the people who tried to kill her discover she is alive, they will finish what they started. He refuses to let her go again. She refuses to return. But with the past closing in, secrets may destroy them both before the truth can set them free.
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