His Billionaire Betrayal Killed Me,So I Came Back With ProofChapter 1

A fever hit 103°F in the middle of the night. I called Curtis Delgado. No answer.

Half-delirious, I used his card to buy some fever meds.

By the next morning, "Emma Henson the Gold Digger" was trending.

The endorsement deal I'd fought so hard for? Gone.

My already shaky reputation was dragged through the mud.

I'd barely clawed my way back from bankruptcy, and now I was sinking all over again.

I had no choice but to find Curtis and explain—apologize, even.

But when I reached the door to his private room, I heard his voice. Mocking. Casual.

"You know the best way to control a woman?"

"It's not spending money on her. It's making her owe you."

"Destroy her career. Bury her in debt."

"Then she can't leave even if she wants to."

I stared at the contract in my hands. The penalty clause. Seven figures.

Suddenly, it all made sense.

Why my family went bankrupt.

Why my career had stalled for years.

Every misfortune in my life—all of it traced back to Curtis Delgado.

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While I stood there frozen, my phone buzzed with dozens of new messages. Hate mail.

The same garbage on repeat.

Greedy. Shallow. Never going to change.