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I Funded Their Empire for Years, So They Sent Me the Bill

A serialized novel · 24 chapters published · 3 free to read

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For six years Nessa Bourke quietly paid the wages of her fiance's family silver house. At her rehearsal dinner they hand her an itemised bill for the privilege, seat her stepsister in the bride's chair, and never notice what they've just signed.

Tropes & themes: contemporary · female lead · secret heiress · jilted-at-altar · revenge · business empire · enemies to lovers · false accusation · scheming relatives · comeback · found family · betrayal · slow burn · modern city · sibling rivalry

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1: The Statement (free)
  2. Chapter 2: Balance Due (free)
  3. Chapter 3: On Demand (free)
  4. Chapter 4: Optics (free with an account)
  5. Chapter 5: The Third Floor (free with an account)
  6. Chapter 6: The Forty Foot (free with an account)
  7. Chapter 7: Housewarming (free with an account)
  8. Chapter 8: Fitzwilliam Square (free with an account)
  9. Chapter 9: Wages (free with an account)
  10. Chapter 10: The Yellow Door (free with an account)
  11. Chapter 11: Paid (free with an account)
  12. Chapter 12: The Second Folder (free with an account)
  13. Chapter 13: The Blue Door (locked)
  14. Chapter 14: Returned (locked)
  15. Chapter 15: Cork (locked)
  16. Chapter 16: One Night (locked)
  17. Chapter 17: Questioned (locked)
  18. Chapter 18: My Stepmother (locked)
  19. Chapter 19: The Club (locked)
  20. Chapter 20: The Silversmiths' Table (locked)
  21. Chapter 21: The House (locked)
  22. Chapter 22: The Gala (locked)
  23. Chapter 23: The Keys (locked)
  24. Chapter 24: Christmas in Dalkey (locked)

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