The Alpha CEO's Accidental Mate

Chapter 1

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The rain slammed violently against the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Lopez family mansion, casting long, weeping shadows across the luxurious living room. Inside, the atmosphere was suffocatingly tense.

"You must marry him, Natalie! There is no alternative!"

Natalie Lopez looked at her adoptive father, Raymond Lopez, with a numb heart. The man who had taken her in after her biological mother’s tragic death ten years ago was now staring at her not with parental love, but as a piece of property to be traded off.

"Why me?" Natalie’s voice was completely calm, almost detached. "The marriage contract with the Vance family was originally made for Melanie. She is your precious, biological daughter."

"Do you expect me to push my sweet Melanie into a literal fire pit?!" her stepmother, Victoria, shrieked, stepping forward defensively. "Everyone in the city knows that Sebastian Vance became a ruthless, unhinged monster after his horrific car accident! He’s crippled, bound to a wheelchair, and rumors say he tortures people for fun in that isolated mansion of his! Melanie is meant for high society greatness, not to be a miserable caretaker to a broken freak!"

Melanie Lopez sat on the velvet sofa, sobbing delicately into a silk handkerchief, though her eyes flashed with malicious glee. "Natalie, please... I already have a boyfriend in college. If I marry Mr. Vance, my life will be completely ruined before it even begins. The Lopez Group is facing total bankruptcy right now. Only the Vance family's massive dowry can save our business. You owe our family for feeding and raising you all these years!"

Owe them? Natalie felt a mocking, cold smile touch her lips. For the past ten years, she had been treated worse than a maid in this house. She wore Melanie’s hand-me-downs, ate their cold leftovers, and performed countless chores, all while maintaining top grades and hiding her true genius. She didn't owe them a single dime.

However, Natalie subtly looked down at the silver medical bracelet on her left wrist. Her late mentor, the legendary Grandmaster Doctor Gray, had told her before passing that the Vance family possessed the rare "Midnight Lotus" herb—the only rare ingredient in the world capable of curing the chronic, slow-acting poison lurking inside her own body. She had been searching for a legitimate way to infiltrate the secure Vance estate for months.

This forced marriage was the perfect ticket in.

"Fine," Natalie said, raising her beautiful, crystalline eyes to meet Raymond's desperate

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