My Fiancé Skipped Our Wedding for His Assistant — Then I Married the Billionaire Who Had Loved Me
Chapter 9
The public discovered their relationship within weeks.
The internet exploded.
The abandoned bride was now dating one of America’s richest men.
Some called it revenge.
Others called it an upgrade.
Natalie hated every headline.
Alexander hated them more.
One morning, he found her reading comments.
“Stop.”
She looked up.
“What?”
“You’re letting strangers decide what this relationship means.”
“They think I’m with you because Daniel left me.”
“Are you?”
“No.”
“Then let them think.”
She smiled.
“I hate that you’re always right.”
“I enjoy it.”
She laughed.
But her family reacted differently.
Her father was skeptical.
“Alexander Sterling?”
Natalie nodded.
“He’ll hurt you.”
“He hasn’t.”
“He’s powerful.”
“So?”
“He could destroy you if things go wrong.”
Natalie looked at her father.
“Daniel hurt me without having any power.”
She paused.
“Alexander has never once made me feel small.”
Her father had no response.
It wasn’t approval.
But it was the beginning.
