His Consolation Bride
EnglishPublished Nov 14, 2026
His Consolation Bride is a serial in English. Part 1 is printed here in full; the story continues from Part 2 in the official app.
From Part 2 the story is in the official app — the code is in the bar at the bottom of the page.
The story
At a late-night gathering of former classmates in the Oak Room, Garrett Rhodes confesses to a ruthless act: his father's seven-figure pledge to the business school quietly moved a coveted fellowship from Tessa to Serena Brooks, along with its guaranteed seat at Blackwood Capital. Tessa, seated beside her husband, learns that the career she bled for was erased behind closed doors, and that Garrett considers their marriage a way to balance the ledger.
When Serena appears at the door and hears the truth, she falls sobbing into Garrett's arms while the room admires him as a selfless guardian angel. No one asks about the woman whose ladder was kicked away. Garrett warns Tessa not to make a scene, certain she is sensible enough to get over it.
Alone in the hallway, Tessa realizes she no longer wants the man she married, and when they return to their Beacon Hill penthouse, she steps out of his reach.
Opening
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It was past midnight when the private dining room at the Oak Room began to smell of stale bourbon and expensive cigar smoke. Someone had proposed a drinking game—a high-stakes variation of Confessions, where the buy-in was admitting to the most ruthless thing you’d ever done to secure an advantage.
Most of our former college classmates offered up sanitized corporate gossip: stealing a client from an intern, lying on an SEC disclosure, bluffing through an equity round. Safe sins wrapped in tailored suits.
Then Garrett set down his crystal tumbler.
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Questions
- How many parts of His Consolation Bride can I read here?
- One. Part 1 is printed here in full, and it is the only Part this site carries.
- Where does His Consolation Bride continue after Part 1?
- In the official app. Part 2 onward is not published on this site. Install the app, open it, and enter the code 648075 — it takes you straight to this story instead of the app’s front page.
- What is the code 648075 for?
- It tells the official app which story you were reading here. Copy it from the bar at the bottom of the page and enter it after installing.
KSCR Serials prints only the opening Parts that publishers release as previews, plus basic story details. Complete stories are read in the official app.