CHAPTER 1 — THE NAME THAT SHOULD NOT EXIST
The entire wedding hall was frozen.
The music had stopped, glasses were still in mid-air, and no one dared to speak after the billionaire husband bowed in front of the man in a simple white shirt.
Chloe’s breath hitched.
She turned slowly toward her husband.
“Why are you bowing to him?” she whispered, voice shaking for the first time.
The husband didn’t answer immediately. His eyes stayed lowered.
Then, quietly, he said:
“I thought he was dead…”
A murmur spread through the crowd.
The man in the white shirt finally moved for the first time. He adjusted his cuff, calm, almost indifferent.
“You usually say that when you owe someone your entire empire,” he said softly.
The husband’s jaw tightened. His voice cracked.
“He built this city…”
Chloe blinked.
“No… that’s impossible.”
Her husband finally looked at her.
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“The man you mocked… is the one who made me who I am.”
A silence heavier than thunder swallowed the room.
