Reese

After six years of loving Julian Grayson and literally keeping him alive with her rare blood donations, Hazel Ashworth is just three days away from becoming his wife when he calls to cancel their wedding. 
The reason? Her half-sister Ivy has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and her dying wish is to marry Julian instead. Hazel watches in horror as Julian takes her handcrafted wedding dress to Ivy, who plans to wear it while stealing not just Hazel's fiancé, but her entire wedding—same venue, same date, even the same cake flavor. 
It's a devastating replay of their childhood, where Ivy's mother Eleanor destroyed Hazel's family by seducing her father and driving her mother to suicide, then spent years pushing Hazel out while Ivy took everything that was once hers. 
But this time, Hazel refuses to break like her mother did. She demands Julian's entire company and two million dollars as compensation, then shows up at the hospital to deliver Ivy's "wedding gift" in the most explosive way possible.
As Ivy plays the perfect dying victim and Julian remains blind to her manipulation, Hazel begins to suspect that her half-sister's illness might not be as terminal as everyone believes. When Ivy has the audacity to ask Hazel to witness her wedding to Julian, the gloves come off completely. 
Now Hazel must decide how far she's willing to go to expose the truth and reclaim what's rightfully hers, even if it means destroying the man she once loved in the process.

The Billionaire Backs Me Up

Tension clawed at my throat as I stared at the fifty-million-dollar request hanging in the air. Wesley's eyes gleamed with entitlement as he leaned against my desk, his expensive watch catching the light as he gesticulated wildly.


"You have the money now, Hazel," he insisted. "Everyone knows Julian handed over the company to you, and that Sterling guy is loaded. This should be pocket change."


I kept my expression neutral while my mind raced. The audacity was breathtaking—showing up at my office making demands as if I were some ATM machine. The worst part was the kernel of truth in his words. Julian had indeed transferred ownership of our joint company to me, but the transition was still underway. And though Damien had helped with financing, every penny was accounted for in our business expansion.


Chapter 32