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Intro. A Villain’s Bride — His POV
To the world, I am a success story.
Thirty years old. CEO. Clean suits, polished smiles, magazine covers that call me visionary. They praise my discipline, my timing, my brilliance. I nod, sometimes I even laugh—because I know exactly what they are applauding. They just don’t know the cost of it. Or the bloodless cruelty that built it.
And they never will.
Because I made sure of that.
My association doesn’t leave loose ends. Truth is buried deeper than graves, dressed in legality and numbers. What I sell is power disguised as progress. What I rule is an empire that thrives in the dark. No one knows I am the boss—not the police, not the board, not even the woman who shares my bed.
Especially not her.
My wife.
She is twenty-six now. Still soft in a world that sharpens people. Still kind in ways that make me ache. She works in my company—our company, officially—walking the same corridors I built to look harmless. She believes in systems, in fairness.
Ethan Smithson
@Girl_who_lovesto_read😍☺
Ethan Smithson
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Intro. A Villain’s Bride — His POV
To the world, I am a success story.
Thirty years old. CEO. Clean suits, polished smiles, magazine covers that call me visionary. They praise my discipline, my timing, my brilliance. I nod, sometimes I even laugh—because I know exactly what they are applauding. They just don’t know the cost of it. Or the bloodless cruelty that built it.
And they never will.
Because I made sure of that.
My association doesn’t leave loose ends. Truth is buried deeper than graves, dressed in legality and numbers. What I sell is power disguised as progress. What I rule is an empire that thrives in the dark. No one knows I am the boss—not the police, not the board, not even the woman who shares my bed.
Especially not her.
My wife.
She is twenty-six now. Still soft in a world that sharpens people. Still kind in ways that make me ache. She works in my company—our company, officially—walking the same corridors I built to look harmless. She believes in systems, in fairness.
Ethan Smithson
@Girl_who_lovesto_read😍☺
Ethan Smithson