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THE BILLIONAIRE THEY NEVER SAW COMING
By: Arthea EdelweisUpdated just now
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Javier Everhart is the man they mock—his wife, Camila Valverde, betrays him, and her lover, Mateo Waverly, treats him like a joke. He walks into city hall, ready to sign away his failed marriage and leave with nothing. But fate has other plans. Just as Camila revels in her victory, Valeria Solano—the untouchable heiress—reveals the truth: Javier is the heir to an empire. In an instant, the tables turn, and the people who ridiculed him scramble to salvage their futures. Calm and unreadable, Javier isn’t interested in revenge—he walks away, leaving them to drown in their own regrets. But with his newfound power and Valeria by his side, he is ready to reclaim everything they thought he’d never have. They never see him coming. Now, they’ll never forget his name.
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CHAPTER 1
Javier Everhart stood outside the bedroom door, clutching a bouquet of white lilies—the ones Camila had once claimed were her favorite.He wondered if the past few years had been nothing more than an elaborate joke played at his expense.His grip on the flowers tightened as he heard the unmistakable sounds of pleasure coming from behind the door.The moans of a woman and a man intertwined, and Javier knew exactly whose voices they were.His wife. Camila Valverde.He had planned to surprise her today, but who would have thought that the flowers he brought would be met with betrayal?"Ah! Honey! Deeper!"Camila’s voice from behind the door made Javier freeze."Better than your husband?"A man’s voice followed, seeking validation.Camila laughed, mocking."Of course, you’re better in every way. Javier is utterly useless, both in bed and in everything else."The man let out a booming laugh.What the crap are they talking about?Javier clenched his fists, his knuckles turning white. Rage a
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Valeria’s breath hitched as she studied Javier’s profile. That calm, resolute smile—that unshaken confidence—was both terrifying and magnetic. He didn’t ask why the heir of the Ashen Line had declared war. He didn’t even ask how the man had returned.Because none of it mattered.Only the end did.“Do you believe him?” she asked, slowly stepping closer. “That he’s truly the heir?”Javier’s gaze remained locked on the city lights below, the burning horizon where Ashbourne once stood now glowing like a second sunrise.
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“You’re declaring war,” Valeria said quietly, though there was no fear in her voice—only a sharp, burning clarity.“No,” Javier answered, eyes still fixed on the starlit city beneath them. “I declared truth. War is what comes after they refuse to accept it.”A gust of night wind stirred her veil. From the plaza below, music played softly, and the chatter of foreign diplomats mingled with the clinking of glasses. The wedding of Solano’s president and the quiet alchemist who defied nobles and kings—it was already the talk of the continent.But no one below knew what Javier had done at the Hollow Citadel. Not yet.“You’ve shaken the highest seats of power,” Valeria said, stepping in front of him. “The Council will retaliate.”“I’m counting on it,” he replied, without a flicker of doubt.Valeria studied him in silence. “How do you stay so calm?”“Because fear is a currency,” Javier murmured. “And I don’t trade in it.”Before she could reply, a knock echoed from the double doors of the bal
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The Hollow Citadel stood like a monument to forgotten power—built into the jagged cliffs that overlooked the Northern Abyss. It was ancient, its walls etched with runes no scholar dared translate aloud. The Alchemy Council rarely summoned anyone here, let alone a man like Javier Everhart.Valeria’s hand tightened around his as they approached the entrance on foot, the sound of their boots echoing off the stone. Guards with no insignia blocked the gate, their faces concealed behind iron masks. One stepped forward.“State your intent.”Javier didn’t stop walking. “You summoned me. You know why I’m here.”The masked figure hesitated for only a moment before stepping aside.Valeria glanced at him. “You knew they’d try to intimidate you.”“They always do,” Javier said. “It never works.”Inside, the chamber was vast, circular, and dimly lit by blue alchemical fire. Twelve robed figures sat atop thrones of obsidian, each carved with symbols of their house. The Council of Twelve—each one a ma
