The Billionaire Bride They Mocked at the Altar

On our wedding day, my mother-in-law had a gift envelope of ten thousand and one dollars ready for me.

"But back in our hometown, there's a rule. Before the new bride takes the money, she isn't allowed to say a single word, or all the good fortune scatters away."

I opened my mouth to speak, and she clapped a hand over it at once.

"Just hold it in a little longer. We'll all be one family soon."

At the tea ceremony, Antony Swanson's secretary knelt down beside me with a smile and called out that first sweet "Mom" in my place.

My mother-in-law beamed so wide she couldn't close her mouth.