His Broken Bride Is A Hidden Genius

Adeline's stepmother had secretly drugged her for years, turning a child genius into a drooling, mentally disabled laughingstock just so her stepsister could steal her life.

But when her greedy father sold her off to Griffin Herring—a violent, untouchable billionaire psychopath—to save his company, things took a deadly turn.

Before the wedding, Griffin attacked her in a dark alley, nearly snapping her neck before stealing her grandfather's silver necklace.

That necklace held a micro-drive with her family's deepest secrets, and without it, she had nothing.

Back at the estate, her situation only worsened. Her stepsister Damaris paraded around in the Herring family's diamond engagement gifts, trying to force-feed Adeline wet dog food on an Instagram live stream.

When Adeline's calculated "clumsiness" ruined the video, her furious father locked her in a damp, rusted basement.

"Give her to the psycho," her stepmother hissed through the door. "Let him lock her away forever."

Listening from the shadows, Adeline's fists clenched until her palms bled.

Her supposed mental fog wasn't a tragedy—it was a calculated assassination of her mind. They had destroyed her childhood and were now throwing her to a monster just to keep the billions.

The dull, empty look in Adeline's eyes vanished instantly, replaced by a razor-sharp, chilling clarity.

She pulled a thin surgical needle from her messy bun and picked the heavy iron padlock in ten seconds. It was time to break into the billionaire's penthouse, take back her necklace, and tear them all apart.