Fake Vows, Real Love: The CEO's Wife

For three years, I hid my identity as a billionaire heiress to build a life with the man I loved. I gave up everything to support Ben's career, believing we were creating a future together from the ground up.

The day before our engagement, I overheard him with his boss, Haylie. He called me a "stepping stone," a poor, simple girl he was using to climb the corporate ladder and get closer to her.

He laughed about our "humble" life and mocked the silver ring on my finger, calling it a necessary prop. He was sleeping with her, taking credit for the multi-million dollar deal I secretly engineered, and saw my love as a naive distraction.

The man I sacrificed my entire world for saw me as less than nothing. My love didn't just die; it turned into ice-cold rage.

So I walked out of his life and straight into the arms of my family's biggest rival.

He offered me a deal I couldn't refuse.

"Marry me," Jaxson Banks said with a smirk. "And together, we'll burn their world to the ground."

Chapter 1

Three years I spent building a life with Ben, hiding my true identity as Isolde Park, heiress to Park Industries, all to prove my worth and uplift the man I loved. But the day before our engagement, I learned he saw me as nothing more than a poor, ambitionless stepping stone, a distraction from his real ambition – his powerful boss, Haylie White, and the fortune she represented. It was a brutal punch to the gut, a betrayal that tore through every sacrifice I had made. The normal life I craved, the love I thought we shared, it all shattered in an instant. This was no longer about proving myself to the world; it was about reclaiming everything they tried to take from me.

I sat in the cold, sterile meeting room, the sound of Ben' s voice a dull thrum through the thin walls. My pen hovered over the multi-million dollar merger agreement, a deal I had secretly negotiated over months, using my real identity and connections, then repackaged for Ben to present as his own. It was supposed to be his big break, the promotion he desperately wanted, a testament to his ambition. My engagement ring, a simple silver band he' d given me to mark our "humble beginnings," felt heavy on my finger. I had sacrificed so much for him. My identity. My family's comfort. My own career aspirations at Park Industries. I did it all to stand by his side, to watch him rise, to build something together from the ground up, just like he always said he wanted. I believed him. I believed in us.

The muffled voices from the adjacent executive office, Haylie White' s office, pierced through the quiet of the meeting room. Her voice was sharp, unmistakable. Ben' s was softer, a deferential murmur. Curiosity, a serpent in my stomach, compelled me closer to the wall. I pressed