Once Discarded, Now Desired

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Chapter 9 Maybe You'll Have Better Luck Behind Bars img
Chapter 10 Jonny, Did You Seriously Just Hit Me img
Chapter 11 I Can Take Care Of It Myself img
Chapter 12 It Really Was Luck img
Chapter 13 What's He Like img
Chapter 14 And If You Lose img
Chapter 15 You've Just Sealed Your Fate, Eleanor img
Chapter 16 Do You Have No Dignity At All img
Chapter 17 Finish What You Started img
Chapter 18 Your Sister's Condition Has Deteriorated img
Chapter 19 We Should End This img
Chapter 20 Add This Site Too img
Chapter 21 Pull Out Every Bit Of Our Investment img
Chapter 22 Why Don't You Ask Your Girlfriend, Jonny img
Chapter 23 You'll Pay Dearly For It img
Chapter 24 Lainey Should Live Here With You img
Chapter 25 I thought you'd left us behind img
Chapter 26 You Shouldn't Stay Up For Me Tonight img
Chapter 27 You Should Keep Your Distance img
Chapter 28 Make Her Stay! img
Chapter 29 The Plan Is Workable. img
Chapter 30 Should We Consider Investing img
Chapter 31 I Just Live Off Allowances img
Chapter 32 We Are Enemies! img
Chapter 33 Hope House Will Always Be Your Home img
Chapter 34 Fannie And Nolan Are Really Kind! img
Chapter 35 You Actually Calling Me img
Chapter 36 You'll Move In Tomorrow img
Chapter 37 I Just Don't Love You Anymore img
Chapter 38 Please Think Of The Company's Future! img
Chapter 39 I Hate To Burden You With This img
Chapter 40 Call An Ambulance! img
Chapter 41 You're Making Baseless Accusations img
Chapter 42 I Shouldn't Have Snapped At You img
Chapter 43 What A Coincidence img
Chapter 44 Where Are You Taking Me For Dinner img
Chapter 45 This Woman Just Stole From Me img
Chapter 46 You Really Are Ungrateful img
Chapter 47 Please Give Him A Hand img
Chapter 48 Nolan Isn't Going To Bite img
Chapter 49 I Truly Appreciate What You've Done img
Chapter 50 Nolan's Clearly Into You img
Chapter 51 They're Only Asking For $100 Million img
Chapter 52 I'll Let It Slide This Time img
Chapter 53 I Wanted To Discuss Fannie's Aftercare img
Chapter 54 You Deserve Each Other img
Chapter 55 The Design Is Siren Amour img
Chapter 56 Hope House Will Be Relocated Soon img
Chapter 57 You've Got A Deal! img
Chapter 58 Where Did All That Money Go img
Chapter 59 Show These Troublemakers The Door! img
Chapter 60 Show Up And Steal The Spotlight! img
Chapter 61 What's So Funny, Lillian img
Chapter 62 Look At This Dress! img
Chapter 63 Lainey's The One In The Spotlight Today! img
Chapter 64 I'm Terribly Sorry img
Chapter 65 This Is All Your Fault, You Bitch! img
Chapter 66 Making A Scene Won't Change A Thing img
Chapter 67 She Won't Escape Me img
Chapter 68 We've Traced The Source img
Chapter 69 That's His Business With Eleanor img
Chapter 70 Wasn't The Disaster At The Wedding Enough img
Chapter 71 I Know You Got The Invitation Too img
Chapter 72 Did You Catch Emma's Words img
Chapter 73 Be My Girlfriend img
Chapter 74 And Who Even Knows If He's Serious img
Chapter 75 Are You Enigma img
Chapter 76 The Competition Is About To Start img
Chapter 77 Shouldn't We Expose Her img
Chapter 78 Don't Underestimate Her img
Chapter 79 Lainey Plagiarized Enigma's Work img
Chapter 80 Welcome Back, Enigma img
Chapter 81 You Sound Green With Envy img
Chapter 82 I Want You Out! img
Chapter 83 Take Me Out To Eat img
Chapter 84 You're Not My Wife img
Chapter 85 When Did You Get Here img
Chapter 86 I'm Not Kurt Gilbert's Daughter img
Chapter 87 You've Met The Bentons Before img
Chapter 88 My Girlfriend's Busy img
Chapter 89 Should I Lend You Some img
Chapter 90 Everything I Have Is Yours img
Chapter 91 Is It True You Evaded Taxes img
Chapter 92 My Wife Will Only Be Her img
Chapter 93 Will You Let Us Handle This img
Chapter 94 I'll Trust You img
Chapter 95 They're Already Guessing You're Butterfly img
Chapter 96 He Really Does Care About You img
Chapter 97 Eleanor, Don't Get Too Comfortable img
Chapter 98 My Most Prized Protégé img
Chapter 99 You've Got A Deal! img
Chapter 100 And Don't Forget To Miss Me img
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Once Discarded, Now Desired

