\u201cYou have exactly one hour to get off my property,\u201d I said calmly, lowering my sunglasses as I watched my ex-husband go completely pale. His vicious mother dragged a cheap suitcase through the mud while his mistress frantically tried to rescue her stolen designer bags \u2014 and that was when they finally learned the maid they had humiliated was secretly a billionaire.\u201cYou are a liability, Camila. Sign the damn papers.\u201dMy husband, Grant Callaway, slammed the gold pen down onto the mahogany table. Beside him stood Jessica Vain, his beautiful business consultant and very obvious mistress, smirking behind her champagne flute.My name is Camila. Three years ago, I married the heir to the enormous Callaway logistics empire, but instead of becoming a wife, I became an unpaid servant for Grant and his poisonous mother, Beatrice. I had no money, no influential family, and no voice. Tonight, they had decided they were finally finished with me. The company was preparing to go public, and my lack of rich pedigree had become, in their eyes, a serious public relations problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe car is waiting outside to take you to a motel,\u201d Beatrice lied smoothly from the doorway. \u201cLeave the jewelry. Take only what you brought into this house.\u201dNumb and completely shattered, I signed my name, grabbed my small suitcase, and was violently pushed out the front door. The heavy lock clicked behind me. There was no car waiting. Only a freezing, torrential downpour. As I dragged my luggage down the endless driveway, their celebratory laughter rang from the windows. I was entirely alone, completely broke, and terrified.Just as I reached the massive iron gates, an intimidating, pitch-black Rolls-Royce Phantom pulled up silently, blocking my way. My heart pounded in my chest. Had Grant sent someone to finish the job?The tinted window slid down. An older gentleman in a perfect bespoke suit looked at me with an intensity that made me freeze.\u201cCamila,\u201d he said, his voice cutting cleanly through the heavy rain. \u201cPlease, get in the car.\u201d don\u2019t know you,\u201d I choked out, clutching my suitcase like a shield.name is Adrien Cross. I am the senior counsel for the Wakefield Trust,\u201d he said, stepping out and holding an umbrella over my head. \u201cYour parents died before they could tell you the truth. Your grandfather was Arthur Sterling, the industrial magnate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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