MY RICH EX-BOYFRIEND FORCED ME TO MARRY A STARVING BEGGAR IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA TO HUMBLE ME.
Gabriel’s expression finally warmed again.
“She’s already in surgery,” he said. “The best team in the country.”
My breath caught.
“And the money?”
He shook his head gently.
“Not from me.”
I frowned slightly.
“Then…?”
“From Julian’s frozen assets,” Gabriel replied. “Legally seized. Redirected through emergency authorization.”
My heart stopped.
“He… paid for it?” I whispered.
Gabriel nodded once.
“Justice,” he said simply.
I couldn’t hold back anymore.
I stepped forward and hugged him tightly.
Not the powerful man.
Not the billionaire.
Just the man who had seen everything…
And chose to stand on the right side of it.
Hours later, the cathedral was empty.
The media had scattered.
The powerful had fallen.
And the story that was meant to humiliate me…
Had become the biggest financial scandal in the country’s history.
As we stepped outside, the sun was beginning to set.
The sky burned gold and crimson.
A new beginning.
Gabriel looked at me.
“This time,” he said gently, “there’s no deal. No condition.”
He took my hand again.
“Just a choice.”
I met his eyes.
For the first time in a long time…
I wasn’t afraid of what came next.
“I choose this,” I said softly.
“And I choose you.”
Somewhere far away, in a holding cell, Julian sat alone—watching the news replay the moment he thought would be his greatest victory.
Over and over again.
The laughter.
The reveal.
The fall.
He had tried to turn my life into a spectacle.
In the end…
It was his empire that became one.
And this time—
The whole world was watching.