Ashton Wilde
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Chapter 1 Here's The Divorce Agreement

Inside the CEO's office of the Todd Group, Jonny Todd slid a set of papers across the desk toward Eleanor Todd. "Here's the divorce agreement. Go through it, and if everything looks fine, sign your name."

Eleanor's eyes lingered on the papers, shadowed with emotions she kept hidden. "Do we truly have to end our marriage?"

At her words, Jonny arched his brows, amusement flickering in his tone. "What else were you hoping for? Our marriage only existed to make my grandmother happy."

While speaking, he reached for the hand of the woman at his side, his voice softening. "And now that Lainey has returned, I need to restore her place and give her the respect she deserves."

Eleanor slowly raised her head, her gaze falling on the woman who had always lived in her husband's heart-Lainey Gilbert. Lainey was Jonny's childhood friend and ex-girlfriend.

Three years earlier, the Todd family and the Gilbert family had planned an engagement for Jonny and Lainey.

But before the engagement ceremony could happen, Jonny was in a car crash that left his legs broken, with doctors warning he might never walk again.

Once the news reached the Gilberts, they abruptly canceled the arrangement and sent Lainey overseas.

Yet even with their callous rejection, Jonny never erased Lainey from his heart.

With her sudden return, he was impatient to dissolve his marriage with Eleanor and welcome Lainey as his wife.

Lainey stood in a light white dress, dimples flashing as she smiled, looking every bit like a fragile bloom in full beauty.

She carried a beauty that was hard to deny.

It made perfect sense that Jonny had clung to her image all these years.

When Eleanor said nothing, Lainey faced her with apparent sincerity. "Mrs. Todd, Jonny and I share real love. I hope you'll give us your blessing."

Yet how could love be genuine when she had abandoned him the moment he was crippled, only to return once he recovered?

A dry laugh slipped from Eleanor as her eyes shifted toward Jonny. "A divorce is fine. But after what I've done for your family all those three years, I won't leave empty-handed. I expect fair compensation."

Because Sallie Todd had once helped her in the orphanage, Eleanor had agreed without hesitation when the old woman asked her to marry her grandson, Jonny.

Since then, she had poured herself into the role of a loyal wife.

She had even grown a faint affection for him while watching his efforts to stand on his own again.

But despite her devotion, three years had done nothing to soften his heart.

Letting go now was the only path left.

Still, her part in pushing the Todd Group to its successful listing was no small matter.

She would not allow her hard work to vanish without acknowledgment.

Jonny laughed under his breath as he lit a cigarette, his features sharpening in the haze of smoke. "Don't worry. Sign the papers, and you'll have $70 million along with a riverside villa."

Although Eleanor meant little to him, he couldn't ignore the fact that she had stayed by his side while his legs were useless. That was enough to settle the debt between them.

"I'll give you two days to think. If you want anything more..." he began.

"There's no need." Eleanor lifted the pen with steady grace and signed her name. "By tomorrow morning, I'll move out and leave the place open for you and Miss Gilbert."

Jonny felt a spark of satisfaction at her decisiveness.

Even he could not deny that Eleanor had been the model wife. She was beautiful, compliant, and skilled at keeping the household in order.

Yet to him, her nature was unbearably bland. She lived like a machine, going through tasks without spirit or surprise. Dull, unchanging, and without spark. She could never stir his desire.

What he longed for was a partner who understood him, someone who could stand at his side through every storm. In his mind, only Lainey fit that role.

Jonny gathered up the contract and had it delivered to the court, ready to offer Eleanor a few courteous words, but Lainey leaned close and gave his sleeve a small tug.

"Jonny, I was thinking... I really like that villa too," Lainey said.

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