His Placeholder Bride, My Bitter Revenge

On the eve of my wedding to Grant Sutton, the heir to a vast real estate empire, I discovered the devastating truth. I wasn't his great love; I was just a convenient replacement for his wild, untamable ex, Ivory.

He didn't love me. He loved that I was a polished, "suitable" version of the woman he truly wanted.

When I walked away, he didn't just let me go. He destroyed me. After I published an exposé on his company's shady dealings, he had me fired and systematically ruined my reputation, painting me as a vengeful liar in the press.

My own family turned on me, furious.

"Think about us, Avery! You owe us this!" my sister shrieked, caring only about the fortune I'd lost them.

I was left with nothing-no career, no family, no future. All because I was a placeholder in a love story that was never mine.

Three years later, I came back. Not as the broken fiancée, but as A. Trevino, the anonymous journalist whose latest investigation targeted an elite institution.

An institution with deep ties to the Sutton family. And this time, I wouldn't be the one who was destroyed.