Unwanted Fake Wife The Top Billionaire novel Chapter 190

Sham Marriage Quit, Real Heiress Strikes Back

Chapter 190 No More Pretending

Worst case, we blow this up. So what. I have money now. I’m not stuck relying on anyone anymore.

“I don’t understand why you chose to marry me,” Elena said, her voice steady but edged with something sharper. “With your resources, you could’ve kept that will completely hidden if you wanted to.”

She looked straight at him.

“So why pull me into whatever is going on between you and Fiona?”

Her voice didn’t waver.

“Do you really think that just because I put up with five years of garbage from Nathan, that means I can tolerate anything?” she continued. “That I can sit here and watch you and Fiona act like there’s something going on between you and just… accept it?”

She let out a quiet, humorless laugh.

“Then you’re wrong. I can’t accept it. It makes me uncomfortable, and honestly, it makes me sick.”

Everything she had been holding in finally surfaced. She hated the way Fiona acted so familiar with Alexander right in front of her..

She hated how people constantly linked the two of them together.

It made her feel like she didn’t belong.

Like she had taken something that was never hers.

And if that were true. Then what made her any different from Camille?

The room fell completely silent.

For a brief moment, something shifted in Alexander’s eyes. A flicker of light.

“So,” he said slowly, watching her, “all this time, you’ve been upset because of Fiona?”

Elena instinctively wanted to deny it.

But when she thought about it carefully, that was exactly the reason.

..Yes, she admitted.

Alexander’s lips curved slightly. “When exactly did you see me ‘acting like there’s something going on with her?”

“How would I know?” Elena replied, her tone blunt. “You two work together every day. I’m not there to see what happens

“I have nothing going on with her,” Alexander said evenly.

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Elena didn’t believe it.

Nathan had said the same thing about Camille.

And look how that turned out.

“Elena,” Alexander said, his tone firm now, “I don’t cheat. That’s not something I do. You can trust that.”

She studied him carefully this time, really looked at him instead of brushing it off, and what she saw made her pause.

His gaze didn’t waver, not even for a second. There was no hesitation in his eyes, no flicker of avoidance, nothing that suggested he was holding anything back.

For reasons she couldn’t fully put into words, she found herself believing him.

Maybe not his feelings.

But at least his actions.

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And for this one–year marriage, that was enough.

Elena slowly closed her eyes, ready to end the conversation and let the moment pass.

But before she could fully settle, she felt the mattress shift beside her.

Alexander lay down beside her, pulled the blanket over them both, and wrapped an arm around her waist,

natural thing in the world. drawing her into his chest as if it were the most

“You should sleep in the master bedroom,” Elena muttered, shifting slightly in protest.

He tightened his hold and pulled her back. “I can’t sleep without you.”

She let out a soft huff. “You make it sound like I’m your only option.”

“Yeah,” he said quietly, his voice low and steady, “you are.”

His breath brushed lightly against her ear.

Her heartbeat skipped.

“Elena.”

“…What?”

“Have you ever considered something?”

“Considered what?”

Her thoughts felt strangely unfocused.

His hand rested over hers, warm and steady. After a pause, he spoke, “What if the person I’ve liked all along… was you?”

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There was no response.

After a moment, he lifted himself slightly to look at her. She was already asleep. Her breathing slow and

even.

Alexander let out a quiet, helpless laugh, then leaned down and pressed a light kiss to her cheek before closing his eyes.

The next morning. Fiona arrived early at the office.

She brought coffee for everyone in the secretary pool, handing them out one by one.

“Thanks, Fiona!”

“You’re seriously the best.”

They smiled, clearly pleased.

Fiona smiled softly. “It’s nothing. Alexander gave me a gift card anyway, and I wasn’t using it. Next time there’s a new place opening, I’ll have him take everyone out.”

The moment she said that, the others exchanged glances filled with envy.

“Wow, he treats you really well.”

“Well, obviously,” someone added with a knowing tone. “Just look at how close you two are.”

There was an unmistakable hint of flattery in their voices.

Fiona’s ears turned slightly red as she feigned annoyance. “Don’t say things like that. If Alexander hears you, I won’t be able to help you.”

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