Blurb：
Ethan discovers the shocking truth about his girlfriend Scarlett Sinclair. After overhearing Scarlett and Mason’s cruel conversation, Ethan learns Scarlett faked paralysis to destroy his basketball career at Texas State University. The heiress to Sinclair Group used Ethan’s poverty against him, even selling his father’s precious cat’s eye bracelet to Mason Moon. Heartbroken but determined, Ethan reveals his true identity as heir to Sterling Group and accepts an arranged marriage with the Moons. This intense billionaire romance features betrayal, revenge, and dramatic revelations. Will Ethan reclaim his legacy and expose Scarlett’s lies?
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The lingering thrill from the unexpected thousand-dollar tip vanished, replaced by a cold dread that coiled in my stomach.
I stood frozen on the pristine steps of that Beverly Hills mansion, the Uber Eats bag dangling forgotten from my hand, as the conversation from inside sliced through me.
Scarlett, that idiot Ethan from Brentwood actually believes your legs are paralyzed?
A laugh, light and cruel.
Oh, completely. I heard the idiot is out there in all weather, delivering food to pay for my experimental surgery’.
Not just that! The dumbass even sold the heirloom his dead father left him.
You have to admit, Ethan treated you pretty well, Scarlett. If he ever finds out you’re actually Scarlett Sinclair, heiress to the Sinclair Group, and you’ve been faking everything… he’d probably just break.
Yeah, Scarlett, why him? He was our friend. He’s broke, but he’s harmless.
Then, my girlfriend Scarlett Sinclair’s voicethe voice I’d loved, the voice I’d worked myself to the bone forcut through the rest, cold and clear.
A fool like that? That kind of gutter trash? He was born to serve. It’s in his blood.
It’s because of him that Mason couldn’t make the Texas State University basketball team.
A wave of understanding from the others. Ohhh So your paralysis’ conveniently, started right after Ethan made the team?
Bingo. If Mason couldn’t have it, why should he? I did it to get back at him for Mason.
Each word was a precise, surgical strike, methodically dismantling the reality I had lived for three years.
So, she was only with me to help her childhood sweetheart get revenge.
So, her paralyzed’ legs, her tragic’ background it was all an elaborate act she’d orchestrated.
So, every single vow over the past three years was just hollow, disgusting lies.
It seemed I was nothing but a joke, a plaything for her amusement.
Numbly, I pulled out my phone. My fingers moved on their own, dialing the number I had sworn I would never call for this reason.
Mom… My voice was hollow, the sound of something final breaking. I’ve lost. I’m ready. Ready to accept my position as heir to the Sterling Group.
There was a pause on the other end, then a quiet, And the arranged marriage with the Moons?
Yes. The word tasted like ash. I’m ready for that, too.
I hung up. As if on cue, Mason’s voice drifted out, smug and victorious.
Scarlett, you’ve suffered these past few years, pretending for me. Thank you for everything you’ve done. Don’t worry, the second I’m officially named heir to the Moon Group, I’ll make you my wife.
Through the slight gap in the door, I saw him. And on his wrist, catching the light, was the bracelet. My father’s bracelet.
Woven from nine rare cat’s eye stones, the only thing of value the man had ever owned, left to me.
And Scarlett had given it to him.
Mmm, Mason, Scarlett murmured, nestling against him. I’ll wait for you.
And I saw her. Standing there, tall in her high heels, her long, perfect legs on full display.
Every last illusion shattered.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The force of my knuckles against the heavy oak door echoed in the sudden silence.
Every eye in the room snapped towards me.
The chatter died instantly, replaced by a stunned, guilty silence.
No one expected me to walk in at that moment.
Scarlett’s eyes widened, a flash of pure panic erasing her composed mask.
E-Ethan? What are you doing here?
I didn’t even look at her, my gaze fixed on the bracelet, my father’s legacy, glowing mockingly on Mason’s wrist.
It was made of nine cat’s eye stones, felt like a physical weight in my memory.
It was my father’s most cherished possession, the only tangible piece of him I had left.
And now, it adorned the wrist of the man who had orchestrated my ruin.
Just an old friends’ get-together Scarlett stammered, the lie pathetic and hollow in the thick silence.
But explanation were meaningless now. The world had shifted on its axis.
I stared straight at Mason. Give me back the bracelet.
Scarlett blinked, thrown. For three years, I had hung on her every word.
But now, I wouldn’t even look at her. It threw her off balance.
She took a step toward me, a familiar, pleading tone entering her voice. Ethan, just listen
Listen to what? I cut her off coldly. Listen to how you helped’ me sell my father’s bracelet to Mr. Moon?
Or should I listen to the medical miracle of your paralyzed legs healing overnight?
Scarlett was rendered speechless.
The air in the opulent room crackled with tension.
Everyone waited for the show to begin.
Mason pulled Scarlett possessively against his side, right in front of me, and deliberately raised his wrist.
This old thing? It was a gift from Scarlett. What? You want it back?
His eyes were full of open contempt and a gloating challenge.
You can have it but it’s mine now. If you want it, pay fifty thousand for it.
I had expected him to be difficult.
But fifty grand? It was an impossible sum.
Because of Scarlett, I had severed ties with my family years ago, leaving home with nothing but pride and rage.
For years, every cent I earned delivering food went into the black hole of her fake medical treatments.
Fifty grand? I didn’t even have five hundred bucks in my bank account.
Mason clearly knew it. His smirk was insufferable, utterly confident in my humiliation.
A foolish part of me thought Scarlett might speak up.
After all, the bracelet was mine.
But she remained silent, nestled against him. That final betrayal sank my heart into a cold, dark abyss.
I took a sharp,steadying breath. Fine. I’ll buy it.
I wanted no further connection to Scarlett. I just wanted what was left of my father back.
The moment the words left my mouth, Mason burst out laughing.
You? Buy it? Ethan, did I hear that right?He gestured dismissively at me.
You could deliver food for a decade and not save fifty grand. What are you going to pay with?Good intentions?
And this Mason pointed at the insulated delivery bag at my feet. This is top-tier Japanese Omakase. A single meal costs more than you make in a month. Have you ever even seen real uni?
He snatched the bag and shoved it at a hulking bodyguard behind him.
Here! Take this and feed it to the dogs!
After ordering the bodyguard, he turned back to me. See that? That’s the difference between us, Ethan. I can treat ten grand like it’s nothing. Trash like you? You’ll spend your whole life scrambling for scraps. You’re trash, and trash belongs in the gutter.
Mocking laughter erupted from his sycophantic friends.
A lousy delivery guy, daring to challenge Mason Moon? What a joke!
If this loser can cough up fifty grand, I’ll eat my own hat standing on my head!
This idiot actually thought Scarlett liked him? Everyone knows Scarlett and Mason are the real deal.
Mason basked in his friends’ approval, swelling with arrogance. He was enjoying this, savoring every second of my public destruction.
Scarlett said this piece of junk might be worth something,” Mason sneered, his voice dripping with contempt. “But someone like you? What good stuff could you possibly own? Only trash would treasure trash like this. You think I’d actually want it?
With a violent jerk, he ripped the bracelet from his wrist and hurled it in a wide arc out the open window.
Splash.
The sound was sickeningly final. The last piece of my father vanished into the dark, choppy waters of the lake.
Something inside me snapped. A raw, guttural roar tore from my throat as I lunged for the window.
Ethan!
Scarlett’s arms wrapped around me, pulling me back with surprising strength.
Are you insane? It’s just a stupid bracelet!
Let go of me, Scarlett! LET GO!
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