The CEO Who Never Wanted His Plus-Size Wife
READING AGE 18+
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"Nobody will ever love a woman like you."
Those were the last words Alina Everhart heard before her own parents auctioned her future to save their collapsing empire. Mocked for her weight, humiliated by society, and compared to her perfect younger sister every single day, Alina has spent twenty-four years believing she was the family's greatest disappointment.
Until billionaire CEO Lucien Ashford agrees to marry her. Not because he loves her, but because he needs a wife to secure control of Ashford International after his grandfather's death. Lucien makes one thing painfully clear: "I'll give you my name... but never my heart."
Living in his mansion becomes another nightmare as his glamorous ex-fiancée wants him back, his powerful grandmother believes Alina is unworthy of the family name, and the media turns her into a laughingstock, calling her "The Billionaire's Fat Mistake." But while everyone is busy judging her appearance, someone begins sabotaging Ashford International from within. Company secrets are stolen, executives disappear, and every single clue somehow leads back to Lucien's new wife.
Now Lucien must decide whether the woman everyone calls a fraud is truly betraying him, or whether she's the only person who can expose the enemy sleeping inside his own family. Because the biggest mistake he ever made wasn't marrying the plus-size girl—it was underestimating her.
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Alina’s POV
The morning had started with a strange sort of calm, but that didn't last long because Victoria’s assistant came to my room around ten to tell me I was required in the parlor immediately. I walked down to the main floor wondering what was happening, and I found Victoria sitting in a high-backed chair while Lucie……
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