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Valeria stood beside him, watching the sunlight filter through the high windows of Solano Castle’s war hall. The golden rays gleamed off Javier’s black formal coat, embroidered with symbols of ancient alchemy—some so old that even the Grand Archives had no record of them. The room was silent, except for the sound of the wind rustling against the windows.“You’ve changed,” she whispered, her eyes not on him, but on the distant mountains. “Since the duel.”Javier didn’t respond immediately. He stared ahead, deep in thought, hands clasped behind his back in that familiar stance of quiet command.“No,” he finally said. “I just stopped pretending.”Valeria turned to him. “Pretending to be what?”“Smaller,” he replied. “Less dangerous.”She reached out, fingers grazing his wrist. “I know what you did was necessary. But the council won’t see it that way.”“They will,” Javier said calmly. “If they’re wise.”“And if they’re not?”He looked at her. “Then they’ll remember what happened to the la
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Thunder cracked like a whip as the skies over Solano tore open above them. Clouds swirled, unnatural and thick with red lightning. The earth trembled beneath their feet as the two figures stood face to face—Javier Everhart, calm as stone, and the man who claimed to be his father, a living relic from an era of forgotten alchemy.“You have her eyes,” the man said, voice low, almost sorrowful. “Your mother’s.”Javier didn’t flinch. “You remember her now? After you abandoned her… and me?”“I never abandoned anything. I was sealed,” the man corrected. “By those who feared what I could become. What we could become.”“You became a monster,” Javier said coldly. “They weren’t wrong.”Silence settled between them. But it wasn’t the silence of peace—it was the silence before a storm.“You still don’t understand the truth,” the man said. “You are the last of our line. The only one who carries the perfected blood. I came back not to fight you, Javier, but to claim you.”Javier’s expression didn’t
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"Is there something you want to show me, Javier?" asked Valeria quietly as they descended the dank stone passage beneath the Everhart family tomb.Their steps echoed between the mossy walls. The alchemical candles embedded along the walls burned slowly as they passed, lit not by fire, but by the old energy infiltrating the alchemical symbols in the stone."Not something," Javier replied without turning around. "Someone."Valeria frowned, but she didn't ask again. She was used to her husband's short answers. Javier's silence was not fear or hesitation, but complete mastery of the situation.At the end of the hallway, there was an old metal door. Javier pressed the symbol in the shape of an inverted triangle, and slowly, the door opened, growling like an old creature long asleep.Inside the room, confined behind an alchemy-coated crystal wall, stood an old man with snow-white hair, a thin body, and eyes sharp as night shadows.Valeria held her breath."Who is he...?" she whispered.Javi
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The wedding banquet had reached its peak. Laughter echoed through the grand hall, golden chandeliers bathed the marble floor in soft light, and noblemen from across the realm toasted the union of Javier Everhart and Valeria Halstein. Music flowed, feet danced, and the people of Solano sang praises for the man they now called The Silent Flame—the man who had once been insulted, challenged, and mocked, but now stood above all.But Javier… he wasn’t celebrating.Not truly.From his seat at the head of the hall, his eyes scanned the crowd—calm, sharp, unreadable. He didn’t drink from his goblet. He didn’t join in the laughter. He simply watched.“Still on guard?” Valeria’s voice brushed his ear. Her smile was soft, but her tone carried weight.“Always,” Javier replied.She tilted her head slightly. “You won. The mimic is gone. Drelmar is sealed. Even the council bows to you now.”Javier set his goblet down. “That was just one war.”Valeria paused, following his gaze toward the far corner
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“Call the council. Now.”Javier’s voice echoed across the dim hallway, low but absolute. Valeria didn’t question him—she turned on her heels and disappeared through the shadows, her pace swift and purposeful. Selene lay motionless in his arms, her breathing shallow but steady. Whatever Ambrose—no, the mimic—had done to her was breaking down. The false seal binding her to him had been shattered. But the consequences… they were only beginning.Javier stood alone in the chamber. The cold stone around him hummed with residual energy. His thoughts were methodical—analyzing, organizing, executing. He didn’t have the luxury of fear. He didn’t need it.The real enemy had finally made his move.He gently placed Selene down and drew a circle around her using a chalk he pulled from his coat. His fingers moved like instinct, etching a protective seal infused with Everhart blood memory. It glowed faintly, recognizing him. Binding her to safety.Then he rose and walked away.When he emerged into th
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Great book author. Well written