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Chapter 20 Emily Carter 10:17,Jul 30,2026 Forced into a substitute marriage with a powerful tycoon family, Sia Thubron had been nothing more than her clan's castoff. Yet with a cool head and a razor-sharp mind, she rewrote the board her fate was played on. On the surface, she looked fragile, a pawn to be pushed wherever others pleased. Beneath it, she was unbreakable steel, a blade kept sheathed until the moment it mattered. On her wedding night, she received no tenderness, only indifference and careful tests. Behind the gilded doors of the elite, she faced schemes stacked on schemes, conspiracies nested in smiles. When power bore down and the truth finally surfaced, she advanced step by step, tearing open the family's polished façade with calculated precision. A pawn? No. She meant to be the one holding the pieces. Marriage was the trap. Life and death were the wager. In the end, who walked away the winner?
