Reborn as the Billionaire's Discarded Wife
[Ongoing]
"I’ll think of my real family now."
With those cold words, Ethan Pierce signed the DNR order that ended Aria’s life. Betrayed by her husband and his pregnant mistress, Aria died in a sterile hospital room—discarded like yesterday's trash while her "murderers" celebrated.
But fate has a twisted sense of humor.
Aria wakes up gasping in a luxury suite in the Maldives. She is twenty-five again. It is the second day of her honeymoon. She has exactly 1,095 days until her scheduled death.
Armed with a hidden $2.3 million inheritance and memories of every betrayal, Aria decides to play a new game. She will no longer be the mousy, devoted wife. She will be the predator in the boardroom and the shadow that dismantles the Pierce empire brick by brick.
However, the Ethan she wakes up to is different. He’s attentive. He’s protective. He’s... desperate for her touch.
As the war of hearts and stocks begins, Aria realizes she isn't the only one keeping secrets. An unknown sender warns her: “You shouldn’t have come back.”
In a world of regression and corporate bloodbaths, who is the real hunter? And what happens when the man you've vowed to destroy is the only one who remembers how you died?
Get ready for a high-stakes tale of vengeance, second chances, and the deadly cost of cheating fate.
"People don't change, Ethan. They just get better at hiding who they really are."
Ethan’s grip on his wedding band tightened—a tell she now knew all too well. He stepped into her personal space, his glacial blue eyes raw with a guilt he couldn't name.
"Then let me be a better liar for you," he whispered, his voice a low rumble. "If you want the empire, I’ll give it to you. If you want my father’s head, I’ll bring it on a platter. Just… don’t look at me like I’m a ghost."
Aria offered a cold, practiced smile, the kind that never reached her amber eyes. She checked her watch. 1,094 days left.
"I'm not looking at a ghost, Ethan," she said, tapping the contract between them. "I'm looking at a business partner. Sign the papers, and maybe I’ll let you stay in the same room as me."
Ethan didn't hesitate. He signed.
He didn't know he had just signed over the keys to his own destruction. And Aria? She didn't know that Ethan was counting the days, too.
The war has officially begun.